Skip,
From: http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=addiction
Medical Dictionary
One entry found for addiction.
Main Entry: ad7dic7tion
Pronunciation: schwa-primarystressdik-shschwan
Function: noun
: compulsive physiological need for and use of a habit-forming substance
(as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined
physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use
of a substance known by the user to be physically, psychologically, or socially
harmful
-- compare HABITUATION
Bryan
Skip Higginbotham wrote:
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> Thanks Bryan, I really appreciate your candor.
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> Addiction.....the condition of being addicted to a habit......Webster's
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> I'll let you read the definition of habit. I still mean "habit" the way
> I described it.
> Skip
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