Addiction

Thom Yorke · 07-11-2011, 10:02 AM

I was addicted to Ativan when I was suffering from anxiety when I was younger.

I guess you could say coffee too, although not for the caffeine. I can go without coffee without a hitch, but I'm more addicted to the taste.

Zyrenah · 07-11-2011, 11:37 AM

I have my addictions. Most I am over now, and it was a few years ago at university. Now, I tend to use them as a crutch when I am angry, upset etc.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 07-11-2011, 11:52 AM

Opiates.

My one year clean anni is tomorrow

captaincaptain · 07-12-2011, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paloma

Opiates.

My one year clean anni is tomorrow

Congrats!

djchameleon · 07-11-2011, 02:48 PM

I'm a bit of a germaphobe where I tend to wash my hands a bit excessively from time to time. I also go around and spray down all my surfaces with Lysol spray.

bonesaw-orchestra · 07-11-2011, 04:38 PM

I have a rather addictive personality. I'm mostly over it now but there was a time for a few years I was doing anything and everything, from coke, ketamine, and MDMA, to speed, morphine, and boozing like a fiend. Mind you, I was also on some rank anti-depressants that made me so numb that I was doing drugs just to feel something. Then I met this guy who made it is goal to get us ****ed up all the time. The combo nearly killed me, but I've been in recovery from chemical drugs for a little more than a year now. I still get high on weed but it's more therapeutic than drug-related now. My first step off drugs was quitting the anti-depressants cold turkey. I never looked back and I've never been happier.

EvilChuck · 07-11-2011, 04:50 PM

I was a smoker, 20 a day for about 7 years and socially before then (I'm 22, I started when I was 11 maybe 1 or 2 with friends, then by 14 was smoking heavy). But I gave up last year, cold turkey as well. It can be done, it takes alot of willpower though - thankfully I have been blessed with two very stubborn parents, and it has rubbed off on me so my willpower and determination is through the roof when I decide to do something.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 07-13-2011, 09:51 AM

Thank you

FETCHER. · 07-13-2011, 07:23 PM

I smoke, but I think I could give up anytime if I actually wanted to. I smoke roughly 5 a day. Like pete I can stop for ages but I always end up crawling back. I binge drink also, but I'd never call it an addiction. More of a habitual impulse. I have to wash my hands three times with the soap, otherwise everything has to be even numbers.

chipper · 07-13-2011, 10:01 PM

i'm an addict. i go from one addiction to another. i am a recovering alcoholic.

now i am addicted to running and extreme sports. if i stop doing those, i'll have to find somethinge else or i'll go back to alcohol.

View Poll Results: What are/have you been addicted to?
Alcohol	5	11.63%
Hard drugs (Heroin, cocain, meth.. etc)	3	6.98%
Recreational drugs (Marijuana, ecstasy, etc)	3	6.98%
Cigarettes/nicotine or other types of smoking	14	32.56%
Obsessive compulsions ("Addictions" to random activites, objects, thoughts or actions)	5	11.63%
Sexual addiction or pornography addiction	2	4.65%
Pharmaceuticals/over the counter drugs	3	6.98%
Other (specify)	8	18.60%
Voters: 43. You may not vote on this poll

07-11-2011, 04:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
bonesaw-orchestra Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 64	I have a rather addictive personality. I'm mostly over it now but there was a time for a few years I was doing anything and everything, from coke, ketamine, and MDMA, to speed, morphine, and boozing like a fiend. Mind you, I was also on some rank anti-depressants that made me so numb that I was doing drugs just to feel something. Then I met this guy who made it is goal to get us ***ed up all the time. The combo nearly killed me, but I've been in recovery from chemical drugs for a little more than a year now. I still get high on weed but it's more therapeutic than drug-related now. My first step off drugs was quitting the anti-depressants cold turkey. I never looked back and I've never been happier. Last edited by bonesaw-orchestra; 07-13-2011 at 04:10 PM.*

07-11-2011, 04:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
EvilChuck #based Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: (Near) London, England Posts: 443	I was a smoker, 20 a day for about 7 years and socially before then (I'm 22, I started when I was 11 maybe 1 or 2 with friends, then by 14 was smoking heavy). But I gave up last year, cold turkey as well. It can be done, it takes alot of willpower though - thankfully I have been blessed with two very stubborn parents, and it has rubbed off on me so my willpower and determination is through the roof when I decide to do something. __________________ Last.FM

07-13-2011, 10:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
chipper Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: LA, Ca Posts: 179	i'm an addict. i go from one addiction to another. i am a recovering alcoholic. now i am addicted to running and extreme sports. if i stop doing those, i'll have to find somethinge else or i'll go back to alcohol. __________________ real love letters to exes

07-11-2011, 10:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	I was addicted to Ativan when I was suffering from anxiety when I was younger. I guess you could say coffee too, although not for the caffeine. I can go without coffee without a hitch, but I'm more addicted to the taste.

07-11-2011, 11:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zyrenah Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK and further Posts: 36	I have my addictions. Most I am over now, and it was a few years ago at university. Now, I tend to use them as a crutch when I am angry, upset etc.

07-11-2011, 11:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Opiates. My one year clean anni is tomorrow

07-13-2011, 09:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	Thank you