Originally Posted by
nicegirlsarenice
I think that the name of it is really stupid. If we were "addicted to money", wouldn't we crave money and be miserly about it and put it away for a rainy day etc.? If we were addicted to it we wouldn't be spending it.
You don't say a heroin dealer is "addicted to heroin", maybe you say he's addicted to selling or dealing with heroin, not addicted TO it. I can't understand how people can say or have the title of something like that without a second of consideration over it.