Quoting That Black Kid™:" Well caffeine is more of a physical addiction....your body reacts when it doesnt have it. Much like someone going through withdrawal."

Lots of things can be "physical" addictions though. The endorphins and seratonin your brain releases when you do it is what makes you crave it again. The drop in these is makes you have withdrawl symptoms. that does create physical effects.

Quoting Spencer Pratt:" Lots of things can be "physical" addictions though. The endorphins and seratonin your brain releases ... [snip!] ... is what makes you crave it again. The drop in these is makes you have withdrawl symptoms. that does create physical effects. "

Maybe its how I worded it. When you get physical symptoms such as headaches or stomach pains I call it a "physical addiction". What you just mentioned I would label a mental addiction. However an addiction has the ability to be both.

Quoting Keyboard Warrior.:" Me? Yes. It literally makes me sick. But I meant other people. I've seen on here and IRL people say ... [snip!] ... not hurting you financially, straining any relationships, causing fights, etc. I probably worded it wrong in my other post."

Oh, okay. I hear ya now  

That's what I think of as an addiction. If it effects your life negatively (either the presence or the lack of) the thing you are "addicted" to-- that's addiction.

If you have something every single day, even to excess, and it doesn't do any of that (and you aren't effected negatively when you go without)-- not an addiction.

Quoting EasyComeEasyGo:" Do you think you're automatically subject to be an addict, or have addictive behaviors, because you come from a line of addicts? Why or why not?"

Addiction is largely genetic, primarily drug addiction and alcoholism especially. However, having addiction in the family will not automatically make one an addict. I have never tried so much as marijuana and I hate alcohol. The only "addictions" I have are Diet Coke and BG, lol.