> [!tldr] Defined > Being dependent on something, being unwilling or unable to stop without adverse side effects I guess in the strictest sense of the word, we are all addicted to food and sleep. Addiction almost always refers to something negative in use. # Examples - If you don't have your phone, you start to feel [[Anxiety]]. That's the textbook definition of addiction. - If you get irritable when you go without smoking, or eating snacks, or whatever. **** ## Source - Googles Definition ## Related - [[Habit Change - Cues]] - [[Habit Loop]] - [[All Motivation is the Desire to Escape Discomfort]]