addictive

What in the aggregate would have been a way of following the story, keeping abreast of events, doing my part as a well-informed citizen tipped over into addictive, unhealthy behavior.

In these cases, the claim is that social media was designed to be addictive and does not have adequate protections for children.

"Most of my guys say it’s very addictive and they keep coming back to top it off."

“I’m a very addictive person in most things I do, so when I game, I game for ridiculous hours,” he explained.

Around the same time, terms like food desert went mainstream, defining the regions within cities where the only available food was the kind that is addictive and might kill you a little quicker.