Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It

Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by iammjm on Saturday February 17, 2024 @04:44PM (#39413844)

I wonder about where habits end and addictions begin. I think once a ball is rolling it’s not easy to stop it, as it kinda does it on itself

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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by baxtr on Saturday February 17, 2024 @05:04PM (#39413965)

The best definition I’ve read somewhere was along the lines: addiction is something you do repeatedly even though you know it’s harmful for you.

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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by Omin on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:59PM (#39414716)

There are so many behaviors that fit that description that few would count as addiction. For example eating sweets or junk food, procrastinating, not drinking enough.

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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by dylan604 on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:00PM (#39414356)

This makes it sound like you trying to say addiction is a mental thing. When your body is physically addicted so that you are sick and in pain because you didn't dose, that's not mental. At that point, it could be more harmful to not fix regardless if you know it or not.

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Re:Most People with Addiction Simply Grow Out of It by c22 on Saturday February 17, 2024 @07:05PM (#39414758)

So like driving a car?

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