“But it’s impossible to be addicted to weed.”
- People who don’t realize you can be addicted to literally anything.
I knew a guy who was addicted to ibuprofen. He wasn’t even taking it for pain.
My addiction ed for new techs that were hired with few to no actual psych qualifications is that they’re almost definitely addicted to something and just happen to be lucky enough that it’s legal. Common legal addictions:
- nicotine
- caffeine
- gambling including microtransaction phone games
- social media
- pornography
- processed sugar
16 year old me was addicted to one part of my own body. Escapism is a helluva drug.
Painkiller addictions are common
Not with over the counter NSAIDs
Half the girls in my high school were addicted to Tylenol
Are you sure it wasn’t Tylenol with codeine?
If half the girls in my school were addicted to codeine, that would have been a major scandal, lives would have been ruined. This was treated more like a minor inconvenience, they all had low grade migraines they treated by popping tylenols all day long. To be honest I’d be surprised if some of them didn’t fuck up their livers a bit.
Huh. Maybe there was some kind of environmental hazard in the school like mold
I don’t smoke anymore, but back when I was working as a line cook I used to smoke like a chimney. I’m real happy I stopped, my sleep took a while to get better but now it’s way more restful then when I smoked. Weed is chill in moderation, not if it’s your only way to relax after a long day of too many hours under high pressure.
Still get a bit of a craving every now and then, but I think it’s just when I’m bored.
Blood clotting’s mini-boss
MJ is my longest lasting friendship outside of my own sister
Inside this person’s sister it’s too wet to smoke
Thinking.
I’m not good at it, but I do it often.
Dopamine
Understandable. Can be a good thing though, as long as you don’t take the easy route!
My smartphone. Unfortunately.
Crisps. Think you guys call them chips. I love 'em.
Coffee
More espresso, less depresso.
Food
It might be an eating disorder
I avoid talking to my therapist about it because I don’t want to confront the truth.
As I read this, I’m looking down at my spoon and the jar of peanut butter I’m holding …….
I just ate a whole chocolate bar after eating a big bowl of pasta…
Staying up long in the evening. Might sound a bit weird but there’s a thing called bedtime procrastination, and I’m very bad with it. I’ll try so hard to fix my sleeping schedule but the next evening I’ll again be like “nah we can do half an hour more” which turns into multiple hours, which turns into another day with no energy. However in the evening I’ll feel awake again and the cycle just continues. I’m going to talk to a doctor about it next.
cum
Sweets. I have a huge sweet tooth.
I’m right here with you in this boat. I’m just really glad I hate baking or else I’m sure I’d weigh far far too much.
Lmao I love baking, so you see my issue here. Nothing like making a beautiful pan of cinnamon rolls and eating half.
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Nicotine/vapes and eating way too much
Reddit and Lemmy, I can’t stop opening Reddit and Lemmy every few minutes, I’m completely sick
I dunno if might help - but I had a problem with reddit (before switching to Lemmy). I ended up putting an app timer on it for an hour every weekday and 2 on weekends. Honestly, it helped a lot for me.
Yeah, I used the LeechBlock browser addon for that. Worked ok, though I was often tempted to override it. 😅
I use an app called Lock Me Out to ensure that I don’t get into bad habits of scrolling too long.
I recommend getting into some other hobbies that require your attention.
Do what I did and get perma-banned from Reddit. Then you’ll just be addicted to Lemmy. 😤
Then you’ll just be lurking all the time lol
(I don’t have an account but still lurk on reddit with adblockers)
God, me too.
I use a self hosted front end for reddit so at least im not logging in there but sweet jesus.
computer/internet
Internet…
But also constantly thinking about past memories… nostalgia?
Have you considered writing a memoir
Yes…
Unfortunately I’ve been just been binge watching a bunch of random stuff and been procrastinating on it…
Don’t worry… I’ll get that done some day…
5 decades later…
“Eh, I’ll work on it tomorrow…”
(My most recent binge-watch is Frieren… lots of flashbacks… just like I go through a lot of “flashbacks” everyday lol… it’s so poetic, so rhymey)
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