“Addiction is a condition that results when a person ingests a substance or engages in an activity that may be pleasurable but the compulsive effects of it obstruct daily life responsibilities” (Peele, 2010). An addicted person may become blind to how that addiction is affecting themselves and others. It is difficult for them to understand how harmful their addiction is to their body, family, and friends. A habit is done by choice and want, however; an addiction is uncontrollable to a person without a choice. “People with an addiction do not have control over what they are doing, taking or using,” (Nordqvist, 2009). There are two different types of addictions. Addictions can be either through substance dependence, and/or behavioral or activity
