The addictions thread

[BonitoDeMadrid]

I didn't find this anywhere across the board, so...

You got any addictions? Confessions about them? Need help getting rid of that addiction? Tell us all about it.

For starters, I am addicted to diet coke. And that addiction is, in a way, actually good for me, because each time I get even a 1/8 of a chance to be addicted to something else that is really, really addicting (like tobacco, coffee, etc.), I can tell myself "you're already addicted to coke, you don't want to be dependant on more things..." and that ends the conversation between me and myself.

So, addicted and willing to tell about it?

[Young Val]

I was most definitely addicted to cigarettes--but I've been cigarette-free for 329 days now (quit completely cold turkey).

I used to be addicted to biting my nails. I've had more stop-and-start success with that one, although currently my nails are long, which means I haven't bitten them in awhile.

I'm currently, always have been, and most likely always will be addicted to chapstick, and am applying it pretty much incessantly.


...apparently I have an oral fixation.

[Locke_]

Cloves primarily. But I'm not against other substitutes.

I've got a pretty addictive personality though, and can be very impressionable (not so much as I used to be), but I can wield it in good ways as well as bad.

[Oliver Dale]

My brain! Oh sweet God, my brain hurts!

[Luet]

Picking. The skin around my fingernails as well as my scalp. I'm trying to accept the fact that I'll never stop but a small part of me keeps thinking maybe I can. Even though I don't remember a time that I didn't do it. Ah well, could be worse.

[Young Val]

My brain! Oh sweet God, my brain hurts!

I took a full month off coffee once. No coffee at all. The first three weeks were BRUTAL.

[Jayelle]

Sweet mother of mercy, I can't live without coffee. I love the good stuff (Starbucks, Sunstone) but in a pinch, I'll drink gas station coffee if I have to.

[anonshadow]

One of my closest friends at school.

I'm not even entirely joking. I never seem to tire of his company. It's very silly of me.

[Oliver Dale]

Picking. The skin around my fingernails as well as my scalp. I'm trying to accept the fact that I'll never stop but a small part of me keeps thinking maybe I can. Even though I don't remember a time that I didn't do it. Ah well, could be worse.

Even as I read this I'm pressing a tissue against the huge tear in my thumb from where I ripped my cuticle clean down past my nailbed. If you find a way to stop, let me know.

Also, in other news, I gave in. I am right now drinking a grande half-caff. I am a weak, sad, pathetic shell of a man.

[neo-dragon]

I've been a nail biter for pretty much as long as I've had teeth. I've never tried to stop, and I have no intention of ever doing so. I see no reason to. People say that it's unsanitary, but I only do it when my hands are clean. People also that it makes your nails look ugly, but I do it well enough that mine actually look neatly groomed after I bite them.

My only other addiction is lurking and posting on certain forums.

[Jayelle]

This thread reminds me of this Onion article.

[Syphon the Sun]

I've heard of chocoholics, but I've never heard of chocohol. There's a problem in the world and it's people who don't understand word endings.

As far as my own addictions go, I'm mostly only addicted to caffeine (coffee, energy drinks, soda, whatever).

[Mich]

I chew the, uh, the flesh around my fingers. I don't know what it's called. But directly to the sides of your fingernails, where it gets kind of bunched up? I chew those. My mom used to yell at me for it, when I was little.

[Darth Petra]

I'm addicted to Star Wars Battlefront, Ender's Game, E-mail, and online forums.

[starlooker]

I used to chew my nails. Now I pick at them & under them till they tear off.

Also, facebook is a fast-growing addiction.

My coffee-issues wax and wane. I'm mostly a social drinker these days.

[Young Val]

Now that I don't bite, I do pick at teh skin around my fingers. Especially when it's dry in the winter! Ouch.

[Luet]

I guess I'm in good company. There are many fancy names for skin picking. Psychogenic excoriation, dermatillomania, psychodermotosis...

And Mich, skin biting is called dermatophagia.

[Claire]

I'm addicted to AIM. I go on every night when I do my homework. Its a really bad habit.

[v-girl]

Nail-biting.

I'm still in denial about the coffee addiction.

And the big one: diet soda. But not regular plain diet coke. Gross.

[powerfulcheese04]

Biting and picking the skin around my fingernails. Sometimes I bite off the fingernails, but that's a stress behavior.

Actually, all of it is a stress behavior.

[daPyr0x]

I am definitely addicted to caffiene. I consume a lot of it, and if I go without for 18-ish hours, I start to get a headache. Unlike most people, I don't use it to keep me alert or wake me up or anything (in fact I feel none of those effects, I sleep right after coke easily), it's just a major component of Coke and I love my coke. Still, it's probably not good...

You could say I'm also addicted to pot. That may be a too PG-13 topic for here, but let's suffice to say that I don't sleep without it.

I'm not proud of either, moreso the pot than the caffiene. But, I fail to see any negative impacts on my life by them at this point, so I have no reason to stop.

[zeroguy]

Webcomics, possibly. Or, well, "stories" in general, in a sense; I just think the comic medium expresses things best, and print comics in syndication tend to suck for reasons the creators cannot control; so webcomics are most prevalent form that I see this happen. People may not see this as bad, but I get way, way too into them sometimes*. I thought this was transient, but I'm becoming less sure. If I didn't consciously curb this, I'd probably be checking over a hundred comics daily by now.

* EG is not an example of this, although it is probably the story I am most "in to" as of now. It's just a good story I enjoy experiencing, and even talking about with other people. Some others, though.... I can feel the lure of an unhealthy level of escapism, and it quite honestly scares me sometimes.

[Eaquae Legit]

zero, have you ever heard of The Comics Curmudgeon? Makes the daily comics much, much funnier.

[zeroguy]

...because I don't waste enough time, clearly. I also prefer to ignore things to make them go away, instead of making fun of them.

[Mich]

That's how I deal with Garfield.

[Gravity Defier]

Attention. My biggest and most shameful addiction.

[zeroguy]

That's how I deal with Garfield.

How I deal with Garfield.

[KennEnder]

I'm addicted to traveling. And Ender's Game.

[Petra456]

I'm another nail bitter, i've been doing since I can remember and I don't really see myself stopping.

Other then that my biggest addictions are coffee and dr. pepper. There are some mornings where it's just so cold I HAVE to have a cup of coffee, even if I make it myself. I just crave dr. pepper pretty much 24/7.

[Eddie Pinz]

It's true! I'm a rageaholic! I can't live without rageahol!!!

[Qing_Jao]

I'm also a skin picker. However, I also have eczema really badly, so the two do not mix well together. Needless to say, you'll often see in long pants, despite hot weather.

[SaintDrogo]

I smoke about a pack a day of cigarettes and way too much pot. I bite my nails too, but not to the point where I think I'm addicted

[hive_king]

I guess the only addiction I have is crack cocaine, but that doesn't REALLY count as an addiction, does it?

[SaintDrogo]

Not as long as you keep it real, G.

[Rei]

Latin. I keep returning despite how much it beats me.