If they are really showing similar symptoms, their would be disastrous real life consequences.
That is the hallmark of alcohol and drug dependency. Disaster.
Even if they have cravings and are said to not function at usual capacity, that is quantitatively different that the catastrophe of real addiction.
Words can be broadly applied so that they lose their meaning. Now go back to being your usual "lady killer" Zack, and by that I mean "internet addiction" and "drug addiction" are nearly as different as a real lady killer and a real lady killer. You know the difference.
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