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- noun Plural form of
addiction .
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Examples
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Having a child could be considered by some (like it was, my father) to be wrong – the genetic susceptibility that my daughter faces for several mood disorders, conditions and addictions is staggering.
Abortion Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry | Her Bad Mother 2009
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In modern America, most people are addicted to something, and the incessant feeding of these addictions is the fuel that propels the ugly market leviathan onward in its mindless destruction of the earth, human beings and the things of enduring human value.
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I agree with the person who stated sarcastically that the government should also begin taxing all of OTHER people's "addictions" - perhaps a $10 per cup federal tax on Starbucks coffee would be a good start?
Donklephant 2009
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The nature of susceptibility to most addictions is something we still don’t very much understand, though.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Ex-Blizzard Employee Divorces Husband Over WoW 2008
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In the first two steps are clear instructions on how to live an ethical and caring life through practicing harmlessness (ahimsa), being truthful, not being greedy nor indulging in addictions.
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The thing I keep between me and my addictions is a recovery program that teaches me common sense and brutal honesty.
Barb Rogers: Swapping Out Addictions: Prescription Drugs During Recovery Barb Rogers 2010
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The thing I keep between me and my addictions is a recovery program that teaches me common sense and brutal honesty.
Barb Rogers: Swapping Out Addictions: Prescription Drugs During Recovery 2010
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But I am not just talking about the category of behaviors defined as addictions; I am really talking, more broadly, about obsessive behavior.
Tom Matlack: Men and Compulsive Behavior: Where Does This Instinct Come From? Tom Matlack 2010
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Sean is straight and I'm gay, but the insanity of our addictions is the same.
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It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
vermontster commented on the word addictions
A sorta medical, mostly human services-y field.
June 29, 2008