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Why do people think the only type of addictions people have are to things like booze or drugs?
Filed under Addiction | Tagged with Booze, Drugs, Physical Aspects, Shopping, Types Of Addictions20 Jul / 09
pink1957girl asked:
There are lots of things that people can get addicted to, besides booze and/or drugs. Why do people discount other types of addictions? What other type of addictions do you think there are?
This is a serious question – I’m not being flipant about this.
The reson for this question is that people [...]
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What is the problem with addiction itself?
Filed under Psychology | Tagged with Emotional Harm, Moral Authority, Opposition, Shopping, Soft Addictions2 Apr / 09
Chris K asked:
What are the moral qualms that base our moral inquisition on addiction. These days, in addition to all of the regular, real addictions, we have the inclusion of “soft addictions”, such as an addiction to shopping, or television.
I mean for this to also question our societal opposition (especially as of these last [...]
