Music is an addiction, like marijuana. Okay maybe not like marijuana, but a drug. Drug:”A substance, which when consumed by a person, alters the state of mind of that person, as a result of direct action of the substance on the brain or nervous system.”
Just for sakes, if you consume alcohol, you might feel "better/good”, but this is not because there is a biological require for alcohol, but rather because the alcohol acts on those parts of your brain that attempt to compute what is "better" and what is "worse". Another way to say this is that the feelings generated by alcohol are false feelings, and that although drinking alcohol can make you feel better, you are not really better off, from a biological point of view.
Now music isn't a substance, so according to the strict definition of a drug, it isn't a drug. But it is definitely an addiction. First of all, everything must be done in moderation, not music but everything. Music is something different to every person. People use music to relax, or hype them up, to grieve or to feel good or happy. Music can be spiritual too. Music changes emotions.
I used to listen to music, a lot of it. Every song held a memory, every song made me feel a different emotion and I liked feeling that way. Music helped me in almost every situation. If I was heated or sad, I knew I could listen to something which would change my mood and my mind. It could calm me down, or fire me up. It does relax the mind and distract. I thought I could stop listening to music, anytime I wanted. I tried, but I was wrong, because all I could think about was how I can’t listen to music. Every time I needed comfort or needed to power up my joy I knew I needed music to feel that. It’s a weakness, not a power or control. If today I hear an old song, it still takes me back in time and reminds me of a certain memory attached to that song.

Overtime, I realized how much people depend on music and how unhealthy it is to be addicted to it. It’s not just music, its media. People may not have time to call their Mother, but trust me; they will have time to watch television!!