by Evropi » 15 Apr 2014, 11:14
Not all drugs are substance-addictive... for instance, cannabis does not contain any substance that could addict you to it (like tobacco's nicotine). Addiction to cannabis is based entirely on the (perceived) pleasurable effects of consuming it. Same goes with video games.
Gouessej is right, all addiction has a cause. That said, when a person becomes genuinely addicted like my brother was, who wouldn't go out of the house for weeks on end and even then spend his day playing Age of Empires, you have to pull the plug on the games to get him back. So while everything has causes to it, let's not shy away from treating addiction too because that's the only way to step forward once addiction has occurred.
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