noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drug addiction (= the problem of not being able to stop taking drugs )
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his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
other
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But it was the combination of not doing anything, drinking too much and all my other addictions .
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What is the first step to recovery in other addictions ?
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The social consequences of compulsive gambling and risk-taking, workaholism, compulsive overspending and other behavioural addictions can be utterly destructive.
■ NOUN
alcohol
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In 1997, 90 % of the calls were related to alcohol addiction , falling to 60 % last year.
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Twenty-five percent were there for drug and alcohol addiction .
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The vast majority of alcohol addiction cases came from men older than 40 and women over 35, he said.
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Partners made up more than a third of those contacting SolCare in 1998, most over alcohol addiction .
drug
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Black poverty remains; family breakdown, drug addiction and violence have worsened.
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They have developed drug addiction in the communities.
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The woman is understood to have a background of drug addiction .
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Furthermore, because alcohol and other mood-altering chemicals are cross-addictive, we shall probably always have drug addiction as well.
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Some work is going into drugs to treat drug addiction .
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She suggested that dependency on cigarettes should be seen as another form of drug addiction .
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In drug addiction , infections such as hepatitis and septicaemia get into the blood stream through infected needles.
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They cared little for themselves; they were in and out of hospital for drug addiction and overdoses and abortions.
heroin
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She gives me antibiotics for my heroin addiction .
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A painful bout with heroin addiction eventually led him to a spiritual rebirth.
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Ann if over her heroin addiction and working on her compulsion to go shoplifting.
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If you can avoid heroin addiction and motorcycle accidents, you might have a swell time.
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Many of the pimps, and some of the girls, have been forced into prostitution to feed a deadly heroin addiction .
problem
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It applies to homes for elderly people and homes for people with disabilities, mental health or addiction problems .
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But, despite the growing addiction problem , few give the reformers much of a chance.
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Ye only need about three goes of crack and ye've got yerself an addiction problem .
■ VERB
feed
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Doncaster Crown Court heard jobless Davies had previously fiddled credit cards to feed her addiction .
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She used the drugs to feed her personal addiction .
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The need to feed the addiction takes priority over all other activities, leading to personal neglect, anti-social behaviour and crime.
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She said that he committed both offences to feed his addiction to gaming machines.
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With horror, I realised he was using his dinner money to feed his addiction .
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Many of the pimps, and some of the girls, have been forced into prostitution to feed a deadly heroin addiction .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
feed an addiction/need etc
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The feed needs to be as iron-free as possible in order that the eventual meat will be the light colour preferred by consumers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Drug addiction is now the biggest social problem in American cities.
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drug addiction
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Eventually she managed to overcome her addiction to alcohol.
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Some weight problems are caused by an addiction to sugar and fat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it will not tell addiction professionals how to deal better with addicts and alcoholics.
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In her study of 496 heavy computer users, she said pathological gambling is the closest type of addiction .
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Initially, therefore, it is necessary to concentrate on the primary substance or process of addiction because this may be life-threatening.
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It is through changing them in a more fundamental way that the drugs cause addiction .
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Twenty-five percent were there for drug and alcohol addiction .
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Where is the dividing line between normal use and addiction ?