{"id":33234,"date":"2026-09-02T09:50:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T07:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinafino.it\/workaholic-quando-il-lavoro-diventa-una-dipendenza\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T08:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T06:22:41","slug":"workaholic-quando-il-lavoro-diventa-una-dipendenza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinafino.it\/en\/workaholic-quando-il-lavoro-diventa-una-dipendenza\/","title":{"rendered":"Workaholic: when work becomes an addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There's a difference between working a lot and being unable to stop. The first is a choice, even a tiring one, even a temporary one. The second is something else, and it has a name: workaholism<\/strong>, work addiction.<\/p>\n\n

The word originated in the seventies as a linguistic play on alcoholic<\/em>, and it stuck because the comparison holds up more than it seems.<\/p>\n\n

It's not about working a lot<\/h2>\n

This is the confusion to clear up first, because the number of hours is not enough to define anything.<\/p>\n

There are people who work sixty hours a week during an intense period, with pleasure, and when the period ends they stop without difficulty. And there are people who work forty and can't turn off their phone on weekends, check emails on vacation, and feel guilty when they stop.<\/p>\n

The difference is not the quantity, it's the compulsiveness<\/strong>: the inability to stop, and the discomfort that appears when you try.<\/p>\n\n

The signals<\/h2>\n