Similarly, the modern medical view of addiction is basically something like, "continued use in the face of adverse consequences." Laypeople really hate this de

Similarly, the modern medical view of addiction is basically something like, "continued use in the face of adverse consequences." Laypeople really hate this definition, preferring to think of addiction as primarily a physio-chemical phenomenon, but the American Psychiatric Association has to say: "Substance use disorder (SUD) is complex a condition in which there is uncontrolled use of a substance despite harmful consequence." Source: https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/addiction/what-is-addiction https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/addiction/what-... Most organizations that deal with addiction now operate using a similar definition.