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What is the Difference Between an 'Addiction', a 'Compulsion' and an 'Obsession'?

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What is the Difference Between an 'Addiction', a 'Compulsion' and an 'Obsession'?
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RE: What is the Difference Between an 'Addiction', a 'Compulsion' and an 'Obsession'?
May 15, 2009 at 11:21 pm
@irh

Not quite right.

Some behaviours can be become addictions without the involvement of an ingested substance. Gambling addiction is one of the more widely known of this type of addiction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling_addiction


Some types of non substance addiction "internet addiction" are not univerally accepted as 'true addictions', being considered by some to be more avoidant behaviour.
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What is the Difference Between an 'Addiction', a 'Compulsion' and an 'Obsession'?

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RE: What is the Difference Between an 'Addiction', a 'Compulsion' and an 'Obsession'? - by padraic - May 15, 2009 at 11:21 pm

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