What‘s the difference between addiction and compulsion?

Question by Giggly Giraffe: What‘s the difference between addiction and compulsion?

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Answer by lucasone
Long term and short term

Answer by dtwladyhawk
They have similarities, in that a true addict can’t stop their addiction without intervention and someone who is compulsive can’t either. Compulsiveness can be medicated. There is no medication for an addict. Both can be beat or lessened by treatment behavioral intervention.

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