Drug Addiction — Tag Meaning
A canonical tag for dependence itself: characters in active addiction, hitting bottom, or fighting their way out. It signals a heavier and more sustained treatment than Drug Use, often structuring the entire plot around the illness.
What to Expect From "Drug Addiction" Fics
Addiction depicted with its costs, possibly including withdrawal, relapse, and damaged relationships. Recovery-arc works usually add the Recovery tag.
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Come Find Me
by hopelessravenclaw
Well... better than the alternative!
by lostin_thewoods
Event Horizon
by Fractalspaces (LotusRox)
thorn through cloth
by treslecheskun
Milestones
by HeartzzForMoreid
Dead of Night
by esims96
Related Tags
Addiction
A canonical umbrella tag covering dependence of any kind, including substances, gambling, or fantasy-specific compulsions like magical addiction. Authors reach for it when the specific substance matters less than the pattern of compulsion and loss of control.
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Drug Use
A canonical tag disclosing that characters use drugs within the work, without specifying whether the portrayal is casual, medical, or destructive. It is the general-purpose disclosure from which more specific tags branch.
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Recovery
Tags stories about the long road back — from trauma, addiction, injury, grief, or canon events that left a character shattered. Recovery fic tends to be patient and realistic about setbacks, and many writers use it to give characters the healing their source material skipped over.
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