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Title: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Social Bacon on 24 Feb 2009, 20:34
So about a week ago a friend of mine made me a cup of tea, a drink which I previously had not consumed. From that moment onward I have been overcome by a horrible addiction, these glorious leaves steeped in hot water are now nearly the only beverage that I drink. So I come to you seeking support for my ghastly habit and ask you to share stories of your vices; Are you that twitchy guy always hyped up on coffee? Or do you find yourself downing a coke for breakfast? Perhaps you are cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?

Repent now! What is your shameless habit and how did you get into it?
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: michaelicious on 24 Feb 2009, 20:37
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/jesusvsthepolice/arizona-punch.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: -Karamazov- on 24 Feb 2009, 20:44
(http://blog.starzlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sagetphoto04b.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: celticgeek on 24 Feb 2009, 20:46
These two, primarily:

C10H14N2

C8H10N4)O2

Oops:  C2H6O

Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 24 Feb 2009, 20:47
Bass.

(http://www.mv2media7.com/bank/images/sub.JPG)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Blue Kitty on 24 Feb 2009, 20:49
I'm weak

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Cityfolkbox.jpg)

THE FLOWERS, THEY NEED TO BE WATERED!!!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: IronOxide on 24 Feb 2009, 20:49
Bass.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Micropterus_salmoides_2.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Professor Snuggles on 24 Feb 2009, 21:22
Cigarettes.

Bouldering.

Ladies.

pain
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Christophe on 24 Feb 2009, 21:24
(http://toms-snacks.com/images/bag_bcfries.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Boro_Bandito on 24 Feb 2009, 22:08
I smoke too much pot and drink too much hard liquor, eat too much food and play too many video games.


Oh and for the silly thing I am addicted to collecting old (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100758/) bad (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/) movies. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090190/)


Also that crippling crystal meth addiction.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: mooface on 24 Feb 2009, 22:14
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3239911336_503ca73010.jpg?v=0)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3244368779_8430a13879.jpg?v=0)

(http://whatscookingamerica.net/Appetizers/AmericanSushi2.JPG)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: ledhendrix on 24 Feb 2009, 22:21
Surfing, all I do all day in lectures is daydream about the next time I'm going to go surfing, where I should go surfing, ebaying the next board I should get. SURFING
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: The extra letter on 24 Feb 2009, 22:27
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/blackeyeddog/VEnergyDrinkCan.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Emaline on 24 Feb 2009, 22:32
Alcohol
Clove cigarettes
Stretching my earlobes
Mods in general
Sweaters
Art
Albums
Games
Various things to smoke.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Inlander on 24 Feb 2009, 22:37
Bass.

Would you say that you are totally addicted, or only slightly?
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Jace on 24 Feb 2009, 22:38
ITS PLASTIC CRACK. (http://www.games-workshop.com)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: yelley on 24 Feb 2009, 22:52
(http://product.expotv.com/1/2/0/120072_150x150.jpg)
takes me about 2 weeks to use up a tube. and i mean use up to the very end where i am scooping the last bits out with my fingernail. how many of you have even seen the end of a tube of chapstick before it gets lost or run through the wash?
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Masterbainter on 24 Feb 2009, 22:55
I used to be extremely addicted to World of Warcraft.  I've been clean for over 2 years now.  Sometimes I feel weak and wish to go back, but i'm staying strong!

I don't really have anything that I constantly think about like I used to with WOW.. I kind of just go with whatever i'm into at the time.  Right now it's lifting and juggling my finances.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 24 Feb 2009, 23:31
Bass.

Would you say that you are totally addicted, or only slightly?

I've got a pretty steady habit going, I kind of wish I had the opportunity to mainline the stuff more often.  I really only get the good shit once or twice a month.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: KvP on 24 Feb 2009, 23:42
(http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/BG2/Walkthrough/images/bg2-1.jpg)
(http://www.fallout.gr/images/fallout2cover.jpg)
(http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/0/0/3/344003.jpg)

Quote
takes me about 2 weeks to use up a tube. and i mean use up to the very end where i am scooping the last bits out with my fingernail. how many of you have even seen the end of a tube of chapstick before it gets lost or run through the wash?
You can actually get dependent on that stuff, you know. It's not good for your skin.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: yelley on 24 Feb 2009, 23:51
it's far too late, john. been on the stuff since i was 13.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: BeoPuppy on 24 Feb 2009, 23:52
Phonics.

Also: Bowmore.

http://www.bowmore.co.uk/
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: snalin on 25 Feb 2009, 00:58
(http://www.morrowind-oblivion.com/images/morrowind_logo.gif)

Every year I have to come back and play.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Gemmwah on 25 Feb 2009, 02:40
Guns, Bitches and Bling.


(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk92/_beatingheartsbaby/Xbox360full_500x526112.jpg) & (http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk92/_beatingheartsbaby/45view.jpg)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk92/_beatingheartsbaby/TonguePiercingPic1.jpg)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk92/_beatingheartsbaby/P1030057.jpg)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk92/_beatingheartsbaby/golden-virginia.jpg)

I am a simple girl with simple pleasures.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Masterbainter on 25 Feb 2009, 02:54
heh, my kinda of girl.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Jace on 25 Feb 2009, 03:07
Yeah, probably not though. She'd be all arching her back around you, and as we know, that's just asking for it.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Gemmwah on 25 Feb 2009, 03:29
Mmmmmmenthol. I miss being able to afford real cigarettes.  :cry:
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ladybug on 25 Feb 2009, 03:31
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-aGtnfd55yY/R8Ky18zeHiI/AAAAAAAAAqM/8KEItlui3Ng/s400/pepsimax.jpg)

I drink waaaaay too much of this. Bad for my teeth and probaby bad for the rest of me, as it contains aspartame. But sooo good, and difficult to give up.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Jace on 25 Feb 2009, 03:33
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/BigVernDudley/UNITLOGO3.jpg)
(My Clan)

This is probably the worst thing. You should grow up and play some real MMOs.

(This is me being judgemental, I mean, I play with toy soldiers.)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: öde on 25 Feb 2009, 03:34
Runescape is shit. At least play on a private RSC server.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: evernew on 25 Feb 2009, 04:01
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1004/543710789_9a93cbfe96.jpg?v=0)

And it all started when a shady figure approached me from a dark corner and asked me if I wanted to be cool and hang out with girls.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: the_pied_piper on 25 Feb 2009, 04:20
Prostitutes.

Also, coffee.

Oh Jens, we all know you are not old enough for prostitutes and the only substance you abuse is crack.


For me, i drink way too much Coca-cola and i'm pretty much listening to music 24/7 which i guess is an addiction (yes, i do sometimes forget to turn it off when i go to sleep).
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Bowers on 25 Feb 2009, 05:19
coffee (just opened a fresh bag of Colombian and oh my good god its amazing)
cigs
booze
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: valley_parade on 25 Feb 2009, 05:28
Music, coffee, and baseball.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: pen on 25 Feb 2009, 05:39
Soda, Burger King, and WoW. 
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: sandysmilinstrange on 25 Feb 2009, 06:16
Chapstick, coke (the cola kind), and internet forums.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Metope on 25 Feb 2009, 06:46
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e263/blooper663/Freia_plateserie_200g.jpg)

I am a veteran Chocoholic with a long and troublesome relationship with Freia chocolate.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Rolling20s on 25 Feb 2009, 06:53
Beer, wine, slacking.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ladybug on 25 Feb 2009, 06:57
Yeah, I'm gonna have to add Kris's picture to mine. But only the top one, and another one with added liqourice that isn't in the photo.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: ummmkay on 25 Feb 2009, 07:10
right now i am addicted to craisins. i like to mix them with plain yogurt oh man it is delicious

also, buffy
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 25 Feb 2009, 07:11
(http://www.fallout.gr/images/fallout2cover.jpg)
Oh, man. Freakin' YES.

(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/BigVernDudley/UNITLOGO3.jpg)
(My Clan)
(http://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo76/jw10175751/HELLYEAH.jpg)
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii112/d3vonta/mountain-dew.jpg)
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b88/BeautifulNightmare89/menthol.jpg)
I hate you, and everything about you.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 25 Feb 2009, 07:39
Yep
(http://www.tasteofamerica4u.com/catalog/Mountain%20Dew.jpg)
Yep
(http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tim-tam-us.jpg)
Yep
(http://img.alibaba.com/photo/103684245/Djarum_Black_Cigarette.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Caleb on 25 Feb 2009, 08:18
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/Dreamcastguy/4_sega_dreamcast.jpg)

Not my collection.  (I have much more Dreamcast stuff including Japanese and Europe imports.)

(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/Dreamcastguy/PANA0101-2.jpg)
I can't get enough of these.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: 20 jazz funk greats on 25 Feb 2009, 08:31
mint tea
internets
music
those stupid overpriced vitamin water drinks
also i buy way too many zip up hoodies. i feel the same way about hoodies as a lot of women feel about shoes.

i have been playing wow for a while now but haven't gotten addicted to it yet, and probably never will. maybe i am doing it wrong.

Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: imapiratearg on 25 Feb 2009, 08:33
Coffee, the internet/illegally downloading music, and guitars.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: BlahBlah on 25 Feb 2009, 08:43
Counter-Strike: Source, reading this and other forums, listening to music and chocolate, especially dairy milk.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: allison on 25 Feb 2009, 09:08
I've recently discovered that I am addicted to my cell phone. I figured this out because my cell phone is no longer functioning and I am experiencing strange withdrawal.

Other things I would call 'addictions':
My computer
Coffee (especially when it is RRRROLL UP THE RIM! Goddamn youTim Horton's for robbing me of my hard-earned money)
Wrigley 5 Gum (the 'Rain' flavour)
Neil Patrick Harris
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Katherine on 25 Feb 2009, 10:44
Marlboro Lights
Starbucks
Lipton Diet Green Iced Tea
Internets (but no longer WoW as I have, as others before me, broken that addiction)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: pen on 25 Feb 2009, 10:57
I'm like a smoker when it comes to WoW.  I can't stop, can't stop, quit for a few months, am subjected to it for a little while and start back up again without noticiing how much.  I'll quit again, but I know I'll be back again, too.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: valley_parade on 25 Feb 2009, 11:24
and guitars.

Fuck, how did I not put that one down?
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Drill King on 25 Feb 2009, 11:33
Cracking my back
The Internet
People
Physical connections
Biting my nails
Skype!
Being not in right mind.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: The extra letter on 25 Feb 2009, 11:41
Oh, I can't believe I forgot the vitamin water drink things. They're so bland, but so nice and addictive at the same time.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Dazed on 25 Feb 2009, 11:45
Cherry coke
The internet
Mozzarella sticks
Music
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Genbot2500 on 25 Feb 2009, 11:51
Internet
hack 'n slash rpg's... (see diablo II and titans quest)
dutch gin.. Best alcohol ever
And those little bread sticks (grissini they are called i believe) i munch out a bag of those a day
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Cartilage Head on 25 Feb 2009, 11:57
 Just a few...

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/hey_there_fatty/sriracha.jpg)

 Sriracha hot sauce.

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/hey_there_fatty/persona4_box.jpg)
 
 Persona 4 (and 3).

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/hey_there_fatty/KUNGFOO.jpg)

KUNG FUUU
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Social Bacon on 25 Feb 2009, 11:59
I've heard of dutch gin before and was informed that's it's nothing like regular gin. Now I love gin, so should I be seeking out this fabled dutch gin? If so, how should I drink it?

And the relationship thread has reminded me of another one of my vices: redheads. hhggfgdsfg.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Rolling20s on 25 Feb 2009, 12:04
I've heard of dutch gin before and was informed that's it's nothing like regular gin. Now I love gin, so should I be seeking out this fabled dutch gin? If so, how should I drink it?

http://www.starchefs.com/wine/starspirits/html/dutch_gin/index.shtml (http://www.starchefs.com/wine/starspirits/html/dutch_gin/index.shtml)

Kinda of a crap page, but good info. Seems that dutch gin loses complexity of taste when mixed, so it sounds like it's best drunk neat. Further down the page there are some recommended brands.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Allybee on 25 Feb 2009, 12:08
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/stifled_dreams/toodelicious.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Skibas_clavicle on 25 Feb 2009, 12:17
Coffee (especially when it is RRRROLL UP THE RIM! Goddamn you Tim Horton's for robbing me of my hard-earned money)
Neil Patrick Harris

Haha, awesome! And I totally agree, it's sucha scam! And it's back! NPH props.

My current addictions:
Ciggies
Tea
'Diet' drinks - I have started ingesting way too much aspertaime.
Downloading movies and tv shows via torrent sites. Currently downloading the entire series of Daria and Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, and I just finished downloading Spirited Away and Shortbus.
Gossip Girl


Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 25 Feb 2009, 12:20
i am addicted to cigarettes, Mountain Dew, and procrastination.


in fact, i'm procrastinating right now (i should be working) and as soon as i'm done typing this i'm going to pick up my can of Dew and go outside for a smoke.



edit: OH SHIT MY MOUNTAIN DEW IS EMPTY FUUUUCK
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Skibas_clavicle on 25 Feb 2009, 12:21
Mutual distraction smoke break time, yeah! *high fives*
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: JD on 25 Feb 2009, 12:49
Blueberry muffins. YOU CAN'T MAKE ME GO TO REHAB!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Dollface on 25 Feb 2009, 13:00
Persona 4

i got persona 2 at my psx

So wanna dance?
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: SirJuggles on 25 Feb 2009, 13:02
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu230/SirJuggles/Snapshot_20090225_3.jpg)

My University convenience store has a bulk candy section. One bag sour, one bag chocolate. Once a week.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Dollface on 25 Feb 2009, 13:05
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu230/SirJuggles/Snapshot_20090225_3.jpg)

My University convenience store has a bulk candy section. One bag sour, one bag chocolate. Once a week.

I almost can see those boobs
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: SirJuggles on 25 Feb 2009, 13:09
I'm not sure whether that refers to me or my roommate's posters on the wall... in either case, they are not visible.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Swordfish on 25 Feb 2009, 13:47
Cigarettes, coffee, Pokémon, guitar.

AND http://griddlers.net/ (http://griddlers.net/), fucking griddlers.  I hate them but I can't stop.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 25 Feb 2009, 13:57
Coffee, cigs, mdma, acid, sex and music.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: clockworkjames on 25 Feb 2009, 14:36
Coke.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 25 Feb 2009, 15:11
(http://blog.indigio.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/pepsi.jpg)

+

(http://videomaker.com/community/blogs/videonews/files/2008/10/doritos.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: sean on 25 Feb 2009, 15:25
I am addicted to nothing.

And by nothing I mean I smoke. Also KickThatBathProof how the fuck can you afford to smoke Djarums? They are so expensive. The cheapest I could get those for is like, 8 bucks.

I buy too much vinyl as well addiction thread.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Gemmwah on 25 Feb 2009, 15:26
I coulda posted my 3 other loves: Furries, Fucking and Food (well "furries fucking" would be one love)

wut
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 25 Feb 2009, 15:32
Also KickThatBathProof how the fuck can you afford to smoke Djarums? They are so expensive. The cheapest I could get those for is like, 8 bucks.

I smoke a pack of Djarums every ... 3 weeks or so?  it's the only sustainable way to have that kind of habit.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Kilonum on 25 Feb 2009, 15:36
Flight Simulator


Playing right now as a matter of fact.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: SirJuggles on 25 Feb 2009, 15:38
Also, I see your

(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c213/hey_there_fatty/sriracha.jpg)

and raise you

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k40/silverhkswrx/150px-Tabasco_sauce.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: est on 25 Feb 2009, 15:41
dicks
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: squawk on 25 Feb 2009, 15:44
Internet, caffeine, this girl, music, not sleeping, bad words, throwing music at people, making mixtapes, bad words
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 25 Feb 2009, 15:50
Also KickThatBathProof how the fuck can you afford to smoke Djarums? They are so expensive. The cheapest I could get those for is like, 8 bucks.

I smoke a pack of Djarums every ... 3 weeks or so?  it's the only sustainable way to have that kind of habit.

Yeah, what he said
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Kylos on 25 Feb 2009, 15:54
Cigarettes, my other half, fizzy drink, taking photos, chocolate, driving, internet... more specifically facebook.
All things I'm probably better off without, barr photography.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Social Bacon on 25 Feb 2009, 15:55
bad words

Goddamn, I've only recently begun to realize how often and casually I curse. Perhaps I should stop, but really I enjoy it too much.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Dollface on 25 Feb 2009, 16:07
Sleep and dreams. thats it because i hve evry time weird  dream.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: sean on 25 Feb 2009, 16:07
i am also addicted to post rock and emo.

ive noticed people who are addicted to one are usually addicted to the other. funny how that works out.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 25 Feb 2009, 16:09
Usually is the key word there

(Counterexample:  Me)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Dazed on 25 Feb 2009, 16:15
Man, I am way too addicted to swearing too. I think I'd be shocked if I recorded myself throughout a day, maybe I should do that.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: TheViscount on 25 Feb 2009, 16:17
Pot, alcohol, cigarettes, music, internet. Very normal things.

Probably those, though I can't really say I'm -really- addicted to any of them except for maybe the internetz.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrSteevo on 25 Feb 2009, 16:22
(especially when it is RRRROLL UP THE RIM! Goddamn youTim Horton's for robbing me of my hard-earned money)

Oh ya, that contest made me loose a lot of money...

As for my addictions:
My Girlfriend (Talking and cuddling)(Yes I'm guy and I like that)
Mini Eggs
Music (I will go through music withdrawal)
Iced tea
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: ruyi on 25 Feb 2009, 16:25
Hi Tommy, I am hearing you. Good to be honest.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Chesire Cat on 25 Feb 2009, 17:54
Fast Food and Masturbation
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Slick on 25 Feb 2009, 18:20
"Functional Alcoholism" is the trend on one side of my family, and in light of some recent developments I nearly poured out all the liquor in my house a week ago. I really hate the feeling of wanting/needing a drink, it's one of the scariest feelings I've ever had. I usually deny myself a drink when I feel like I need it, because I am scared shitless of how I might end up.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Hairy Joe Bob on 25 Feb 2009, 18:43
I'm with you Tommy. As I'm sure I've mentioned before I've had my problems with alcohol. I'm here to chat if you need it.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: emeriss on 25 Feb 2009, 18:56
Iced tea, menthol cigarettes, sex and a woman.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Slick on 25 Feb 2009, 19:15
(also I am addicted to cookies and pie)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Jace on 25 Feb 2009, 19:22
Got a new one.
Addicted to Scat music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy2_F84BwJk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpHLEm9-0bg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VaJVDHRpvA&feature=related
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 25 Feb 2009, 20:00
I have a minor addiction to anything that is chocolate and bite-sized.  I will eat large quantities of it instead of meals.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: tania on 25 Feb 2009, 20:09
lots of people know i spend a lot of time on my eyebrows but what they don't know is that i often have to draw them in with eyebrow liner because i have problems with pulling them out when i'm under stress (basically all the time). i haven't really discovered any way yet to stop doing it. i found out this year that this is called trichotillomania and it is an impulse control disorder. very few people know this about me because frankly it's pretty weird and gross, but so many other people here have been honest about themselves so there you go.

i also smoke but i'm not actually addicted to it at all, i just continue to do it because i really like smoking. i don't recommend it though, it's a pretty horrible habit.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: imapiratearg on 25 Feb 2009, 20:09
Oh, I forgot:

MS Paint Adventures.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Social Bacon on 25 Feb 2009, 20:14
I have a minor addiction to anything that is chocolate and bite-sized.  I will eat large quantities of it instead of meals.

Love coffee too? Get some chocolate covered coffee beans, they are available at most bulk candy stores and will take over your life.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 25 Feb 2009, 20:24
Got a new one.
Addicted to Scat music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy2_F84BwJk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpHLEm9-0bg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VaJVDHRpvA&feature=related
I'M A SCATMAN!!!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: wowy319 on 25 Feb 2009, 21:28
Coffee
Diet Sunkist
Diet Dr. Pepper
Chinese food
RPGs
Solitaire 

If I can't get my fix for at least 4 of those, I get really cranky.  This is a problem because I singlehandedly blow through a 12-pack of soda in under 3 days, and because I have a very limited income.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: TheViscount on 25 Feb 2009, 23:02
Coffee
Diet Sunkist
Diet Dr. Pepper
Chinese food
RPGs
Solitaire 

If I can't get my fix for at least 4 of those, I get really cranky.  This is a problem because I singlehandedly blow through a 12-pack of soda in under 3 days, and because I have a very limited income.

Probably not that healthy for you, too. You should consider other sources-- Like water. It's cheap if not free, fills you up, and hydrates your body, which is kind of really important, especially if you're looking for more energy through out the day or just to quench your thirst or even get over a cold. Waaateeer.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Jace on 25 Feb 2009, 23:06
Oh guys, I am also addicted to making bad decisions.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Genbot2500 on 26 Feb 2009, 00:53

http://www.starchefs.com/wine/starspirits/html/dutch_gin/index.shtml (http://www.starchefs.com/wine/starspirits/html/dutch_gin/index.shtml)

Kinda of a crap page, but good info. Seems that dutch gin loses complexity of taste when mixed, so it sounds like it's best drunk neat. Further down the page there are some recommended brands.

Those are all young and old ones, taste like grain. I'm more used to the ones with fllavors added, Cactus, apple, lemon.. Pretty neat stuff, although, i don't know how the english drink their gin, but for the love of god, don't take a glass bigger that 0.6 cl, it isn't soft  :-D
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Masterbainter on 26 Feb 2009, 02:47
Oh guys, I am also addicted to making bad decisions.

I know what you mean.  They feel so good when you make them.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Gemmwah on 26 Feb 2009, 02:58
lots of people know i spend a lot of time on my eyebrows but what they don't know is that i often have to draw them in with eyebrow liner because i have problems with pulling them out when i'm under stress (basically all the time). i haven't really discovered any way yet to stop doing it. i found out this year that this is called trichotillomania and it is an impulse control disorder. very few people know this about me because frankly it's pretty weird and gross, but so many other people here have been honest about themselves so there you go.

I do this with my eyelashes. It really pisses me off 'cause it looks so fucking horrible.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: evernew on 26 Feb 2009, 03:38
I pull out hair, too. A lot of it. Almost everywhere. Beard, temples, nose, chest, ...
 :x
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Lummer on 26 Feb 2009, 05:04
(http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/waits.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: redglasscurls on 26 Feb 2009, 05:23
Addictions:
-edamame
-text messaging

Without one, I would eat no protein. Without the other I would shrivel into a person with no social life. Bummer!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ozymandias on 26 Feb 2009, 08:53
lots of people know i spend a lot of time on my eyebrows but what they don't know is that i often have to draw them in with eyebrow liner because i have problems with pulling them out when i'm under stress (basically all the time). i haven't really discovered any way yet to stop doing it. i found out this year that this is called trichotillomania and it is an impulse control disorder. very few people know this about me because frankly it's pretty weird and gross, but so many other people here have been honest about themselves so there you go.

My friend does this with his head hair. He basically looks halfway to a mohawk constantly.

It only gets better when he's getting consistently laid.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Caleb on 26 Feb 2009, 09:31
Diet Dr. Pepper

Man Diet Dr. Pepper and fresh baked Italian bread.  Nothing like it.

Shoot man.  I gotta run to the corner store during my lunch break and get one.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: imapiratearg on 26 Feb 2009, 09:32
Dr. Pepper is so fucking good.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Dollface on 26 Feb 2009, 09:39
Dr. Pepper is so fucking good.
with vodka.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: pulpfiction21 on 26 Feb 2009, 09:45
Addictions:
music
cigarettes
and angry anal sex
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Eli on 26 Feb 2009, 11:56
Like Tania, I have an impulse control disorder, dermatillomania. I pick at my fingers, feet, arms, lips, and nose. I usually hide this by wearing sleeves that are at least to my elbows in length and socks and having my hands in my pockets or making fists. I've tried doing things like keeping my nails short or using chapstick and moisturizer all the time so it's harder to pick, but I haven't been able to quit.

Silly addictions:
Decaffeinated sweet tea
Stuffed animals
baking cookies
And when I have gum, I will chew piece after piece.

I used to be addicted to mountain dew, but when I moved to Colorado, I quit caffeine drinks altogether. One would be surprised at how my sleeping schedule has improved.

Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Caleb on 26 Feb 2009, 12:06
and angry anal sex

One has to wonder which end of that you are on.

Not really my thing...

...but still one has to wonder.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Liz on 26 Feb 2009, 12:07
Dr. Pepper is among the most disgusting things I have ever tasted. I cannot see how anyone can like it, the shit is vile. Ugh.

ADDICTIONS:
Internet
FreeCell
Shoes
Cardigans
Reality television
Claussen pickles (they are the only pickles)
Cream soda
Puff corn
Cheeeeese
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Genbot2500 on 26 Feb 2009, 12:16
Dr. Pepper is among the most disgusting things I have ever tasted. I cannot see how anyone can like it, the shit is vile. Ugh.

I tried it once and threw away half the can.. It tastes like nasty :x. No drink should taste like that
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Caleb on 26 Feb 2009, 12:21
Dr. Pepper is among the most disgusting things I have ever tasted. I cannot see how anyone can like it, the shit is vile. Ugh.

I tried it once and threw away half the can.. It tastes like nasty :x. No drink should taste like that

OK people just to be clear here.

We are talking about Diet Dr. Pepper.

It's a completely different thing than regular Dr. Pepper.  I can take or leave regular Dr. Pepper.

Diet Dr. Pepper rocks. 

Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Liz on 26 Feb 2009, 12:25
Both make me want to vomit, actually.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Caleb on 26 Feb 2009, 12:31
Well miss misconception at least you enjoy the best brand of pickles.

(and it's too bad I took out my recycles yesterday otherwise I could prove my love of Claussen with a picture of 3 empty jars in my bin.)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: imapiratearg on 26 Feb 2009, 12:49
Dr. Pepper is the very nectar of the life essence and its taste is divine.

Mere mortals are too weak to appreciate its heavenly flavor.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Barmymoo on 26 Feb 2009, 13:09
I used to do the eyebrow and eyelash thing when I was stressed, and once I was very busy around Christmas time and pulled half of the lashes from my top eyelid. I had a load of concerts with solos in them and all I could think about was how gross my eyelid looked. Not a sexy look. Thankfully I dealt with that (no idea how but it doesn't happen any more).

I guess I do not have an addictive personality? I do quite a bit of stalking when there's someone I have a crush on but that isn't an addiction that's normal teenage behaviour (isn't it?).
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: JD on 26 Feb 2009, 14:35
No, It isnt


Reality television


Please tell me you aren't talking about stuff like The Real World.If so, that is a horrible addiction and you should seek help.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: tania on 26 Feb 2009, 14:54
i watch a lot of reality television with my housemates too. it's pretty bad. i mean, really bad. the worst. dr. phil and paris hilton's my new bff and that shit. right now i am a full time student and i am bad at this being a student thing, so at the end of a really busy day i am usually so mentally exhausted from studying and taking lecture notes and working on assignments and so on that i really cannot bear to do anything at all that requires even a single ounce of mental energy or creative thought because i am totally spent. so me and my housemates watch tila tequila and argue about who she should pick as her boyfriend or girlfriend instead.

i'm okay with this though. everyone's got guilty pleasures. i am sort of smart i guess but i can't be smart all the time, dangit, it's really hard.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: JD on 26 Feb 2009, 15:04
When I'm mentally exhausted at the end of the day I just flip on the cartoons/anime.

Paris Hilton has a show? What were the producers smoking?
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: TheViscount on 26 Feb 2009, 15:31
lots of people know i spend a lot of time on my eyebrows but what they don't know is that i often have to draw them in with eyebrow liner because i have problems with pulling them out when i'm under stress (basically all the time).

One of my closest friends actually goes right ahead and shaves off her eyebrows and then draws them on. She's been doing this and adventuring past that with her whole face now. She decided her face wasn't enough, so she started stitching clothes together after her jeans ripped, then started designing on her own clothing. She's in a cosmetics school now and apparently doing well.

Anyhow, if I had to suggest a way for you to stop doing it, is; pay attention to yourself during school, work, where ever it may be, and whenever you go to pull out at your eyebrow, resist and tell yourself no. But keep paying attention to yourself after that, every once and a while, concentrate on your hand, if it lifts up, put it back down. Oh, and breathe. I found this helps.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: wowy319 on 26 Feb 2009, 15:31
OK people just to be clear here.
We are talking about Diet Dr. Pepper.
It's a completely different thing than regular Dr. Pepper.  I can take or leave regular Dr. Pepper.
Diet Dr. Pepper rocks. 
Hooray, someone else understands the difference!  If it hadn't been for my doctor all but demanding I drink diet soda over regular, I'd never have discovered the awesomeness of Diet Dr. Pepper.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Eris on 26 Feb 2009, 15:55
Like Tania, I have an impulse control disorder, dermatillomania. I pick at my fingers, feet, arms, lips, and nose. I usually hide this by wearing sleeves that are at least to my elbows in length and socks and having my hands in my pockets or making fists. I've tried doing things like keeping my nails short or using chapstick and moisturizer all the time so it's harder to pick, but I haven't been able to quit.

I think I might have this. I pick at my skin, generally on my arms and sometimes my legs (it gets worse when I am stressed, so I move to other parts of my skin when I realise I have picked at my arms too much) almost all the time. I looked at the wikipedia article, and it really does sound like what I do with my arms. I have tried to not do it, and moisturising and all that, but none of it works and the advice from friends ("just stop doing it") funnily enough doesn't help. It's gotten to the point that I have gotten people to stop me when they catch me doing it, and it is really frustrating when they do, even though I know that what I am doing is bad for me. I guess what I am saying is I am glad I am not the only one out there that does this, and that now I kind of have a name for what I do.

Thanks addiction thread!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Liz on 26 Feb 2009, 16:03
Please tell me you aren't talking about stuff like The Real World.If so, that is a horrible addiction and you should seek help.

Survivor, American Idol, What Not to Wear, Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters, etc.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Scandanavian War Machine on 26 Feb 2009, 16:11
Dirty Jobs, Mythbusters


i approve
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 26 Feb 2009, 16:37
angry anal sex
Gross, dude.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: KvP on 26 Feb 2009, 17:05
I also exhibit compulsive behavior, although mine's a bit different. I've always run compulsively. A google of "compulsive running" turns up a link to such a behavior being observed in animals suffering from OCD, but there's nothing on it in humans.

The thing is it's not really a... normal sort of compulsion? It seems like a lot of compulsive behaviors are most exhibited when one is anxious (at least, that's been my experience) or are "ambient" compulsions that you don't even notice. I only really get the compulsion to run when my imagination is stimulated. When I'm watching a particularly twisty or good film I get pretty antsy. When I was in elementary school I would run about the playground every which way, lost in my head. I would run and it was like my mind would burst open with ideas and possibilities and narratives, and sensations became incredibly, almost unbearably vivid. That, along with a couple of other things, namely a bad stutter I developed in 1st grade that mysteriously and abruptly vanished in 2nd, led my doctors to identify me as an Aspie kid, although at this point I don't know if that's an accurate diagnosis.

It's become easier to control as I get older, but I still feel that pull on a daily basis. I've used it to channel energy into my cardio workouts, when I'm on the treadmill I'm not usually focusing on anything around me or the run itself, I'm just running and thinking. But I can't utilize it without a treadmill because I only really feel the effect of this compulsion intermittently. It sort of works like a lawnmower that's low on gas. It speeds up and stalls randomly, it sputters out and revs up. So if I try and regulate my running according to what's going on in my head I look fairly foolish, at least according to some of the people I know. I'll run for 20 seconds, then walk for 10, then run for 30, then walk for 60, and so on. It's quite odd. And so I need moving ground under me (as with a treadmill) to keep a brisk pace but the way this process works makes cardio fairly enjoyable for me.

Oh, and I've also bitten my nails for as long as I can remember. When I get really nervous I'll chew them down to the bleeding skin under them. Some of my fingers seem permanently swollen.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 26 Feb 2009, 17:53
Running is definitely an addictive behavior.  I've known a few people who kept running against the advice of their doctors because the just "couldn't stop" and wound up with broken bones in their feet or something.  It can be pretty bad.  Your compulsion sounds a lot healthier than that.

Add me to the skin pickers.  I pick and chew on my lips.  I've gotten a lot better at stopping myself before they bleed, but if I'm anxious it can be kinda gross.

On a lighter note:
(http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/darkbluerabbit/cranberry_cherry_btl-1.jpg)(http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p316/darkbluerabbit/megagreen.jpg)
Super delicious juice.  I try to drink 8 oz or less a day because it gets expensive, and I'd rather have it around in moderation than cut myself off completely. 

Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 26 Feb 2009, 17:58
That green stuff does not look appetizing at all
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: wowy319 on 26 Feb 2009, 18:08
Yeah, it kinda looks like blended grass.  Not really a huge fan of anything mushy and green over here.  But hey, different strokes.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ozymandias on 26 Feb 2009, 18:20
I guess I might as well face it.

I'm addicted to love.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Kai on 26 Feb 2009, 18:51
cigarettes are the most physically obvious one. Mostly American Spirits.

I have a lot of terribly compulsive habits that I really can't ever physically stop. I pick at my face. When I've had a shitty/day/week/whatever I've found myself compulsively shoplifting and as much as I know it's a terrible idea and could seriously fuck over my situation (which right now is not peachy in the first place) it's a way for me to exhume that stress on something else--albeit a very bad one.

I used to drink an obscene amount of coffee, but during the school year I drop that habit simply because I like having a functional sleep schedule and because I don't really have the time to make it anyway.

I chew on things. All the time. Always. Pens especially. or my fingers. or knives.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 26 Feb 2009, 18:53
I also exhibit compulsive behavior, although mine's a bit different. I've always run compulsively. A google of "compulsive running" turns up a link to such a behavior being observed in animals suffering from OCD, but there's nothing on it in humans.

The thing is it's not really a... normal sort of compulsion? It seems like a lot of compulsive behaviors are most exhibited when one is anxious (at least, that's been my experience) or are "ambient" compulsions that you don't even notice. I only really get the compulsion to run when my imagination is stimulated. When I'm watching a particularly twisty or good film I get pretty antsy. When I was in elementary school I would run about the playground every which way, lost in my head. I would run and it was like my mind would burst open with ideas and possibilities and narratives, and sensations became incredibly, almost unbearably vivid. That, along with a couple of other things, namely a bad stutter I developed in 1st grade that mysteriously and abruptly vanished in 2nd, led my doctors to identify me as an Aspie kid, although at this point I don't know if that's an accurate diagnosis.

It's become easier to control as I get older, but I still feel that pull on a daily basis. I've used it to channel energy into my cardio workouts, when I'm on the treadmill I'm not usually focusing on anything around me or the run itself, I'm just running and thinking. But I can't utilize it without a treadmill because I only really feel the effect of this compulsion intermittently. It sort of works like a lawnmower that's low on gas. It speeds up and stalls randomly, it sputters out and revs up. So if I try and regulate my running according to what's going on in my head I look fairly foolish, at least according to some of the people I know. I'll run for 20 seconds, then walk for 10, then run for 30, then walk for 60, and so on. It's quite odd. And so I need moving ground under me (as with a treadmill) to keep a brisk pace but the way this process works makes cardio fairly enjoyable for me.

Oh, and I've also bitten my nails for as long as I can remember. When I get really nervous I'll chew them down to the bleeding skin under them. Some of my fingers seem permanently swollen.
I have relatively bad OCD. I do everything in 4s, and it makes brushing my teeth unbearable, because when rinsing, I have a "routine" (in 4s, of course), and if I mess up somehow (like splash water on myself) I have to do the routine over.

It sucks, and it takes up way too much of my time.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: SirJuggles on 26 Feb 2009, 18:54
I guess I might as well face it.

I'm a dickhead to love
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: öde on 26 Feb 2009, 18:57
trichotillomania

This sucks. I had a ladyfriend that has this and she had stick-on eyebrows. It just made me feel bad because I can't understand it at all.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: onewheelwizzard on 26 Feb 2009, 19:00
I used to have bald spots in my beard for the same reason.  I still do it every now and then but I'm better about it than I used to be (mainly because my beard is shorter nowadays I think).
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: tania on 26 Feb 2009, 20:57
i hope nobody takes this the wrong way, i am not trying to undermine anyone who has trichotillomania or anything but i am kind of glad i mentioned that now because this made me feel like a horrible disgusting weirdo for a really long time and this is literally the first time i have ever heard of anybody else except me doing it. only a few people know that about me, two of them are two of the girls i live with and i think they try to be supportive but mostly they respond really negatively and uncomfortably whenever they see me doing it and will absolutely avoid the topic at all times when they can. i know they are trying but i guess they just really cannot understand or relate to it at all. but hey, it turns out it is not as horrible and uncommon as i originally thought it was when i made that first post and already i kind of feel more okay and less shameful about it! thanks internet community.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Allybee on 26 Feb 2009, 21:20
I have trichotillomania, too. I didn't know what it was called until I saw this comic (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/erika/dar/series.php?view=archive&chapter=22349). this one (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/erika/dar/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35512) offers some strategies to combat it but it's really hard!

I've had a lot of negative responses to the few people that I've told as well. it makes me feel really messed up and I start hating my body a lot.

it sucks that a lot of us suffered alone.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: squawk on 26 Feb 2009, 21:26
Oh shit I totally have that too. I don't do it very much anymore but I always felt really fucking weird about it too. What the hell
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: tania on 26 Feb 2009, 21:48
i pick at my face too but it's getting better. basically the same thing as the comic ally linked - in terms of pimples, my skin is actually pretty good but it usually looks worse than should cos i tend to pick at very little things. it used to be something that happened several times a day though and now it is closer to only once every couple of weeks or so, so at least there is improvement. my skin definitely looks much better now than it did a few years ago. the way i started to get rid of this habit was by going through magazines and cutting out pictures of people who had really good skin (probably photoshopped and not even their real skin anyway... but i was just going with what worked for me which at the time included scary unrealistic photos of people's faces) and just thinking, constantly, 100% of the time about how horrible i looked after picking at my face and how much better it would be to look like someone from one of those photos, and then whenever i got the urge i grabbed the pictures and went through them until it either went away or wasn't as strong. eventually i started to genuinely not want to do it and now it is kind of okay and something that only happens once in a while, but the downside is that a couple of years ago i somehow developed this eyebrow pulling problem and absolutely none of the strategies i used for not picking at my face are working for this one. it drives me crazy with frustration.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ozymandias on 26 Feb 2009, 21:51
I totally had the face picking thing until I had my acne forcibly and brutally cured by Accutane.

I still have, actually, some scalp picking, which I'm pretty icked out at myself about. I try not to but...eh. It's not as bad since it's pretty much invisible, but I get really self conscious that people notice me doing it.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: tania on 26 Feb 2009, 21:58
my sister does that too. she told me it stings her scalp really bad when she showers but she feels like she can't stop doing it because it happens on basically a constant and almost unconscious level now. it makes me wonder if maybe there is a genetic element to this stuff... my guess is probably.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Kylos on 27 Feb 2009, 04:10
Reading this made me chew the shit out of my lips.
It's something I do anyway, but I guess it's just some sort of reaction.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: ViciousWarGoose on 27 Feb 2009, 05:34
I used to chew my nails, a lot.  What cured me of that was a really bad abscess under one of my nails, which was incredibly painful.  My wife picks has the  trichotillomania bad though.  Her target is the skin around her nails, not the nails themselves.  Sometimes when it is really bad she is missing huge chunks of skin.  She is always wearing three or four bandaids at any given time. 
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: BeoPuppy on 27 Feb 2009, 06:29

I have relatively bad OCD. I do everything in 4s, and it makes brushing my teeth unbearable, because when rinsing, I have a "routine" (in 4s, of course), and if I mess up somehow (like splash water on myself) I have to do the routine over.

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I've always wondered about these sorts of cases ... what happens if you don't? I imagine that's not really an option but can you imagine the consequences of not completing a routine?

Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: pulpfiction21 on 27 Feb 2009, 08:32
angry anal sex
Gross, dude.

Yeah its super gross.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Hat on 27 Feb 2009, 08:52
Alcohol.















 :oops:
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 27 Feb 2009, 11:43
I've always wondered about these sorts of cases ... what happens if you don't? I imagine that's not really an option but can you imagine the consequences of not completing a routine?
I've never attempted not to, but I assume I'll go crazy/never stop thinking about it and not be able to do or focus on anything all day.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: tania on 27 Feb 2009, 12:00
yep, kind of like all impulse control disorders basically.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: J-cob9000 on 27 Feb 2009, 19:11
I have dermotillomania.
I pick at scabs and things. It kind of hurts.
But it hurts so good.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Eli on 28 Feb 2009, 07:02
I really don't mean to be an asshat, but please think before saying you have it. While picking at my skin relieves stress, I feel horrible doing it. I'm ashamed of it. Only one person in real life knows this about me and he hasn't been very supportive in helping me possibly overcome this.

Picking at scabs and acne and not making lasting damage is normal. I pick at normal, healthy skin until it bleeds/is raw. I have calluses on my hands and my feet from damaging the skin.

Since it's part of the OCD spectrum, it's possible that one can have tendencies to dermatillomania, just like almost everyone has tendencies of OCD. And as someone said, it is comforting to know other people have it, but to me at least, it's frustrating to have people automatically say they have it without researching it a bit.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: BeoPuppy on 28 Feb 2009, 09:54
I've always wondered about these sorts of cases ... what happens if you don't? I imagine that's not really an option but can you imagine the consequences of not completing a routine?
I've never attempted not to, but I assume I'll go crazy/never stop thinking about it and not be able to do or focus on anything all day.

And the idea of that means that you don't try to do it?

... man. Are OCD patients buggered. You have my sympathies.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: ledhendrix on 28 Feb 2009, 11:56
I do that quite often with a guitar pick, but I usually make it flutter between my teeth. I've always thought it would be such a good idea to make flavoured plectrums.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: snalin on 28 Feb 2009, 12:35
A thing I do: whenever I sit by my computer and I'm not eating, I put a guitar pick in my mouth. Don't ask me why. I usually flip it with my tongue.

I always use headphones when I'm at the computer, and I used to put the wire in my mouth, and suck/chew on it. I would notice and spit it out, but two minutes later it would just be there again. I ruined some good headphones that way. I stopped doing it as much when I started putting the wire under my clothes.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: pulpfiction21 on 28 Feb 2009, 13:02
i chew on the strings on all my hoodies. They are the perfect distance from my mouth.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: nobo on 28 Feb 2009, 13:07
(http://keithdevens.com/images/weblog/MonsterLoCarbCan.gif)

one every morning, and maybe 1 more in the afternoon. try to limit it to 1 a day though.

these take me from super groggy to just sleepy, if i don't have one i'll be a zombie all day. i've been drinking these 4-5 years now.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 28 Feb 2009, 18:10
Gross, Lo-Carb.

I used to drink one of the regulars every day, but I broke myself out of it, because it was more than half of my lunch money.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: nobo on 28 Feb 2009, 21:22
regular is too sweet for me. plus 400 calories vs. 20, its a no brainer
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Scrambled Egg Machine on 01 Mar 2009, 11:16
Regular Monster
Chewing ice
The Internet
Science fiction
books
hanging out with hippies
shitty industrial music (think Rammstein)
writing
Spore, Command and Conquer
RTS games in general
Fallout 3

When I drink a monster before I go to bed, I always have really bizarre dreams, almost on the order of hallucinations.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: öde on 01 Mar 2009, 11:58
One of my friends keeps telling me I have OCD. I don't, I just like things to be reasonably clean and ordered whereas she is a messy, filthy whore.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: tania on 01 Mar 2009, 12:23
that term gets misused a lot too. there's a difference between simply having certain habits or likes and then having an impulse control disorder what mrblu described, where you basically have no choice but to do it because the alternative is to never stop thinking about it and throw off your whole day and drive yourself insane. though it varies from person to person and you can have it in different degrees, the symptoms of ocd generally are recurrent and persistent thoughts which don't go away even when you try not to think about them (obsessions), and/or repetitive behaviors the person feels like they need to perform, usually according to a set of rules, or else they'll experience incredible distress (compulsions). i like things to be really orderly, but i can survive pretty okay if they're not - that's organization, but definitely not ocd.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 01 Mar 2009, 20:59
Chewing ice
Uhh, dude, are you anemic?

EDIT::
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/erika/dar/series.php?view=archive&chapter=13090

I do that.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: FourNineFoxtrot on 02 Mar 2009, 23:24
(http://image.shopzilla.com/resize?sq=160&uid=601968576)
Black & Mild Cigarillos: Killing me slow and easy, one day at a time.

(http://www.hand-tools.com/images/brands/buck/thumbs/Buck-402RWSLE.jpg)
Pointy things.  I just spent too much money on a vintage Buck Akonua from eBay, because it was just... so beautiful.  That's it, in the picture (not mine, it hasn't arrived yet, and anyway mine has the old style hilt).  The lines, that gently upswept blade, that lovely, archaic-looking brass guard (mine has a brass guard, anyway).  It called out to me.

Guns.  Won't link pictures, don't know the lay of the land here well enough to take the risk.  But I'm a gun owner being inexorably drawn to collecting.  I don't own anything particularly fancy or valuable, it's all pretty functional-only now.  That may change.

Good whiskey... although I won't say I'm addicted, because I've been fortunate enough to escape that.  For the sake of my recovering brethren, I won't go into detail.

And finally, the crack cocaine of the energy drink world:
(http://energyfanatics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/java_monster_irish_blend.jpg)
I can't get enough of this stuff.  For years, the only good tasting energy drink I could find was Rock Star Cola, and then they stopped making it.  I was subsisting on BooKoo, or eschewing the stuff altogether, when Monster broke my mind  by putting this stuff out.  I... I think I need one now.  Getting a little shaky.  I'd inject it into my arm if my arm had tastebuds.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: BeoPuppy on 03 Mar 2009, 06:46
So, what you're saying is that you are a cafeine addicted, alcohol consuming gun and knife collector?

You are, like, in America, right? far the hell away from me?
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Aztex on 03 Mar 2009, 07:12
Coffee and internet
Also whenever i get my hands on Pretz Salad Flavour, I can't stop eating them, even when I get to the stage where i'm just full of MSG.
(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/2847/p7145a9im.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: FourNineFoxtrot on 03 Mar 2009, 08:39
So, what you're saying is that you are a cafeine addicted, alcohol consuming gun and knife collector?

You are, like, in America, right? far the hell away from me?

Yes, that is what I am.

Yes, I am in America.

Yes, being a caffeine addicted, alcohol consuming gun and knife collector is exactly as awesome as it sounds, which is very goddamn awesome.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: squawk on 03 Mar 2009, 21:27
Tomato Pretz > Salad Pretz
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: KickThatBathProf on 03 Mar 2009, 21:29
I need to know what you guys are talking about
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Swordfish on 03 Mar 2009, 21:46
I forgot to mention I am absolutely addicted to Odwalla Superfood.  I crave it and I experience withdrawals.  I drink a 32oz bottle over a day or two.

And it's EXPENSIVE AS HELL, which sucks.  I don't even care if spirulina is as good for you as they claim it is, this is fucking delicious.  Even though it looks like baby poop.

(https://www.goodapples.org/content/pictures/odwalla_superfood_190.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Synorthion on 03 Mar 2009, 21:55
I have trichotillomania, too. I didn't know what it was called until I saw this comic (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/erika/dar/series.php?view=archive&chapter=22349). this one (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/erika/dar/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35512) offers some strategies to combat it but it's really hard!

I've had a lot of negative responses to the few people that I've told as well. it makes me feel really messed up and I start hating my body a lot.

it sucks that a lot of us suffered alone.

I've had it since I was probably like 13. I used to go for my eyelashes a lot, but as I've gotten older it's definitely gotten better. Although it's considered an impulse control disorder they've linked it to a gene, so it's not that people with tricho are weird or messed up. Don't beat yourself up over it, I know that it's tough, but you just need to do the best you can.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 03 Mar 2009, 22:07
Well I'm caffeine-addicted, collect knives, but not guns, and I hate cigar/ettes.



Welcome to Jamrock!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: muteKi on 03 Mar 2009, 22:37
JRPGs. Older JRPGs, in fact, like Lunar: Silver Star and Phantasy Star II. Oh you have no idea how bad it is.



I'm just as predictable as ever, but it's often for the sake of the mazes and planning/strategy (I'm considering getting Shining Force in the near future).



Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: SirJuggles on 03 Mar 2009, 22:47
JPEGs

It is late and this is what I saw. I was thinking you must have an awfully strange fixation with image files.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: TheViscount on 04 Mar 2009, 00:11
Lunar: Silver Star


... Yes. Wow I haven't heard that name in 7 years. I need to play it again.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Vern LaVey on 04 Mar 2009, 00:20
I don't even care if spirulina is as good for you as they claim it is, this is fucking delicious.  Even though it looks like baby poop.

(https://www.goodapples.org/content/pictures/odwalla_superfood_190.jpg)

I too have a love for spirulina, but ive found that if u get canned "Fruit Salad" (a decent brand), dump it into a bowl, eat the fruit, and drink the juice. Same thing.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 04 Mar 2009, 10:22
See, I'm not the only one who likes juice in unappetizing colors.  The stuff that makes it green doesn't have much of a taste at all, really.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ozymandias on 04 Mar 2009, 23:15
I had a bottle of Superfood with lunch today because it was an epic midterm day.

So tasty.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Lummer on 05 Mar 2009, 04:08
Oh, yeah. Microwave popcorn, totally.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: J-cob9000 on 10 Mar 2009, 19:57
Oh, I forgot to say.
The internet and music.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Avec on 14 Mar 2009, 12:41
(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4604/coffeem.png) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coffeem.png)

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5851/cologne.png) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cologne.png)

(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/8192/books.png) (http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=books.png)

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7250/pokemon.png) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pokemon.png)

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2678/shirts.jpg) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shirts.jpg)

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9069/washburn.png) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=washburn.png)

(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5932/worms.png) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=worms.png)

 :-)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: altered_carbon on 14 Mar 2009, 12:49
I'm addicted to guitar feedback, booze, tea, pot, and literature...And I've been known to go on the occasional ecstasy binge, but that's in the past.

Haha, "tea, pot" teapot. Sorry.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Liz on 14 Mar 2009, 22:47
The internet.

Withdrawal symptoms set in this morning. Ugh. It is terrible.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Liz on 14 Mar 2009, 22:53
Yeah, there was supposedly wireless at the Salvation Army we worked at this morning but I couldn't connect. So I have to get my fill tonight since I have no idea when I will get it again. I wish there were more people in meebo!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ceiling Cat on 15 Mar 2009, 14:39
Oh man. Pretzel sticks, olives, chocolate, feta cheese, salted popcorn, chocolate, sunflower seeds, peanuts, pine nuts, strawberries dipped in chocolate sauce, chocolate, chocolate Italian ice cream, coffee, earl grey tea, noodles, chocolate, chocolate, CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE.

As for non edible things, music, the internet, and stationery. I'm kind of sad.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: negative creep on 15 Mar 2009, 14:50
Oh, and I've also bitten my nails for as long as I can remember. When I get really nervous I'll chew them down to the bleeding skin under them. Some of my fingers seem permanently swollen.

This.


I pick and chew on my lips.

And that.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Cire27 on 16 Mar 2009, 15:58
I chew on my lips so much I end up peeling skin off.  When I get toothaches, I bite down really hard and pick at my gums where it hurts.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Krina on 16 Mar 2009, 18:34
I'm addicted to pushing my limits. Every other addiction I have basically comes down to that. I have very little sense of who I actually am and I'm constantly suprised by the things that I will do or say. Ever since I was a teenager I have frequently put myself in situations that are somehow challenging to me and that force me out of my comfort zone. I guess part of that is just a part of growing up, but I push it to extremes. In that course, I've developed a substance abuse problem, I've been in relationships with people who were physically or otherwise abusive of me, I've willingly let myself be robbed, I either overeat or undereat, I've run away from home with a boy I hardly knew when I was 16, I've been a (fetish) model, I've been arrested and I've been to the asylum. Most of that stuff I've done solely for the reason because "I wanted to know what it'd be like". I'm addicted to indulging in things. I'm interested in basically anything - there are not many activities that I will not enjoy - and I like nothing better than making new experiences. 

I'm probably fairly stupid.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Stupid Human on 17 Mar 2009, 10:03
the Internet
Whiskey
Caffeine (Coffee, Pepsi, and Monster)
Pretending to be Productive
World of Warcraft
Disappointment
Bad Music
Masturbation

There's probably more.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Drill King on 17 Mar 2009, 10:30
shopping, it is actually a serious problem
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Christophe on 17 Mar 2009, 11:57
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Brie_de_Meaux_close.jpg/799px-Brie_de_Meaux_close.jpg)
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: thecabbler on 17 Mar 2009, 12:13
-indian tacos
-my lady
-the internet
-beer
-cigs
-manscaping
-obnoxious headphones
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: snalin on 17 Mar 2009, 12:41
Bandit Stockholm (rock 106.3)

God damn Swedes know their music, all right.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: A Shoggoth on the Roof on 17 Mar 2009, 14:08
it is absolutely delicious, especially on good baguette, or inside a croissant.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: thecabbler on 17 Mar 2009, 14:48
also i have developed an unhealthy addiction to The OC
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: axerton on 18 Mar 2009, 01:57
(http://www.beauty-advices.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/brilliant-brunette-shine-shampoo.jpg)

I genuinely don't feel right unless I wash and condition my hair every day
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Yunior on 19 Mar 2009, 20:23
Whoa, other people have trich! That is actually really comforting, I spend a lot of time really hating myself for that part of me. I've told two people (aside from my mom, who was the first person to notice), and the explanation was loaded with a lot of "Listen, I think this is gross, too" kind of hedging. I used to have really long hair and recently cut all of it off (whoo excuse awkward face (http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t84/podomonster/Photo227.jpg)) because I was sick of bald spots and putting the part on my hair in different places and wearing my hair up and hats. So I figured if the hair was short enough, I wouldn't pull it out? I dunno, terrible plan. All I know is now I am looking at my tweezers longingly and thinking, God no don't go there, Clara. I am really terrified I will totally go there.

(Don't think I am weird, I know it is weird :()
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Allybee on 19 Mar 2009, 23:07
man I have been trying really, really hard to beat my trich lately. it's so hard and I keep giving in a little bit but I think my body is finally starting to heal, albeit slowly. clara I have been hiding my tweezers cause even seeing them sets it off! but really you are totally not weird. clearly it is a lot more common than any of us thought because nobody ever wants to talk about it since it's so stigmatized. it is basically the shittiest thing for self esteem (which I personally am already running low on).

you look so awesome with short hair, anyways.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Ozymandias on 19 Mar 2009, 23:20
All I have to add is holy crap, that is a super cute haircut on you, Clara.
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: Yunior on 22 Mar 2009, 23:24
Not to resuscitate a dying thread, but thanks!
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: MrBlu on 22 Mar 2009, 23:53
My addiction? This damned forum. Checked it every 5 minutes while it was down... :|
Title: Re: What's Your Addiction?
Post by: ackblom12 on 23 Mar 2009, 00:26
I dare say you look a lot like Maggie from Northern Exposure with that haircut.

This is certainly not a bad thing.