You’re kidding or you’re ignorant... or possibly you’re a pothead.
Gambling is not an addictive substance, but millions are addicted. Pornography is not an addictive substance... but millions are addicted. Jeesh... I do hope you we’re just joking, or maybe just stoned
No, they are not addicted.
If they were addicted to any of those things you mentioned, none of which are addictive substances, then when they attempted to stop doing those things, they would suffer actual physical damage or death.
They can stop doing those things anytime they want to, but instead, they continue to CHOOSE to do them.
You could say that those things may be habit forming, but an addiction is a very different thing from a habit.
And yes, I used to be physically addicted to Xanax. I know what an addiction is. I felt it in my body when it almost killed me. An addiction is a need that, if not feed, will require an ambulance and possibly a morgue.
You are absolutely correct. There are 2 types of addition, physical and mental. Physical addiction can end with time and treatment. Mental addiction is in your head until you die. That’s what causes addicts that have been clean for years or decades to go back to the destructive behavior whether it be drugs, gambling or shopping.
My daughter has a degree in Drug and Alcohol counseling. She says the most difficult patients to treat are the pothead because they don’t believe they have a problem. Even when a pothead looses their house, family, job or is in court ordered rehab, they still don’t think they have a problem.
I don’t know about addicted, but a whole bunch of people “self-medicate” to relieve stress or forget their worries.
With what? Pick your poison.