I would say people do not grow out of it, as a previous video game addict (skipping school, classes etc, the whole nine miles), the conditions that creates and

I would say people do not grow out of it, as a previous video game addict (skipping school, classes etc, the whole nine miles), the conditions that creates and fuels the addiction itself (be it being asocial, home or money problems) simply vanishes as the time goes on. If it does not vanish, the addiction continues, and if they arise again, the addict relapses. This is based on my experience. Of course, you can not expect that many years of addiction to simply not have any residual effects, for example I still do play video games a lot but I can't say I'm addicted to the point of skipping my job or destroying my whole life. In my case, it is not that dangerous to play video games but for a substance addict, it gets extremely dangerous and they surely struggle harder than I do. I think, instead of trying to cure the addiction first, the underlying cause of the addiction itself should be cured. After that, getting over the addiction becomes easier. Edit: I see comments on people concerned of addicts treating their problems as a phase. It is not a phase, you need to get the bottom of the problem first. It can get extremely hard to fix the underlying problem, especially if you do not get any help, so do not treat the addiction as a phase, but treat it as a symptom of a much bigger problem and fix the problem first while treating your addiction.