what are you addicted to????

lukesmom

So have you any addictions???

DrPhilG

I'm addicted to asking people in AH to answer their own question.

Wurly

Sugar.

Are Am Eye

Dopamine.

eviltwin

Tea and my phone

lukesmom

why I ask is because I have such an addictive personality. Hoping I'm not alone. I reckon it can be genetic. a few members of my family are the same

lukesmom

Are Am Eye wrote: »

Dopamine.

me too majorly so

dusty207

Licking the hairs off my dog. Apparently it's full of vitamin D. Don't ask.

mzungu

Life.

mad muffin

Wan… umm walking my dog. That’s it… yeah. Walking my dog.

SpannerMonkey

Pepsi Max




oh and wasteing money

DEFTLEFTHAND

Nicotine.

Get by just about on the vape these days but still fall off the wagon every now and then.


I'm very uptight in general so took to tobacco smoking like a duck to water.

alta stare

I am addicted to crack.....sorry i mean the craic having the craic.......like.

MilesMorales1

Nope. Used to be addicted to nicotine, but I broke that (with a lot of ****ing work) and sugar, but I significantly cut down on that too.

Tea.

And bass, of course. Someone had to say it.

lukesmom

mad muffin wrote: »

Wan… umm walking my dog. That’s it… yeah. Walking my dog.

cool but something to consider. If you walk him too much he might get tired and not appreciate his nicer walks.

AllForIt

lukesmom wrote: »

why I ask is because I have such an addictive personality. Hoping I'm not alone. I reckon it can be genetic. a few members of my family are the same

Maybe there is no such thing as an addictive personality but in fact you have poor self control.

Edit: I didn't mean that as an insult, I just mean if you look at it the way I suggest then you can tackle the problem and get your addictions under control rather than thinking your doomed to addiction due to being built that way.

Arghus

Tea. It's dangerous stuff.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

lukesmom wrote: »

why I ask is because I have such an addictive personality. Hoping I'm not alone. I reckon it can be genetic. a few members of my family are the same

I read somewhere that people don;t get addicted to things, they get addicted to the pleasure the substance/behaviour creates. Not sure where...?

Anyway, in answer to your question: the internet. Have some blocker software installed on the laptop that blocks all connections at certain times.

Arghus

AllForIt wrote: »

Maybe there is no such thing as an addictive personality but in fact you have poor self control.

Maybe it all amounts to the same thing in the end.

armaghlad

Chocolate. Crave the stuff. Have a sweet tooth in general, but don’t eat sweets or crisps. Ate two packets of chocolate biscuits in the space of half an hour this evening.

moonshadow

Coke....zero

lukesmom

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

I read somewhere that people don;t get addicted to things, they get addicted to the pleasure the substance/behaviour creates. Not sure where...?

Anyway, in answer to your question: the internet. Have some blocker software installed on the laptop that blocks all connections at certain times.

thats a good point.

frozenfrozen

I'm addicted to cynicism

Oldtree

Non red bull energy drinks and cream biscuits.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup

coke zero. i really don't have an addictive personality, but i believe in it and feel sorry for those who do.

and i'm delighted i hate cigarettes as the most strong willed people i know can't give up their nicotine addiction

Muppet Man

Cheese.... Eat a crazy amount of it. All sorts. I'd be embarrassed to tell my doctor the truth if he asked.

Greyfox

armaghlad wrote: »

Chocolate. Crave the stuff.

Me too, once im anywhere near the stuff I have no willpower, I love tea too and can no longer drink tea without something sweet

Ive gotten away from many addictions, but now, yeah probably the phone and internet..

JenovaProject

Cigarettes and alcohol.
And a woman whos as bad for me as the previous 2 things:D

Me_Grapes

Candie wrote: »

And bass, of course. Someone had to say it.

Indeed they did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_soYUWLU8

Hammer89

I'd consider myself addicted to food. I know, mental, but it's a very real thing. I've lost a decent bit of weight but I still use food as an escape route for certain thoughts and emotions, but I have developed much more of a mastery over it. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't blow some bloke in a McDonalds bathroom if he offered me every item on the Eurosaver menu. Then again, I don't have to, because there's an infinite variety of dopamine-rich, highly-palatable, easily-accessible and very low-cost foods which sooth my negative feelings.

I happen to think there's a lot of people in Ireland who have developed addictions to food, but they mistake this habit for gluttony and weakness because that's what our society tells them the problem is, and when they can't stop it only further embeds the feeling of inadequacy and low self-esteem which they were seeking to escape in the first place!

I don't know how we expect to solve an epidemic if we overlook the simple fact that obesity stems from long-term overeating, which in itself is a symptom of something greater, something sadder. Pains me to say it, but Ireland is going to hell in a handbasket lads.

DivingDuck

Mentally, the internet and exercise. I just feel generally anxious and unhappy if I don't get a fair amount of both, and I become pretty unpleasant to be around. To me, that the real measure of an addiction: if it affects your personality when it's removed.

On a physical level, green tea and chocolate. If I don't have a little of both every day, I get headaches.

pappyodaniel

Might as well face it your a d!ckhead to love.

joeguevara

Someone made a good point about self control. I believe that self control and indeed strong self control cannot help against addiction. What I mean by that is that addiction is much more than wanting something. It is a need and then a release of dopamine when you get it. Without that actua want/need then you are not addicted. For me I am not addicted to anything. That is until alcohol is in my system. Then it’s like fear and loathing Las Vegas. For me the biggest addiction is gambling and only roulette. The noise of the ball clicking off the metal dividers just before it drops is the biggest rush for me that I cannot even explain.

So, I cannot put myself in that situation. It is like a different person and there is no sense. I have had over 20k in chips in my pocket and I still want that buzz of that noise. It is nothing to do with winning, it is knowing that I have money gambled and can hear that noise. For instance, I was in a Christmas party tonight where there were roulette tables and mock chips. I heard the noise and got nothing. Similarly I was in a casino and placed a considerable amount but had to take a phone call and missed the noise but won. Again nothing. Very difficult to explain unless you know. But the only driver is alcohol. Even just 4 pints.

My point is, it’s not self control. In my opinion anyway.

old_aussie

I'm addicted to some good home grown.

PandaPoo

Cigarettes, energy drinks, junk food and online shopping.

cantdecide

Biscuits

Time to give up again

Foxhound38

Nicotine, booze and diet coke

Cee-Jay-Cee

lukesmom wrote: »

why I ask is because I have such an addictive personality. Hoping I'm not alone. I reckon it can be genetic. a few members of my family are the same

You still haven't answered what your addicted to!

I'm addicted to nothing.

Tauriel

Tea, boots and TV.

mad muffin

lukesmom wrote: »

cool but something to consider. If you walk him too much he might get tired and not appreciate his nicer walks.

He’s an athlete. I wa… walk him 10K every day :pac:

D3V!L

Raisins .......







Sorry I mean cocaine.

JupiterKid

Used to be alcohol. Bloody awful. Getting over that now but it's still early days.

Crisps and hummus - lovely together.

ChippingSodbury

JenovaProject wrote: »

Cigarettes and alcohol.
And a woman whos as bad for me as the previous 2 things:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfFSZ1WE_ME

cantdecide

I gave up cigarettes back in 2004...

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McCrack

Brazzers

cherryghost

I probably have a mild addiction to video games. And hummous. I could snort that stuff

PeterParker957

Chocolate. And after work beers. I'm not a massive drinker really, wouldn't be after drinking at home - but at the end of the day, a couple of beers on the way to the train chills me right out.

diomed

Food. It's a habit I picked up as a baby.

LadyMacBeth_

What I'm not addicted to would be a shorter list

Chocolate, sex, masturbation, my phone, boards and books are the main ones.

Oh edited to add that I have an addiction to Pepsi max and diet coke drinks in general, though I have cut down from about 3 litres a day to 500ml

I also get addicted to people sometimes which is a very unhealthy habit altogether. I can also be a bit addicted to gaming, if I get into a game I pretty much do nothing else for days on end.

Basically I overindulge in anything I really like