Ron Wheaton

“Addictions, even as they resemble normal human yearnings, are more about desire than attainment. In the addicted mode, the emotional charge is in the pursuit and the acquisition of the desired object, not in the possession and enjoyment of it. The greatest pleasure is in the momentary satisfaction of yearning.”
― Gabor Maté, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction