What Qualifies Something as an Addiction?

Question by Rae: What qualifies something as an addiction?
I know, addictions like alcoholism are clearly seen, but what about other things?

Am I addicted to tea and coffee if I have 1-2 servings a day? BUT need those things to function normally, so even though its not excess, is it an addiction?

Or, online shopping, I’ll buy a few shirts each month, am I addicted to clothes?

The list goes on and on. Is the difference moderation versus addiction?

Best answer:

Answer by Andrea
It is an addiction if it has a seriously detrimental effect on your life. If you spend your rent on shirts and get evicted, then it could be called an addiction. If you continue to drink tea even if a doctor tells you that it will kill you, then you could call it an addiction. However you can easily have a mild physical addiction to caffeine….. and will go through withdrawals if you quit taking it suddenly.

What do you think? Answer below!

Just Humor Me

Filed under: addiction help online

(When I discovered the truth I was delivered from the addiction of gambling right away. And I could no … Also the devil had convinced me of another lie, that because much of our problems were self inflicted over the years, God would not help us …
Read more on Alvin Sun Advertiser

Gandolfini popular as Las Vegas visitor

Filed under: addiction help online

Afterwards, Gandolfini asked Ruvo what he could do to help. … Perry Farrell, frontman for Jane's Addiction and founder of Lollapalooza, dining at Comme Ca (Cosmopolitan) on Wednesday. He was at the … Find more online at www.normclarke.com. Follow …
Read more on Las Vegas Review-Journal (blog)

Cuomo said to win agreement for 4 upstate NY casinos

Filed under: addiction help online

The agreement also imposes a $ 500 fee on every slot machine and table game at casinos to be used to address gambling addiction. "We feel there should be no amendment at all to legalize … "The problem with helping problem gamblers is that most of them …
Read more on Crain’s New York Business

Effective Rx thwarted for deadly opioid epidemic

Filed under: addiction help online

WASHINGTON, June 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — State governments and insurance companies are increasingly restricting the use of effective, FDA-approved medications that could help reverse the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose …
Read more on Wall Street Journal (press release)