addiction
uh dik shuhn
- n being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- n an abnormally strong craving
- n (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery
- The rate is much the same with drug addiction, which experts see as the same disorder triggered by a different chemical.
- Long-time heroin addicts who get supervised doses of the drug seem to stay in addiction treatment longer and have less criminal activity than similar addicts who get conventional .
- Defining an addiction can be as difficult as breaking the habbits that satisfy your endless cravings.