A friend of mine once explained to us what it was like for him to give up pot for a month. He said that the substance itself wasn't addicting but the lifestyle was. It would be 4 in the afternoon and he didn't know what to do because he was usually smoking at that point. I found this to be somewhat true when I quit WoW, it was hard to find other things to do because I would normally have filled my down time chilling on WoW. This might be part of it with other addictions too. Part of it is just finding that productive thing to do so you can fill in your time that would normally be spent on the addiction.
That's a terminal condition called "being a guy"!i think i'm kinda addicted to sex. if i don't get some at least once a week, i'd hump anything.
Sounds like a guy I knew back in the army. Three weeks without leave, with only us guys in an ass-smelling barracks, and it was a hot summer...i think i'm kinda addicted to sex. if i don't get some at least once a week, i'd hump anything.
Addicted to every kind of coca-cola or pepsi. I prefer Coke zero, Pepsi Max and Pepsi Light withput caffeine ("for those nightly times")Addicted to Coke. The normal kind, Coca-Cola Light tastes like ass.
well that didn't last very longcigarettes, I'm actually trying to stop now but don't have much motivation except I'm doing it for the money, and I guess it's nice to have 20-30 euros more every week
*is suddenly reminded of his godmother, who suffers from cancer*My godfather was an alcoholic. It was really sad seeing him kind of waste away physically and mentally. He felt guilty because of my godmother's suicide and just kind of went self-destructive. He was a sweet man, but he had a lot of problems. Finally, a couple of years back, he got pneumonia. Hid body was so weak and destroyed from all the alcohol that he just passed away.
I hope he didn't die with regrets. He loved him children and grandchildren, but out of shame, and probably for other reasons, he rarely saw them. My cousins tell me that he smiled at everyone in the room seconds before he died--a big smile that reminded him of the old Greg. Part of me wishes he could have pulled through it. The other part of me is a little happy. I think that he and Aunt Karen are happier now than they were in life. What I mean is... I think he's at least at peace now. I still miss him, and I wish my cousins had a parent left.
I don't think a compulsion is the same as an addiction...I have the most pointless addiction ever and it's not something I can even enjoy at times. I have this compulsion to complete sets of anything, if I buy something like a Radiohead album, I then feel the compulsion to buy every single one of their other albums for no reason whatsoever, even if I hate the album I will try my hardest to like it. It has seriously drained my wallet at times.
Which of the 3 of us do you secretly hate, then?
Tin, Odin, Bowie... damn... well done. That sounds frighteningly difficult. I'd glad you both pulled through.
I know a girl who is a raging alcoholic and is truely addicted to pot, and she managed to get her doctorate with a 4.0 GPA.I don't think I'm addicted to pot, but I might be.
I don't smoke everyday, or spend a whole lot of money on it.
Maybe 60$ every 2-3 weeks.
I'll smoke a bowl or two every 2-3 days, but nothing serious. I have been noticing that I've been getting addicted to not going to class though. I've skipped a class for two and a half weeks straight. Still making A's, and not skipping to smoke pot.
Which of the 3 of us do you secretly hate, then?
Harsh lady. :juggle:ALL, damnit, all!
Sounds like caffeine withdrawal. I would get a headache starting 2 days after I quit drinking coffee and it would last for days. Breakfast was meh, so I wouldn't eat anything. Then I'd just start drinking soda and my headache was gone. I used to smoke cigarettes and I swear I never went through anything like this when I quit smoking. I just threw the pack in the trash and gave it up. The closest I've come to replicating withdrawals I've had from caffeine is when I was put on oral steroids for my eczema. My head hurt so bad I just wanted to curl up in a ball and cry.Cola. Of any sorts.
Me and a friend once did a noda to soda month as we called it because we both recognized that we were putting back cola at an insane pace, between 6-12 cans a day. I don't know what actual withdrawals are like, but that month was one of the worst of my entire life. Food tasted like shit without washing it back with an ice cold coke so I pretty much stopped eating. I was misreable, had massive headaches, was so irritable no one wanted to be around me.
I'm better now then I was then, but I still drink far too much fizzy shit.
I spend about exactly the same, but currently on a one month break.I don't think I'm addicted to pot, but I might be.
I don't smoke everyday, or spend a whole lot of money on it.
Maybe 60$ every 2-3 weeks.
I'll smoke a bowl or two every 2-3 days, but nothing serious. I have been noticing that I've been getting addicted to not going to class though. I've skipped a class for two and a half weeks straight. Still making A's, and not skipping to smoke pot.
Sounds like caffeine withdrawal. I would get a headache starting 2 days after I quit drinking coffee and it would last for days. Breakfast was meh, so I wouldn't eat anything. Then I'd just start drinking soda and my headache was gone. I used to smoke cigarettes and I swear I never went through anything like this when I quit smoking. I just threw the pack in the trash and gave it up. The closest I've come to replicating withdrawals I've had from caffeine is when I was put on oral steroids for my eczema. My head hurt so bad I just wanted to curl up in a ball and cry.[/QUOTE]Cola. Of any sorts.
Me and a friend once did a noda to soda month as we called it because we both recognized that we were putting back cola at an insane pace, between 6-12 cans a day. I don't know what actual withdrawals are like, but that month was one of the worst of my entire life. Food tasted like shit without washing it back with an ice cold coke so I pretty much stopped eating. I was misreable, had massive headaches, was so irritable no one wanted to be around me.
I'm better now then I was then, but I still drink far too much fizzy shit.
Heh, I'm the same way, went to sleep at 3 pm yesterday and woke up at half past midnight.Sleep and, to an extent, Magic.
Left to my own devices, my sleep schedule will shift forward until I'm going to bed at five in the morning and waking up at two or three. I'm almost always on autopilot, so I'll wake up, shut my alarm off, and just fall back asleep. This quarter SUCKS because of that (have to wake up at 7 AM for a biochemistry class...NOT a morning person).