i was jokeing about before here is a real ? what is addiction?
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addiction is like when u are hooked on something it could be anything that u are hooked on.
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Not being able to give something up because of the withdrawal symptoms that follow.
addiction is using / doing something that will let yourself countinue doing it even though you dont want to do it.
when liking something so much more than anything else.
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I do not believe in addiction. I believe that if you do not believe in it you will keep it from happening. I feel you only become addicted if you allow yourself.Source(s):
personal experience
Definitions of Addiction on the Web:
A chronic, relapsing disease characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and abuse and by long-lasting chemical changes in the brain. [1]
teens.drugabuse.gov/utilities/.
Strong emotional and /or psychological dependence on a substance such as alcohol or drugs that has progressed beyond voluntary control.
www.dphilpotlaw.com/html/gloss.
Uncontrollable craving, seeking, and use of a substance such as a drug or alcohol.
www.stjude.org/glossary
A term referring to compulsive drug use, psychological dependence, and continuing use despite harm. Addiction is frequently and incorrectly equated with physical dependence and withdrawal. Physical dependence, not addiction, is an expected result of opioid use.
www.aarpsegundajuventud.org/en.
compulsion or overpowering urge to use a substance, regardless of potential or actual harm.
www.nationaltcc.org/tcc/
Addiction is a primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by behaviors that include one or more of the following: impaired control over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving.
www.ampainsoc.org/advocacy/opi.
an emotional need for pain medication because of the feeling that is received from the medicine.
www.bccancer.bc.ca/PPI/PSMPC/g.
(ad·dic·tion) ([schwa]-dik¢sh[schwa]n) 1. the state of being given up to some habit or compulsion. 2. strong physiological and psychological dependence on a drug or other psychoactive substance; see drug a.
www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/.
A compulsive physiological craving for a habit-forming substance, addiction is a chronic and progressive disease usually characterized by physiological symptoms upon withdrawal. The term "dependence" is often used synonymously to avoid the pejorative connotations of addiction.
wind.uwyo.edu/sig/definition.a.
implies that a drug dependency has developed to such an extent that it has serious detrimental effects on the user (referred to as an addict). They may be chronically intoxicated, have great difficulty stopping the drug use, and be determined to obtain the drug by almost any means. The term addiction is inextricably linked to society's reaction to the user, and so medical experts try to avoid using it, preferring dependence instead.
www.drugscope.org.uk/DS%20Medi.
a state of being dependent on a certain substance, which is harmful or dangerous for the physical or mental health of the person, for his social well-being and economical functioning of the subject
library.thinkquest.org/C011592.
A disease process characterized by the continued use of a specific psychoactive substance despite physical, psychological or social harm.
www.uphs.upenn.edu/addiction/b.
dependence on a substance (such as alcohol or other drugs) or an activity, to the point that stopping is very difficult and causes severe physical and mental reactions
www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/cmed/alcoh.
A strong dependence on a drug.
www.ehealthmd.com/library/smok.
Dependence on a substance that is harmful to physical or mental health, social well-being, or economic functioning.
www3.uta.edu/sswtech/sapvc/inf.
Loss of control over drug use or the compulsive seeking and taking of drug despite adverse consequences.
www3.utsouthwestern.edu/molpsy.
drug-seeking behaviour that occurs after the drug is no longer needed. Contrary to popular belief, this is not a problem if drugs are given for pain.
pediatric-pain.ca/mclp/mclpm-t.
Dependence on a chemical substance to the extent that a physiological and/or strong psychological need is established.
www.snowdenmentalhealth.com/gl.
A physiological and psychological compulsion for a habit-forming substance. In extreme cases, an addiction may become an obsession to the exclusion of everything else.
www.oxycontinlawyersource.com/.
in reference to drugs, a patern of consumption marked by compulsive taking of a drug, the need for increasing doses over time to maintain the same effect(tolerance), and the appearance of symptoms when the drug is stopped that disappear when it is reinstated(withdrawal).
www.chamisamesa.net/glossa.htm.
A condition characterized by excessive preoccupation with sex that creates a compulsive search for a sexual stimulation, the compulsion to have sex no matter the cost or risk, and a feeling of utter hopelessness and an inability to control one's own compulsions.
www.4sexual-pleasure.com/defin.
Strong dependence or habitual use of a substance or practice, despite the negative consequences of its use.
www.neighborhooddrug.com/disco.
A compulsive physiological need for a drug.
ojjdp.ncjrs.org/PUBS/drugid/gl.
Physical or emotional dependence, or both, on a substance, such as alcohol or drugs.
www.schizophrenicpen.com/defin.
A strong need for food, drink, people, or other things, which is extremely hard to resist.
www.bodyandmind.co.za/info_glo.
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
an abnormally strong craving
(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/web.
Addiction is an uncontrollable compulsion to repeat a behavior regardless of its consequences. A person who is addicted is sometimes called an addict.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addictio.
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an addiction is like something monstrous living inside us that we feed until it demands more and then begins to rule us. kinda like "little shop of Horrors" feeding Semore the plant. Once the addiction takes over, an individual pretty much is at the mercy of it. Starve the monster! Find and Psychologist or institution that will help you do so. Kill the addiction by not feeding it.is the any wrong in wearing underwear all the time?t?
it's when u can't get enough!! - simple like that..Is this true ? (about hair & nails)?
an abnormally strong craving for somethingWhat age do guys are not active already in sex?
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