People living in modern times have benefited from many discoveries and inventions that have enriched the entire world. Scientists have spent years and even their lifetime searching for new scientific knowledge and discovering new ways to improve our lives. However, a move toward the industrialization and urbanization processes or an improvement of technology not always corresponds to an increase in benefits for society. In the past, when someone did something to excess, it was considered …showed first 75 words of 1271 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1271 total…started the activity. Gambling, eating, spending money, and workaholism are psychological addictions in that the addicts believe that they must be involved in those particular activities to feel good or not to feel bad. Having experienced a sort of addiction at first hand in my family, I agree that addictions constitute a personal failure, which may result from moral weakness, low self-esteem, or inadequacy, and, most of the time, are nurtured by lack of discipline.