Just about anything that you take part in can become an addictive behavior. Let’s take drinking for example. Everybody that drinks alcohol is not an an alcoholic. The more a person drinks as a substitute for something that they feel they are missing, that is when something normal becomes an addictive behavior. Majority of the alcoholics that I know became this way because they were trying to fill a void, or they either just wanted a way to make some sort of pain go away. Lots of people who have been tramatized as children, do not want to remember the feeling that they felt when they went through that specific experience.
Another bad addiction that exists in this country, is fact that lots of people are addicted to things that they should not be addicted to. My sister has obsessive compulsive disorder and that is her addiction. She is addicted to having everything in a particular place. If she can not find what ever it is that she is looking for, if it is not in the place that she put it, she will automatically have a meltdown. That is why no one ever goes into her room. She is afraid that something might not be in the place that it needs to be in order for her to get to it when she needs it.
Drugs are a huge thing that people can become addicted to. Once you try certain things, it is hard for your body not to crave those things. The more you let your body win, the more your body is going to crave that substance in the future. Drugs can range from crack cocaine, to glue and paint. Many of the people in the younger generation have moved on from using weed and things of that nature to become high. They have started taking over the counter medications so that they can get that same high, but not have to pay nearly as much.
While many people will argue whether this is an addiction or not there are people who have an addiction to porn. This is manifest in many forms including porn viewing, jumping from relationship to relationship, and one night stands.
Some women have been hurt to the point where they will do anything to make that particular pain go away. Majority of this group are the people who are classified as cutters. When they cut themselves, it releases something that makes it not only painful, but pleasurable. This is what these people are addicted to.
Other addictions range from having to constantly wash your hands, as well as lots of eating disorders. None of these addiction can be stopped on their own. They all require some sort of help.