We are easily enslaved by addictions that are ruled by the reptilian part of our brain. Almost everyone has to do battle with this aspect of human nature. No matter how many setbacks and reversals you experience keep struggling to free yourself from that which would enslave you and drain your life energy. In the words of the old Chinese saying, "There is no harm in falling down, only in not picking yourself up again." We should also keep in mind, as the black and white elements in the picture suggest, that dark and light, life and death are inextricable parts of the same pattern.(Zap Oracle card)