Hanging on the Hyphen

I came defeated, demoralized,
victimized by my addiction.
Powerless over my lover
cum stalker, unmanageable
an incongruous understatement,
Step One stood a rock-solid given.
Sure, I'd toss that to any power, 
higher, lower, alien, hostile.
Take it, please! Take the addiction;
my life will bloom again.

So why the other eleven? 
Why the talk of life and will,
of resentment, fear, of amends?
The addiction's gone, thank you 
very much. I'm through.
A hyphen? Yes, I see that. 
Truth be told, it's a dash. So what?
"Denotes a sudden change in 
construction or sentiment" 
or "indicates what's not expected,
not a natural outcome of what's
gone before." OUR LIVES 
have become unmanageable? 
This POWER wants my LIFE?