I agree wholeheartedly.

I've been (I am?) addicted to many substances, from fruit-flavoured nicotine juice through to heroin.

I find self-deprecating humour useful, personally. It helps me not wallow, to take the cravings less seriously. I of course wouldn't say the same about anyone who isn't me.

Because, as you say, someone who has an addiction isn't lesser than anyone else. It's a state of being that requires an awful lot of strength.

That said, having to use that strength on 'mango e-liquid' is, I think, funny in an absurdist way. We live in strange times!

Good. Just wanted to make sure you weren't being too hard on yourself.