Contemporary lifestyle brings forth a myriad of challenges, including the emergence of new forms of addiction. This final paper analyzes how society influences the development of new addictions and how addictions of the modern era are shaped by the adaptation to life, technology, and social norms that dictate the pace of life, physical appearance, work ethics, and other aspects. The introduction of the paper explores the history of humanity's pursuit of life improvement, emphasizing that such pursuits often resulted in addictions negatively impacting individuals' health. The paper underscores the freedom of choice in addiction in today's society, with a particular emphasis on modern forms of addiction such as gambling, nomophobia, internet addiction, shopping addiction, healthy eating, regular exercising, and work addiction. Each mentioned addiction is individually examined in the second part of the paper through the definition of addiction, symptoms, risk factors, diagnostic criteria, treatment, and prevention. The section on the prevalence of modern addictions reviews existing research on the frequency of each addiction, while the final part of the paper poses the question: Are modern addictions an adaptation to changes in society, lifestyle, or a serious threat to individual health?