Addiction

 Entry 7:

Research/Experience

Topic: Addiction

Definition: the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.

• Similar: dependency, craving, habit
  
  

  

    Addiction is a serious problem that every country has to deal with. Addiction is not always drinking or drugs. Addiction can be anything in the world that you feel you NEED. There are different types of addicts. I know a lot of people with a shopping addiction. These people will spend money on things that they don't need, even spend money that they don't have.     

    I think that the cause of many addictions can be started by society or their own troubles in life. People can use their addictions to escape from their reality. I see so many addictions currently going on in this society that no one even realizes is a problem. People just focus on the "bad" ones. Aren't most addictions bad though? There are so many like shopping, eating, gambling, phones, gaming, and more. 

 

    Things that cause you to lose a lot of money, shopping and gambling. Loss of motivation in their daily lives, gaming and phones. I have gone to family events, hung out with friends and almost everyone seems to be on their phones. It is truly upsetting how much technology has taken over our lives. Eating is a problem because it can cost a lot of money and obesity consumes 42.4 percent of the US adults. An eating addiction is only a problem if people are overeating and eating unhealthy foods all the time as obesity can lead to major health issues. While people think that only drugs and drinking are major addictions in the world. I see the other addictions that are equally bad, if not worse.