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corporations, or countries is that they tend to lie,cheat, or steal to get their fix. Corporations areaddicted to profit and governments to power, andas Henry Kissinger once said, Power is theultimate aphrodisiac.The only way to breakaddictive behavior is to love and cherishsomething more than the addiction In theindustrialized world, and indeed in most of theThird World now, governments are more andmore run and organized by a few corporations.But the corporatization of government is notconducive to global survival, as we have seen. Acorporate mentality encourages greed, selfishness,and consumerism, not compassion for people orfor nature.I have dedicated my life over the last several years to the creation of a lifestylesustained by nature and solar energy. To a large degree our inability to admit wehave a problem poses one of the greatest difficulties. As I have learned the hard w aythis difficult first step is necessary. Unfortunately for most of us this first step doesnot take place, without a major, often traumatic, difficult crisis. This crisis oftenleads to an emotional and mental break down. If we are lucky we remember whatreally matters: those we love and if we are lucky, they are still willing to support usdespite our moments of insanity and denial. I believe that we are addicted to a wayof life that is destroying nature. Our current global society is destroying theenvironment that sustains us. Thus we are destroying ourselves slowly but surely.There are some obvious similarities to the destruction caused by alcoholism. I hadto admit that I was an alcoholic several years ago. It was quite literally destroying myfamily and had jeopardized my job, right in the middle of my quest to achieve asustainable lifestyle. At the point at which I thought I would lose everything I foundthe courage to admit I had this problem. To make sure I was tested (do you dri nkevery day, do you binge and forget what happened). Sure enough I was assessedas being an alcoholic. Although at first I did not want to go to an AlcoholicsAnonymous (AA) meeting I finally did. They gave me their book that includes thetwelve-step program.The idea of admitting my problem with a group of people like myself, alcoholics,was difficult at first. And yet, as each person related their problems, ones so similar77