I know an addiction when I'm experiencing it, Bill, and posting here is definitely an addiction for me, and for most (if not all) of the regulars who come here.

Eating breakfast, however, and breathing are not addictions for one simple reason: eating and breathing are necessary actions in order to maintain bodily life.

Posting on Mudcat is not.

People will continue in an addiction if:

1. they like doing it more than they wish to quit.

and

2. they don't have the strength to overcome it.

This is not to say that some addictions aren't worthwhile for at least a certain period of time. One learns something eventually from going through them, and they can be fun until one gets tired of them.