addiction?

Genevieve

Hi All,

Just thought I would ask an interesting question. Is a person who is addicted to things concurrently (one after the other) e.g. alcohol- (recovering alcoholic), goes on to gamble, possibly addicted to expensive buying and auctioning e.t.c

Would this fit in to obsessive compulsive disorder or something similar?

I'm just interested, on a general level, as I often see and hear of people who seem to become addicted to things such as the above and once one addiction is resolved or recovering, another addiction begins.

ENN0

OCB can be related to knocks on the head form a very young age, and slowly develops as the person gets older. OCB is the feeling it has to be done or something bad will happen to them. Addiction is picked up like a hobby, its usually something you like to do and the feeling or experience you get form it, i.e smoke, drink, play computer games :pac:

so they are two different things....

Genevieve

If they are two competely different things! Then where does this kind of addiction fit in?

I know people can become addicted to computer games, using facebook and so on............. but the kind of ADDICTION where it takes you over and you get a thrill or a feeling of temporary fulfillment when you have bought the latest most expensive chair or the best brand of cigars and you can sell them on knowing, you could loose money on them at auction but that really doesn't bother you because the thrill of wanting something and getting it at that very moment gives you a sense of ecstacy!

Once one fulfillment is complete or one area of addiction has become detected and is treated, you move onto another completely new idea and that then also becomes an addiciton.

Has anyone come across that?

Karen_*

Alot of addicts have compulsive and obsessive personalities so its entirely possible to become cross addicted.

JuliusCaesar

ENN0 wrote: »

OCB can be related to knocks on the head form a very young age, and slowly develops as the person gets older. OCB is the feeling it has to be done or something bad will happen to them.

???Huh????

OCD is one thing; Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is something else; and obsessive personality something quite different.
Knocks on the head? First time I've heard that theory!

ocdireland.org for some FACTS.

Odysseus

Generally when you see that, you see that addiction is not just about a drug or a substance its about something else. One way of looking at it is its something about the way a subject relates to pleasure or enjoyment, I personally don't go for the addictive personality viewpoint. Often you see when a person gives up the chemical or particular behaviour they are still chasing something [like us all in some way] they can even become obsessed with the concept of recovery [though compare to drug use its not a bad addiction or obsession.]

Whilst it is different to OCD addiction could not exist without obsessions and compulsions. In my understanding you can become addicted to any type of behaviour or activity that can take over your psyche, it could be shopping, fitness, sex, sky diving anything that makes a person feel good. The more interesting question for me is why does it take over the persons life and generally I think thats a subjective thing. Hope that answered some of your question.