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RE: The Science of ADDICTION - And Why We Might Be Treating It In A Totally Wrong Way
You're right, that's a great theory.
If you put the word 'addiction' that way, everyone is definitely addicted to something - for most people it would be food, entertainment, or the internet.
We should focus on being addicted to learning new things and improving ourselves, and striving towards our goals!
Absolutely. No one calls morbidly obese people addicts even though a lot of them are addicted to eating. No one refers to avid movie watchers as addicts even though they are clearly addicted to watching TV/Movies to some degree. For some reason society has decided that the word addiction should only be applicable to particular habits, and with that they have also assigned a negative connotation to the word. I'm actually rather fascinated by neuro-plasticity, It may be a good subject for you to post on in future as it is really interesting. Beyond that, when you understand how the brain works and how addictions are created, it becomes easier to rewire your brain and break those habits that you no longer want to be subservient to.