addiction

(habit)

is a kind of:

• mental disorder
• mental disorder » Substance Use Disorder
• mental disorder » Substance-Related Disorders » Substance Use Disorder

A disease process characterized by the continued use of a specific psychoactive substance despite physical, psychological or social harm.

Credit

Excerpts with permission from Graham, Allan W. & Schultz, Terry K. (Editors) (American Society of Addiction Medicine):Principles of Addiction Medicine, 2nd Edition

includes: - Choose - alcohol addiction Alcoholism baby habit behavioral addiction belly habit chicken shit habit chronic alcoholism gambling disorder King Kong habit love addiction monkey on one's back sex addiction sex and love addiction therapeutic addiction

This term appears in

• recovery (addiction)

Glossary:

- Choose - 18th Amendment 21st Amendment acute alcoholism addict alcohol flush reaction alcoholic alcoholic blackout Alcoholism alpha alcoholism amotivational syndrome anabolic steroid BAC bad trip BAL behavioral sensitization binge binge drinking blackout blood alcohol concentration blood alcohol level bottom CD chemical dependency chronic alcoholism coalcoholic codependence cold turkey compulsive foraging behavior congener contact high controlled drinking craving cross addiction cross dependence cross tolerance cut dataholic DD (addiction) decriminalization delirium tremens Delta alcoholism denial designer drug detoxification dip & dab dipsomania disease concept disease model disinhibition diversion doctor shopping double breasting DRE dripping driving under the influence driving while intoxicated drug Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 drug experimentation drug recognition expert drug testing drunk (intoxicated) drunk (person) drunk tank DTs dual disorder DUI DWI enabling FAE falling off the wagon familial alcoholism FAS fell off the wagon fetal alcohol effect fetal alcohol spectrum disorder fetal alcohol syndrome fix Gamma alcoholism get high glue sniffing habituation Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder hangover hard drug heavy drinking high high bottom hit bottom hookah hubbly bubbly huffing idiosyncratic intoxication impairment incentive salience incentive sensitization theory Intoxication intoxication delirium Korsakoff syndrome legalization loss of control low bottom Magnan's sign mainliner medical review officer minimizing misuse mood altering moodifier MRO narghile NAS negative urgency neonatal abstinence syndrome neonatal withdrawal syndrome on the wagon overdose para-alcoholic passive smoking pathological intoxication people, places & things pharming positive urgency pot-companion problem drinking progression prohibition recovery (addiction) recreational use relapse (addiction) remission (addiction) reverse tolerance reward deficiency syndrome rotgut room rum fits rush SAP Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment sedativism self-medication shooting gallery skid row slip social drinking solitary drinking spree drinking stash step on steppingstone theory street drug Substance Abuse substance abuse professional Substance Dependence substance induced delirium Substance Withdrawal Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder Substance-Induced Mood Disorder Substance-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder Substance-Induced Persisting Dementia Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder Substance-Induced Sexual Dysfunction Substance-Induced Sleep Disorder suicide Tuesday teetotaler temperance tolerance topping off tough love track mark trigger UDS urine drug screen Volstead Act waterpipe withdrawal syndrome zoopsia

Movies

- Choose - 12 Monkeys 25th Hour 28 Days A Loving Father A Scanner Darkly A Test of Wills Addiction American Gangster American Meth Archie's Final Project Ashby Assassin of Youth Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Before Midnight Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Behind the Candelabra Being Flynn Better Living Through Chemistry Between Your Legs Blow Born to Win Boys on the Side Cake (2014) Can't Hardly Wait Candy Ciao! Manhattan Citizen Ruth Clean Closer Cloud Atlas Cocaine: One Man's Seduction Confessions of a Porn Addict Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Crank Cuban Fury Demolition Man Diabolique (1996) Down to the Bone Eden (2014) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Finding Amanda Georgia Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Good Ol' Freda Gridlock'd Half Nelson Hector and the Search for Happiness High School Confidential! High: The True Tale of American Marijuana Hooked! Horsey Hot Tub Time Machine How Weed Won the West I Smile Back I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can Intoxicating Ira & Abby Iron Man 3 John Dies at the End Kings and Queen Kurt & Courtney Life Is Hot in Cracktown Lord of War Meth Methadonia Mona Lisa Monkey on My Back Most High Mr. Peabody and The Mermaid My Name Is Bill W. My Zinc Bed Narc New Jack City Nymphomaniac: Volume I Nymphomaniac: Volume II Of Two Minds Office Space Opium: Diary of a Madwoman Paul Williams Still Alive Permanent Midnight Postcards from the Edge Private Fears in Public Places Pure Quitting Rachel Getting Married Rated X Reefer Madness Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Reindeerspotting Rent Reprise Requiem for a Dream Rich and Famous Safe Scarface (1983) Skyfall Sleepwalk with Me Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Straight Outta Compton Suicide Manual Taken The Adderall Diaries The Basketball Diaries The Boost The Cocaine Fiends The English Patient The Flaming Teen-Age The Grand Seduction (2013) The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things The Heat The Lady Vanishes The Local The Love Guru The Man with the Golden Arm The Royal Tenenbaums The Salton Sea The Sitter (2011) The Trip (2010) The Union: The Business Behind Getting High The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Time Out of Mind (2014) Traffic Trainspotting Transformers: Dark of the Moon Trash Valley of the Dolls Virgil Bliss Weed What the Bleep Do We Know!? When a Man Loves a Woman White Bird in a Blizzard White Rush Wild William S. Burroughs: A Man Within World's Most Dangerous Drug You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Resources

- Choose - Addiction Survivors Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Prevention Global Network TRI

Books

- Choose - Addiction-Free Pain Management Addiction: From Biology to Drug Policy Addictions - A Comprehensive Guidebook Addictive Behaviors - Readings on Etiology, Prevention, and Treatment Addictive Behaviour - Cue Exposure Theory and Practice (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology) Addictive Behaviour - Molecules to Mankind - Perspectives on the Nature of Addiction Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy Clinical Textbook of Addictive Disorders Facing Love Addiction - Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love --The Love Connection to Codependence Healing the Addicted Brain Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth about Addiction Treatment and How to Get Help that Works Open: An Autobiography Permanent Midnight: A Memoir Postcards from the Edge Principles of Addiction Medicine, 2nd Edition Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America Substance Abuse Disorders in Clinical Practice The Addiction Concept - Working Hypothesis or Self-Fulfilling Prophesy- The Angry Heart - Overcoming Borderline and Addictive Disorders - An Interactive Self-Help Guide The Fix The Heart of Addiction: A New Approach to Understanding and Managing Alcoholism and Other Addictive Behaviors The Mindful Addict: A Memoir of the Awakening of a Spirit The Mindfulness Workbook for Addiction: A Guide to Coping with the Grief, Stress and Anger that Trigger Addictive Behaviors The Third Sunrise: a Memoir of Madness Treating Addictive Behaviors (Applied Clinical Psychology) Understanding Addictive Disease - A Tool for Preventing Relapse When the Servant Becomes the Master Where Have I Been: An Autobiography Why Can't Johnny Just Quit?: A Common Sense Guide to Understanding Addiction With or Without You: A Memoir

People

- Choose - Amy Jade Winehouse Dexter Gordon Elizabeth Ann Ford Jamesetta Hawkins Liza May Minnelli Malinda Gayle McCready Nancy Laura Spungen William S. Burroughs