Addiction - Does It Exist or Is It a State of the Mind? by Saaim Khan

To smoke and drink, or not to do so, is not the question here. The question in fact, is the very nature of these indulgences. Why do we adhere to them so religiously? That is because they are forms of pleasure that we think we can't do without. Nicotine is a relaxant of some sort and we seem to rely on it. Not knowing why, we think we are 'hooked' to them. I'd like to concentrate more towards smoking because that is what most teenagers are into these days.
I have a lot of friends that smoke and drink, and all of them seem to believe that they are 'hooked' onto it. Yet, I find it hard to b…