Is it my fault for being an addict?

No. It is not your fault for being an addict. You are not to blame for your desire to feel good by using a substance or behavior. Addiction is a desire to feel good. Having a desire to feel good is not a negative thing. You are not responsible for having a desire to feel good. However, you are responsible for not hurting yourself or others through fulfilling your desire. For example, you like the taste of alcohol because the taste is good and perhaps it gives you a little "buzz". But when the desire for alcohol becomes so great that it cause you to drink excessively and perhaps to do behaviors which endanger yourself and/or others. Then you might become aware that you cannot control your desire and addiction to alcohol. It is not your fault that you are an alcoholic however you are responsible for any negative behavior while you are under the influence of alcohol.

well it's not your fault technically as the thing you abuse has a addicting capability in it. but you're at fault if you enable this habit and not to anything about it .

It is often personal choices we make that lead us down the road to becoming an addict but it is counter productive to blame ones self for becoming an addict. In my mind it does not matter if it is personal fault or not, only that steps are taken in the right direction to make the problem better.

No it is not. Most of the time being an addict comes from a string of addictive DNA. You can't pick what your DNA is, therefor; you can't control whether of not you're an addict.

Not at all. Addiction is never on purpose, and I can't recall a case when an individual went into something planning to come out an addict. Addiction happens to the best of us, and it can be one of the hardest things to overcome, but that is NOT your fault.

It is not your fault for being an addict. Addiction is not a choice. Addiction is a chronic disease characterized by the search for and use of drugs that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite the harmful consequences. Every addiction is an attempt to alleviate the pain of an existing hole in the soul, it is an attempt to fill the absence of something, something that hurts and that, many times, we are not even aware of this pain. Addiction is not a choice but a consequence or symptom of something previous, which we do not choose. Or have you ever seen someone wake up and say, "Today, I decided that I want to become addicted to something"? Many people do not understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. They may mistakenly think that those who use drugs have no moral principles or willpower and that they could stop their drug use simply by choosing to do so. In reality, drug addiction is a complex disease, and giving up usually requires more than good intentions or a strong will. Drugs change the brain in ways that make giving up difficult, even for those who want to.

no it is not your fault. you only wanted to get away and that was the only way you knew how don't blame yourself for making a mistake we all do we just have to find a way to make it better even if it will be hard for us.

I don't think so. Surely someone influenced to get into all this so no it is not your fault....