Antonyms for addiction
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1. • Craving

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1. addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituationnoun

   being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

   Synonyms:
   dependence, dependance, habituation, colony, dependency

2. addictionnoun

   an abnormally strong craving

   Synonyms:
   dependence, dependance, habituation, dependency

3. addictionnoun

   (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master

   "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"

   Synonyms:
   dependence, dependance, habituation, dependency

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1. commitment

   addiction implies a lack of control, while commitment means one is choosing to lead their life in a certain way.

   my addiction had control over my life. my commitments are how i took it back.

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2020  

How to use addiction in a sentence?

1. Scott Strode:

   I don't think we're going to find some magic solution that's going to fix addiction in all of our communities, i think we have to do it as a community and be there for each other -- letting people step into the pride and strength in their recovery can get us out of this.

2. Rebekah Koffler:

   There are still a lot of gaps to be closed in their perception of [Russia's] threat, and most importantly, their willingness to do something about that threat because I don't see them weaning themselves off of their addiction to Russian energy, and … not all of them contribute the 2% of their GDP to the collective security treaty.

3. Timothy Fong:

   Some people would say if it looks like an addiction and smells like an addiction and there are 12-step groups to help people with the addiction, then it is, but the psychological community is split into different camps. Some say it is addiction, and some of those say people just have different libidos, when I have someone who looks me straight in the eye and says' My life is miserable because of this, and I'm suicidal, and my relationship is broken, and this is hurting my health,' there is something there.

4. Judge Jeanine:

   Hunter is this barely functional human who's got this roaring crack addiction and roaring sex addiction, it's just a very bizarre scenario, considering that you have to juxtapose that against the really high-level dangerous business that he was involved in.

5. Amy Poehler:

   Today, I lost a friend, i lost a dear, young friend in my life who was struggling with addiction.

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