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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5:Workaholism

According to others I am a workaholic in denial.
How can I become addicted to something I do not particularly enjoy?
gpt
Addictions are a form of compulsive behavior. It's not uncommon for an addict to actually be drawing no really meaningful satisfaction or enjoyment from their addictive behavior. It's that old cliché about the addict needing their fix not to get high, but to get back up to normal.

I don't know your situation, but it's certainly possible to develop that kind of pathological compulsion about work, regardless of whether you feel like you are enjoying yourself. 

If you're having constant thoughts about work when you're completely off-duty, if you're taking on undue amounts of extra work-related tasks that are totally not required of you, and (this is the key point) if this stuff is happening to an extent that it's interfering with other elements of your life...then it could be addict-like behavior.

That's the primary, basic definition of an addiction: when the substance or behavior in question starts to negatively interfere in other areas of your life.