"Addict to" vs "Addict of"

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me which one is better?

1- He soon became addict to heroin.
2- He soon became addict of heroin.

Tom

[Stew.t.]

Hi Tom

Firstly edit your sentences a little bit:
1. He soon became addicted to heroin
2. He soon became an addict of heroin.

The first sentence is emphasising the process and the second the substance.
So in no 2 he is addicted to heroin not speed or coke.
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[Alan]

Hi Tom,

It's really simpler to say: He was a heroin addict.

A
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