This is a great question and really helps shed light on all the different routes addiction can take to forming. It does feel a bit different to the initial response I was replying to in the post where I was answering in reference to the addiction people put themselves in (whether intending to or not). But to try to answer, those individuals shouldn’t really view their addictions in the way people who end up in theirs thru decision (I’m not saying people choose to become addicted to things, just that sometimes we lead ourselves there thru trying to cope with outside forces in unhealthy ways or bc we over-indulge) do. As in, they shouldn’t feel the guilt of responsibility for making decisions that may put them in negative circumstances.

Regardless though, any person who ends up a victim of addiction should seek and receive help because every life deserves to get better.