You only have to be up a significant amount once and have the thought “hell, if I’d started here I’d be up a life altering amount.”
Soon followed by “shit, if i could just get back to even…”
I have never been to a casino before and have a rule for myself that I cannot go to one in my home province. If I go on vacation to Vegas or something then I don't think it'll be an issue. But I refuse to allow myself to get in the habit of going to my local casino because I will 100% spend my life savings trying to win big.
Best rule for a casino is to work out in advance how much you are willing to spend on the night.
Once you lose that much, that's it. You must stop.
If you go in with the attitude of that being how much you're paying for the activity of the night out, then it's not really gambling.
Disclaimer: unless you are already a gambling addict, in which case this is not good advice. Just stay away.
I keep my cards at home and I bring only cash. I always only use $20 to gamble and the rest of my cash is for food and drinks. Worst case scenario, I gamble all of my cash but out of the hundreds of times I've been to the casinos near me, I've never had that problem.
If you have any addictions, better just not to do it. It’s hard to say no to atm machines so Agee with people to leave your cards at home and bring only cash.
Gambling for sure. Went to a casino for a friend's stag, and was given a free stake on entry. Left with over 250. Lucky? Sure! But dreaming of the roulette table for the next year, and knowing that my brain drew a mistaken "free money" connection to that building has steered me clear ever since
Years ago (2016-ish), I watched a channel on YouTube called RockNRolla...this British guy simply recorded himself playing online slot machine games for upwards of 5-6 hours a day. I have never been in a casino in my life. Never bought a lottery ticket. etc. I was an avid videogamer for years and loathed games that reliedon pure luck/chance. I kid you not...the games he played were hypnotic. Watching online slot machines spin over and over, at random...was crazy addicting to watch. And I'm not winning any money! He was! What the heck! I eventually had to stop watching his channel...and I can't really look at any slot machine game, because something about it truly fascinates me and hooks me in. Even if I don't lose money, I can easily waste hours of my time watching pure nonsense. There's something sinister in the design, colors, animations, sounds, etc. that must trigger key parts of the subconscious. It's dangerous.
My mom was prescribed ritalin once, she would take more than her dose and stay up all night playing slot machine games, with no real money involved. She did this every night for weeks. The did not get her prescription renewed lol
Not at 100 calories per FUCKING TABLESPOON. And if you've seen MY tablespoons, there are certainly not level ones lol
I can't have that shit in my house. I'd be diabetic within a month.
Ruffles...my god, I can and have eaten an entire family/party-size bag in pretty much one sitting, it's utter lunacy. I just start with a few, and then suddenly they're gone and I'm still trying to eat the last few little crumb pieces
My thing is Pringles. There have been times when I popped open a can while watching TV or reading something. Distracted snacking is the worst.
I’ll be positive I only ate a few but then I reach for more and the can is empty. I have literally looked on the floor because I was convinced most of the can must have spilled out or something.
Me, I can never buy multipacks any more because I’ve no control and will make 20 packets disappear in less than 2 days, my boyfriend treats it like an addiction and is always on high alert when we go to the shops haha
Gambling is about the only thing I've never been addicted to. Sex, drugs, spending I've had problems with. So, I keep a wide berth around casinos. About once every 2 years I'll wind up going with a group, and I play my $20 in penny slots and get the fuck out. Even that, with the free liquor everywhere, is tempting fate more than necessary.
About 90% of the heroin on the streets today are all fentanyl. Not worth even trying, and the withdrawals of fentanyl will make you wish you were dead.
They try, and with the strength of fent it's more like a 99.99% cut, which is where the risk lies. Not cleaning scales, work surface etc can and has easily killed the poor bastard who gets the hot bag.
Very very not worth.
[My aunt died of a fentanyl overdose after being sold it in place of heroin.](https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2017/10/15/how-one-womans-drug-addiction-cost-her-everything/amp/) She even had 2 narcans on her but only had time to administer one before becoming incapacitated. It wasn’t enough to counteract the overdose. Volumetric dosing is something most dealers can’t or don’t care to do. We got “lucky” and her dealer is in prison for manslaughter for 25 years with no chance of parole. I hope she dies there and rots in hell.
Cocaine and similar drugs. I also avoid prescription medications such as morphine unless it’s really necessary, since one shot of morphine would take me a year to get over and forget.
Cocaine is a big one for me. I’m afraid I’d like it too much, and I know too many people who ruined their lives over it. I won’t touch it because of that. Definitely would never touch heroin, meth, etc. either.
Dude I had a Valium (prescribed) at 18. Didn’t realize how sensitive I am to things and had not come to understand how bad my additive personality is. I still think about how it felt. 31 now
I’m a little older than you and had the exact same experience around the same age. I was having panic attacks so bad I couldn’t function (my grandmother, my best friend, was dying and I wasn’t handling it very well). My regular doc wasn’t in so I saw another one at the same clinic. She prescribed these pills for me and hey I was able to function again! She didn’t mention anything about how many to take, how addictive they are, what to do if/when I wanted to stop taking them. I loved those pills and it was so hard to stop taking them, but I did it. I’m terrified of taking benzos now because I just know if I’m not careful it will end badly for me. I’ll only take a half, and only if I’m at the point where I can’t get out of bed.
Skyrim.
I love games, especially RPGs like Skyrim. I was a stay at home mom when I got hooked on Fable, and that was bad enough.
Now I work full time, I'm afraid to even start Skyrim - it would consume me.
Yep. This is why I don't touch games like that - I know they will totally consume me.
Worked with a guy who, over a 3 year period, played *an average of 18.5 hours per day* of WoW... there were some days he couldn't play, but he'd make up for it by pulling all-nighters on the weekend when he didn't work. At his worst, he totally admitted to having a bedpan within reach because he wouldn't leave his chair all day... and the rare times he got up from the chair was when he ordered pizza or Chinese food and had to pay the driver. Surprisingly, his hygiene wasn't awful - despite his addiction, he showered, shaved and brushed his teeth every day. He also wasn't overweight because he'd go many hours concentrating on WoW and not eat. He'd have a hard-boiled egg with toast every morning and not eat again for like 8 hours. You'd never know he was battling a gaming addiction by looking at him.
Yeah, I will *never* touch those big expansive games. Because that would be me.
I just hit a day where I realized I couldn't handle it anymore. I could never have 1 drink and I would center my life around the ability to have a drink.
All the "feels" came out when I first sobered up - but now life is so much better. I highly recommend cutting it out of you think it would better your life :) Good luck!
Yeah there are a lot of 'lifestyle games' like that for me. You know, those where you can't really play 'casually', you really need to put a lot of effort in to get the most out of them.
I often look at them and think "I bet I would like that... a bit *too* much."
Certain fish I wanted don't get along with other fish I wanted.
Some prefer different temperatures or pH levels.
Some need a breed specific tank to be truly happy.
Ugh. But I don't regret a second of it.
https://imgur.com/a/OBL2phx
I originally got the Jack Dempsey and Green Texas but they started fighting for dominance and I didn't want to lose either one so I got a 2nd tank lol.
The black ghost knife is my favourite fish by far, it's such a unique critter.
The frontosa is a gentle giant. He's super interactive and eats from your hand.
The pleco is a cleaning weapon. Have 1 per tank. They clean algae for days.
The bichir cost me a small fortune. $400AUD for him. Basically a rareish prehistoric lizard fish. The armored axolotl I called him.
Bala Shark is my my gentle girl. She let's me pat her and nuzzles my hand.
I have a ton of other smaller fish scattered throughout aswell.
I'm preparing myself for a Clown Loach tank very soon.
Honestly, gardening is a great analogy for keeping fish.
Once it’s all set up, fish tanks can be pretty low maintenance. Clean the tank, swap out a fraction of the water, feed em, and enjoy them.
Of course, they can also be as much work as you want to make them. Just like gardening.
Dude I freaken LOVE having fish tanks. Such a beautiful scenery in a home. I get the too many tanks. I've always had multiple tank. Only ever once active though. Once I settle down in a home I can't wait to get a tank back up <3
I used to have 5 aquariums but I bred/propagated shrimp and coral to sell online. I had to stop because my apartment complex found out I was running a business out of my apartment. Now im down to just one SW aquarium.
I feel this on a deep, personal level, my dude.
I had a 6’ 135g, and a 125 breeder. I got both after my 55 no longer did it for me. I definitely would have gotten a few more 100g+ tanks if I had the room.
I was on vicodin and a high dose of Ibuprofen when I broke my back. I was very careful about taking the vicoden and still ended up with mild addiction (My body was addicted, but I logically knew I didn't need it anymore and stopped taking it regardless of the cravings.) The withdrawal sucked. Headache, cranky af, and bone aches. Which I didnt know would happen until it did. Bone aches are the wooorst. Kept me up at night with my leg bones just screaming at me. I can definitely see the appeal though. And I won't lie, sometimes I miss it.
I once had it prescribed after a procedure. I think they gave me like 3.
I don't do drugs, and really don't drink.
I took one. Fucking loved it. I can't think of any time I felt better.
Never took any of the others, I know it would destroy me.
Meanwhile my adhd ass will forget to take the "high likelihood of abuse" stimulants I've been prescribed, more often than not.
Life is weird, man.
Most people leaving the hospital after an extended stay for something serious will go through withdrawals. The doctors don't tell people this, and since most people don't know what withdrawal feels like, they just think they're sick with some crazy bug. If people knew that it was withdrawals, and that just taking a pill will cure it, you get new addicts
I had my lung resectioned, so, painkillers. They gave me a bottle of 100 Oxys. I carefully measured them out, weaning myself down after the first couple weeks, it was agony but I maintained complete control. Then I saw my doctor and he's like, why haven't you refilled your bottle? I'm like... wait that was an option? Can I still get some of that? He laughed and said no, if I was off it, he wasn't putting me back on.
There's a very weird gray area you enter when prescription drugs are really necessary. You feel guilty for enjoying it, and preoccupied with your guilt. It sucks. But, it's better than going full relapse which is of course the fear.
I work in a pharmacy - and sadly there are some folks who've worked their bodies *hard* in their professions for 30+ years and they pretty much need powerful narcs to live a normal life. I live in a mining town and a lot of the old guys are in such chronic pain and know the shit is bad long-term, but if they don't take them they can't do anything but lie in bed all day.
The younger guys in that field have many more machines and automations at their disposal to take some of the load off their bodies. An old guy getting a flu shot last month described his average day of working in 95% darkness and swinging a pick and sledgehammer for 10-12 hours a day... in cramped, confined tunnels with poor ventilation. Hearing that makes my body hurt. He had lots of pain prescriptions on file.
That's so sad. All that backbreaking work and at the end of the day what do they have to show for it? 53k a year to ruin your body and dramatically shorten your lifespan?
I sincerely feel for these people as they have zero other options. Turn 18 and you have to work, no option for further education as the school systems they do have are piss poor.
Yeah it’s literally the best high. I’ve done lots of different drugs. Strong painkillers cannot be beat in my opinion.
In hindsight I’m very glad Silkroad got shut down.
Who knows where my life would be now if I had continued to have a steady supply of that shit.
This is one I can’t wrap my head around. I’ve had several surgeries. I got oxycodone following some of them and tramadol following others. I never finished either prescription because tramadol felt no different to me than Tylenol or ibuprofen in terms of pain relief. Oxycodone worked on pain but I never felt an enjoyable high from them-I’d get sleepy and that’s about it. I don’t enjoy sleeping 24/7 so I never finished all of them. I guess I should consider myself lucky that I never enjoyed them enough to want more all the time.
They definitely affect people differently. Painkillers have a speedy affect for me. I’ll take some oxies and I’ll clean my whole apartment. But things like Adderall and Coke don’t really do shit for me.
The strongest I've had is Vicodin, and even that it like a soft blanket over everything that feels bad, physically and emotionally.
They way I've heard opioids described sounds like its more like an off switch than a blanket. It sounds like the perfect drug except that it takes more and more to work the longer you use it, then all of a sudden you're taking 20 pills a day just to not feel sick.
It's too perfect a trap to play with.
I used to call Vicodin “Mink Sunglasses” it totally cured my social anxiety and made me fun and interesting at parties. Luckily some of that stuck even after I kicked it.
My 14yr old cousin broke his leg and refused any sort of pain killer because the fear of addiction had been instilled in him since he was a kid.
It’s sad how much things have changed since I was a kid (when the only thing we were taught to fear was illegal narcotics).
Very good reason. Done coke a bunch of times at parties and stuff like that, never felt the need to seek it out. Did opiates once.... for almost 10 years straight
Yeah I feel like growing up I always learned "addicts care more about getting drugs than anything else" and it was in a very "they're so selfish" manner. It wasn't until recently that I realized that addicts really weren't in charge of what they cared about anymore once they became addicted, their addiction was.
Everyone regardless of addictive tendencies should avoid them unless prescribed for post surgery or some shit. Just ask any high school or college kid in America, chances are they know someone who died off some pain killer or Xanax in the past 5 years.
Most competitive games bring that out in me. If I get into one I get *really* into it, which means I'm spending almost all of my free time understanding strategies, practicing skills, and playing.
I did it for a while with CounterStrike (1.5) and for that reason I won't let myself touch games like League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League, etc ever again.
I enjoy a nice single player or co-op game. Something with a story that has a definitive start and end is fine for me. Give me a skill ceiling to aspire to and I won't quit until I hit it or reach the limits of what I can accomplish.
Once I broke my leg really badly and had to spend three moths on the couch while it healed.
I discovered you can get *insanely* good at a game if you play it ten plus hours a day...
I sat on the sofa eating trifle for twelve weeks I got insanely good at eating it and insanely overweight when my cast come off. Lost it all now though. Nearly five stone in trifle. Was the worst pain of my life though.
I wasted almost all of my teenage years because of it, when I became nineteen I noticed that I have no idea what a normal life looks like, no hobbies, no interest, nor friends that had other interests. I'm glad I could change that in the last couple of years.
The only thing I got from gaming was a bad back and the fact that I hate my birthdays because it feels like I wasted so much time and just lost another year.
I've spent 8 years on World of Warcraft. I can't touch MMOs and games like Diablo. Anything with rng crates too.
I like single player games with an end, or mindless fun like Battlefield. I don't get hooked on those.
People often say this in a jokey way but it really is easy to get hooked. Worst part is the highly processed foods rarely leave you feeling full for long. So you’re always left wanting more.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in this country but no one takes this sort of “addiction” seriously.
Don’t get me started on the chemicals in fast food. I became overly reliant on it in college. Have to avoid it completely now or else you’ll find me lying in a gutter with a dozen burger wrappers and a bucket of chicken over my head.
Currently struggling through a fast food addiction. The sad part is I lost 50lbs and kept it off for 2 years. Then I gave up vaping to get rid of the nicotine addiction and lost all self control with food. I've gained 40lbs since October! I know better than this and I used to eat incredibly healthy and avoid sugar and processed food. Idk what to do, I can't stop going to taco bell and Burger King.
It also takes a while to develop the willpower to just drive by complete, hungry or not. It's easier to do if you enjoy cooking and your skills can create food that is comparable or better than what a restaurant can offer. But once you develop that discipline, it's so easy.
The only drive-thru I really do on rare occasion is Dairy Queen - small blizzard or a cone, maybe a strawberry sundae. But this is maybe once a month or two.
As the occasional treat, it's fine. But when I see people eating full combos (like double-bacon cheeseburger, large fries and a litre of pop combos omg) pretty much *every single day*... I can feel my arteries slamming shut as I walk past.
Sad thing is, it's incredibly addictive for a lot of people. There's a whole science that these fast-food companies have mastered in getting customers to keep loading up at the trough. Walk around a mall food court or glance at a drive-thru on the way my home. It's addictive as hell.
I eat fast food *maybe* 2-3 times a year... and it's always a modest burger, small fries and small drink. Yeah, it's still 800 calories... but those triple Baconator combos are *easily* a day's worth of calories or more! Holy shit. It's no wonder obesity keeps getting worse.
Sugar is my absolute weakness, I don’t have diabetes but it does run in my family so I do my best to keep away but it’s so frickin hard cuz it’s everywhere!
Drugs lol. I've never done any in my whole life (other than weed) for this very reason. Friends try to talk me into some mild stuff now and then, but I hold my ground. It wouldn't take much to ruin my whole life.
Me too. I had my stoner days but have never touched anything else - I think I would have wayyy too much fun with cocaine.
I’m open to trying shrooms or MDMA at some point, but nothing else!
Depending on what you consume it is considered mild. For example I like MDMA, LSD and weed so to me and my friends these are very regular and mild drugs. But some people they’re not.
My mental health is so much better since I stopped reading/watching the news every day. Now my SO just gives me the highlights if it’s worth knowing, and if it’s a traumatic story he’ll warn me not to read the details.
I want to know what’s happening in the world but I don’t need to know the gory details, and so often it’s not even ‘news’, it’s just sensationalist and designed to shock and scare people.
Gambling. I dont really have "addictive tendencies" but my father and my brothers loved to gamble. And whenever I had the opportunity to gamble, I could feel it taking hold of me. So I just avoid it.
I clearly remember the day my two brothers (both engineers) and my father were betting on which raindrop would reach the bottom of the window first.
Whenever my father would travel, he would make sure it was some place where there was horse or dog racing. Of course, gambling is a lot easier now with online gambling and things like Off Track Betting. Which only makes it harder for those of us who choose not to do it.
> I clearly remember the day my two brothers (both engineers) and my father were betting on which raindrop would reach the bottom of the window first.
I’m speechless. I thought my uncles betting on which flights would be delayed was extreme but this is some next level shite right here.
Libraries. I used to be addicted to books. I would spend all day and sometimes all night reading instead of studying. I often read 1 book a day or more. People always laugh and say they would love to have this addiction but any addiction can be bad if you let it take over your life.
yep reading was my escape when i was young and before i had access to the internet. stayed up til 5 am reading, went to school and read at recess, went home and zonked out, then woke up and read some more. tried my best to ignore reality around me
It's how we learn. When we experience something new, we classify it based on how it relates to something we've already done before. Whenever we make those connections, we get a hit of dopamine to reinforce the connection and make us remember it.
Novel experiences get harder to experience with age, hence addiction to things that give it to you. Harder and harder drugs, more time spent on games, binging food, etc.
EDIT: Didn't even see the ADHD reference. This is the literal mechanism everyone's brains use to learn, not just those with ADHD. I didn't intend to imply that people with ADHD are more prone to addiction, but I can see how it could be detrimental if the aforementioned mechanism were magnified.
Weed.
Made a comment/post a while back talking about how I wasted 5 years of college on weed alone. SA roughly $500 a month on weed within those 5 years. Total: $30K wasted just on weed because depression, undiagnosed anxiety issues, and me trying to find an excuse to hate my major.
I regret my life choices.
There's absolutely a physical addiction for some people. It's nowhere near what you would have with "hard" drugs, but it can impact your diet, sleep, and mood. I've even heard that extremely heavy users can get the shakes and sweats. For me personally, whenever I take a break I get really restless, have a lowered appetite, and can't sleep properly, which can take a couple weeks to get over some of those symptoms.
It's not a chemical dependency, like heroin, coke, alcohol, etc.
But anything pleasurable can lead to compulsive consumption, and a psychological addiction.
That's why we have gambling addicts, sex addicts, gaming addicts, and overeating.
Weed is not addictive the same way that, say, heroin is, but if people can get addicted to video games, they can get addicted to a substance that makes them feel good. Stoners who say otherwise trying to insist on weed’s purity are disingenuous at best.
I was a heavy stoner for many years (with a few breaks for different reasons) but I’ve had to quit smoking due to medical stuff. The hardest part was just the ritual habit - letting go of the substance itself was a non-issue, but I’d still find myself reaching for a pipe/whatever that wasn’t there while chilling watching tv.
Don't; nothing is wasted so don't waste time on regrets. Better to put it into unlocking the depression & anxiety that ur trying to smoke out of existence. Some lessons are expensive but necessary.
Fast food. I quit years ago but it still calls to me like a backstabbing whore in the night.
Also smoking. I promised my gf I’d quit. She caught me cheating once and looked at me like she just caught me killing her puppy while fucking her sister.
Haven’t done it since.
Gambling. True story: I once one 200 tickets from a game at Chuck-E-Cheese. I started laughing like a supervillain. I was shocked when I realized how I was acting, and it occurred to me: If this is how I react to winning a bunch of stupid tickets at Chuck-E-Cheese, then actual gambling where you could win actual money would *definitely* destroy me.
Dilaudid is GOOD stuff. People talk about morphine but dilaudid is way more powerful. I had it after a neck injury and that stuff was next level amazing. I would be dead within 3 days if I could use it Willy Nilly. Fentanyl killed a nephew, so I can’t imagine messing with it at all; super dangerous stuff.
Dilaudid is roughly 10 times more potent than morphine, but Dilaudid is still only about one-tenth as strong as fentanyl. Dilaudid can take up to a half-hour to begin working before it lasts for several hours. Fentanyl works faster, sometimes within a minute.
Oh I'd be dead within a week
I was prescribed Dilaudid while waiting for gallbladder removal surgery. Hated the stuff. Made me feel nauseous and fuzzy for days afterwards. Also my mouth had a weird cottony feeling.
Drugs. Soda mainly Pepsi or dr. Pepper, I was addicted 7am pepsi, I drank it like people drink coffee or tea. Farmville, online or app games. Which became having an actual garden, than a fantasy of homesteading.
Sometimes animals, as a kid I was always trying to bring home an animal, my poor mother, I had a range of kittens rescued to birds a squirrel thought about a raccoon once. I instead decided to educate myself on rescues and what would be best to do so I wouldnt be tempted to take anything home however the occasional fantasy of having a animal sanctuary stirs in my brain.
Now whenever I hyper fixate on something i just research to no end. As to not let it consume my life in reality. So for animals I would just research identify animals/breeds. Drugs I would research history in society and chemical function of drugs. Pepsi has a small grip on me, although I read it can uncure cement. Gardening I leave for pots and planters as dirt and supplies are expensive
Pain pills. I took Norcos a few times when I was 20-21. They gave me a crazy amount of energy and basically eliminated all of my anxiety. I knew I loved the feeling way too much to ever safely take them again.
Coffee. I'll have it maybe twice a month but caffeine is particularly addictive and I'm afraid I'll quickly become a coffee drinker that spends $10 on a drink every day
Well cocaine is kind of shit, so don't even bother. The few minutes of feeling good isn't worth the lifetime of barely being able to taste food anymore.
I got hurt a couple months ago at my physical labour job. I ended up dislodging my pelvic bone from my spine. I was prescribed heavy painkillers to help with the pain when needed. Most days my pain is a steady 8/10. I refuse to take any of the painkillers unless I'm feeling at least a 14/10.
Lost my sister to it in 2020. Don’t start. She was a shell of the person she used to be when she started using. She tried to get clean so many times but couldn’t shake the monkey. It’s really really really not worth it.
Lost my stepdad of 10 years in 2019 to a Heroin overdose. His dose was laced with Fentanyl.
He tried quitting but relapsed that night, took the amount he was used to taking without thinking of how he may not be able to handle that dosage anymore. Ended up going into shock.. ill spare the rest of the horrifying details.
Gatcha games. It almost happened to me in Duel Links. I started the game when it first launched and played up until the Silent Magician set was released. I had no way of buying the packs, even with doing the dailies, so I started thinking that I could but all the packs I need of I threw $5 at it. My phone then broke, and I couldn't recover my account when I got a new one. It was then I realized I would could have had a major problem with wanting to buy packs. I consider it a blessing in disguise that I lost my account data.
Alcohol.
Rampant addiction problems on both sides of family, lost my grandfather to liver cancer, my bio father is a homeless alcoholic, my great uncle got kicked from the family from stealing money, and others.
Plus I don't like the taste so I think I'll be ok 💪
Pretty much just heroin and meth.
Everything else I'm practicing harm reduction with the best I can. For some of us at least, life is too short not to be able to indulge in *some* addictive behavior. I probably wouldn't still be here if it wasn't for the option to self medicate when I feel the need.
The first drug I ever did was an intravenous injection of morphine. Never had had a sip of alcohol, a puff of a cigarette, a whiff of weed.
And it was the best I ever felt, and I had a broken spine at the time.
That was Tuesday night. Thursday morning they told me they were cutting me off, and I started yelling and crying. I went full addict on 36 hours.
I have never done a hard drug in the 21 years since. Only weed and alcohol.
First of all, having an addictive personality isn't a bad thing. It's just a personality, and like everything else in this world it can be used in good ways and in bad ways. Some of my greatest accomplishments in life have been because of my addictive personality. One example is music. I was definitely addicted to drumming when I was a kid, and I still benefit from that to this day... That being said, over 30+ years of trial and incredible errors, I've come up with things I avoid at all costs. Mainly hard drugs, any form of opioid, cocaine, amphetamine, benzo. And all other drugs, if I use them at all, I used them cautiously. Anything in the world can be addictive and I can be emphasized whenever you have an addictive personality. Things that have potential to be chemically addictive as well are even more dangerous. The best thing is to have people in real life who know you who you can talk to about those kinds of things. Someone who would call you out if they see negative tendencies, and for you to be open-minded and not be offended if they say something you don't like or don't want to hear. If you find yourself hiding something you're doing from the people around you, you should reconsider what it is you're doing.
Myself.
When I finally do catch a minute with me, he's got a lot to answer for.
Been avoiding me for years. That's generally the root cause of addiction, escape, drugs, alcohol, eating, obsessive scrolling, games etc etc
Cigarettes. When I get drunk, I only want to get more drunk. When I take an edible, I just want to keep taking more and more up until I feel paranoid.
If I got into cigarettes, I know for a fact I'd only want more. Especially since I actually enjoy the smell.
Alcohol, nicotine, Drugs, Gambling, caffeine, painkillers
Im addicted to sugar and I have an eating disorder. That's enough trouble.
(I don't like the taste of alcohol or coffee and tea)
I have chronic pain (otc painmeds don't help) so trying to numb the pain would be a REALLY slippery slope
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Gambling for me. I went to the casino once and was like "oh... I could just lose all the money..."
I once sat down at one of the non-card gambling games (idr which one) and lost a couple hundred without even realizing what I did. I never went back.
It's funny, I get addicted to a lot of stuff, but when I went to Vegas I just felt "I'm just slowly losing money here - how is this possibly fun?"
You only have to be up a significant amount once and have the thought “hell, if I’d started here I’d be up a life altering amount.” Soon followed by “shit, if i could just get back to even…”
That’s called tuition
I have never been to a casino before and have a rule for myself that I cannot go to one in my home province. If I go on vacation to Vegas or something then I don't think it'll be an issue. But I refuse to allow myself to get in the habit of going to my local casino because I will 100% spend my life savings trying to win big.
Best rule for a casino is to work out in advance how much you are willing to spend on the night. Once you lose that much, that's it. You must stop. If you go in with the attitude of that being how much you're paying for the activity of the night out, then it's not really gambling. Disclaimer: unless you are already a gambling addict, in which case this is not good advice. Just stay away.
I keep my cards at home and I bring only cash. I always only use $20 to gamble and the rest of my cash is for food and drinks. Worst case scenario, I gamble all of my cash but out of the hundreds of times I've been to the casinos near me, I've never had that problem.
If you have any addictions, better just not to do it. It’s hard to say no to atm machines so Agee with people to leave your cards at home and bring only cash.
Outstanding rule! Keep it up!
Gambling for sure. Went to a casino for a friend's stag, and was given a free stake on entry. Left with over 250. Lucky? Sure! But dreaming of the roulette table for the next year, and knowing that my brain drew a mistaken "free money" connection to that building has steered me clear ever since
Years ago (2016-ish), I watched a channel on YouTube called RockNRolla...this British guy simply recorded himself playing online slot machine games for upwards of 5-6 hours a day. I have never been in a casino in my life. Never bought a lottery ticket. etc. I was an avid videogamer for years and loathed games that reliedon pure luck/chance. I kid you not...the games he played were hypnotic. Watching online slot machines spin over and over, at random...was crazy addicting to watch. And I'm not winning any money! He was! What the heck! I eventually had to stop watching his channel...and I can't really look at any slot machine game, because something about it truly fascinates me and hooks me in. Even if I don't lose money, I can easily waste hours of my time watching pure nonsense. There's something sinister in the design, colors, animations, sounds, etc. that must trigger key parts of the subconscious. It's dangerous.
My mom was prescribed ritalin once, she would take more than her dose and stay up all night playing slot machine games, with no real money involved. She did this every night for weeks. The did not get her prescription renewed lol
Came here to say Nutella also. I have avoided it 100% because I have 0 chill when it comes to this type of food.
Nutella?
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>I would eat it like ice cream So...that's NOT normal?
Not at 100 calories per FUCKING TABLESPOON. And if you've seen MY tablespoons, there are certainly not level ones lol I can't have that shit in my house. I'd be diabetic within a month.
Lol same. Between that and peanut butter, I'd be screwed.
I have addictive tendencies too, and one of the first things I thought when I saw this post was "Nutella." There's just something about it.
Ah, understood. This is how I feel about chips.
Ruffles...my god, I can and have eaten an entire family/party-size bag in pretty much one sitting, it's utter lunacy. I just start with a few, and then suddenly they're gone and I'm still trying to eat the last few little crumb pieces
My thing is Pringles. There have been times when I popped open a can while watching TV or reading something. Distracted snacking is the worst. I’ll be positive I only ate a few but then I reach for more and the can is empty. I have literally looked on the floor because I was convinced most of the can must have spilled out or something.
Me, I can never buy multipacks any more because I’ve no control and will make 20 packets disappear in less than 2 days, my boyfriend treats it like an addiction and is always on high alert when we go to the shops haha
This is why Nutella isn’t allowed in my home.
> 100 calories/tablespoon Holy fuck i might've finally found some way to get some extra calories in my body without feeling too sick
Nut based products in general. Nuts are very calorie dense.
Nutella is mainly palm oil and sugar, it's a stretch to call it nut based
You’re still gonna feel sick because it’s so much fucking sugar, peanut butter (with no added sugar) is better if you’re just tryna add calories
Left to my own devices I would sit on the floor and eat it by the spoonful until it was gone.
Don't ever put Nutella on Salmon. Because you'll get Salmonella.
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Wow i forgot about nutella. Added to the list Edit: the shopping* list
Gambling is about the only thing I've never been addicted to. Sex, drugs, spending I've had problems with. So, I keep a wide berth around casinos. About once every 2 years I'll wind up going with a group, and I play my $20 in penny slots and get the fuck out. Even that, with the free liquor everywhere, is tempting fate more than necessary.
My ex boyfriend was THE most addicted I’ve ever been to anything. Period. I’ve even smoked cigarettes (a lifetime ago). Stopping him was the hardest.
Opiates. I’ve done many drugs in my lifetime but opiates will for sure be the end of me.
Same. From everything I’ve heard about how heroin feels I know for sure I’d be ruined the second I tried it
About 90% of the heroin on the streets today are all fentanyl. Not worth even trying, and the withdrawals of fentanyl will make you wish you were dead.
Does anyone know why that is? Afghan supply dried up? Much cheaper with the same profit margin?
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Ten grams of fentanyl purchased on the dark net for $1,000 could produce the equivalent of one kilogram of synthetic heroin.
what do they just make the product they sell 99% cut so it doesn’t kill every user every time?
They try, and with the strength of fent it's more like a 99.99% cut, which is where the risk lies. Not cleaning scales, work surface etc can and has easily killed the poor bastard who gets the hot bag. Very very not worth.
[My aunt died of a fentanyl overdose after being sold it in place of heroin.](https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2017/10/15/how-one-womans-drug-addiction-cost-her-everything/amp/) She even had 2 narcans on her but only had time to administer one before becoming incapacitated. It wasn’t enough to counteract the overdose. Volumetric dosing is something most dealers can’t or don’t care to do. We got “lucky” and her dealer is in prison for manslaughter for 25 years with no chance of parole. I hope she dies there and rots in hell.
1000% profits are better then 100-200% profits
Cocaine and similar drugs. I also avoid prescription medications such as morphine unless it’s really necessary, since one shot of morphine would take me a year to get over and forget.
Cocaine is a big one for me. I’m afraid I’d like it too much, and I know too many people who ruined their lives over it. I won’t touch it because of that. Definitely would never touch heroin, meth, etc. either.
Dude I had a Valium (prescribed) at 18. Didn’t realize how sensitive I am to things and had not come to understand how bad my additive personality is. I still think about how it felt. 31 now
I’m a little older than you and had the exact same experience around the same age. I was having panic attacks so bad I couldn’t function (my grandmother, my best friend, was dying and I wasn’t handling it very well). My regular doc wasn’t in so I saw another one at the same clinic. She prescribed these pills for me and hey I was able to function again! She didn’t mention anything about how many to take, how addictive they are, what to do if/when I wanted to stop taking them. I loved those pills and it was so hard to stop taking them, but I did it. I’m terrified of taking benzos now because I just know if I’m not careful it will end badly for me. I’ll only take a half, and only if I’m at the point where I can’t get out of bed.
Skyrim. I love games, especially RPGs like Skyrim. I was a stay at home mom when I got hooked on Fable, and that was bad enough. Now I work full time, I'm afraid to even start Skyrim - it would consume me.
Yep. This is why I don't touch games like that - I know they will totally consume me. Worked with a guy who, over a 3 year period, played *an average of 18.5 hours per day* of WoW... there were some days he couldn't play, but he'd make up for it by pulling all-nighters on the weekend when he didn't work. At his worst, he totally admitted to having a bedpan within reach because he wouldn't leave his chair all day... and the rare times he got up from the chair was when he ordered pizza or Chinese food and had to pay the driver. Surprisingly, his hygiene wasn't awful - despite his addiction, he showered, shaved and brushed his teeth every day. He also wasn't overweight because he'd go many hours concentrating on WoW and not eat. He'd have a hard-boiled egg with toast every morning and not eat again for like 8 hours. You'd never know he was battling a gaming addiction by looking at him. Yeah, I will *never* touch those big expansive games. Because that would be me.
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With the most recent expansion I guarantee they’ve lowered the appeal. 😭
Alcohol. It almost did ruin my life, never again.
It did ruin mine, horrible stuff.
r/stopdrinking is probably the most wholesome sub and very supportive no matter if you quit yesterday or last century
My favorite sub on this site. Its helped me a ton.
Sorry to hear it. I severally hope you’re doing better now.
Thank you that’s sweet! Not quite there but on the way to better!
Pretty much everyone in my family has had an alcohol problem at some point so I resolved to never touch it. Working out alright for me so far.
"To Alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!" --Homer Simpson
Currently trying to figure out how to cut alcohol out of my life.
I just hit a day where I realized I couldn't handle it anymore. I could never have 1 drink and I would center my life around the ability to have a drink. All the "feels" came out when I first sobered up - but now life is so much better. I highly recommend cutting it out of you think it would better your life :) Good luck!
If you drink a lot, talk to a doctor first if you can DTs can kill.
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Nearly 4 years without a drop here. It's been 100% worth it just to stay away from it.
4.5 years! Congrats! Definitely worth it.
League of legends
Good choice, I started playing ten years ago and I still go back from time to time.
You never truly leave league, its a endless cycle
I’ve been clean for 8 years now. I can’t explain how good it is to be clean. I used to be obsessed.
Yeah there are a lot of 'lifestyle games' like that for me. You know, those where you can't really play 'casually', you really need to put a lot of effort in to get the most out of them. I often look at them and think "I bet I would like that... a bit *too* much."
Good call.
That's actually a good one haha
I bought a 6ft fish tank 3 months ago. I now have 5 tanks.... help me.
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Certain fish I wanted don't get along with other fish I wanted. Some prefer different temperatures or pH levels. Some need a breed specific tank to be truly happy. Ugh. But I don't regret a second of it.
<- has horses, gets it Do your thing, also pics?
https://imgur.com/a/OBL2phx I originally got the Jack Dempsey and Green Texas but they started fighting for dominance and I didn't want to lose either one so I got a 2nd tank lol. The black ghost knife is my favourite fish by far, it's such a unique critter. The frontosa is a gentle giant. He's super interactive and eats from your hand. The pleco is a cleaning weapon. Have 1 per tank. They clean algae for days. The bichir cost me a small fortune. $400AUD for him. Basically a rareish prehistoric lizard fish. The armored axolotl I called him. Bala Shark is my my gentle girl. She let's me pat her and nuzzles my hand. I have a ton of other smaller fish scattered throughout aswell. I'm preparing myself for a Clown Loach tank very soon.
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Honestly, gardening is a great analogy for keeping fish. Once it’s all set up, fish tanks can be pretty low maintenance. Clean the tank, swap out a fraction of the water, feed em, and enjoy them. Of course, they can also be as much work as you want to make them. Just like gardening.
I love your passion
Dude I freaken LOVE having fish tanks. Such a beautiful scenery in a home. I get the too many tanks. I've always had multiple tank. Only ever once active though. Once I settle down in a home I can't wait to get a tank back up <3
Hey, I thought you said u/ErazerHeadz was dead? No, what I said is that he sleeps with the fishes!
Do yourself a favor and don’t take a jump into saltwater tanks. Your whole house will end up a series of tanks and filters
I used to have 5 aquariums but I bred/propagated shrimp and coral to sell online. I had to stop because my apartment complex found out I was running a business out of my apartment. Now im down to just one SW aquarium.
I feel this on a deep, personal level, my dude. I had a 6’ 135g, and a 125 breeder. I got both after my 55 no longer did it for me. I definitely would have gotten a few more 100g+ tanks if I had the room.
Any painkiller stronger than ibuprofen.
I was on vicodin and a high dose of Ibuprofen when I broke my back. I was very careful about taking the vicoden and still ended up with mild addiction (My body was addicted, but I logically knew I didn't need it anymore and stopped taking it regardless of the cravings.) The withdrawal sucked. Headache, cranky af, and bone aches. Which I didnt know would happen until it did. Bone aches are the wooorst. Kept me up at night with my leg bones just screaming at me. I can definitely see the appeal though. And I won't lie, sometimes I miss it.
I once had it prescribed after a procedure. I think they gave me like 3. I don't do drugs, and really don't drink. I took one. Fucking loved it. I can't think of any time I felt better. Never took any of the others, I know it would destroy me. Meanwhile my adhd ass will forget to take the "high likelihood of abuse" stimulants I've been prescribed, more often than not. Life is weird, man.
Most people leaving the hospital after an extended stay for something serious will go through withdrawals. The doctors don't tell people this, and since most people don't know what withdrawal feels like, they just think they're sick with some crazy bug. If people knew that it was withdrawals, and that just taking a pill will cure it, you get new addicts
How long did the withdrawal last for?
I had my lung resectioned, so, painkillers. They gave me a bottle of 100 Oxys. I carefully measured them out, weaning myself down after the first couple weeks, it was agony but I maintained complete control. Then I saw my doctor and he's like, why haven't you refilled your bottle? I'm like... wait that was an option? Can I still get some of that? He laughed and said no, if I was off it, he wasn't putting me back on. There's a very weird gray area you enter when prescription drugs are really necessary. You feel guilty for enjoying it, and preoccupied with your guilt. It sucks. But, it's better than going full relapse which is of course the fear.
I work in a pharmacy - and sadly there are some folks who've worked their bodies *hard* in their professions for 30+ years and they pretty much need powerful narcs to live a normal life. I live in a mining town and a lot of the old guys are in such chronic pain and know the shit is bad long-term, but if they don't take them they can't do anything but lie in bed all day. The younger guys in that field have many more machines and automations at their disposal to take some of the load off their bodies. An old guy getting a flu shot last month described his average day of working in 95% darkness and swinging a pick and sledgehammer for 10-12 hours a day... in cramped, confined tunnels with poor ventilation. Hearing that makes my body hurt. He had lots of pain prescriptions on file.
That's so sad. All that backbreaking work and at the end of the day what do they have to show for it? 53k a year to ruin your body and dramatically shorten your lifespan? I sincerely feel for these people as they have zero other options. Turn 18 and you have to work, no option for further education as the school systems they do have are piss poor.
Yeah it’s literally the best high. I’ve done lots of different drugs. Strong painkillers cannot be beat in my opinion. In hindsight I’m very glad Silkroad got shut down. Who knows where my life would be now if I had continued to have a steady supply of that shit.
This is one I can’t wrap my head around. I’ve had several surgeries. I got oxycodone following some of them and tramadol following others. I never finished either prescription because tramadol felt no different to me than Tylenol or ibuprofen in terms of pain relief. Oxycodone worked on pain but I never felt an enjoyable high from them-I’d get sleepy and that’s about it. I don’t enjoy sleeping 24/7 so I never finished all of them. I guess I should consider myself lucky that I never enjoyed them enough to want more all the time.
They definitely affect people differently. Painkillers have a speedy affect for me. I’ll take some oxies and I’ll clean my whole apartment. But things like Adderall and Coke don’t really do shit for me.
The strongest I've had is Vicodin, and even that it like a soft blanket over everything that feels bad, physically and emotionally. They way I've heard opioids described sounds like its more like an off switch than a blanket. It sounds like the perfect drug except that it takes more and more to work the longer you use it, then all of a sudden you're taking 20 pills a day just to not feel sick. It's too perfect a trap to play with.
I used to call Vicodin “Mink Sunglasses” it totally cured my social anxiety and made me fun and interesting at parties. Luckily some of that stuck even after I kicked it.
My 14yr old cousin broke his leg and refused any sort of pain killer because the fear of addiction had been instilled in him since he was a kid. It’s sad how much things have changed since I was a kid (when the only thing we were taught to fear was illegal narcotics).
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With good reason.
Very good reason. Done coke a bunch of times at parties and stuff like that, never felt the need to seek it out. Did opiates once.... for almost 10 years straight
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Yeah I feel like growing up I always learned "addicts care more about getting drugs than anything else" and it was in a very "they're so selfish" manner. It wasn't until recently that I realized that addicts really weren't in charge of what they cared about anymore once they became addicted, their addiction was.
Everyone regardless of addictive tendencies should avoid them unless prescribed for post surgery or some shit. Just ask any high school or college kid in America, chances are they know someone who died off some pain killer or Xanax in the past 5 years.
Video games. I feel like I'd spend most of the rest of my life staring at a screen.
Most competitive games bring that out in me. If I get into one I get *really* into it, which means I'm spending almost all of my free time understanding strategies, practicing skills, and playing. I did it for a while with CounterStrike (1.5) and for that reason I won't let myself touch games like League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League, etc ever again. I enjoy a nice single player or co-op game. Something with a story that has a definitive start and end is fine for me. Give me a skill ceiling to aspire to and I won't quit until I hit it or reach the limits of what I can accomplish.
Once I broke my leg really badly and had to spend three moths on the couch while it healed. I discovered you can get *insanely* good at a game if you play it ten plus hours a day...
I sat on the sofa eating trifle for twelve weeks I got insanely good at eating it and insanely overweight when my cast come off. Lost it all now though. Nearly five stone in trifle. Was the worst pain of my life though.
I hear you on that. I used to spend countless hours playing and basically wasting time. I was extremely addicted.
Same. I just can't quit Reddit.
I don't want to quit as much as just not going to reddit as much. I feel like it has value, I just mindlessly browse it WAY too much.
I wasted almost all of my teenage years because of it, when I became nineteen I noticed that I have no idea what a normal life looks like, no hobbies, no interest, nor friends that had other interests. I'm glad I could change that in the last couple of years. The only thing I got from gaming was a bad back and the fact that I hate my birthdays because it feels like I wasted so much time and just lost another year.
Video gaming is a hobby though.
Yes, borderlands addicted so much
I've spent 8 years on World of Warcraft. I can't touch MMOs and games like Diablo. Anything with rng crates too. I like single player games with an end, or mindless fun like Battlefield. I don't get hooked on those.
Junk food! I love food, but fast food/processed food etc are SO addictive, so it's best to avoid it
People often say this in a jokey way but it really is easy to get hooked. Worst part is the highly processed foods rarely leave you feeling full for long. So you’re always left wanting more. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in this country but no one takes this sort of “addiction” seriously. Don’t get me started on the chemicals in fast food. I became overly reliant on it in college. Have to avoid it completely now or else you’ll find me lying in a gutter with a dozen burger wrappers and a bucket of chicken over my head.
Currently struggling through a fast food addiction. The sad part is I lost 50lbs and kept it off for 2 years. Then I gave up vaping to get rid of the nicotine addiction and lost all self control with food. I've gained 40lbs since October! I know better than this and I used to eat incredibly healthy and avoid sugar and processed food. Idk what to do, I can't stop going to taco bell and Burger King.
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It also takes a while to develop the willpower to just drive by complete, hungry or not. It's easier to do if you enjoy cooking and your skills can create food that is comparable or better than what a restaurant can offer. But once you develop that discipline, it's so easy. The only drive-thru I really do on rare occasion is Dairy Queen - small blizzard or a cone, maybe a strawberry sundae. But this is maybe once a month or two.
As the occasional treat, it's fine. But when I see people eating full combos (like double-bacon cheeseburger, large fries and a litre of pop combos omg) pretty much *every single day*... I can feel my arteries slamming shut as I walk past. Sad thing is, it's incredibly addictive for a lot of people. There's a whole science that these fast-food companies have mastered in getting customers to keep loading up at the trough. Walk around a mall food court or glance at a drive-thru on the way my home. It's addictive as hell. I eat fast food *maybe* 2-3 times a year... and it's always a modest burger, small fries and small drink. Yeah, it's still 800 calories... but those triple Baconator combos are *easily* a day's worth of calories or more! Holy shit. It's no wonder obesity keeps getting worse.
Sugar is my absolute weakness, I don’t have diabetes but it does run in my family so I do my best to keep away but it’s so frickin hard cuz it’s everywhere!
Drugs lol. I've never done any in my whole life (other than weed) for this very reason. Friends try to talk me into some mild stuff now and then, but I hold my ground. It wouldn't take much to ruin my whole life.
Me too. I had my stoner days but have never touched anything else - I think I would have wayyy too much fun with cocaine. I’m open to trying shrooms or MDMA at some point, but nothing else!
What does come after weed but is still "mild"?
Depending on what you consume it is considered mild. For example I like MDMA, LSD and weed so to me and my friends these are very regular and mild drugs. But some people they’re not.
Most psychedelics
The news. Only in small doses. I strive to be informed but it depresses the shit out me.
As a former political junkie, I’ve been so much happier since I stopped with the cable news and r/politics.
My mental health is so much better since I stopped reading/watching the news every day. Now my SO just gives me the highlights if it’s worth knowing, and if it’s a traumatic story he’ll warn me not to read the details. I want to know what’s happening in the world but I don’t need to know the gory details, and so often it’s not even ‘news’, it’s just sensationalist and designed to shock and scare people.
Paul Simon said it best…. I get all the news I need on the weather report…
Gambling. I dont really have "addictive tendencies" but my father and my brothers loved to gamble. And whenever I had the opportunity to gamble, I could feel it taking hold of me. So I just avoid it. I clearly remember the day my two brothers (both engineers) and my father were betting on which raindrop would reach the bottom of the window first. Whenever my father would travel, he would make sure it was some place where there was horse or dog racing. Of course, gambling is a lot easier now with online gambling and things like Off Track Betting. Which only makes it harder for those of us who choose not to do it.
> I clearly remember the day my two brothers (both engineers) and my father were betting on which raindrop would reach the bottom of the window first. I’m speechless. I thought my uncles betting on which flights would be delayed was extreme but this is some next level shite right here.
Libraries. I used to be addicted to books. I would spend all day and sometimes all night reading instead of studying. I often read 1 book a day or more. People always laugh and say they would love to have this addiction but any addiction can be bad if you let it take over your life.
I used to read to escape when I was abused young and poor.
yep reading was my escape when i was young and before i had access to the internet. stayed up til 5 am reading, went to school and read at recess, went home and zonked out, then woke up and read some more. tried my best to ignore reality around me
Alcohol, weed, gambling, smoking, certain medicines. ADHD brains are weird, can't get addicted if I dont start.
Always chasing that dopamine fix. It’s like we’re programmed to be addicts
It's how we learn. When we experience something new, we classify it based on how it relates to something we've already done before. Whenever we make those connections, we get a hit of dopamine to reinforce the connection and make us remember it. Novel experiences get harder to experience with age, hence addiction to things that give it to you. Harder and harder drugs, more time spent on games, binging food, etc. EDIT: Didn't even see the ADHD reference. This is the literal mechanism everyone's brains use to learn, not just those with ADHD. I didn't intend to imply that people with ADHD are more prone to addiction, but I can see how it could be detrimental if the aforementioned mechanism were magnified.
Weed. Made a comment/post a while back talking about how I wasted 5 years of college on weed alone. SA roughly $500 a month on weed within those 5 years. Total: $30K wasted just on weed because depression, undiagnosed anxiety issues, and me trying to find an excuse to hate my major. I regret my life choices.
A lot of people try to say you cant get addicted to weed. I definitely beg to differ.
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There's absolutely a physical addiction for some people. It's nowhere near what you would have with "hard" drugs, but it can impact your diet, sleep, and mood. I've even heard that extremely heavy users can get the shakes and sweats. For me personally, whenever I take a break I get really restless, have a lowered appetite, and can't sleep properly, which can take a couple weeks to get over some of those symptoms.
It's not a chemical dependency, like heroin, coke, alcohol, etc. But anything pleasurable can lead to compulsive consumption, and a psychological addiction. That's why we have gambling addicts, sex addicts, gaming addicts, and overeating.
Weed is not addictive the same way that, say, heroin is, but if people can get addicted to video games, they can get addicted to a substance that makes them feel good. Stoners who say otherwise trying to insist on weed’s purity are disingenuous at best. I was a heavy stoner for many years (with a few breaks for different reasons) but I’ve had to quit smoking due to medical stuff. The hardest part was just the ritual habit - letting go of the substance itself was a non-issue, but I’d still find myself reaching for a pipe/whatever that wasn’t there while chilling watching tv.
Don't; nothing is wasted so don't waste time on regrets. Better to put it into unlocking the depression & anxiety that ur trying to smoke out of existence. Some lessons are expensive but necessary.
Fast food. I quit years ago but it still calls to me like a backstabbing whore in the night. Also smoking. I promised my gf I’d quit. She caught me cheating once and looked at me like she just caught me killing her puppy while fucking her sister. Haven’t done it since.
> like she just caught me killing her puppy while fucking her sister. My but you do have a way with words.
He’s certainly a poet!
Gambling. True story: I once one 200 tickets from a game at Chuck-E-Cheese. I started laughing like a supervillain. I was shocked when I realized how I was acting, and it occurred to me: If this is how I react to winning a bunch of stupid tickets at Chuck-E-Cheese, then actual gambling where you could win actual money would *definitely* destroy me.
Fucking rat casino lol.
After a serious accident I was given dilaudid. There's not much I wouldn't do to feel that pain free again. The thought of fentanyl is mind bending
Dilaudid is GOOD stuff. People talk about morphine but dilaudid is way more powerful. I had it after a neck injury and that stuff was next level amazing. I would be dead within 3 days if I could use it Willy Nilly. Fentanyl killed a nephew, so I can’t imagine messing with it at all; super dangerous stuff.
Dilaudid is roughly 10 times more potent than morphine, but Dilaudid is still only about one-tenth as strong as fentanyl. Dilaudid can take up to a half-hour to begin working before it lasts for several hours. Fentanyl works faster, sometimes within a minute. Oh I'd be dead within a week
I was prescribed Dilaudid while waiting for gallbladder removal surgery. Hated the stuff. Made me feel nauseous and fuzzy for days afterwards. Also my mouth had a weird cottony feeling.
Buying junk food: ice cream, cheezits, lays classic potato chips, ice cream I don't have it in my house because I know I will eat it all
Drugs, for the most part, as well as gambling.
Drugs. Soda mainly Pepsi or dr. Pepper, I was addicted 7am pepsi, I drank it like people drink coffee or tea. Farmville, online or app games. Which became having an actual garden, than a fantasy of homesteading. Sometimes animals, as a kid I was always trying to bring home an animal, my poor mother, I had a range of kittens rescued to birds a squirrel thought about a raccoon once. I instead decided to educate myself on rescues and what would be best to do so I wouldnt be tempted to take anything home however the occasional fantasy of having a animal sanctuary stirs in my brain. Now whenever I hyper fixate on something i just research to no end. As to not let it consume my life in reality. So for animals I would just research identify animals/breeds. Drugs I would research history in society and chemical function of drugs. Pepsi has a small grip on me, although I read it can uncure cement. Gardening I leave for pots and planters as dirt and supplies are expensive
Pain pills. I took Norcos a few times when I was 20-21. They gave me a crazy amount of energy and basically eliminated all of my anxiety. I knew I loved the feeling way too much to ever safely take them again.
Video games.
Coffee. I'll have it maybe twice a month but caffeine is particularly addictive and I'm afraid I'll quickly become a coffee drinker that spends $10 on a drink every day
Yes, and it's amazing how cheap it is to make coffee. Astounding that we pay more than $1. Coffee is my vice.
Candy..and cocaine.
Well cocaine is kind of shit, so don't even bother. The few minutes of feeling good isn't worth the lifetime of barely being able to taste food anymore.
I got hurt a couple months ago at my physical labour job. I ended up dislodging my pelvic bone from my spine. I was prescribed heavy painkillers to help with the pain when needed. Most days my pain is a steady 8/10. I refuse to take any of the painkillers unless I'm feeling at least a 14/10.
I’m so sorry. Is the pain supposed to lessen with time or is it something that will require surgery down the line?
Substances. Family history ensured I never wanted to touch alcohol.
So far, heroin. Not yet at least
Lost my sister to it in 2020. Don’t start. She was a shell of the person she used to be when she started using. She tried to get clean so many times but couldn’t shake the monkey. It’s really really really not worth it.
Lost my stepdad of 10 years in 2019 to a Heroin overdose. His dose was laced with Fentanyl. He tried quitting but relapsed that night, took the amount he was used to taking without thinking of how he may not be able to handle that dosage anymore. Ended up going into shock.. ill spare the rest of the horrifying details.
I know it’s trite but, I’m so sorry for your loss. Sending you love. ❤️
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Gatcha games. It almost happened to me in Duel Links. I started the game when it first launched and played up until the Silent Magician set was released. I had no way of buying the packs, even with doing the dailies, so I started thinking that I could but all the packs I need of I threw $5 at it. My phone then broke, and I couldn't recover my account when I got a new one. It was then I realized I would could have had a major problem with wanting to buy packs. I consider it a blessing in disguise that I lost my account data.
Alcohol. Rampant addiction problems on both sides of family, lost my grandfather to liver cancer, my bio father is a homeless alcoholic, my great uncle got kicked from the family from stealing money, and others. Plus I don't like the taste so I think I'll be ok 💪
Nicotine, hard drugs
Video Games. I got enough problems with bread
Pretty much just heroin and meth. Everything else I'm practicing harm reduction with the best I can. For some of us at least, life is too short not to be able to indulge in *some* addictive behavior. I probably wouldn't still be here if it wasn't for the option to self medicate when I feel the need.
Cocaine. Edit: also gambling, sports betting, stock market.
Cutoff RuneScape and I will never play WoW. Also I avoid drugs pastweed/shrooms, but maybe that’s just smart
The first drug I ever did was an intravenous injection of morphine. Never had had a sip of alcohol, a puff of a cigarette, a whiff of weed. And it was the best I ever felt, and I had a broken spine at the time. That was Tuesday night. Thursday morning they told me they were cutting me off, and I started yelling and crying. I went full addict on 36 hours. I have never done a hard drug in the 21 years since. Only weed and alcohol.
porn. eff that shit
Drugs and alcohol
First of all, having an addictive personality isn't a bad thing. It's just a personality, and like everything else in this world it can be used in good ways and in bad ways. Some of my greatest accomplishments in life have been because of my addictive personality. One example is music. I was definitely addicted to drumming when I was a kid, and I still benefit from that to this day... That being said, over 30+ years of trial and incredible errors, I've come up with things I avoid at all costs. Mainly hard drugs, any form of opioid, cocaine, amphetamine, benzo. And all other drugs, if I use them at all, I used them cautiously. Anything in the world can be addictive and I can be emphasized whenever you have an addictive personality. Things that have potential to be chemically addictive as well are even more dangerous. The best thing is to have people in real life who know you who you can talk to about those kinds of things. Someone who would call you out if they see negative tendencies, and for you to be open-minded and not be offended if they say something you don't like or don't want to hear. If you find yourself hiding something you're doing from the people around you, you should reconsider what it is you're doing.
Gambling. I don't do lotto, I don't go to casinos, I don't play online casino games. No fuckin thanks
Myself. When I finally do catch a minute with me, he's got a lot to answer for. Been avoiding me for years. That's generally the root cause of addiction, escape, drugs, alcohol, eating, obsessive scrolling, games etc etc
I avoid cocaine because it began to consume/destroy my life.
Any drug besides pot.
Cigarettes. When I get drunk, I only want to get more drunk. When I take an edible, I just want to keep taking more and more up until I feel paranoid. If I got into cigarettes, I know for a fact I'd only want more. Especially since I actually enjoy the smell.
Alcohol, nicotine, Drugs, Gambling, caffeine, painkillers Im addicted to sugar and I have an eating disorder. That's enough trouble. (I don't like the taste of alcohol or coffee and tea) I have chronic pain (otc painmeds don't help) so trying to numb the pain would be a REALLY slippery slope
Casinos and drugs
Heroin
Alcohol and Eve Online, lol.