Very much so . Ten year olds can buy Grand Theft Auto 5 but a 20 year old is in serious trouble if he tries to buy six pack of Lite . <| sep |> implying is not as good as writing Shekespeare ? ????<| sep |> What ' s the interaction with punch through ? <| sep |> PSA DON ' T click the spam links . <| sep |> Pull trigger to quit . I ' m going to hell for that one . <| sep |> Star fox on GameCube was pretty sick too <| sep |> If autoimmune disorders are diseases then addiction is a disease in the same way . The normal function , combating infections and seeking rewards , is in some way turned up past the maximum healthy level and becomes deleterious , attacking cells of the organism or addiction related overconsumption etc . The important elements here are a normal , healthy function being tweaked in some way to a much higher level and that in turn causing symptoms . So if autoimmune disorders are diseases then addictions are also diseases because they have the same characteristics and meet the definition in the same way .