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I don't necessarily think an addiction is a disease so much as a mental state of mind. If your brain "thinks" you need something, it tells your body it needs it. I would classify it more as a disorder, but not a disease. A disease I think would imply that it is an infection in your body that needs to be purged. An addiction is (usually) a self inflicted dependancy on something. I can't say I've been addicted to anything in my life, but I do know a fair share of people who've had problems. My uncle was an alcoholic, so you could say he was addicted to drinking. When he had a heart attack at 35, he realized he needed to stop, and fast, and with that mentality curbed the addiction and now lives an (almost) alcohol free life, drinking only socially, one or two drinks at gatherings. I think it'd be safer to say if an addiction was a disease it could not be cured without medication, and many people can throw addictions without medicine or aid, just sheer will power.