ADDICTION


Meaning of ADDICTION in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

drug addiction (= the problem of not being able to stop taking drugs )

his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

other

But it was the combination of not doing anything, drinking too much and all my other addictions .

What is the first step to recovery in other addictions ?

The social consequences of compulsive gambling and risk-taking, workaholism, compulsive overspending and other behavioural addictions can be utterly destructive.

■ NOUN

alcohol

In 1997, 90 % of the calls were related to alcohol addiction , falling to 60 % last year.

Twenty-five percent were there for drug and alcohol addiction .

The vast majority of alcohol addiction cases came from men older than 40 and women over 35, he said.

Partners made up more than a third of those contacting SolCare in 1998, most over alcohol addiction .

drug

Black poverty remains; family breakdown, drug addiction and violence have worsened.

They have developed drug addiction in the communities.

The woman is understood to have a background of drug addiction .

Furthermore, because alcohol and other mood-altering chemicals are cross-addictive, we shall probably always have drug addiction as well.

Some work is going into drugs to treat drug addiction .

She suggested that dependency on cigarettes should be seen as another form of drug addiction .

In drug addiction , infections such as hepatitis and septicaemia get into the blood stream through infected needles.

They cared little for themselves; they were in and out of hospital for drug addiction and overdoses and abortions.

heroin

She gives me antibiotics for my heroin addiction .

A painful bout with heroin addiction eventually led him to a spiritual rebirth.

Ann if over her heroin addiction and working on her compulsion to go shoplifting.

If you can avoid heroin addiction and motorcycle accidents, you might have a swell time.

Many of the pimps, and some of the girls, have been forced into prostitution to feed a deadly heroin addiction .

problem

It applies to homes for elderly people and homes for people with disabilities, mental health or addiction problems .

But, despite the growing addiction problem , few give the reformers much of a chance.

Ye only need about three goes of crack and ye've got yerself an addiction problem .

■ VERB

feed

Doncaster Crown Court heard jobless Davies had previously fiddled credit cards to feed her addiction .

She used the drugs to feed her personal addiction .

The need to feed the addiction takes priority over all other activities, leading to personal neglect, anti-social behaviour and crime.

She said that he committed both offences to feed his addiction to gaming machines.

With horror, I realised he was using his dinner money to feed his addiction .

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

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

Drug addiction is now the biggest social problem in American cities.

drug addiction

Eventually she managed to overcome her addiction to alcohol.

Some weight problems are caused by an addiction to sugar and fat.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But it will not tell addiction professionals how to deal better with addicts and alcoholics.

In her study of 496 heavy computer users, she said pathological gambling is the closest type of addiction .

Initially, therefore, it is necessary to concentrate on the primary substance or process of addiction because this may be life-threatening.

It is through changing them in a more fundamental way that the drugs cause addiction .

Twenty-five percent were there for drug and alcohol addiction .

Where is the dividing line between normal use and addiction ?

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