Addiction, Cravings and Desire

"Cravings or longings that arise from desire for what was merely gratifying or pleasurable are not reliable guides to autonomy because they lead to  impulse and addiction.  We can never satisfy such cravings.   They are based on the absence of something we want (slenderness, sex, money, ideal life partner), which no longer seem so exciting if or when we get it."   Polly Young-Eisendrath