The term “addiction” is dangerous in discussions about these topics because it can has such a range of meanings. Sometimes it’s used to mean chemical dependency

The term “addiction” is dangerous in discussions about these topics because it can has such a range of meanings. Sometimes it’s used to mean chemical dependency that you can observe in lab rats and which causes clinical withdrawal symptoms. Some people use it for anything people do to “cope” despite it being bad for them, so you could be addicted to almost anything and it need not have any obvious chemical basis.