Gambling, normally classified as a leisure activity, is not as innocuous as the term “leisure” suggests: when gambling shifts from the status of a hobby to the status of an addiction, this bears clear effects on the addicted individual’s existence and quality of life. Addiction is always a destructive habit,...

The term sex addiction, also known as hypersexual disorder, is not listed in the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). However, many people still consider it to be a very real disorder . According to the Psychology Today website, “Sexual addiction is best described...

Addicts give many reasons for their drug use – an addict might employ any number of justifications, excuses, and pleas (Franklin, 2013). These reasons seem to put the responsibility on events or other people.However, some people argue that no one really makes the addict take the drugs – no one...

The disease model of addiction can be defined as viewing addiction as a primary, non-accompanying ailment that is not caused by the conditions from another disease. Meaning that addicts may become deeply addicted to a drug or substance due to overlying emotional and social circumstances, but the addiction is not...

I was hungry and not really mentally prepared to watch a film about addiction. Sitting in my chair watching and listening to the first moments I was trying to convince myself to make something to eat. But then I heard “You don’t know that you’re falling in love with it”,...