With some much to do and with so many things around us, we are bound to get used to some things, and some people tend to get addicted to some things around them. With so much going on in the environment around us, and with the world developing at such a fast pace, there are new innovations, activities and things cropping up every day, which makes our lives so interesting and surprising. Yet, knowingly or unknowingly, people get addicted to some things and activities as more and more time passes by. Addiction is that state of mind where the person cannot live without that particular thing he needs or wants, and when he does not get what he wants, gets into a state of different mood like getting irritated, violent and other mental trauma. In short, an addicted person to a particular thing cannot live without that thing he requires. Life becomes difficult for an addicted person if he does not get the chance to use that thing to the fullest. And surprisingly, there are a lot of things in the world we can get addicted to. Here is a list of the top 10 most addictive things in the world, which people get used to and get habituated to in the nick of time, and it is difficult to get over those things.

10. Work

Being dedicated to your work is extremely good, but don’t turn that dedication into an obsession and an addiction. Some people are highly ambitious, and therefore work with all their mind and determination to get to the top. But when the point comes where the person does not think anything other than work, and all what comes to his mind is his office and job anywhere and anytime, then that’s the time you know that you have got addicted to what you thought you were dedicated to, work.

9. Food

It definitely come might as a surprise but yes, there are a lot of people who do get addicted to food. We all need food to survive, but when this need becomes more than what we actually require, then you know you are stepping on to getting addicted to food. Food addicts claim to eat anything and everything, at whatever time you ask them to eat, which is not actually a healthy and a good option. Eating anything and everything does not make sense, because eating food needs to be in control to live a healthy life.

8. Shopping

This does not go specifically for women, but goes for a lot of men as well. Compulsive shopping has become a serious addiction problem among a lot of people, irrespective of their gender and age. Shopping makes a lot of people feel better physically and emotionally, which clearly says that those handful people are addicted to shopping, thus leading to financial problems. People shop uncontrollably and spend all their earnings on things to buy, even when it is not required.

7. Sex

It is completely normal to have sex and indulge in a healthy sexual relationship with your partner, but sex addicts have a different story to them. People addicted to sex visit prostitutes, view pornography more than what is considered normal, have affairs which are only sexual in nature. Sex addicts may even perform sexual activities more than 4 or 5 times in a day, where they don’t have any count of their sexual past and performances.

6. Internet

Internet comes with a lot of cons with it, thought it has its pros as well. Playing games online and shopping online are some of the biggest things people around the world get addicted to easily. Even if not these, then just sitting on the net and surfing on any crap would satisfy an internet addict, only because he is getting to use the internet.

5. Video Games

Especially for males around the world, men do love playing video games, but sitting on the telelvision and playing video games all day is a major type of addiction that people face today. In some extreme cases, video game addicts start relating themselves to the characters in the veideo games, and start interacting and playing with other players.

4. Gambling

Who doesn’t want to try their luck, everyone does and everyone wants to. But when this trial becomes a daily affair in a person’s life, undoubtedly he is addicted to gambling. Gambling games such as cards and other counter games have led to people into a serious dilemma of gambling addiction, where people end up losing bags and bags of money and still reap nothing out of it. Yet, they continue to gamble and put in their money even if they don’t win anything, because they are so addicted to trying their luck and addicted to gambling.

3. Smoking

A person never gets addicted to cigarettes, they get addicted to the nicotine present in the cigarettes. Nicotine is  a substance which makes people addicted to it very easily, and thus the menace and the unhealthy habit of smoking goes on and spreads around the whole world. It is definitely harmful for your health, and smokers or smoke addicts find it extremely difficult to get over their urge of smoking nicotine.

2. Alcohol

Because alcohol is legal and sold so openly on the streets across the world, it is one of the easiest substance to get used to and addicted to. Alcohol addicts feel the need to consume alcohol every day, and when they don’t get it, they turn violent, tend to get irritated and have some extreme mood swings.

1. Drugs

Not legally, but drugs are sold illegally on a massive and large scale. So, no matter whether it is legal or illegal, drugs affect the mind at an extensive level. The substances in drugs are basically the ones which makes us want more and more of it, and drug addicts find it difficult to lead the normal life without the substance which makes them feel better and good about life.