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    Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding behaviors despite adverse consequences. An addict is an individual addicted to a substance or behavior. Terms related to addiction include going "cold turkey" to abruptly stop substance use, dependence which refers to reliance on an addictive behavior, drug rehabilitation programs to treat substance dependence, and overdose which is an excessive drug dose. Withdrawal symptoms are unpleasant physical reactions when ceasing an addictive drug. A habit is a regular tendency that is difficult to quit, while addictive refers to something that causes addiction.

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    Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding behaviors despite adverse consequences. An addict is an individual addicted to a substance or behavior. Terms related to addiction include going "cold turkey" to abruptly stop substance use, dependence which refers to reliance on an addictive behavior, drug rehabilitation programs to treat substance dependence, and overdose which is an excessive drug dose. Withdrawal symptoms are unpleasant physical reactions when ceasing an addictive drug. A habit is a regular tendency that is difficult to quit, while addictive refers to something that causes addiction.

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    Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding behaviors despite adverse consequences. An addict is an individual addicted to a substance or behavior. Terms related to addiction include going "cold turkey" to abruptly stop substance use, dependence which refers to reliance on an addictive behavior, drug rehabilitation programs to treat substance dependence, and overdose which is an excessive drug dose. Withdrawal symptoms are unpleasant physical reactions when ceasing an addictive drug. A habit is a regular tendency that is difficult to quit, while addictive refers to something that causes addiction.

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    Addiction

    A brain disorder identified by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite unfavorable


    consequences.
    Collocations with the word addiction:
    • become, turn into addiction:
    'smoking can easily become an addiction.'
    • feed addiction:
    'He stole his mother's money to feed his destructive addiction.'
    • treat, beat, cure, overcome addiction:
    'She was fighting to overcome her addiction.'
    • have an addiction to...:
    'He had an addiction to heroin.'

    Addict
    An individual who is addicted to a particular substance or behavior.
    Collocations with the word addict:
    • cocaine, drug, heroin, computer, television addict:
    'He has become a computer addict.'

    Expressions related to addiction


    go cold turkey
    This refers to the abrupt cessation of a substance dependence and the resulting unpleasant experience,
    as opposed to gradually easing the process through reduction over time or by using replacement
    medication.
    Example:
    I had to go cold turkey.

    Dependence on alcohol, drugs...


    Dependence on an addictive behavior refers to the state of relying on or being controlled by this
    behavior.
    Example:
    His dependence on sleeping pills is destructive.

    Drug rehabilitation
    Drug rehabilitation (often drug rehab or just rehab) is the processes of medical or psychotherapeutic
    treatment for dependency on alcohol, cocaine, heroin, etc. The general intent is to enable the patient to
    confront substance dependence, if present, and cease substance abuse to avoid the psychological, legal,
    financial, social, and physical consequences that can be caused, especially by extreme abuse.
    Example:
    A drug rehabilitation programme.

    Overdose
    This refers to an excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
    Collocations with the word overdose:
    • large, massive overdose.
    • drug, heroin, paracetamol... overdose.
    • fatal, accidental overdose.
    • take an overdose.
    • die from/of an overdose.

    Habit
    This refers to a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.
    Collocations with the word habit:
    • be in the habit of...
    • have the habit of...
    • acquire, develop, fall into, form, get into the habit of...
    • break (yourself of), get out of, give up the habit of...
    • by habit ( as in 'done by habit').
    • a creature of habit.
    • the habit of a lifetime.

    Withdrawal symptoms
    This refers to the unpleasant physical reaction that accompanies the process of ceasing to take an
    addictive drug.
    Example:
    A therapy that reduces withdrawal symptoms.
    Addictive: Gambling can be quite addictive.
    To overcome a habit: means to no longer be addicted to be something
    John overcame his addiction to something.
    To kick a habit: to get rid of a habit.
    Ryan wants to kick the habit of smoking.
    General words used to show a person is an addict: add ‘holic’
    1. Alcoholic: someone who can’t do without drinking.
    2. Workaholic: a person who works 24/7 and has no social life.
    3. Shopaholic: people addicted to shopping
    4. Webholic: someone who loves surfing the internet
    5. Chocoholic: someone who can’t resist chocolates and must eat a few of them daily

    Phrasal verbs:
    Cut back on
    Cut down on
    To be hooked on
    Cut out

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