Source here will add more details in a bit
Just as serious as drug addiction? Lol definitely.Good. All forms of addiction need to be addressed for and Gaming addiction is just as serious as any other addiction
Just as long as 12-step assholes don't colonize this diagnosis like they have with other addictions.
"a pattern of gaming behavior characterized by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences."
For a while gaming was something akin to movies and books. It's only recently (relatively) that we've moved to the gambling parallels that led us to addictive behavioursgaming wouldn't be as profitable as it is if addiction wasn't a part of it.
Yeah, they're definitely assholes for successfully getting people to stop drinking.