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Are you an addict?

Are you addicted to anthing.

  • Yes -- drugs, alcohol, smoking.

    Votes: 6 14.6%
  • Yes -- writing on Social Media (forums included).

    Votes: 6 14.6%
  • Yes -- reading Social Media (forums included).

    Votes: 3 7.3%
  • Yes -- online games.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Yes -- other.

    Votes: 11 26.8%
  • No!

    Votes: 15 36.6%

  • Total voters
    41
When on a budget during Obama's economy, Chivas Regal.

If the Republicans don't take back the Senate, it's likely I will have to dumb down to Cutty Sark.


I'm a Dewars White Label Guy myself.

I tried Single Malt a few times ( Lagavulin 12 year Year Old Cask Strength ) but I couldn't keep ignoring the constant screaming of my Brain telling me I was drinking Fire.
 
I am addicted to reading strong arguments on forums and news comments. I read more comments then news.

Could anyone with over 10k posts tell me how they cope with addiction?
 
No.

I am blissfully completely unaddictied and unaddictable to anything.

I smoked my first cigarette when I was 18 and I never felt the need to smoke. I started smoking socially when I went out because a lot of other people smoked and I have this issue where my right eye cries in the presence of smoke,but somehow, if I also smoke, then it's all ok.

I kept doing this social smoking thing for 2-3 years. I mean, let me paint you a picture. I would go out, smoke 1-5 cigs, then I could sit at home or in the college dorms and not feel the need to smoke for weeks. I say weeks and not months because that's the most I didn't go out, usually during the winter.

In that entire span of time, I bought just 2 packs of cigarettes by myself (I bought some more combined with others when I went out under the agreement that i can smoke up to my share of the pack. Ofc, I rarely did, but he got to keep the pack and all cigs left in it from my share. I sought no money or debt of any kind).
From the first pack,the first one I smoked a grand total of 2 cigs and even those, I couldn't finish on my own. I mean, I was in the college kitchen because you're not allowed to smoke indoors but there was no smoke alarm there, light one up, the first one from the first pack I ever bought by myself, got to about half and I put it down. It made me sick. The next one I tried to smoke was outside, same deal. Couldn't smoke on my own. Just with other people, so the rest of the pack I smoked with a friend. The 2nd pack I bought almost a year later, tried to smoke 1 cig, couldn't... again, halfway through, gave it to the first smoking homeless man I saw. And then I stopped smoking all together. I endured the right eye crying when I went to the club, and then I stopped going to the club because I was 21-22 and way better than all those people and so I didn't feel like associating, even in the limited and rare fashion I did until then, with the plebes, the drunks and the fools. I gain nothing by being there and lose time and health.

Alcohool, same deal. I cannot get an addiction to alcohol.

I haven't had a drink since late april. I know this not because I keep count of my drinks like a recovering alcoholic, but I started a new workout regime for the summer. Even when I go out I don't get alcoholic beverages, to the dismay or amusement of my friends.

I haven't tried hard drugs, nor will I because I'm not a moron, but I am pretty sure I am completely un-addictable to those too.

Social media and forums... I don't have facebook or such crap. I have linkedIn but I barely use it. I spend time on professional forums for my craft but I think I spend a good deal of time here too, about 1h-2h a day. I don't know if this is addiction, I put it down to boredom or smth.
 
I snort bug powder between filing reports from the Interzone.

But my typewriter keeps turning into a giant insect.
 
I'm a functional addict of Facebook and other social media outlets. Functional b/c I'm still competent, and I get everything done that needs to be done. Social media is just a gap filler ,but I'm usually reading or typing half of my day away.
 
I snort bug powder between filing reports from the Interzone.

But my typewriter keeps turning into a giant insect.

I eat lunch naked.

I'm hooked on glue and gold spray paint. It builds brain cells.
 
I votes yes because I have things I do everyday and I feel weird if I don't them. I go for a run every morning for example.
 
Nope, I'm not addicted to a thing. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I don't drink coffee, I'm not addicted to games or hobbies or online forums. I recently took a couple of weeks off here because I was busy and didn't miss it a bit. If anything, I have a non-addictive personality, I can give up anything I want, any time I want, because I just don't get that attached.
 
I eat lunch naked.

I'm hooked on glue and gold spray paint. It builds brain cells.

I like to mix my ecstacy up with a redbull and two Five Hour Energies, and then chug the whole thing. I then go to the local Elementary School and pretend to be a Jehovas Witness. And that's my typical Tuesday morning!
 
Yes. The internet in general, although you could say electronic media in general is more accurate. But if those aren't available, I also tend to read a lot of books too.
 
I am addicted to long distance running. Since 1976 I have run an average of 2,000 miles a year which normally is about six miles per day. I could no more quit this than give up my right arm. It is an addiction I love and it keeps me young and healthy.
 
Yes. The internet in general, although you could say electronic media in general is more accurate. But if those aren't available, I also tend to read a lot of books too.

In the Preinternet Age I was addicted to reading. Then I became Internet reading addict. Now I should upgade to online writing.

Usually, an alcoholic first moves to LSD, then to heroin.
 
I am addicted to long distance running. Since 1976 I have run an average of 2,000 miles a year which normally is about six miles per day. I could no more quit this than give up my right arm. It is an addiction I love and it keeps me young and healthy.

That is a healthy addiction.
 
Yep. Addicted to Snuff, Chew. Been using it for 25 years. Which also leads to an addiction to brush my teeth 5 or 6 times a day! Regular dental check ups show no signs of mouth issues, no tooth loss. Just a nasty habit. I am also starting to become dependent on Energy Drinks. I stopped drinking coffee a couple years back due to Kidney Stones. The Energy Drinks work well to keep me going but I know they are bad for you.

But worse than all I am addicted to racing. I have it bad. I will stop what ever I am doing to watch two snails race. It's the one thing that will likely kill me. Almost has a couple times. I have been injured more doing that than anything else in life. Just can't stop.
 
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