addiction

  1. Noun.  The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
  2. Noun.  A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
  3. Noun.  A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.

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