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Originally Posted by lostalex
Addiction is a general psychological disorder, usually when someone gives up one addictive behavior they go on to another one, so it's a general disorder. drug addicts who get clean will often then go on to use gambling, or sex, or food in an addictive way. Addiction itself is a much larger psychological disease than just the behaviors. drug use, or eating disorders, or gambling are just the symptoms of the disease of addiction.
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If someone is looking for escapism for some issues that can be classed as a psychological dependence that requires therapy.
I still don't see it as an instinct, an inherant predisposition for some maybe based on genetics.