I just finished off a bag of mini kit-kats "Eh, just 3 more" at a time.
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I mean, after three days of not eating I start to get light headed, weak, and irritated. Two weeks, and I'd be near death. So I guess,it is an addiction
I used to spend more on weed than food monthly but now I spend way more on food per month.
Are the munchies not a universal thing with weed, then?
Vegans tend to argue cheese addiction via casomorphins. I don't believe its scientific consensus at all this point but I personally believe it's addictive. It was easily the most difficult to rid out my diet.
i am addicted to breathing
What about pissing and shitting?
Can’t wait to get to the bathroom and pull all the stops
I'm addicted to water. If I don't drink enough I have strong headaches and feel awful and tired.
I mean, you couldn't tell by looking at morbidly obese people?
Can we please stop using the word addiction? No one in online discussion agrees on what it means, so it always ends with angry people screaming past each other.
Literally anything can be addictive.
Imagine being a scientist and not being intelligent enough to come up with a new theory to prove.
Edit It's easy to understand the confusion of the person below me. They don't realize that headlines shouldn't just be clickbait that misleads readers. That's poor science and poor journalism.
Your confusion is easy to understand, given the overly simplistic nature of much science reporting. And how that's especially true with headlines. (I assume you didn't read the article)
But this is claiming that modern food has been perfected, so as to actually trigger chemical dependency. Which is a whole different level from behavioral addiction.