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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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Does beating addiction give evidence of free will?

A drug addicts brain has been rewired to receive dopamine from the drug they take, rather than natural methods. The drug becomes the brains top priority. So why would your subconscious decide to stop using what your neural pathways rely on for pleasure? You could argue that your brain recognizes the harm done to your body, but what about a gambling or sex addiction that has no adverse effect on the body and is purely mental? Why would your subconscious choose to randomly quit? Wouldn’t the person who chooses to go against his brain function have free will?

Edit: I know I am most likely wrong and want free will to exist to appease my mind, but the discussion has been very interesting. I love reading everyone’s viewpoints. Thanks for the discussion!
gpt
Not in the slightest - from a deterministic perspective, there are many more forces at play in determining human behavior then simply tracing reward chemicals. In order to begin the process of beating addiction, the drug or addiction ceases to become "the brain's top priority" as the goal of quitting for a multitude of reasonable benefits becomes that priority. If those benefits aren't there, or the priority of quitting isn't valued enough, then the addiction would be expected to continue.