What are you addicted to?

[JPArbiter]

Since the clinical definition of an addiction is developing a physiological dependance on a foreign substance that alters the subjects own body chemistry, the only thing I can claim addiction to is caffeine. I do not drink enough to be considered an adict, last time I smoked anything was a cigar when my son was born a couple of years ago,

Addiction to shopping, sex, internet, mmos, gaming etc. are not addictions and thus can not be included in this conversation.

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

I'm addicted to caffeine and sugar. I'mma have diabeetus 'fore I'm 25.

 

[Finebrew]

Spam, gotta love the canned mystery meat.

 

[i love headcrabs]

mountain dew , internet , minecraft and ponies

 

[YokuG]

Nestea, few songs and games!

 

[sgt. soap mctavish]

Altoids. I've eaten them since i was 4 and can't get enough. It's a great candy though.

 

[witheringsanity]

Since the clinical definition of an addiction is developing a physiological dependance on a foreign substance that alters the subjects own body chemistry, the only thing I can claim addiction to is caffeine. I do not drink enough to be considered an adict, last time I smoked anything was a cigar when my son was born a couple of years ago,

Addiction to shopping, sex, internet, mmos, gaming etc. are not addictions and thus can not be included in this conversation.

i think you're talking about physical addiction as opposed to psychological addiction, both of which are real.

OT: nicotine (but not cigarettes, i'm a vape-er), caffine, soda, the internet, magic the gathering

 

[Avalanche91]

I need to eat at least some meat each day or I'll go nuts
I need internet
I need sugar.

The meat one doesn't necesarily count as addiction I'm sure, but still. Internet and Sugar.

 

[Insanityblues]

Coke (the beverage

 

[JPArbiter]

Since the clinical definition of an addiction is developing a physiological dependance on a foreign substance that alters the subjects own body chemistry, the only thing I can claim addiction to is caffeine. I do not drink enough to be considered an adict, last time I smoked anything was a cigar when my son was born a couple of years ago,

Addiction to shopping, sex, internet, mmos, gaming etc. are not addictions and thus can not be included in this conversation.

Actually, if you look hard enough you can probably find a reasonable scientific claim that psychological addictions count as well.

I'm aware I'm wasting your time with this. Good day, sir.

too bad I might have looked forward to that. Keep in mind I am also speaking from a purely medical standpoint, Psychology deals with mental compulsions, which have nothing to do with altering body chemistry and thus can not be considered a true addiction.

it is the mixing of addiction and compulsion that has gotten things so mucked up in treating both. Addiction can be treated medically, with certain medicines being used to detoxify the body and normalize body chemistry. Sadly current popular culture sees treating addictions medically as "fixing drugs with more drugs" and so is neither popular nor is it widely accepted.

Psychology treats addiction as a compulsion, and thus a "lack of will power" leaving people having to go through horrifying pain as they force their body to go through withdraw and replacement then label them as "addicted for life" and heaving that burden on them for all time. this is why compulsions treated as addictions have a much higher successful treatment rate and yet real addictions suffer relapses far too often.

 

[Hitokiri_Gensai]

cocaine and youtube!

im not sure honestly, id have to give it some actual thought. Possibly the intarwebz! maybe guns? I shoot almost everyday, and spends thousands doing so.

 

[fenrizz]

Coffee and nicotine.

And my Android phone.

 

[Xanthious]

Vicodin! Or more specifically Norco. Messed up the ol' lower back something proper taking a header down a flight of stairs a few years back and about the only thing that fends off the crippling pain from day to day is a healthy does of opiates. The doc also prescribes me morphine, or more specifically MS Cotin, as well but I typically only take those on days when my back is worse than normal.

It's not too horrible as far as addictions go I suppose as I get them legitimately and actually need them to remain upright and mobile.

 

[rayen020]

Also anime netflix TV and the internet.

 

[Queen Michael]

Internet, though it's not as bad nowadays.

 

[Magicmad5511]

Internet in general. So much stuff to read and play and watch. It's all epic.
And within that Ponies. Lots of Ponies. Fanfiction as well as the main show. It's amazing how varied and entertaining it is.

 

[Caspertjuhh]

coffee...

 

[DonMartin]

Not anything really. I suppose nicotine, but it's not a very constant addiction. I can go without it for days, even weeks, and then all of a sudden have an incredible urge to get some snus. Come to think of it, that's how I feel about sweets or liqourice too. I suppose that's an addiction. I dont always yield, though.

However, I never smoke my pipe because I feel an actual need to smoke it, sometimes I just feel like it. If I dont smoke it even though I'd like to, nothing happens.

EDIT: Oooh, 700th Post! Whoop de doo.

 

[Zach of Fables]

There was a summer when I was addicted to Crispy M&Ms. Those were dark days indeed.

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

Games ... and self-loathing