How to know if you’re addicted
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How to know if you’re addicted
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Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#2Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#3Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
the fortitude saving throw T-break is a good idea, once in a while.
Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#4Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
It's interesting to try it this way. Did it in the past with alcohol because I was curious how long it take to eliminate the urge (regardless of strength) to drink. Got through two months without any drinks and I'm not sure that the urge ever really went away. But I got used to tamping it down.
Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#5Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
It took me almost 2 years to fully give up sodas and sugary drinks. I grew up on it. I learned a lot about my willpower.
Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#6Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
One of the most common addictions now is cellphone addiction. But especially since the pandemic it's hard to do anything without a cell phone. You need your QR codes everywhere for testing or showing you're tested, show your vaccinations, check in to restaurants, etc.
Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#7Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
One of the most common addictions now is cellphone addiction. But especially since the pandemic it's hard to do anything without a cell phone. You need your QR codes everywhere for testing or showing you're tested, show your vaccinations, check in to restaurants, etc.
> You need your QR codes everywhere for testing or showing you're tested, show your vaccinations
You can do all of that without a phone.
Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#8Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
One of the most common addictions now is cellphone addiction. But especially since the pandemic it's hard to do anything without a cell phone. You need your QR codes everywhere for testing or showing you're tested, show your vaccinations, check in to restaurants, etc.
Mercifully, shoes do not require identification before you go on a walk sans phone.
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#9I've had a couple of dreams where I'm chopping up lines even though its been almost a decade since I've done hard drugs. The dreams were very disorienting because they never go further than the prep before suddenly waking up. Like falling and never hitting the ground.
Re: How to know if you’re addicted
#10Remove the offending substance and see how long or to what extent you would go to get it back.
With alcohol, its not so much about the urge to drink when you stop, but how bad your withdrawal symptoms are.
I pretty much gave up in my mid thirties when I stopped for two weeks to deal with some life admin and found myself in withdrawal.
I've had a few spells off the wagon since, but now realise something is properly broken in me. Even small amounts of alcohol trigger hideous hangovers and anxiety. The only counter is to drink again.
Careful with the booze, kids. The danger is real.