Many years ago I was 'addicted' to amphetamines, and once I decided to give them up, I did--I only had to want to give them up badly enough to endure the considerable suffering it cost to do so. I think the problem is the word 'addiction' itself and that we ought to just trash the word. I now have an out of control dependency on a computer-related activity that, altho it's a long way from drug dependency, keeps me suffering perpetual eye strain and interferes with my life. Is it an addiction? I don't know. What I do know is that it is a problem, and I am thinking that when the day comes that I want to give it up more than I want to do the activity, I will. So I prefer the word 'problem' as more applicable to many dependencies we call addictions. We can all agree that the woman in line has a problem, and I don't think calling it an addiction is useful in any way.