The Addiction Dictionary

The life of an addict is a hard one. He or she feels alone and misunderstand. It pleases me to see anyone get much deserved help, as nobody deserves to wallow in their own pit of hell. Life has so much to offer when one's eyes are opened. Good work, Billy, in more ways than one.

What a powerful hub and really puts it out there with no sugar coating. Hopefully this helps a lot of people.

Simply brilliant. This should be required reading for every program that is working to help fight the problem of addiction. Love ya kindred.

I'm not sure if it meets the criteria for addiction, but my daughter tends to be inseparable from her gadget, updating her status and chatting with her friends all the time through the social media. I'm still trying to find a wise way in "curing" this kind of addiction.

Thank you for this interesting, informative hub.

I have no addictions, but I have a strong attraction to chocolate. Seriously, this is a great summary from A to Z defining addition. It's those last questions you list that have to be tackled in order to make use of this excellent dictionary meaning.

Addictions are no laughing matter. I have been trying for mumble, mumble years to cut down on mine. Total abstinence I have found is impossible. The addiction, you might ask? Coffee/mocha chocolate chip ice cream.

Bill, an excellent hub from someone with first hand experience. You've been there and came out the other side. Yes, addiction can be broken and you are so right, the addicted individual need to want it, only they can make that decision. Great way to spread awareness. I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Great hub, Bill! Are we on the same wavelength or not? I became addicted to pain medication before I was 20 years old with other addictions, as well. I have overcome most but the painkillers are an upward battle as the need for pain relief still exists.

This is a critically important time to release this beast destroyer of the evils within people caused by addiction. Nice full scale launch and play on definitions here Bill, I can relate to most of the associative properties of this intense hub. Whoa!!!!!!

LOL, I like to kill addictions one by one as well, and my very last one to catch the sledge hammer of all time end days, is the Internet addiction I currently have. Oh and maybe that of not having money and chasing the darn thing all the time (Aka similar to Gamblers chronic mental illness). Sometimes I feel like a silly rabbit, running on one huge mega galactic treadmill online.

Awesome helpful hub bro, & so intense my eyes almost popped out! :)

Thumbs up extremely high on this one, and outta this hub universe!!

Bill,

I also think you are addicted to sharing and caring. This is such a blunt, sincere alphabetical outline of reality laced with powerful videos.

I know you are reaching more people than you may ever know...you are paying it back and then some. Thank you for always inspiring me.

Have a peaceful night. Love, Maria

Really interesting hub on a serious real world problem, Bill.

I am on my phone, at football (not playing) and the layout on HP is looking mighty strange today. It has tipped my proof reading skills over the edge!

I meant 'reaching.' Although your 'organism' faux pas is way worse than mine :D

Have a good weekend too.

Excellent hub. You are an example of that decision to change been taken by one person. Now look at the far retching positive impact that decision had. To save your life, your sanity and not forgetting you now give so much help and encouragement to others. You done good and the ripples keep on reaching out and making a difference. One mans choices touch on so many other's worlds. Awesome and helpful.

Hi Billy, this was a fantastic hub. I'm glad you were able to overcome your addiction and are now living a happier life.

This is a powerful and important hub, Bill. Thank you for creating it.

Awesome hub Bill. I am glad that you have pulled through and are inspiration for many who need it. These hubs are definite gems!

Dear Bill,

Very realistic eye-opener here on the sly disease of addiction! I am so glad you chose life and have wonderful new addictions. There are so many addictions out there that are truly destroying lives and families, especially the ever-growing addiction to pornography, which destroys a person's mind, especially a young person's perception of reality. Then, there are those that have that shopping addiction, it is endless.

Sadly, more times than not, one must hit rock bottom and have nowhere else to go but up, but if that is what it takes, then that is what it takes before one's life is taken!

I know that addiction runs in my family, and I also know the power of prayer too for I have seen it heal when the person is set free to be indeed!

Blessings and love,

Faith Reaper

An alphabetic look at addiction. This has to be done by someone addicted to writing! Like you mentioned, this doesn't have the negative effects of other addiction. According to Eric, ours is a healthy addiction. Thank you for sharing your creativity.

Epic Hub, Bill. Outstanding. If a reader doesn't learn about addiction from this article there is no hope for them. Excellent.

Never been addicted to anything. However nice hub

C is for coffee. I am a complete slave to it, and will murder without hesitation for a cup of Joe. Seriously though, I believe that the rise in addiction is part and parcel of the "self gratification at all costs" philosophy that pervades our electronic society. That, and most people except for you and I have way too much time on their hands. Great hub!

Like anything else, if you want it badly enough, with help you will be able to survive. I've never been to that terrible place but I have seen others who have. This explains clearly what happens to the minds and the lives of addicts and so helps others understand, something which is also important. I now have a better insight and therefore a more sympathetic attitude. Thank you. Ann

Great, creative reference Hub for keeping a recovering individual's awareness up. Thanks for sharing this helpful tool, Bill.

The weather here in the WW Valley is finally post-Indian Summer, returning to the ambiance of more familiar autumns...rain and overcast one hour; sunshine the next; followed by a sweeping breeze that renders the once highly-foliaged trees into dark skeletal shapes...just in time for Halloween! : ) Have a good one, my friend! Life...it is what it is, and I'm enjoying and appreciating every moment of it, just as I know you are! Aloha, buddy, and let's hope the O-line offers Russell Wilson more protection on Sunday!

~Joe

Here we go propping up the comments column again...

My turn? Ooh, dear me, what do I say?! How's this for size:

(Usual praise for a popular hub, blah-blah, rhubarb-rhubarb etc)

What do I do about MY addiction Doc Bill? I'm a commentaholic, AND a Hub-aholic! There's gotta be a cure somewhere, I'm desperate. Can't sleep without a laptop within reach... Blub-blub!

Seriously though, even as long ago as when sir Arthur Conan-Doyle wrote his Sherlock Holmes stories, his alter-ego Dr Watson watching Holmes sink into a torpor after injecting himself or on visits to an opium den in the docks area of Limehouse, where there was a Chinese 'colony'. These opium dens sprang up all over Limehouse (now an area for the up-and-coming around Canary Wharf) around the time of the Opium Wars in China... Now the Chinese - and others - supply addicts all over London, even in Mayfair.

'There ain't no cure for the summertime blues' (we know a song about that, don't we).

Thankfully, I have never struggled with addiction myself. I pray for those who suffer -- addicts of narcotics, gambling, alcohol, etc. My hope is that some way, they face the problem, find peace, and discover an addiction to life.

Nice one Billy. Fortunately my addiction is pineapple and coconut ice cream but I know where you're coming from. I hope your alphabet helps many people to face their demons. ( Haagen Dazs)

I had an uncle die from alcoholic related problems. He refused to get help. He left behind two daughters and four grandchildren. He never saw how much he would be missed.

Great hub and I love the use of the letters of the alphabet to try to define the different facets of addiction. Addicted people have a long journey in front of them and even if they conquer their addiction, the battle continues everyday.

Each of us have our own way to resist or succumb to stress or peer pressure I suppose.

Thank you for enlightening us about what addiction can do to people! Very interesting!

Wow Bill, you just described me to a T! Yes, I am willing, and with your help I will succeed! Thank you for posting this, I think that I will be re-reading this quite a bit throughout my long journey!

A super article, Bill. I love that you ended by showing that there is

a choice to be made. This choice can influence the rest of one's life.

I admire anyone who makes the choice to overcome a way of life,

that is no life at all.

Having lived around alcoholics, I understand

that sobriety is only one drink away.

Congratulations, Bill.

DJ.

Having had a nicotine habit years back and over-coming it I can only imagine what drugs or alcohol would be like. You deserve a metal I am sure for I know I so enjoyed a whiff of smoke passing by like a drunkard might a rum cake? Just saying it was so hard on me I can only imagine what alcoholics must go through to quit and even that must take years from your life in the battle.

Your new addictions are wonderful. Up and shared as always.

Very powerful in-your-face article Bill. Often we don't see addiction taking up residence in our psyche and habits. Then we deny. Then we fall. But then we see (hopefully). Then we climb out of the hell we've created for ourselves. That is if we want it bad enough to fight the demon.

Bill, I am such an addict that I gave up fighting it. Some of us just have those personality traits. I hit bottoms in several areas and times. I fully admit addictions own me.

So after twenty years of fighting it -- I just went ahead and adopted healthy addictions. Fruit, hiking, writing, etc. My poor wife is still married to an addict. But at least no longer a destructive one.

Great article here. And I hope widely read. We pray for those still suffering.

My excuse was that there was always tomorrow. I'd live in the moment, deciding I would do better the next day. Every day became "tomorrow". I'm glad to see you had a video about food addiction. Some people think food addiction is about a person eating too much, but like the guy in the video said, it's really about hiding. Your dictionary brings awareness. In fact, this whole article brings hope to those still struggling with whatever type of addiction they have.

The Addiction Dictionary very interesting and lots to think about here and another one of your informative hubs with a learning experience.