It can be an addiction, it can also be a mental health issue, it can also be a food problem, it can also be a hormonal issue, it could be your gut biotic, it could be your intolerance or an allergy that you are sensitive to certain foods.
In my case, it is that carbs cause high glucose levels quickly. My insulin response is too much and I go hypo.
It is because of a trigger in my brain that because of my initial insulin response is weak, my brain wakes up my pancreas to produce too much insulin.
My condition is controllable by dietary means.
I am not addicted, it is my hormones, glucose, glucagon and insulin that causes the problem, they are not working correctly!
The symptoms of RH, are numerous, including cravings, need to eat, hunger, troll the food areas, looking for a quick fix! This is a symptom not an addiction, it is my brain telling my conscious mind to give my body more carbs, so it can ease the brain's need to try and balance the battle between glucose and insulin! (There are of course other hormones at play here!)
This is why I fast and eat very little and of course in constant ketosis to stave of the symptoms and the trigger that starts the viscous circle!
I have posted many times because of my body and the way my body reacts to carbs, I have always thought that some foods are like a mild poison, or some compound, that will eventually kill you in the long term. A slow acting poison, or something akin to an allergy.
Carbs are really bad for me, but for everyone else, less so and of course how much is individual as their own condition.
I also gave up smoking nineteen years ago and it was hard, but not as hard as the realisation that I cannot have a chip buttie ever again!