Peter Malakoff this is your page. But perhaps the greatest error made in the attempt at humane formulations about addiction is to cast as a disease what is essentially a problem of behavior.
Most youngsters outgrow their occasional binges and turn into responsible adults.
For doing what they do as a rite of passage, teens and college students do not deserve to be labeled diseased. What they do need is to be held accountable for their behavior. Failure to hold the person who strays responsible for his actions means that you cannot credit the person who doesn't. That's the logic of diminished responsibilities all round. Some are digital creations.