Addiction is compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance characterized by … well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal as defined in Webster’s dictionary.
There are physical addictions to nicotine, drugs, alcohol and caffeine, and then there are also relational addictions, involving one person or group of people who have a powerful hold on someone else’s life. Sometimes the two types of addiction are interconnected which are physical addiction and psychological addiction. Read the rest of this entry »