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Yes, interfering with life's "essentials" is a big one.
But where you draw the line elsewhere can vary person to person. How much money does one spend before it's an obsession? How much time?
It think much of that is subjective. You can be called a fanatic or a big enthusiast, or people could look at your hobby/habit as a lifestyle. All of this is fine if, as mentioned, it doesn't interfere with important things in life. However, I will also say that a line has been crossed when you invest the time or money and from it comes a sense of guilt instead of joy/satisfaction.
There is indulgence, and then there is overindulgence.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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