But a more accurate and liberating understanding of renunciation would be as the experience of nonaddiction. We all know the suffering bound up with addictions, whatever they might be. We might be addicted, in one way or another, to food, drugs, sex, alcohol, or perhaps more unnoticed, to work, power, recognition, wealth, or even comfort. We can become addicted to and entranced by certain mind states and emotions, like excitement or intensity or fear—witness the very big audience for terrifying horror movies.
