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addictive behavior

addictive behavior

actions, often obsessive and destructive, that are related to one’s abuse of or dependence on a substance and that dominate one’s life. Addictive behaviors may include drug-seeking behavior, risk taking, and breaking laws in the course of sustaining one’s drug habit.

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