Suppose you wanted to write down a model of addiction, where $c_{1}$ is drug use today and $c_{2}$ is drug use tomorrow. You want to model the idea that more drug use today increases the utility of drug use tomorrow. One way to capture this relationship is to model $c_{1}$ and $c_{2}$ as complements.

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Modeling $c_{1}$ and $c_{2}$ as complements captures the idea that an increase in drug use today (increasing $c_{1}$) increases the utility derived from drug use tomorrow ($c_{2}$), reflecting the addictive nature where past consumption enhances the utility or desire for future consumption.

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