addictions
Hard to quit
Addictions is the plural of addiction—compulsive dependencies on substances or behaviors despite harmful consequences.
The word covers both physical dependence, where the body adapts to require a substance, and psychological compulsion: His addictions to gambling and alcohol destroyed his marriage.
People speak casually of addictions to coffee, social media, or television, though these lack the clinical severity of drug or alcohol addiction.
Powerful urge to have
- urgeStrong inner drive
- impulseSudden urge to act
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
preoccupation · mania · irresistibility · drive · dependency · enslavement · powerlessness · denial
Act of taking away
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- relapseReturn to former illness
methadone · suboxone · narcotics · opioids · cocaine · heroin · alcohol · nicotine
One who facilitates harmful behavior
- codependencyExcessive emotional reliance on another
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
Unimpaired mental state
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- detoxSubstance removal process
- therapyCurative mental treatment
counseling · sponsor · intervention · wellness · healing · clean · mindfulness · aftercare
Betting on uncertain results
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
- gamingInteractive electronic entertainment
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- internetInterconnected computer systems
hoarding · workaholism · exercise · sex · phone · betting · tanning
Harmful excess intake
- cirrhosisIrreversible hepatic scarring
- debtMoney owed another
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
incarceration · isolation · shame · stigma · secrecy · intervention
craving
Powerful urge to have
obsession · preoccupation · mania · irresistibility · drive · dependency · enslavement · powerlessness · denial · rationalization
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
relapse · methadone · suboxone · narcotics · opioids · cocaine · heroin · alcohol · nicotine · caffeine
enabler
One who facilitates harmful behavior
- codependencyExcessive emotional reliance on another
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
escalation · maintenance · substitution · naloxone · tapering
sobriety
Unimpaired mental state
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- detoxSubstance removal process
therapy · counseling · sponsor · intervention · wellness · healing · clean · mindfulness · aftercare · amends
gambling
Betting on uncertain results
- pornographySexually explicit arousing material
- gamingInteractive electronic entertainment
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
internet · hoarding · workaholism · exercise · sex · phone · betting · tanning
overdose
Harmful excess intake
- cirrhosisIrreversible hepatic scarring
- debtMoney owed another
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
homelessness · incarceration · isolation · shame · stigma · secrecy · intervention
- bad influenceswrong crowd, peer pressure, bad habits, enablers, manipulators
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- biographiesbiography, biographies, autobiography, autobiographies, memoir
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- habitshabit, habits, bad habit, study habits, rituals
- personalself, privacy, personal space, identity, name
addictionsfreedom
Absence of constraint
self-control · sobriety · self-mastery · autonomy · independence
addictionsdetachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
indifference · non-attachment · disinterest · letting go · aversions
- digital addictionCompulsive device overuse
- drug addictionCompulsive need for intoxicants
- gambling addictionUncontrollable urge to wager
- sexual addictionCompulsive erotic behavior disorder
- phone addictionCompulsive device use
- alcohol addictionDependence on intoxicating beverages