Are all addictions bad?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

The problem with addiction is that people often misuse the word to mean anything they do often, but that is not what true addiction is. Take sugar addiction as an example. There are people who have an admitted sweet tooth in that they really enjoy eating sweets more than other foods, but they could go a day, a week without touching the stuff if it weren't available.

However, a true sugar addiction is you sneaking out of bed multiple times a month to drive to an all night dessert shop for a sweet treat. It's spending a large proportion of your food income on sweets alone. It's lying to your spouse who finds your hidden drawer of candy. It's the inability to have a meal without sugar present. It's getting antsy in a meeting just thinking about having a candy bar. It's taking the cupcake out of the company fridge that doesn't belong to you and eating it because you felt you needed it badly. It's obsession, it's frequent lying about it, its denial, it's constantly trying to hide your addictive habits from others, and most importantly it's the feeling of an inability to function without your addiction.

So in short, all addictions are bad because the person has become all consumed by them and is willing to do what it takes beyond reason to get their fix no matter if they hurt themselves or others in the process.

DizzyDesii · Accepted Answer

Yea everything should be done in moderation

Kaneki05 · Accepted Answer

Not really.
It more depends on the independent person for example sugar is super addictive most people are addicted to without realising and since it's in pretty much everything there is no way to get around it.
But one independent person who's addicted to it may still only have bare minimum while another indulges vastly. Does this mean the other is not addicted? No both are.
Just like a person who may only smoke 3 cigs a day to a person who needs 40 cigs a day. That's still an addiction.
But at some point the addiction becomes not that bad and irrelevant to call a problem.

So when people think of addiction they think of the extreme end of crack addict but they never think of the simple ways people are addicted to things which aren't that bad. Oh you have a coffee everyday? Guess who's an addict? Lol but guess what coffee is healthy and recommended to have more than just 1 a day.
Still an addiction though if you feel that urge to have one a day.
It's pretty obvious why people always think of the extreme examples but scientifically the extreme examples is not what defines it.
Would be like saying depression is not depression if you aren't bed ridden due to to it. Literally ummm not how that works depression can show in many way's and be not be so clear to see.

Chazmatazz269 · Accepted Answer

Yes. Addiction is essentially a combination of an inability and an unwillingness to manage our compulsions. Left unchecked, even the “healthiest” behaviors can become self destructive.

Apulu_Imback · Answer

Most of them are bad but exceptions are there. Like you may think addiction for studying is a good thing but no it isn't, addiction to studies is bad because it separates you from your social world even if you become well educated. Most addiction are bad in general as everything has its own limits, you shouldn't be obsessed with something till the extent when you get disconnected from other things and start hating other things for it.

jennifer_bloom · Answer

Most addictions are bad, health my additions could be sports or athleticism, the desire to heal sick people if your a doctor, a social cause like the environment or the rights of aboriginals, a moral cause like the environment, or a religious cause like the desire to worship and live monastic life. Maybe research and study could also be an addiction.

Aerissa_Jade · Answer

I think the worst of them all is a workaholic, any type of aholic is the worst of the worst. Although addictions that are more natural can be less of a problem as long as you don't overdo it.

A healthy sex addiction is definitely better than being a drug addict.

Even getting addicted to milk would be unhealthy if you can't stop drinking it though.

One could have a borderline addiction but still have some sense of self control.

TransAm85 · Answer

I've been around all kinds of addicts my whole life.. it's detrimental to a person's life. All it does is hold a person back. From cocaine, to pills, to food, to porn, to sex, to compulsive shopping, to gambling, and alcoholism. Myself.. I smoke. Horrible addiction!

NathanDavis · Answer

of course they are all bad...

usually, you call something an addiction the very moment in which it starts to become more than just problematic, it is an addiction when already too control of you and has started to destroy important things in your life, and very often for the life of others well

so no, there's nothing good about that... it is absolutely bad to fall for an addiction, any addiction

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Depends on what you mean by "addiction." I know the clinical definition of the term, but does addiction include couples who have a low ability to tolerance separation from each other? You can be addicted to people just like some people are addicted to heroin.

Lucy68 · Answer

Drugs and alcohol yes Chocolate and taco bell no

bean2k21 · Answer

No, addiction is a disease, so it's not any more "bad" than hepatitis. What's bad is the ignorance that surrounds it, and the commonly held belief that you have a character flaw because you are addicted to something. That's like holding someone responsible for being born with blindness.

jamesgoldman · Answer

Nah some people are addicted to dangerous things but others have addictions to safer stuff

Personally these days my worst vice is silver but in the rationale of addicts as long as someone is worse then your fine, I knew a guy who's a pawnbroker who bought silver for about 10 years ended up with about 7,000lbs of the stuff when he sold it for £1.1M because he needed the space in his house (the house was worth a third of the silver)

Pinay_ako · Answer

Like the spice girls said in the 90s, “Too much of something is bad enough, too much of nothing is just as tough”. So yes, I agree 💯 percent!

Brandi555 · Answer

I think it’s bad to be addicted to anything. Obviously some are worse the others. Like someone who’s addicted to drugs is in a dangerous situation because you need the drugs. But is someone is addicted to cigarettes then it’s not as dangerous. It’s not healthy but it’s less dangerous. So my point is if you NEED something then your in a bad situation.

MysteriousDarkness · Answer

Addiction - the state of being compulsively committed to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.

With that said it doesn't matter if what you're addicted to is a bad thing or a good thing if in moderation. Examples: sex, porn, alcohol, shopping, prescription meds, food, exercise, cleaning, video games, TV etc.

Kerrim23 · Answer

An addiction of any kind is bad. You depend on something in order to function, that's not healthy. Some addictions are healthier, but none are good for you

242plusInfinity · Answer

No. An addiction to making music is not bad. An addiction to reading isn't bad. An addiction to feeling the emotion of gratitude is not bad. An addiction is simply a habit. Some people are late all the time. That is a bad addiction.

exitseven · Answer

There are positive addictions. When I was running marathons I knew guys that really were addicted to it. If they got hurt and couldn't run fpor a few days they would get irritsble. Still it really was good for you.

Anonymous · Answer

Yeah, sex, alcohol, money, gambling, drugs are the main additions. But also food. Addiction to life style of trying to uphold a certain life style to impress others. People need to know their boundaries. I don’t drink, I don’t party, I don’t smoke, I don’t do drugs, I’ve never had sex (yet)…waiting for the right time.

Agape93 · Answer

Nope, but they're almost always unhealthy. From the basic addictions to things like alcohol and cocaine, to nuanced and more dangerous ones like fundamentalism

Kylal412 · Answer

They definitely have the potential to be. Sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling. Those definitely are bad ones to be addicted to and deal with.

Adam1978 · Answer

Yes, it means you lost control over your life. If you actually still have control it's not an addiction.

Rania05 · Answer

I consider every addiction bad except that of books

CallmeTheKnight · Answer

They're bad because you're addicted. Forget all that noise about it being unhealthy.. an addiction means you have a problem... a rush for dopamine in the worst possible way.

clampfan101 · Answer

It depends on your definition of addiction. I could easily say I’m addicted to video games, but not addicted in an unhealthy way. I’m just a geek. lol

Nazgol · Answer

I'd say most. Some worse than others obviously

KostasKouvalis · Answer

I'm addicted to feet/foot fetish stuff. I don't see it as a bad thing at all

VanguardTitan · Answer

Yep, addictions by definition essentially become hard to control and maladaptive. So whether the addiction is alcohol or collecting Power Ranger action figures, if it's too much, it's bad.

Anonymous · Answer

All things in moderation, including moderation. -Mark Twain Anything that is obsessive (which addictions are) is unhealthy as it disrupts your life

slytherinalumni2008 · Answer

It depends on what the addiction is. Like I don’t want to date a drug addict, alcoholic, smoker, gambler, etc. Most people drink coffee or a soft drink every day because most of us are caffeine addicts (haha).

WeeeISee · Answer

Yes. If someone is classified as an addict they have let their addiction interfere negatively in daily life.

Anonymous · Answer

I'd say it depends on the person. Poker taught me money management. I wouldn't have nearly the wealth I have now if not for poker. I would guess this is not typical of most people though. 🤣

kitty71 · Answer

of course they are. Evetrything in excess is bad

maximumpower · Answer

I'm addicted to air, food and water. That's not bad.

Clyde_123 · Answer

Yes too much addiction is too much.  It should always be balance.

zagor · Answer

Addiction implies you can't control your behavior, or don't want to. So yes.

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

They can be managed by some people, but yes they are usually less than ideal.

sphinx23 · Answer

Absolutely. Too much of anything is always bad.

YoHoeRose · Answer

In moderation no, such as working out.

Anonymous · Answer

Addiction to science and art creates innovations

BLP11520 · Answer

Some destroy your health

Subarugirl · Answer

Yes any form of addition is a bad thing.

JosyJosy · Answer

Yeps 'too much' , that 'too' has got to go.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Only coffee addictions are ok.

genericname85 · Answer

they are bad by definition.

Philyouup · Answer

yes but for maybe religion.

Valso · Answer

No. Sex addiction is good.

Blueeyes81 · Answer

Yes. Some more so than others.

midnightmoon05 · Answer

Mostly yes.

jimmy2 · Answer

I can finally say, hell yes

Anonymous · Answer

Too much of anything isn’t good.

darkoflights · Answer

generally bad

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Yes.

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