#addiction

• Absintomania — An impulsive, uncontrollable, and pathological desire to consume absinthe; the compulsive mania of intoxicating oneself with wormwood liquor. From an ethical and philosophical perspective, absintomania represents the extreme phase of the alienation of the will, a stage where the individual's inner freedom is completely annihilated by addiction, turning the bohemian act of creation into an absolute mental and moral slavery.
• Addiction — A pathological state or a structural, physical, and psychological dependence manifested by a compulsive and hard-to-control need to consume a certain substance (drugs, alcohol, nicotine) or to repeatedly perform an activity (gambling, technology use), despite obvious negative consequences on health and social life.
• Alcoholism — A pathological state and chronic disease caused by the repeated, abusive, and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages. It manifests through profound physical and psychological dependence, severe metabolic disruptions, progressive degradation of personality, cognitive impairment, and damage to vital organs, particularly the liver and central nervous system.
• Alcoolism — The standard Romanian spelling for alcoholism; a pathological state and chronic disease caused by the repeated, abusive, and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages. This condition manifests through profound physical and psychological dependence on ethanol, leading to metabolic alterations, progressive degradation of personality, and damage to vital organs, particularly the liver and nervous system.
• Alcoholomania — A pathological, irresistible, and obsessive tendency to consume alcoholic beverages; a term used in some clinical contexts as a synonym for chronic alcoholism or dipsomania. This condition emphasizes the compulsive and manic component of psychological dependence, where the individual aligns their entire daily activity toward obtaining and consuming ethanol.
• Anti-smoking — Combating tobacco addiction (tabagism) as a medical condition; clinical or therapeutic, designed to help individuals quit smoking and overcome nicotine withdrawal. Unlike the commercial term, this specifically describes clinical treatments, nicotine patches, medicated gums, psychological counseling schemes, or drugs intended to cure chronic tobacco intoxication.
• Gold lacquer — Commercial name for a metallic lacquer dissolved in volatile organic solvents, originally used in industry for decorative gold painting of metal or wood surfaces. In a sociological and slang sense, the term designates the substance illegally inhaled for its psychoactive effects, as well as a pejorative term for homeless individuals addicted to it.