989 On: Health

Most people’s first thought if you were to tell them “I’m an addict” would be that the person is addicted to drugs - and these days, the number one addiction is… well, SURPRISE, it’s complicated. It...Depends. There are a series of tiers breaking down age groups, substances, and behaviors. What is addiction? Actually, most of the snooty web sites call it Substance Use Disorder, or Substance Dependence, right? But that’s confusing! I could be addicted to... gambling, or addicted to binging old episodes of Murder, She Wrote. Those... are not substances!