Keep in mind the loose criteria for an addiction. It may help you to avoid some considerable pain and expense.
If it, whatever it is, alcohol, gambling, drugs, sexual activity, has caused you to lose your job, it is an addiction. If it has caused you to lose status in a community, lose face among people whom you value, it is an addiction. Seek help.
If it, whatever it is, has caused you to lose an important relationship, it is an addiction. Even if it threatens your most important relationships, although none has been lost, it’s an addiction. Get the help you may not think you need.
If abstaining from it, whatever it is, causes you physical symptoms such as cravings, headaches, bad moods, irrational behaviours, it is an addiction.…