>but I highly disagree that this is a straightforward distinction to make. Yep, 10000000% agreed, this is why this question needs to be answered by the individ

>but I highly disagree that this is a straightforward distinction to make. Yep, 10000000% agreed, this is why this question needs to be answered by the individual itself with the help of a therapist. There is simply no clear line as you well said between legitimate enjoyment and addiction, in my home country wherever the gaming addiction is brought up, then football players whom also straddle the line between addiction and commitment are also mentioned. Librarians in the past whom would read "excessively" were tagged as "addicts to reading" The line needs to be set by the individual itself, there is simply no reliable way to do otherwise unless in the extreme cases where people's lives break down around them