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05 ADDICTION A choice or a disease, it doesn’t matter.

Addiction

is

a

critical

problem that our society has been facing over the last decade, but when it comes to the term “addiction” most people think it’s all about substance use and lack of willpower,

but

in

fact,

addiction includes a lot of other aspects, before diving into

it

let’s

see

what

addiction really is. Addiction is the inability to stop doing something even though

it

psychological

causes

and

physical

harm. And by “Something” I mean

anything,

it

doesn’t

matter if it’s a chemical or behavioral

addiction,

anything may be addictive at some point. Social

Media

addiction,

caffeine

addiction,

internet

gaming addiction….. we’re all addicted

to

something

without even knowing.

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