I think the only reason it's referred to as "functional" is that people are still functioning in what society considers a socially acceptable manner - going to work, getting to appointments on time - rather than spending all day drunk in a bar or sitting in the living room doing coke.
Yeah, it's a clinical/recovery term, not something that's supposed to imply that the addiction is working for them or healthy.
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