Addicted

Some things make life worth living, and others make death worth wishing for. Some behaviours and substances sell the future for a brief respite of the present pain. This is addiction.
"Addiction begins when a self-destructive behaviour becomes about escaping a negative rather than pursuing a positive. It never ends well."

Causes

When your body is overcome with the effects of a substance/action, it eventually stops producing those effects, starting an addiction. If you're gambling to the extent that your body stops producing the hormones that gambling gives, you are an addict; avoiding the negatives of withdrawl instead of chasing the highs of a vice.

Symptoms

An addiction will make you less able to function in a normal life. Your existence becomes about feeding the beast.

Treatment

Addiction is doing whatever it takes to avoid the abyss. The cure is the abyss.
Avoiding your addiction for long enough for your body to recalibrate is the way out. The only way out is through.

Cultural Reception

Society generally looks down an addict, unless you're useful to them. Celebrities and politicians need not worry. In fact, being addicted makes you easier to control, which is attractive for a politicians.

Type

Neurological

Children

• Deprived

Origin

Natural

Cycle

Chronic, Acquired

Rarity

Common

Addiction

Your character is addicted to something, whether drugs, gambling or other destructive behaviors. Some addictions are more dangerous than others, but the nature of addiction is that it slowly takes over your life, impeding functionality. If you are addicted, you need to indulge your addiction regularly to keep it under control. A specific addiction should be chosen upon taking this Condition; characters can take this Condition multiple times for different addictions. Being unable to feed your addiction can result in the Deprived Condition (see below).

Possible Sources:

 Alcoholism, substance abuse, Vitae Addiction.

Resolution:

Regain a dot of Integrity, lose another dot of Integrity, or achieve an exceptional success on a breaking point.

Beat:

Your character chooses to get a fix rather than fulfill an obligation.