What is addiction? 44 Articles

by C.D. Pomfret

From an Addicts Point of View; There's no great all mighty answer going to come from this article but maybe just a better understanding as to why people go to the extremes they do. This is my story about my addiction and...read more

by Dana Vanenkevort

I come to you with the ultimate purpose of destroying lives. Social class, ethnic background, or religious preference have no effect of how I pick my victims. I live in your medicine cabinets, wine racks, and refrigerato...read more

by Bobbi Leder

We've all said we're addicted to something (or someone) but what does addiction really mean? I know I have an urge to eat sour candy ALL the time but if I had to go a week without sour patch kids, I think I'd be OK no col...read more

by Dr. Snipes

ADDICTIONS At any point in time more than 36% of Americans are diagnosed with an alcohol or drug addiction 10% of Americans have a gambling addiction 11% of Americans have an eating d...read more

by Karon Brandt

Addiction is the compulsive use of something that makes one feel temporarily better, but ultimately leads to self-destruction and, often, death. It is like an active cancer in society. It affects millions, plus more millio...read more

by Sharron Moore

Upon allowing addiction into your life or having it become part of your life due to an illness, is as if you have a new organ. You will never live your life the same and if that organ is tampered with or possibly removed y...read more

by Halima Ghani

The Concept of addiction can relatively be simple or complex according to its nature. Most often the notion is associated with physiological effects of drug addiction only while it may also refer to psychological effects a...read more

by Lilly Krishmen

What is addiction? Addiction is the hungry monster inside of your soul. She wants to get out and get as much as she can right now. She is that voice in your head that says, "Take this one last hit." She is the one lurki...read more

by Jeanne Sparks-Carreker

Dorothy has a daughter who is not trusted in her home, even when accompanied by her family. "If Tiffany leaves a room, I know she is looking for something to steal so she can get drugs. If she wants to use our bathroom, I ...read more

by MJ Spivey

Addiction through the eyes of the addict: Addiction could also be labeled "My Dirty Little Secret", since that is what it feels like. My particular addiction is gambling on the internet. Looking back throughout my lif...read more

by Kevin Flynn

I peer out the frost encrusted panes of the bay window to a view of the snow covered world outside. The dog is romping in the yard, oblivious to the human world around her. My brother is in the living room teaching his fou...read more

by AMERICAN MAN

~=PERSONALITY=~ The essence of ones understanding concerning their life is a spiritual manifestation. That foundation is grown as memory created over the course of ones lifetime i.e. we are programmed by our experiences...read more

by Martha Leonard

The DSM IV, the diagnostic manual used in mental health counseling identifies addiction as a mental illness. It is a progressive disease which is incurable, which, like diabetes, can only be controlled or kept in remissio...read more

by Robert Williscroft

When is a disease not a disease? During the flu season most of us go to great lengths to avoid getting sick. In Japan, where the average population density is much higher than here, people don surgical masks in public d...read more

by Maddy J

Addiction for me has been a process. As a young boy, I had problems "fitting in". You didn't know it, I was surrounded by friends, decent in sports, grades came easy....but I didn't feel like I fit in. Before I ever starte...read more

by Chastity West

There are three different types of drug use. Drug dependence, drug addiction, and drug overdose. While most people would merge these terms together, I believe they deserve their own definitions. With each term being a repr...read more

by Shenith Jackson

Addiction means the state of being given up or having yielded to a habit or practice or to something that is habit-forming, as narcotics, to such extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. It can be addicted to someth...read more

by Laura Leigh Fields

Dictionary.com defines addiction as compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance. To those who have ever been addicted, this is an understatement. Being a recovering addict myself, I know t...read more

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by Anthony Gonzalez

Addiction and Recovery Addiction can be defined in many ways as it may manifest itself differently from one individual to the next. It can also be very elusive due greatly in part to the misconceptions of a society that ...read more

by Liz Zazalak

Addictions. I don't know what the big fuss is about anyways! I mean, I have lots of addictions and they haven't hurt me. But I guess that's because I have good addictions. Some people are not so lucky. See most people have...read more