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Addiction initially thrives on inexperience. Through experience, people acquire the skills to maintain balance between purely pleasurable activities and unpleasant activities (delays of gratification) that may be helpful for future success. They learn through the consequences of excess and through negative consequences that result from lost time and life imbalance. Addiction, in a sense, is a form of incomplete learning, as you’re only experiencing the pleasure and often ignoring the negative consequences of your actions and behaviors. Through mindful moderation, experience, and conscious thought (which requires an unintoxicated brain), you can learn about your addiction and how to change it; it’s also important for healthy development that children and adolescents experience the world and its natural consequences and real-time rewards.