Thanks for the link!
I have had very close family suffering from alcoholism and drug addiction. The doctors told us there was a genetic component to the addiction to alcohol. Nevertheless, two of the most seriously afflicted of these family members have now been alcohol-free for over 20 years.
There was more to the addiction than giving up the drink. There was also a myriad of behavioral aberrations that had to be confronted and supplanted with constructive behaviors. The process was long and arduous. But the results in the end were worth it.
I just want to share one caution: the people of NARTH come from a variety of philosophical bases. Some are Christian or otherwise religious, some are not. The organization itself was founded by an agnostic psychoanalyst, with all his antiquated echos of Freud and Jung, who yet was curing homosexuals. (Like you can open a can with a knife, even though it’s not the most suitable tool.) But NARTH as a whole seems to have pegged the issue as best as I’ve ever seen of man.
You’re quite right about there being many habits (as you refer to them, behaviors) involved in self destructive or socially destructive (or if you prefer, evil) conduct. It’s very seldom one single habit.