An addiction, in my own words, is something (can be an activity, a substance, a food, anything) that is not a need but that you can not live without. For example, video games. Not necessarily a necessity but I can't live without them. I have to play them everyday and I would be pretty lost without them even though I don't need to play them.
I may or may not have an addiction to porn and to the internet. I literally wake up in the mornings and first thing I do is go on League of Legends or go on facebook, or watch youtube videos. I have made an effort to delete all the porn videos I had saved on my computer and on my PSP. I try to stay away from images that might make me lustful and make me want to watch porn. I just pray that I can last at least a year without porn.
My porn addiction all started in high school. It was one day where it was night time and I was bored so I just started watching porn on my TV. I jerked off for the first time and you know I orgasmed for the first time and since then I could not stop. Everyday since then I had to watch porn. I even skipped school so I can hide in my basement to watch porn the entire day. (I know it's really stereotypical. It's also really sad.)
So what would you consider an addiction? Have you ever been addicted to something? What steps have you taken to try to break your addiction?
I've had an addiction to cigarettes for a while but my quit date is this Tuesday (May 3rd). This is the last one of my bad habits that I need to kick and I'm ready to move on. Hopefully, this will the last time I have to go through withdrawal of any kind.
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I've definitely straddled the line between alcohol abuse and addiction a few times but I've been able to put the booze down for a few weeks when I think I'm about to cross that line.
Addiction is a disease. Going cold turkey (staying away from it) is the only way to cure it whether it's porn, weed, sex, food etc you must stay away and stop indulging in the act to heal yourself.
Agreed. Also you must try to keep your mind from wandering to the dark places that take you back to addiction. There is a certain negative emotional distress that takes you back to the urges of your addiction. Keep your mind busy on positive thoughts and away from anything that may indulge or thirst your addiction.
Definitely was addicted to smoking weed for like 3 years. One day just had enough and quit. I find it funny when people say that weed is not addictive but it truly is.
I'm addicted to oxycodone because of a neck injury. Some months I take too many and run out and go through withdrawal for days. I get insomnia, restless leg syndrome, constantly throwing my head around, when I try to sleep I'll involuntarily slam my head into my forearm over and over. That, my friend, is addiction....not omg I feel like I could use some weed right now
I wouldn't say I'm addicted to anything these days. I used to be addicted to Call Of Duty 4 back in the days where COD was super fun to play. Racked up about 40 days play time online within the first year. I literally never left my house in the summer holidays because I'd just be playing this game competitively all day.
God help me when the remastered version comes out later this year :lol
Former druggie, so the symptoms may not be the same you experience during coffee withdrawal. Addiction is when you desperatly need something to function I guess, I got hot flashes and a nervous/itching feeling inside if I waited too long between fixes. You'd also do anything to get your "fix", whatever it may be. I stole stuff from friends and family just to get some money
I could make myself puke just thinking about the stuff if it had been too long. Even years later I was in hospital room when a friend got a shit of Dilaudid and started getting nauseous. Exact same boat here with stealing stuff amd doing whatever it took.
I have a total bastarding lack of will-power when it comes to eating. Since around age 17 I've been able to eat bunches and not stack too much weight on, but if I really got my shit together and ate really well ALL the time I could drop most of my body fat off in not a lot of time, I think. I have crazy stamina for walking, so I can actually burn a whole smack of calories without trying to, but I get most of them back because fried potato taste good in so many forms.
I don't have health issues though, and I apparently don't look too big to people. I was talking to someone about how I was legit really fat at 8/9/10, and she said she couldn't even picture me fat. So that was nice.
The worst addictions are those that are accumulated over a few years but you persuade yourself you're in control and can stop whenever, that is until 5-10 years pass and you finally admit you are fully dependent on the addiction. Willpower is the only reprieve and it gradually can take a long time to reduce the addiction to a stage where you do finally have control then you are in a position to stop for good.
You are wrong Gandhi, that isnt the definition of addiction. Until this day it hasnt been listed in DSM as a disorder/addiction, its a condition, probabily will be included as one but not yet
Video Games and Internet havent still been introduced as and addiction/non-substance related addiction/disorder, right now just gambling has been recognized, those are emotional/conduct conditions, people, in this case OP, create an emotional dependance to certain habits, playing a certain amount of time, doing certain stuff you like, when you cant do the same activities you are used to do, some people present unease, anxiety, irritability, insomnio etc.. the problem is that until a large enough sample presents a similar conduct with an identical stimulus it wont be recognized as an addiction.
The worse addictions are the ones that have a physical dependance.
You are wrong Gandhi, that isnt the definition of addiction. Until this day it hasnt been listed in DSM as a disorder/addiction, its a condition, probabily will be included as one but not yet
I was addicted to cocaine, weed, alcohol, cigarettes, and ecstasy. I'm 5 months sober quit cold turkey all at the same time and I'll never touch a drug as one leads to another in my world. Although I've had 3 glasses of champagne for accomplishments in the 5 months.(wedding, family in town, and easter.)
An addiction is something of habit that you can't be without, you are used to, and want it around; will do anything for outside of normal boundaries to achieve. An action to reach a pleasure that makes you interfere with your life to achieve this pleasure.
lol i don't understand to those who watches porn all i day i only use it to masterbate and im done afterwards and close the tab, and even then i just skip through it, like parts with blowjobs i can't watch that...
I think true addiction is when you feel compelled to keep doing something you consciously want to stop, but you can't. It spills over into your everyday life and fucks it all up.
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