In this respect also, the nation is becoming like the United States. I prefer not to use it because almost any type of disorder can instantly be labeled stress. Japan is the only country in the world to endow the word with so much credibility. In certain respects, I regard addiction as a positive trait, a fuel to keep people going and energize their lives. But in the same way you might take your car for a drive with the sole purpose of filling it up at a particular gas station, addiction is a state in which you are driven by a desire to fulfill one particular aim.
Addiction is a reversal of healthy aims.
For example, some news reporters I know drink because they say it helps them to write good articles, loosening up the flow of words in their brain. Such a habit is not an addiction. As I have mentioned, there is a subtle difference between good habits and bad habits. In the case of alcoholics, balance is not destroyed inside the afflicted people themselves, but in their relationships with others, such as their ability to function at work. This can happen at retirement age.