Originally Posted by aka123

Cure for that is quite absolute and very scientific. First of all, it is well known how addictions form; countermeasure is opposite for how is the addiction formed. Though you can't really get rid off addictions (brain wise), only diminish those.

You know, every time you do something that causes pleasure (reward); it makes certain neural connections stronger or establishes new connection(s), if it is new thing. When you do that pleasure thing over and over again it makes those connections stronger. So, basically you can't get rid of that connection once it has formed, but you can weaken it by not doing that thing that caused that connection/ making it stronger.

That why the cure is to make less that addictive action/ not at all.