People Often Use the Word Addiction Loosely, Speaking of an Addiction to Candy or a Television Show.?

Question by Susan D: People often use the word addiction loosely, speaking of an addiction to candy or a television show.?
Can you explain the difference between this type of “addiction” and a true physiological addiction? Is there a difference between this type of “addiction” and a psychological addiction?

Best answer:

Answer by AL R
Both types of addiction have negative consequences. I used to have a physiological addiction to tobacco and you could say that I am psychologically addicted to the TV show “Lost”. Of the two I would say that the former is the more devastating.

Add your own answer in the comments!

Cory Monteith leaves rehab after one-month stint for substance addiction and …

Filed under: help with addiction

The 30-year-old Glee actor – who checked in to a treatment facility for substance addiction earlier this month – has now completed his stay and jetted off on holiday with his girlfriend Lea Michele. A witness who spotted them at LAX on Friday told E …
Read more on Daily Mail

An ever-evolving career: Jamie Lee Curtis talks addiction, writing & Hollywood …

Filed under: help with addiction

Curtis jokingly stresses that she's not a "self-help guru," but feels that by making her sometimes painful life experiences public, she is reaching out to a new and receptive audience. "At 54 now, I'm my own woman. I know my flaws and my foibles and I …
Read more on CultureMap Houston

Salina man stole from church to support drug addiction

Filed under: help with addiction

SALINA — A Salina man admitted that he broke into the church where he was baptized in order to support his drug addiction. Thirty-four-year-old Jonathan S. Shinn was sentenced Tuesday to two years and four months in prison for thefts from the Trinity …
Read more on Topeka Capital Journal