megan22 wrote
I was able to kick the smoking habit, but back when I was a smoker, I had a cigarette the first thing in the morning when I woke up before anything else. It was usually the first thing on my mind every morning.

fief wrote
I use to drink jager almost every weekend. I didnt really like the taste, just the way it went down and the effect it gave me. It does seem to get you drunk pretty easily. The alcohol content in it is actually lower than most hard liquers (35% compared to 40%). I researched Jagermeister ingredients a few years ago because i heard that if you drink a whole bottle you will hallucinate. Jager contains wormwood which is a root and its oil is poisonous and will cause hallucinations. However, It is made with very small amounts of wormwood (1/1000s of the amount need to hallucinate) which I believe gives it that taste, and may be a reason it gets people drunker than normal. Absinthe is another liquer that is made with wormwood and some other similar ingredients to Jagermeister but it usually has atleast twice as much alcohol content and is known to be halluncinogenic. It is also illegal in the US.

princess2008 wrote
Yep it is extremely hard to quit and I dont think non smokers realise just how hard it is. I am trying to cut down at the moment and I have been doing really well as in the last year I have been smoking a lot more than I used too. The last few days Ive literally cut my smoking in half. One thing I will say though is that a lot of smokers especially myself and friends are so aware of the smell etc that like me they carry plenty of mints and my bestfriend always cleans her teeth and sprays her clothes after a cigarette! It's just being able to quit it all together.

Georgette08 wrote

Well I'm definitely not ashamed to admit this here, so I'll just tell you because this is just an overwhelming situation. I've been in two serious relationships over the past three years and I lost both due to my Internet addiction. I have an infatuation with online relationships and cybersex. It’s something deep inside me that I can’t seem to control. I’ve felt so many times like this is ruining my life, but I still can’t stop. It’s like it’s never enough. I feel like I can never truly be happy with myself, walking around with this in my head, because in my heart I know it’s wrong but I still just can’t control it.

Has anyone on this site been to Internet addiction rehab? Does that even exist?

Rocky wrote
Do you think drinking a lot leads to using other drugs? I was drunk the first time I used coke and I got hooked on it ever since. But if I wasn't drunk I really dont think I would have accepted it.

Vaminos88 wrote
I really enjoy gambling. I mean I dont gamble too much. Whenever I go to vegas which is a few times a year I do blow out a lot of money but when I gamble like at casinos close to home I keep my self limited. Like only 100 or 200$, depending on how rich i am at that time lol. But if I'm not really a compulsive gambler and but I gamble occasionally do you think I could develope a preblem? I do enjoy gambling a lot though.

Nellie wrote
This forrum is interesting hehe I never thought shopping addictions were serious. My friends and parents say I have one and my aprents get pretty mad about it but I always took it as a joke. I dont think I have a problem. But I do go to the mall atleast 4 times a week, and usually always buy something if not more. I dont spend way too much though I limit myself to 100 or 200 dollars and never go over it. Do I have an addiction? honestly?

Quenlin wrote
From personal experience, edit buttons are more trouble than they're worth, it's too easy to offend a huge amount of people, and then edit your post to make them sound like the bad guys. I see it all the time.

Although, deleting posts would be a good feature to have.

Fardreamer wrote

Rocky wrote I dont think the writers strike will have much of an impact. Once they start writing agian, the addicts will go right back to watching the shows. It may give them a break, but if your a TV addict I'm sure you'll watch anything else not just the one show your waiting for. I always set aside my sunday nights at 9 to watch desperate housewives, but when it doesn't come on I still stay watching TV but just watch something else.

Maybe it also depends on how deep the TV addiction runs. There is, I think, a real distinction between fans of specific shows that they will miss if they don't air but can literally live without, and addicts that can't function without having the TV on no matter what programs are on, so long as there's something on the television screen.

BettyBlue wrote
Because of my work schedule and other activities I enjoy, I think I'm lucky to not be totally addicted to TV, but I might be at least a bit addicted, since most of my leisure time does revolve around what's on, especially at night.



When I was younger, if the TV wasn't on in the room I was in, I wasn't happy. Even if I was doing homework or playing games on my first computer, if I at least didn't hear the noise from a running TV set, I'd be restless and cranky. I used to watch at least 10 hours of television a day, which translates to roughly 70 hours a week...more than a normal week's worth of work.

Was this, do you think, excessive? Was I really an addict back then? I now just watch around three hours of TV programming daily, maybe a bit more if there's a movie or news special worth watching.

NewsFreak01 wrote
I'm addicted to Greys Anatomy. I love that show. and lately there hasn't been any new episodes (except for one) because of the writers strike and its driving me crazy! I want to know whats going to happen next!!! is this bothering anyone else???

BettyBlue wrote
This question is for current or former smokers, and it assumes that we accept that smoking is addictive. This is a bit of a devil-is-in-the-details one....

When you smoke/smoked, are/were you very choosy about the brand? Is/Was there something about it that makes/made it "your" brand?

princess2008 wrote
Just like everyone else has said really, if people are choosing to eat and eat and not care about their health and become overweight then maybe they are ignorant to their own health. I agree that overweight people often get ridiculed and its not fair but if they dont want to be overweight then there is plenty of help out there for them. Just like another poster said theres only a small percentage that have medical conditions contributing to their size and many just cant control their cravings for food, for those that are suffering with addictions its different but we are in 2007 where lots of people have access to help.

at4101 wrote
I'm normally not a fast food eater for obvious reasons. But the other day I was in a rush, had not eaten a thing, so I swung by KFC to get a chicken meal. I thought at least I would get green beans and corn instead of greasy fries. I was shocked to see that one 2 peice chicken meal came out to a whopping $8.50. As I looked at the receipt I saw that they charged me and extra 1.60 for a drink. Apparantly they only offer combo prices now on certain items. Anyways, I remember back when meals were like 3.99 for everything. But what's even more shocking is that daily I see cars backed up in the drive-thru. I really feel people are addicted to fast food. You could easily get a healthy meal for the same price at a place where the food isn't flopped into grease and fried.

Quenlin wrote
Yup, and it's just disgusting, those who practice it disgust me, and the whole concept disgusts me as well. Why people even do this is beyond me, all it does it destroy your body, and causes loss of water and nutrients, resulting in you being a dehydrated, malnutritioned, overweight, pile of flesh and bones.

princess2008 wrote
No its not always the best way to go and as a child I suffered with eating disorders, I would put my fingers down my throat straight after my dinner just to look skinny, even though I wasnt even a size 6! now I am a size 10 and feel a lot better mentally and physically. My partner is always telling me to put a little more weight on and that is what I am trying to do as I also look withdrawn and shattered when I lose weight.

normirvin wrote
I never heard of this. so they just suck up the smell from the exauhst? or the actual gas?? I like the smell of gas, some people think its wierd, but i wouldnt sit there and sniff it all day.

Aries wrote
I wondered about this last night, do companies like cigarette companies increase the prices to discourage people with addictions from buying it, or are they doing it to rake in more money?

I think it's the latter, if something is in high demand, it will sell, no matter what the price.

Fardreamer wrote
Hi.

I used to be a big-time computer game fan and I still like playing a few games, but at my age and with adult responsibilities, I hardly ever play any unless I have spare time.....

Because PC games aren't necessarily Internet-related, I will ask my question here: Can there be game players that love a game so much that they will neglect chores, jobs, family, and friends to play it? What type of games are usually prone for addiction? Does anyone here know a PC game addict?

Fardreamer wrote

at4101 wrote Latifa wrote Yep the prices will increase and it will put off a few of us but for others it will definitely not do anything, I love fast food and only over the last year have changed my eating habits but would always go to McDonalds on my lunch break as it used to be the cheapest thing around to buy and the quickest. I remember a time when a Quarter Pounder combo meal was 2.99. I would suck those things down and not gain a pound back in the day. Now they are almost 5.00 per combo and I don't dare touch them.

$2.99? Heck, I remember when a Quarter Pounder with fries and a drink was $1.99.

Problem is, the recession we are now in is going to usher in a wave of rising prices, starting with fossil fuels and gasoline and continuing up the chain all the way to food. So if anyone's a fast food addict, don't be surprised if prices go up even farther.

surfboy wrote
yeah i do agree because in some country rice is there staple food and they live consuming rice everyday and they need that. I don't think it is an addiction it is mainly a cultural tradition because some country they use bread as main source of carbs.

LoCa wrote
Do you consider breaking a promise to your spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend a huge commitment. I can see how absolutely hard it is to quit, it's a lifestyle. But I can't tell when I'm being unreasonable because I'm not a smoker. Do I have a right to get mad if a promise to me is broken?

Fardreamer wrote

Leighdu wrote Fardreamer wrote Rocky wrote I dont think the writers strike will have much of an impact. Once they start writing agian, the addicts will go right back to watching the shows. It may give them a break, but if your a TV addict I'm sure you'll watch anything else not just the one show your waiting for. I always set aside my sunday nights at 9 to watch desperate housewives, but when it doesn't come on I still stay watching TV but just watch something else. Maybe it also depends on how deep the TV addiction runs. There is, I think, a real distinction between fans of specific shows that they will miss if they don't air but can literally live without, and addicts that can't function without having the TV on no matter what programs are on, so long as there's something on the television screen. I think that an addict is an addict. Yeah, they won't be able to watch their favorite shows, but most people addicted to televsion will always find something to watch. Most use television as a way to escape reality and lose themselves in another world, so if their favorite shows are not on, I am willing to bet there is much more out there they will watch. You have to remember also that with cable, there is a plethora of things to be found on t.v.

Thank goodness, then, that I'm one of those TV watchers that can get by on just watching the news or a couple of shows a day, but not one who would just watch anything for the sake of watching.

Of course, I'm disappointed that this season of 24 will not be on, but that's the way the cookie crumbles!

Aries wrote
One thing that annoys me about my family is that none of them talk while eating dinner, because they're far too busy watching TV. Now, I'm not one to believe that "Families who watch TV at dinner will have kids who are more likely to drink" BS, but it does annoy me when a social event where everyone sits at the table, is in utter silence save for "pass the salt."