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by andsoitis 854 days ago
> No specific requirement for negative consequences, just a habit.

If addiction is not a psychological or physical dependency with harmful or destructive consequences, what should we call those that do?

The American Psychiatric Association has this to say about addiction, which tells me they view addiction as something worth fixing and hence is harmful: https://www.psychiatry.org/getmedia/e25c07ae-7333-4466-9add-...