This chapter sets the stage for understanding addiction by arguing that human experience is deeply shaped by affective, sensory, and spatial landscapes. It challenges traditional views of culture as solely symbolic, instead foregrounding embodied ways of knowing. You will learn how landscapes—physical, emotional, and cultural—actively shape relationships, memory, and meaning. The chapter examines the co-constitutive relationship between environment and embodiment, showing how space and place influence us consciously and unconsciously. It explores how landscape plays a central role in forming self, identity, and belonging. This chapter will also introduce and critically engage with the biological and social constructivist models of addiction, arguing for a more integrated approach that considers affective and spatial landscapes in regulation, resilience, and repair. Ultimately, this chapter frames culture as a practice rooted in the body, embedded in place, and sustained through affective engagement.