When Addiction Isn't About Alcohol

No one says out loud that addiction can be a person.
You don't drink, you don't smoke, you don't seek adrenaline—you just open a chat and wait for him to message you.
Your fingers reach for the screen, even if you promised yourself you wouldn't. Your heart clenches if he's silent.
This isn't love. This is withdrawal.
You feel a rush when he's around, and an emptiness when he's gone. And yet you come back. Not because you can't live without him, but because you can't live without this feeling.
Passion, anxiety, anticipation—like a drug. You hate it, but you can't let go.
The paradox is that sometimes addiction is life. Because without it, it becomes too quiet.
And silence is the scariest thing of all.