As a possible weakening of the addiction classification, I'd hazard that what may seem as Addiction is actually just Fashion. Both Addiction and Fashion can be

As a possible weakening of the addiction classification, I'd hazard that what may seem as Addiction is actually just Fashion. Both Addiction and Fashion can be harmful... anorexia(addiction) and size-zero(fashion), but they are different. Fashions may be all consuming for a long period, but then they change, often swiftly and brutally. A shift in customs (large,lengthy) is not required for a shift in Fashion. Fashion and addiction can co-exist, and I'll offer an anecdote. The Dance Music scene in 1999. . Here there was some people with a bona-fide addiction to dance party drugs (real addicts) co-existing with those who indulged in light drug taking in the fashion for dance parties. Dance parties grew to quite an peak and the associated drug intake too. But when the dance music scene burnt out in favour of rock... the fashion drug element receded with it.