(1) She started drinking heavily in her late teens and by the time she was in her twenties she was hopelessly addicted to alcohol.(2) Four percent of the Thai population is estimated to be addicted to the stimulant drug.(3) Nicola had been addicted to heroin for six years, becoming hooked when a friend offered her the drug.(4) Children addicted to computers are being sent on camping holidays designed to help them kick the habit.(5) She had become addicted to amphetamines since trying to lose weight five years ago and used small amounts of the drug every day.(6) Here was a pretty young woman, with a caring job, who died because she was allergic to a substance she was addicted to.(7) This means your body is addicted to it and that is a lot harder to shake.(8) I was also addicted to soft drinks so no wonder my teeth are so shot to pieces these days.(9) David James was famously addicted to computer games back in his Liverpool days.(10) He told me that alcohol was a worse thing to be addicted to than any drug, even heroin.(11) When I was 21 I went to prison for the first time and by then I was addicted to heroin.(12) We estimate that some 20,000 young people are currently addicted to heroin and cocaine.(13) Both her parents were heroin addicts at the time and she had ended up addicted to crack cocaine.(14) In his third year he dropped out, his concentration was appalling and he was addicted to another drug which was much harder.(15) He has been addicted to heroin for several years and is on a drug rehabilitation programme.(16) Ron is perhaps a war addict, but not an adrenalin junkie addicted to the rush of battlefield.