With reference to Elizabeth Renzetti’s “Loneliness: The Trouble with Solitude” and either Gabor Maté’s
“Embraced by the Needle,” or Bruce K. Alexander’s “The Roots of Addiction in Free Market Society,” write
a comparative essay that considers the similarities and differences between the causes and symptoms of
addiction and loneliness, as well as possible avenues for combatting addiction and loneliness
