Do you have any addictions OT?

Smoking,Drinking (Occassionaly).Used to enjoy a pot in college life with freinds.Thats all.

Well, wbu? :)

I don't have any addictions, I just have overwhelming needs that control my life. Completely different.

Sorry, didn't understand you on this point. Can you explain? :)

Your talking about addictions and you tell us you did a bit of smoking, drinking on occasions and you 'used' to enjoy a bit of pot'

That's doesn't sound like addictions.

And yes I do, I've had it bad for about 12 years now and I relapsed 3 times. I find staying active helps but staying active is expensive and work can be monotonous which doesn't help. I've been trying to get an active job which I will enjoy and will keep me occupied so I can fill my time with something else, which is why I'm doing horticulture, except my addictions cause me to fail academics since I seem to suffer from memory issues and I struggle with money, so I can't afford to go into full time education.

My internet is paid for by my supporting brother by the way, I get sick of people saying things can't be all that bad if your using the Internet and talking on a games forum. True, it could be worse, but the idea is to not let it get any worse. It's a heck of a battle.

Fortunately not anymore, never been the greatest drinker, yes, I did occasionally got drunk, not to the point of passing out, I smoked tobacco, a pack a day, but it´s been 2 years since I quit smoking, alcohol, only a couple of beers every now and then ( it´s been 3 months from my last brew and probably 2 or 3 months before that ), drugs ? I have never touched them nor plan to even though I have legal access to some really powerful pharmaceutical shit ( I don´t understand the need to try drugs for starters ).

Thank God no; the only thing I need right now is an addiction draining my resources and my energy. I smoked for 3 years but quit more than a year ago. I wasn't a heavy smoker (I'd smoke half a pack on a really shit day), but I still smoked every day.

I'm so glad I was ridden of such a harmful addiction and I've come to despise it too, but I'd be lying if I said there isn't a part of me that misses it. I once read or heard something about how you never really abolish an addiction, you only control it. I think there's some truth to that, which is why abstinence is such an underrated virtue.

Nicotine and, perhaps, sugar. Enjoyed pot a long time ago (smoked every day for probably 13 years), but one day decided I didn't like it anymore and quit. I wish cigarettes were as easy to drop...

Yes... Porn. :(

No addictions, but perhaps being a little too obsessed with healthy eating ever since beating cancer. The verdict is still up in the air for a lot of foods but I tend to correlate what I think are reliable media sources and make intelligent decisions going forward.

Junk food.

Ironically, an addiction to some narcotics would probably be less unhealthy. :-(

I think the longest I was ever able to abstain from cheeseburgers, pizza, fries, candy etc. was about 6 days. Nowadays, I can't manage more than about 3 days of "healthy eating" before succumbing. :-P

How much porn you watch daily? :P

I think approaching any addiction with the mentality of "I FUCKING LOVE IT, but I have to stop" is a recipe for failure. You'd have a much better chance of success if you took the time to dissect the addiction and instill in yourself a different conception of what is and isn't pleasurable. With smoking, I realized that being healthy and vigorous in addition to keeping a tight rein over my desires was all much more pleasurable than smoking - the next day I quit cold turkey. A year later under exceptional conditions I tried to get back to it; couldn't finish a cigarette and threw that shit away. I realized how disgusting it really is, that it's no longer about fighting the urge.

With food, it's the same deal. Real food is simply superior to junk food by virtue of the quality of the ingredients that go into its making and the meticulousness of the preparation process. All foods are pleasurable, but not equally. You just need to rear yourself into appreciating better pleasures that conduce to other pleasures and virtues.

..... Not sharing.

Heh.

BTW off topic, did you get Fallout 4? :)

No. I actually haven't played a single game these past 4 months. Stupid jerb. I may have also lost interest in games maybe.

Ovaltine.

About the same for me; smoked for maybe five years (I only started because I was curious, next thing I know I'm smoking five packs a week), and quit about a year ago.

I will never smoke again (maybe some hookah here and there, though), but sometimes at work where I get stressed out I really want a cigarette. Sometimes I will even stand down wind of someone who is smoking lol.

It was like that for me in the first few months. Fighting the craving when put in a corner was such a mental exercise. I thought the desire would never disappear, but thankfully it did. It now never occurs to me to smoke no matter how pressured I may be.

I'll tell you this though, taking 5 for a cigarette was one hell of a stress reliever. For whatever reason, it was as if I were in my own world for those 5 minutes.

Just an addiction having sex with random girls. I have no shame :(

Also addicted to watching too many Hentai.

Caffeine is my biggest addiction, I started drinking coffee when I was 12 and have been drinking 2+ cups a day (as many as 5) ever since. My parents were raging coffee addicts and now I get all the free coffee I can drink at work so don't seem myself stopping any time soon.

I probably drink too much, have a beer or two when I get home most nights to de-stress, and go drinking with friends semi-regularly.

I also probably smoke pot too much, but mostly with friends, I only buy some for personal use a few times a year.

I also eat a lot of junk food.

I haven't really noticed any adverse effects from all this apart from the lethargy that comes with pot and having to go to the bathroom an inconvenient amount due to all the coffee and beer.

For starters, it was meant as a joke. An overwhelming need that controls ones life is basically the definition of addiction.

Can't think of any beside Japanese and Korean food. I love kimchi, both Japanese style and Korean style. The wife n kids can't stand it. Sometimes, I eat a lot with beer. The next day, that kimchi powder would bleed through my pores. Ha Ha!

Yeah... Breathing. It's hard going without it.

Tim Horton's coffee.Caffeine Bliss.

Also Coffee Crisp.

Coffee isn't an addiction people. It's a necessary life blood.

I also smoke like a train.

For a little while I was addicted to opening pokemon card packages. They're 4 bucks a piece and I would waste 30 on them.. just for a "chance" to get a great card.

Get help, dude. You're not only hurting yourself by breathing, but those around you, too.

Caffeine, I think... been drinking about 3 coffees a day and when I go a morning without one my head hurts somewhat...

Caffeine is tough, I tried giving it up, quitting smoking was slightly harder. Only slightly.

Tried to kid myself by weening off onto tea, ended up drinking a crapload of tea (pretty much became my main source of hydration). Then I was placed onto the graveyard shift, where one cup every hour is mandatory lol.

That's not an addiction, it's being smart! It's better to be safe then sorry! My mother died from cancer but you beat it, everytime I hear about someone beating cancer, I feel like it's payback for my mom.:)

I used to be an alcoholic. No I didn't attend AA meetings.

I quit drinking this last July when my girlfriend and I found out she's pregnant.

Now I just drink copious amounts of coffee.

Apparently cheese is addictive.

And I love cheese.

So that.

You?

Smoking, and i don't see stoping it/can't wait for those 9 months of agony with my girl when she gets pregnant and i have to stay outside in the cold for a smoke/.

@TheHighWind:

Coffee caffeine is most definitely a physical addiction, try getting off it and tell me how you feel the 2nd day after withdrawal, been there, it's awful, and that's with 1 cup a day! Great to be free of it!

probably addicted to sugar.

most people are

@MarcRecon:

Sorry to hear about your mom, Cancer's nothing to play with, it was one of the worst shocks ever when the doctor uttered the dreaded "C" word, as a boy I remembered Cancer always seeming to be a death sentence, but it appears that times are changing for some Cancers outside of the dreaded Pancreatic.

I suppose what I meant was I think about healthy eating to the point that I no longer eat much of the foods I enjoy the most, when I probably could do more in moderation. I realize that hardly qualifies as an addiction, perhaps a bit of an obsession. Since my recovery from the dreaded chemotherapy, I no longer splurge on sugar-dominated foods, microwave meals, dairy, or red meats, most of which contributed to the backbone of my daily eating ritual.

Chemotherapy is the worst, it's basically allowing yourself to be intravenously injected with a nasty but survivable poison to fend off a deadly disease. But you are not the same thereafter, neither physically or mentally. I believe the chemicals age you quite a bit in both ways.

Again, sorry to hear about your mother, my best advice is to live a healthy lifestyle if the disease runs in your family as it does in mine.

I find sugar mostly disgusting. For instance, the taste of sweetened coffee makes me gag. It's not that I don't consume sugar at all, but my tolerance for it is exceptionally low. People regard bitter what I regard overly sweet.

Thank you for that valuable advice, GazaAli. I believe that adopting that approach to giving up a vice will also ensure that one is also very unlikely to regress back to old habits.

A few years ago, I made a very concerted effort to lose a lot of weight and build up my fitness levels---and I actually succeeded, coming to within just a few pounds of my ideal mass and meeting pretty much all of the goals I set for myself. But I ended up becoming a victim of my own success. The little devil on my left shoulder kept telling me: "You've lost a lot of weight before, so you can lose a lot of weight again if you need to." Sadly, I listened to him and slipped back into my junk food habit.

:-(

As you say, the key to lasting success is to redefine what's pleasurable in life.

Sex

Masterbation

Videogames

Hahahaha yeah caffeine is a guilt-free addiction, I'm not gonna give up my coffees any time soon :P

Bad b*tches? does that count as an addiction

@AFBrat77:

Thanks man! Even though she did die from the cancer, her suffering was no where near as bad as most people! Especially at her age(78)Her faith and years of maintaining a healthy life-style minimized the effects of the cancer and treatment. My mom was one of those women from the old-school, she rarely went to the doctor unless there was something really wrong! And that's the problem, by the time we knew she had cancer, it was already at stage 4-5. My sisters and I believe she knew she had it before the diagnosis but as most women from her generation, she tried to deal with it on her own. She lived a good life and was a great mom and that's all that matters :)

Anyway, she got me into good eating habits and physical activities at an early age. I guess she knew what I might be dealing with and wanted me to be in the habit of maintaining the healthy life-style that she was a perfect example of.

Bottom-line though, I hope us both success and many others in maintaining a healthy but well balanced life-style.

No reason to, the benefits greatly outweigh the negatives. Even if drunk to excess.

Quite like apples.

@mrbojangles25:

Actually pros and cons are about equal, coffee is generally considered about neutral as to whether it's good or bad for you when everything is considered.

I myself like the idea of being free of that addiction, so I drink it or green tea only occasionally, when it truly feels necessary for a lift. As a result, there are no nasty withdrawal symptoms and I save money. I don't drink soft drinks.

I know... But were are the support groups? I feel no one takes me seriously.

Tea.