http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction"The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction (e.g. alcoholism), video game addiction, crime, money, work addiction, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, nicotine addiction, pornography addiction, etc."
http://www.sucht-addiction.info/en/nonsubstan...Non-substance related addictions - Compulsive behaviour
Some forms of addiction regard certain behaviours that are not related to substances. Furthermore, males and females tend towards different compulsive behaviours: Men are prone to compulsive gambling and sexual behaviour while women are addicted to shopping. Lately however, compulsive working has become a mass phenomenon for both men and women.