The Conversation on Addiction Is Always About Drugs

Addiction is manifested in any behavior that a person finds temporary pleasure or relief in and therefore craves but suffers negative consequences as a result of. So to put it simply, pleasure, relief, craving, short term, negative consequence in the long term, inability to give it up, that's what an addiction is. The whole conversation on addiction as being all about drugs is really an artifact of social denial, it's just a denial of reality," he said.