How can I use my body to break physical addiction habits and patterns?

This is what I kept returning to in my own practice: the body holds everything—the memory, the craving, the story we tell ourselves. When you're trying to shift an addiction, your mind alone won't do it. You need your body as an ally. Start by noticing where the addiction lives in you. Is it tension in your chest when cravings hit? Restlessness in your legs? Numbness in your hands? Don't judge it. Just get curious. Once you know the feeling-place, you can work with it directly. Try this: when the urge arrives, pause. Feel your feet on the ground. Take three slow breaths while pressing your palms together. Move your body—walk, stretch, shake out your limbs. The physical action interrupts the automatic groove. It tells your nervous system: something different is happening now. The key is consistency. Your body learns through repetition, through gentleness, through showing up again and again. You're not fighting the addiction; you're slowly rewiring your nervous system to find steadiness and ease in other places. That's where real freedom lives—not in willpower, but in a body that knows it can find peace without the substance.