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What is addiction?
The term addiction is used when a person becomes dependent on something which severely begins to affect their behaviour and life in general. Common addictions are alcohol, nicotine, drugs, gambling and food, though a person can become addicted to just about anything. If any of the below apply to someone then they would be considered dependent:
- Regularly have a strong desire do something which varies in intensity from strong to severe.
- Has withdrawal symptoms if they try to stop.
- Has failed repeatedly to stop.
- Begins to spend more and more time on the subject in question.
- The use of the subject in question begins to severely affect the persons day to day living.
- The person continues to do the subject in question even though they see or feel adverse affects from it.
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