The phrase "abuse addiction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where an individual is addicted to substances or behaviors that are harmful or abusive.
Example: "The treatment program focuses on helping individuals overcome their abuse addiction and regain control of their lives."
Alternatives: "substance abuse" or "addiction to harmful behaviors".
"All the negligence, abuse, addiction — a lot of these guys never had a chance," he said.
A young Charles Dickens ghost-wrote Grimaldi's memoirs, a saga of abuse, addiction and agony.
The family, Ms. Anders learned, had been beset by abuse, addiction and other problems.
Won't handing a twee greeting card of a sign to someone combating poverty, abuse, addiction, or exile diminish their credibility?
"The backgrounds of women in prison include physical abuse, addiction and mental health issues, to a much larger extent than male prisoners," she said.
This stands at almost 3,900 in England and Wales – many are repeat criminals caught in a cycle of abuse, addiction and mental health problems.
An emerging consensus among researchers is that, just as among civilians, a dauntingly complex web of factors usually underlie military suicide: mental illness, sexual or physical abuse, addictions, failed relationships, financial struggles.
When confronted by gun and knife culture, the excesses of substance abuse, addictions, social and family breakdown, extreme individualism and the exorbitant rewards that co-exist with extreme poverty, a collusive consensus exists to shield these phenomena from their cause.
Clinicians tend to distinguish between abuse, dependence and addiction, referring to either substance or behavior.
By SUD we refer to abuse, dependence and addiction from both alcohol and other substances.
(15) http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/drug-abuse-addiction (16) Nora Volkow.
