Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. Hamlet by William Shakespeare.

What a great play.

I'm sure most of you have seen it or read it.

But in case you don't remember, the main premise is about Hamlet whose father has died.

But it isn't clear how his father died, whether naturally or perhaps by ill-gotten gains.

But at one point in the play, Hamlet's father appears as a ghost, and the palace guard

says this most remarkable phrase that I'm sure you've heard.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,

which we would say there's something wrong.

Something isn't going right. And what is it? Well, in last week's episode, we talked

about addictions and how to avoid them and make sure we never become addicted to anything. And in today's episode we're going to explore how

addictions, or at least the cravings for addictions, can teach us something about ourselves

and actually be quite hopeful. But first, let's explore what do I mean by cravings for addictions.

Because there are obviously things that we need, we need food, we need things to drink, we need exercise.

We may enjoy sexual encounters with our partner, we

may enjoy chocolate once in a while, we maybe enjoy a glass of wine.

So a lot of things that we can do that aren't bad for us and our addictions.

So what do I mean by addictions and the cravings that come with them?

I mean, we all know the ones that are very clear addictions, like a person living on the street, shooting heroin into their veins every day,

and willing to do anything for that drug.

And I mean anything.

I mean these are very sad stories every city has people like that and our job isn't to judge them our job today is understand them and

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