Comment by fartcannon
5 years ago
I'm addicted to caffeine. It's relatively harmless, might even help me work better. No one ever lost their job or spent all their money on caffeine. But it's unquestionably an addiction.
5 years ago
I'm addicted to caffeine. It's relatively harmless, might even help me work better. No one ever lost their job or spent all their money on caffeine. But it's unquestionably an addiction.
If we're going into like very technical definitions I believe what you're talking about is physical dependence. In a mental health context persisting use even after multiple serious negative consequences is part of the definition of addiction.
Though even there I think they are moving to phrases like "drug use disorder" partly because of usage mismatches like this.
Quite a few would lose their jobs if NOT for caffeine, I'd wager.