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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by lkdfjlkdfjlg on Saturday February 17, 2024 @11:42AM (#39411043)
No, I'm not fuzzy on the definition of addiction. If a behavior has little negative effects, then it's not an addiction.
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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by rysertio on Saturday February 17, 2024 @04:40PM (#39413804)
Most mildly addictive drugs don't have that many negative effects.
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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by bluefirebrand on Saturday February 17, 2024 @05:02PM (#39413952)
It can be a negative effect like "I decided to skip work to do the drug instead and lost my job"
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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by jjulius on Saturday February 17, 2024 @05:51PM (#39414294)
I dunno how else to say that not having negative effects doesn't mean one isn't addicted to something. It simply isn't a requirement.
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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by alpaca128 on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:43PM (#39414613)
> It simply isn't a requirement.

A third of the diagnostic criteria for substance addiction are about negative effects in the person's life. Perhaps it's not strictly a requirement but often it's only a question of time.

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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by d1sxeyes on Sunday February 18, 2024 @01:27PM (#39421603)
I don’t think that’s correct.

Others have linked to various respectable dictionaries that support my definition.

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