There's something empowering about recognizing something as an addiction. It allows you to compartmentalize that behavior, and act on it like you might a diseas

There's something empowering about recognizing something as an addiction. It allows you to compartmentalize that behavior, and act on it like you might a disease. Exercise and eating right don't become behaviors you're trying to habitually instill, they become "treatments," that you feel mandated to consume, because to allow the disease to continue is unacceptable.