Psychological Terms For Addiction

noun excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures

verb to corrupt or seduce someone from morality or virtue

• The scandalous behavior at the party led to a night of debauchery.
• They always end up debauching whenever they go out together.
• Let's debauch this weekend and have some fun!
• His excessive spending debauched his bank account.

noun a person who is addicted to narcotics, which are drugs that relieve pain and induce sleep

• The rehabilitation center offers programs to help narcotics addicts overcome their addiction.
• I heard that John's cousin is a narcotics addict and is struggling to get clean.
• Stay away from that guy, he's a hardcore narcotics addict.
• Being a narcotics addict is like being trapped in a never-ending cycle of destruction.