_What is addiction?_
First of all addiction is the condition of being abnormally dependent on some habit, especially compulsive dependency on narcotic drugs, alcohol etc. Some of us are looking for something that can make us feel better, that can make us comfort when we are exhausted, that can make us happy when we are sad and make our boring life more bright and colorful. There are moments in our lives when we feel lonely, bored, distressed and see no changes, at moments like that we need someone or something that'll make us sure it's only a moment, and it will pass, and the rain will stop, and the sun will shine, otherwise we fall into depression. At moments like that we need our friends next to us, a shoulder to cry on, a close one to share our feelings with, someone who'll make us sure it's not an eternal state and it will pass. In that mood we have a lot of difficult questions and have no answers, as we are the authors of that questions, so we need someone to answer them, someone to help us find the way out. Way out of that state and total misunderstood we trap in.
We are lucky to have someone next to us who can support us, but as a rule we don't. Our family is to busy with their own troubles to notice the sadness in our eyes, or even if they do, they have too less time to waste it on stupid talks, they believe it's just a bad mood and it'll gone in a couple hours, or days, who cares, the main thing it will. So here we are all alone face to face with our frustration, loneliness and sadness. We are helpless to find the answers on our own and we are looking for help some place else. We replace people we need with things that can ease our pain. Usually the role of such savers plays alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, gaming and nowadays internet.
People become addicts in their search after piece of mind, they are looking for a shelter to hide from the cruel reality which only brings question and gives no answers. That is the easiest way to deal with the problems they have and forget about questions they have. It's an easy, quick and ready way, so it takes a little bit of time to get use to it. As a time laps forms the addictive behavior, an invariable desire to stay in that world as long as it possible, because it gives a feeling of secure and comfort. Soon this desire becomes the main idea of the life and it rules the life of people. That is the addiction; people loose the interest for a real life, as the real life is full of troubles, problems, sadness and loneliness, but the life of internet or alcohol full of happiness and relax. They escape there each time they feel confused, but it's only an illusive rescue, as nothing change and no answers are found. In that state they forget about problems but problems don't go away.