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means Someone who has lost the ability to stop using a substance or behavior despite its harm, because their brain's wiring now demands it.

from From Latin addictus, the past participle of addicere — 'to assign, bind, or deliver over to.' In Roman law, a judge could addict a debtor to his creditor, literally sentencing a person into servitude. The word's core has always been about being handed over, not choosing — which is why, centuries later, English repurposed it for anyone bound over to a habit instead of a person.