How can I recover or heal Addiction?
Your addiction doesn't define you and healing is available through Christ's redemptive work on Calvary (Ephesians 1:7) through Inner Healing and or Deliverance. Inner Healing must not be looked at as a once-in-a-life-time event but as part of the ongoing sanctification process. In (Luke 4:18) Jesus gives us a guide to follow after His footsteps to to heal the brokenhearted (Soul Wounds healed through Inner Healing) and to set at liberty those who are oppressed (Demonic spirits cast out through Deliverance).

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Ephesians 1:7 (TPT)

Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellation of our sins—all because of the cascading riches of his grace.

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There are over 73 bible verses in the New Testament where Jesus, his disciples and apostles either were given the commission or performed inner healing and deliverance on people. Even the Jewish leaders in Jesus's day practiced exorcisms (Acts 19:13-16). Today being a inner healer and exorcist isn't talked about much in today's church and it is often a taboo subject. However we can see a growing number of people in the world that are broken and trying to find biblical help for freedom.

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• Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).

• 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.

• Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.

• 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.

• 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.

• 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.

• Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.

• Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.

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The Bible has made it very clear that addiction has a spirit of heaviness associated with it (Isaiah 61:3) and the roots of addiction are caused by trauma or abuse from sometime in our past. 

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Isaiah 61:3 (TPT)

to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes, the oil of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness. Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of his glory.

Where does addiction come from?

Soul wounds are caused by hurt and trauma at any age in our lives it can be from friends, family and even strangers that we come in contact with. The trauma usually associated with accidents, natural disasters, physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, physical pain, or any emotional pain (fear, alone, upset, etc.) that we can’t handle or cope with at that moment. Since those past hurts (soul wounds) haven’t been healed by Jesus, they open the doorway which gives the enemy a legal right to torment us (Matthew 18:23-35).

The enemy torments us through these past soul wounds and it can affect us in our bodies (sickness, pain, undiagnosed medical conditions), our soul (bring back remembrance of the painful event) and in our minds (with feelings of hopelessness that bring with it elevated emotions such as Anxiety, Worry, Depression, Panic, Stress, Terror, Sadness, Loneliness, Sorrow, Guilt, Self-Condemnation, Despair, Embarrassment, Humiliation, Worthlessness, Unworthiness, Devastation, Jealousy, Irritability, Emotional Overreaction, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD, Lost Time, Hearing Voices, Self-hate, Self-Harm (cutting), Suicidal Thoughts or Attempts or Emotional Shutdown).

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What causes people to feel tormented? 
People feel tormented when a demon is attacking an emotional or physical wound, a wound that was so severe that we become disassociated with what happen. The dissociation (wounded) part is still at the level of emotion as when the trauma happened. The demon is tormenting that wounded part and intensifying the pain.

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What’s the relationship between soul wounds and demons?
The trauma or abuse can be an entry point for demons. When someone says they are tormented by anxiety, fear, guilt, anger or any other emotion, there is a strong possibility that they have deep soul wounds that are being tormented by demons. The demons won’t leave until the wounds are completely healed.