According to Osho, liberation is freedom from all dependencies; addiction—whether to substances, people, ideas, or even a master—is bondage born of unconscious need. Through meditative awareness, the same energy fueling addiction is seen, understood, and released, turning attachment into love and aloneness into joy. Liberation arrives when nothing is compulsive and relationship becomes choice, not clinging.
Freedom means not needing anything or anyone to feel whole, while addiction is the feeling that you must have it.