What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Addiction?

Question by Rowan: What are the signs and symptoms of addiction?
I’m looking for signs that can apply to any type addiction. I’ve tried to Google it but all I can find is for drug addictions. =/

Best answer:

Answer by Britt
I think the most typical sign of addiction is craving.
you feel like you absolutely need whatever it is you are “addicted” to.

Also if you don’t feel as though you can be yourself without it

What do you think? Answer below!

The truth about sugar addiction

Filed under: signs of drug addiction

Are you really “addicted” to sugar? The answer is complex. A pattern of avoiding and binging, not sugar itself, may lead to addict-like effects. Sugar affects the same “feel-good” brain hormones as street drugs. Some signs of sugar addiction include …
Read more on AZFamily

Rush to digitalize toddlers risks Internet addiction

Filed under: signs of drug addiction

As the number of young smartphone users escalates around the globe, educating children and parents about the effects of this increasingly prevalent drug of the future is imperative. South Korean medical researchers released a … Neuroscientists there …
Read more on Brandon Sun