How do you define an "addict"?

[Taverner]

Would you define it as a psychological habit? Or a physical dependence?

If its just the habit, you could make anything into an addiction (and many have)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

1. Both apply

either a psychological addiction or a physical one. If you can't quit whatever substance you are "addicted" to for either reason, you're an addict. Habit is a nice term for addicted.

[coconuted]

2. I'm addicted to air.

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Water is also very nice, but if there's too much of it, you drown.

[taterguy]

3. Addiction is when the substance you once used is now using you

Burp

[liberaltrucker]

5. Best..Definition..Evar!

*burp*

I'll drink to that.

:beer:

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Someone who keeps repeating the same behaviour over and over no matter how bad it is for them

and no matter how bad they look while doing it.

Sarah Palin, for example.

[kimmerspixelated]

6. I think that works for the def. of insanity, too!

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Well, she DOES keep expecting different results

:shrug: :)

[kimmerspixelated]

11. Do you live with an alky, too?

It's so sad, isn't it?

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. I -am- an alchy! It IS sad!

:cry: :rofl:

[kimmerspixelated]

15. Oops!

Well... I ...uh...:blush: ( she crawls under a rock and hopefully ...sinks into ...)

[mitchum]

8. Mister Jones

[supernova]

9. If you'd rather have your "habit" than

work, go to school, interact with family and friends. Or if you feel you need to lie to them for doing your "habit," then you are addicted.

[pitohui]

12. the person wants to stop the habit or behavior but can't

the addiction may be physical or psychological but if they can't stop no matter how much they want to change their life, they are a prisoner of the addiction and thus an addict

my opinion only

[MajorChode]

14. In the medical sense, addition requires physical dependence

Things like heroin, cocaine, and alcohol can cause chemical changes in the brain and severe physical withdrawl symptoms if dependence has been established.

People tend to overuse the term and claim you can be a computer, sex, pot, video game addict, or a number of other things which don't make a lot of sense. The reality is those behaviors are really obsessions and compulsions, not addictions.