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The problem with those criteria is we would need to ask at what stage are we going to call water an addiction? It also fufills those details. Really just becaus

The problem with those criteria is we would need to ask at what stage are we going to call water an addiction? It also fufills those details. Really just because it can be classified as an addiction doesn't mean it should. The real criteria of concern is "does it cause problems /in this case/". Otherwise you end up with a hysterical neo-puritanism of trying to create a perfect life by excision of all vices.

rv-de 8y ago
if it isn't bad for you then it's not an addiction. addictive behavior is by definition always harmful. drinking water is hence not an addiction but a necessity.
- nradov 8y ago
  Water intoxication will kill you. Almost anything can be harmful in excessive quantities.
  - mvid 8y ago
    That is pedantic. There is no realistic scenario where your brain will compel you to consume so much water you suffer long term detriment
    - stronglikedan 8y ago
      > There is no realistic scenario Admittedly pedantic, but apparently a contest to win a Wii is one such realistic scenario. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-14-me-water14-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-14-me-water...
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    - emmelaich 8y ago
      People _have_ consumed so much water they've died or gone into coma. But of course it's nothing like an "addiction"
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johnkpaul 8y ago
I don't agree, but I also don't know the formalisms around addiction to articulate my argument precisely. I have never heard of water intoxication happening with growing frequency over decades. I have also not heard of water intoxication having support groups, nor of water being described as a craving. Additionally, there are no humans that have lived without water for years of their life. I have lived without sucrose for years of my life and I expect that there are others as well.
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- johnkpaul 8y ago
  I really wish the downvoters would comment as well. I don't know what I said here that was so wrong. I am very open to critique here. I want to learn what other people think to refine how I think about it.

rv-de 8y ago

if it isn't bad for you then it's not an addiction. addictive behavior is by definition always harmful. drinking water is hence not an addiction but a necessity.

nradov 8y ago
Water intoxication will kill you. Almost anything can be harmful in excessive quantities.
- mvid 8y ago
  That is pedantic. There is no realistic scenario where your brain will compel you to consume so much water you suffer long term detriment
  - stronglikedan 8y ago
    > There is no realistic scenario Admittedly pedantic, but apparently a contest to win a Wii is one such realistic scenario. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-14-me-water14-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-14-me-water...
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  - emmelaich 8y ago
    People _have_ consumed so much water they've died or gone into coma. But of course it's nothing like an "addiction"

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johnkpaul 8y ago

I don't agree, but I also don't know the formalisms around addiction to articulate my argument precisely. I have never heard of water intoxication happening with growing frequency over decades. I have also not heard of water intoxication having support groups, nor of water being described as a craving. Additionally, there are no humans that have lived without water for years of their life. I have lived without sucrose for years of my life and I expect that there are others as well.

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johnkpaul 8y ago
I really wish the downvoters would comment as well. I don't know what I said here that was so wrong. I am very open to critique here. I want to learn what other people think to refine how I think about it.