Addiction as Entrenchment

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Benjamin Davies revised about 13 hours ago·#3274
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I am a life-long nail-biter. I am thinking a habit like nail-biting can be thought of as an addiction in this way.

I have a preference for letting my nails grow normally, and a preference for removing rough/uneven parts of my nails as soon as possible (which I often enact by biting my nails automatically/uncritically/mindlessly).

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 16 hours ago·#3266

If you carried a nail clipper or nail file with you at all times, would you use them instead of your teeth?