Gaming Addiction Not Like Substance Addiction

Sparking a debate that is likely going to go on until either the end of time or a second video game industry collapse, Video Game addiction is likely not going to be classified as an actual disease by the American Medical Association.

“There is nothing here to suggest that this is a complex physiological disease state akin to alcoholism or other substance abuse disorders, and it doesn’t get to have the word addiction attached to it,” said Dr. Stuart Gitlow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

Although I’ve been a ‘user’ for more than 20 years, I’ve never experienced anything resembling classic addiction or obsession. So I’m going to have to side with this finding for now.

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