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There is a scene in the movie The Consequences of Love by Paolo Sorrentino where you find out one of the secrets of the mysterious leading character:

The first Wednesday of every month at 10am he shot himself heroin.

It's one of his extremely methodical routines. It can be seen as an habit, but you can't truly call him an addict.

If you reframe your happiness around your drug use you're already addicted. The question about my original post was more like: Are there people who have a drug habit without the addiction? If yes, how many of them are there?