We are going to talk about addiction and what it means. There are a couple text book definitions to what this means. Addiction in one form or another is common to most people.
Addiction in the dictionary says, “The quality or state of being addicted.” With that being the case, look at what addicted means. Addicted also means to devote or surrender to something habitually or obsessively. Most of the time we hear this word is because we associate it with drugs.
When most people think of addiction, they think of potheads and alcoholics. Although those are the most common types of addiction, there are also more bizarre things like sex addicts and gambling. In a sense, every person has a form of addiction. Weather to caffeine, or food, or cleaning, they are all small kinds of addiction. Like, if you do not have your daily dose of triple shot espresso in the morning, you will go insane, or whenever you feel an extreme emotion, you feel the urge to eat. There are some people who have extreme addictions that destroy families, demolish their former selves, and lose everything they ever had, just for a drink or a few hits.
Some people become addicted to something and don’t even realize it. Some people even get addicted to video games. Internet video games can be very addicting. If a student is addicted to video games, he or she will stress a lot more; he or she won’t get along with their friends, family, or teachers. It is easy to notice an addict, they can’t stop doing something. Another form of the word says; a person who likes or enjoys something very much and spends a large amount of time doing it, watching it, or spending money on it.
We all crave some candy from time to time, but you might actually be addicted to snacks. When we eat sugary snacks, chemicals called opiods are released in the brain, leading to intense feelings of pleasure, and it is this feeling we often crave in the absence of sugar. According to a University of California team,