Sentence examples for addiction taking from inspiring English sources

I mean I never took Adderall to get high, never took it in a way that was not academically oriented; and I think there's a distinction between dependency and addiction, taking something for a purpose or for a rush.

4. and 4 problems of the following domains: - addiction: taking alcohol and drugs taking not in a social context, occasional minimal loss of control of drinking or drugs use or adverse consequences or incapacitated due to alcohol or drug problems.

And then addiction took over.

My addiction took over, and I didn't like who I was.

Those who verbally own up to their crack addiction take responsibility for their wrecked lives.

They learned of the toll that prejudice, alcohol abuse and drug addiction took on the artists.

You forget what you were like before the addiction took hold.

In it she noted an instance where the couple, both suffering with drug addiction, took a limousine to rehab together.

March 30: The awards dinner of Phoenix House, which fights drug and alcohol addiction, took place in the ballroom of the Plaza.

Then, as the ruinous consequences of opioid addiction take hold, the public must pay again — this time for emergency services, addiction treatment, and the like.

For Paul Buck, a speaker at a Guardian Live/Discuss debate about the impact of gambling in Manchester, the addiction took over his life.