English

Alternative forms

• re-addicting

Adjective

readdicting ‎(comparative more readdicting, superlative most readdicting)

1. With the potential to addict anew.
   • 1993, Colette Dowling, You Mean I Don't Have to Feel this Way?: New Help for Depression, Anxiety and Addiction, page 181:

     Any substance — controlled or not — that makes a patient feel better is thus seen as potentially readdicting.

   • 1996, Elson M. Haas, The Detox Diet: A How and When-to Guide for Cleansing the Body, page 53:

     Once sugar has been removed from the diet, it is still possible to use it once in awhile, as it is not as readdicting as many stronger drugs.

Related terms

• readdicted
• readdiction