Continued physical or psychological dependence on a substance or behavior despite negative or even life-threatening physical or societal consequences. Can also refer to any of the many and varied treatments available for addiction, any of the many and varied explanations for the proposed mechanisms behind addictive behavior, or other social, physical, political, moral, ethical, medical, religious, and legal issues surrounding addiction and its treatment.
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Are there any viable shortcuts to stop smoking?
A variety of treatments are purportedly available to aid in quitting smoking.
What are effective, scientifically proven ways to quit smoking?
In particular, is any treatment significantly better than placebo?
Examples of smoking cessation aids…
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Is the correlation in betwen childhood trauma and addiction stronger than the correlation in between diabetes and obesity?
I came across this image on the internet, which makes the claim, "There is a stronger link between childhood trauma and addiction, than there is between obesity and diabetes. Two thirds of addicts report being abused as children."
Doing some…
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Do people smoke only due to psychological reasons?
Many smokers have told me that smoking gives them immense pleasure - that they let go of all their worries when they smoke a cigarette. Their descriptions of the sensations produced are quite similar to those produced by drugs, alcohol etc and that…
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Does porn addiction exist and if it does, can a prepubescent be diagnosed with it?
According to this answer from 3 years ago, it was uncertain whether porn addiction existed:
As with many behavioral addictions, including sex addiction, that would be a broader category, pornography addiction is just now starting to be researched…
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Can the special sound frequency make addiction?
Supposedly, for certain music track are used any frequencies that the human ear can not hear , but the brain can. And this the frequencies create pleasant feelings, which is why more people choose a song. What do you think about it?
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