urges

addiction

Compulsive substance reliance

• compulsionIrresistible urge to act
• fixationPersistent mental attachment
• obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation

appetite · hunger · thirst · withdrawal · dependency · jonesing · itch · neediness · monomania · voracity

longing

Intense, persistent desire

• yearningIntense prolonged craving
• piningAching with prolonged desire
• wantTo desire something

need · wish · lust · covetousness · fancy · ache · passion · infatuation · ardor · hunger

intuition

Instinctive immediate understanding

• primalFirst in origin
• survivalRemaining alive against odds
• animalisticResembling brute nature

innate · inborn · inherent · natural · visceral · biological · hardwired · ancestral · unconscious · automatic

spontaneity

Acting without forethought

• whimSudden arbitrary desire
• capriceUnpredictable urge or notion
• reflexInvoluntary stimulus response

knee-jerk · spur-of-the-moment · hasty · impetuous · irresistible · uncontrollable · snap · visceral · sudden · fleeting

allure

Attractive, tempting quality

• enticementSomething that attracts
• seductionEnticing someone romantically
• lureThing that tempts

bait · inducement · appeal · fascination · provocation · persuasion · beguilement · forbidden · resistance · succumb

motivation

Impetus toward a goal

• ambitionDesire for achievement
• determinationFirmness of purpose
• willpowerMental strength resisting impulse

initiative · persistence · perseverance · commitment · zeal · enthusiasm · energy · momentum · force · push

• encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
• addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
• Unconsciousid, ego, superego, repression, dreams
• preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
• inner experiencesemotion, feeling, sensation, thought, joy
• inner lifeidentity, feelings, memory, thoughts, self-discovery