A member asked:

How can i tell if husband is addicted to pain pills or dependent like his dr says?

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Dr. Samuel Bayles answered

Specializes in Child Psychiatry

Behavior: abuse and dependency and addiction abuse is use of the substance dependency and addiction are very similar - dependency means that someone mush have the substance/activity or have withdrawal. usually addiction & dependency are interchangeable but if u want to nitpick differences u could say addiction includes range of unwanted behaviors w/ lying, stealing, hiding use and much time seeking/using.

Answered 9/29/2016

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