That doesn't agree with anything I've learned about battling addiction. Do you have any research or studies that support that? Or other programs with a good track record?

Because, unless you are using the term "friction" to be so all-encompassing as to be meaningless, this sounds like a recipe for a lot of failed attempts to fight addiction.

Every addiction treatment effort is to introduce friction, like dumping out your booze in your home into the toilet, getting a new job that doesn't tolerate smoke breaks, or finding new friends that aren't going to peer pressure you into using. If the vice is easy to act upon, you will continue to act upon it indefinitely.

Actually variability of reward is part of what makes dealing with addiction to street drugs more challenging.