what constitutes an addiction, and what is the best way of beating it?

Answer 1

addiction is when you crave your substance of choice more than other needs, like eating, sleeping, work, children
the best way to beat it is to decide what you really want and do it

Answer 2

1.An addiction is the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.

It is believed anything can be defined as an addiction which may impare/hinder/stop you carrying out a normal life/duties.
This can stretch from drug use, computer use, behavioral issues to an exhaustive list of subject. Basically put anything which is by it's nature carried out obsessively unto the point where normal function is hindered.

There are many schools of thought into beating addiction and most are dependant on the addiction and utilise operant/classical conditioning, drugs in some narcotic cases, hypnotism, N.L.P and in extreme cases lobotomy is still practiced. For some addictions "cold turkey" could be best, for other addictions hypnotism may work better. The subject of beating an addiction is always the subject of the addiction, if say all x who took y could beat y with z, all x's could be treatable. Individuality is therfor also a major factor, yet the largest problem lies in the admittance that there is a problem in the first instance, then the realisation that help is needed, then comes the will power through which a person would continue to work through a course or programme in order to change the behavior or situation until an addiction was no longer an unmanagable necessity but rather a continually manageable problem.

Answer 3

The definition of "addiction" has changed over the years. Originally a medical term, it has found its way into common use and the meaning has evolved. Medically, addiction describes a condition where an individual must take increasing amounts of a substance to acheive the desired effect of the substance. This is referred to as "tolerance". A second component necessary to meet the medical definition of addiction is the onset of "withdrawal" symptoms when the substance is not taken. As I said, common use has changed the definition of "addiction". It now is used to describe anything that is done repetitively that results in a negative outcome. With this blurring of its meaning, just about anything can be considered addictive, including fishing.

Answer 4

I was addicted to smoking. I stopped by admitting to myself that I was addicted to a drug called nicotine and didn't actually enjoy smoking at all. Any smoker will know that you have a near panic attack if you need a cigarette and haven't got one. I found that if I stopped and thought logically about it I could beat this. Just think about what will happen if you don't get a cigarette, will you die? No. Will you become ill? No. Will ANYTHING bad happen? No. After about 10 minutes the craving will have gone. Just keep doing this and you will beat your addiction. Also think of the positives, you'l save a lot of money (whatever your addicted to), if you smoke you smell, so you'l smell better if you don't smoke, you won't be enslaved by a drug that demands you stop what your doing and go and get a fix.

Answer 5

Anything becomes an addiction when: you don't want to do it, but you just can't help it, overcome by normally physical urges, like drugs and smoking.
Then there's mental addiction, like gambling, but still people want to stop and they can't.
I would say that no matter what the addiction is, the only way for anyone to stop is when they really bottomed out or lucked out to the point where you can't go any lower in life.
It's only when their life has gotten so bad, that they can overcome their addiction by just thinking about where it will lead them again: emotional hell.

Answer 6

A good question and one that it is hard to measure!

Although, I am addicted to nicotine, when it comes to the crunch I am more addicted to drinking tea as I feel more needy without my cuppa.

I am more addicted to the company down the pub than the alcoholic drink.

Are people addicted to the television. Would they feel deprived without it. Or without their car, without regular sex?

Addictive is you like it and it is worth the dosh. Habitation is something you might do by habit, when you have forgotten why you enjoyed it.

In short, addiction is a state of mind, so is pain.

Answer 7

an addictiction means you feel you cannot do without something, and beating the addiction means you have come to realize that you know you can do without it , and know that you are addicted. time, and the belief that you can beat the addiction is the only real way you can beat an addiction, along with outside support.

Answer 8

An addiction is any habbitual behaviour that you personaly cast as obsessive or compulsive.Being it physical or physcological.From Herion to chocolate, sex to television.Anything that by your compulsion to fall to your desire to whatever your thing may, causes problem's with your social ,work or family life.
Beat it with strength commiment and then diversion.
P.S Addiction's are forever

Answer 9

I would say a definition is a desire or belief that you have to have something, that your life and happiness is depend on having that thing you are addicted to, whether its drugs, smoking or a personson (kindof an obsession). I think the best way to overcome it is cold turkey only way that works really.

Answer 10

addictions can take two forms

1) physical (where the body needs something to help it reach a level of normality)i,e drug dependency this is where the body needs a certain level of a drug to perform to a level it thinks is standard

2) psychological (where you want to have something but its not something that will effect your bodily function without) i,e wanting chocolate,wanting to watch a certain programme the mind plays a trick where it makes you feel that you need whatever as a crutch but its not necessarily addictive