• Dasus@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    addiction" used to mean physical withdrawals

    No it didn’t. That’s dependency. They’re two medically distinct things. Addiction is a brain disorder, dependency isn’t.

    If stupid people didn’t exist and the world wasn’t as unjust as it is, I wouldn’t get any withdrawal from quitting weed. As it is, I get quite irate, but I think that’s just my default setting nowadays, not a withdrawal symptom.

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      7 days ago

      Yeah, it did, and does.

      I’m speaking of common vernacular, not in medical terms. The common vernacular has changed over the years (as it always does).

      Things without (and with) dependency are called addictions often, even “habits”. I see it constantly in social media. The term “addiction” used to be much more limited.

      If you don’t believe me, feel free to consult a dictionary.

      Medical terms are a different matter. Like the word “retarded”, a word can mean one thing medically, and quite another in common parlance.

      Your correction has been corrected.