Precisely, but this mindset can only come with age and struggle. Some deal with reality at a young age due to a number of circumstances. Others simply don't get it until they're older (there's a reason that mid-life crises occur).
'Weakness' is refusing to try to understand something and instead giving things nice comfortable one-word labels.
None of those are particularly difficult to quit. Maybe alcohol to an alcoholic, but I can't relate to that. All the others are trivial to quit.
Sorry, but those are the only experiences I have. I don't have any experience with prescription drugs or illicit hard drugs. It was my understanding you can become addicted to anything. Gambling for instance; another thing I have tried quite liberally, but never had a problem with.
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A lot of that stuff(gambling, gaming, sex?...) is more psychological, than real, and it takes a certain kind of person to get addicted. Other things, tobacco, cocaine, opiates... are more physically based, though there is a psychological component also. I'm not sure where alcohol falls in that spectrum. I've never been a huge fan, so I can't relate. Any more than a little bit is unpleasant to me, so even if it were highly additive physically, I've never given it that chance.
NYE is a toughie, eh?
addictions the easy part, withdrawals is what you have to worry about when doing drugs.
you need to
STOP POSTING
He may addicted to posting and can't stop. :biggrin:
I'm not sure where alcohol falls in that spectrum. I've never been a huge fan, so I can't relate. Any more than a little bit is unpleasant to me, so even if it were highly additive physically, I've never given it that chance.
you need to
STOP POSTING
I'd say that alcohol and most mood altering drugs are a combination of physiological and psychological (mostly emotionally based) factors.
People who drink often generally start to do so because of it's numbing effect. It takes little more than a few drinks to start feeling a disconnect from the world around you. From there, one drink a day becomes 2 or 3, then 5 or 6 and so on, until the person is no longer medicating an emotional need, but rather trying to feel "normal" by changing their physiological state.
I'd have to say that addiction to other major drugs occurs for similar reasons. Emotional need or desire to "get away from it all" turns into physical addiction.
It's a vicious cycle that I can say I'm grateful to have never fallen into, but I have loved ones who have. It was very tough to watch, and I'm sure damn near impossible for them to deal with personally. But they did.
To all those who truly struggle with addiction, you're in my thoughts and prayers. Keep fighting. There's so much more out there than this.
please tell me what i ever did to you to make you troll every thread i post in.
And why would you not listen to someone whos actually had a addiction and is recovered on the subject of addiction. durr:awe:
You claimed that you were only a pot smoker. Were you lying?
Marijuana isn't "addicting," but users can have a psychological dependence.
LOL!then its time for some tough love. Someone in FL needs to go punch him in the face.
I don't believe I've ever done that stuff.
please tell me what i ever did to you to make you troll every thread i post in.
And why would you not listen to someone whos actually had a addiction and is recovered on the subject of addiction. durr:awe:
so you disagree with what i say? ok thats fine but why be so rude about it,(i see your username fits) Your not in Highschool anymore theres no need for bullying.
I went to a 30 day program with meetings from 9-4. There was NA mixed in but it wasn't all day thing. It was 2-1 hour meetings a day and the rest was group and individual therapy. I still go to 2 to 4(or when ever i feel like getting high) 1 hour meetings a week on my own with my free will. I have a sponsor who is a family friend and has been clean since 1994.
If you dont mind me asking what was your DOC? how did you become addicted? your age at the time of addiction? your age now?