On the Nature and Meaning of Addiction.

From: National Forum | Date: September 22, 1999| Author: Shaffer, Howard J. | Copyright information

Is addiction that involves psychoactive drug-taking (for example, heroin dependence) the same as addiction that does not involve drug-taking (such as excessive shopping)? How can we distinguish the recurring central activities (Fingarette 1988) of daily life from the habitual and repetitive behavior patterns that rise to the level of addiction? In the absence of independent criteria to serve as a guide, making these distinctions can be as difficult as separating twilight from dusk ...

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