What are your vices, and why do you do them?

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Mr Available
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Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:15 am

I use certain drugs and caffeine for school. The funny thing is I'm tapering off this week because I want to give my body a much needed break.

It's kind of hard to stop using them because I'm still young and I want to push myself as hard as possible. It's my opinion that hard work is 90% of the key to anything, any kind of supplements will push you 1% further.

I do want to go cold turkey for a couple weeks in the future.
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Tue Jun 01, 2021 7:04 am

Brain chemicals. I sometimes do recreational drugs, but I know the emotions and thoughts I experience are artificial forms of what I could create myself in a sober state of mind.

I myself- practice avoidance, (social anxiety, approach anxiety) Basically I'm ADDICTED to comfort and safety, I am also a binge eater, so being on keto for 5 months, I kicked my sugar cravings AKA Christian Cocaine😈

What goes up must come down. That being said people with lots of trauma and abuse and loneliness turn to drugs, porn, sex, food, internet, tv, etc... anything to escape from their mental prison.


I always weigh the pros and cons and the depression and Anxiety and longterm effects that will inevitably ensue. If you can be mindful, that any "comedown" or "craving" you experience is coming then you can be more prepared for it.

With the exception of "THE UNHOLY TRINITY" - Crack-Cocaine, Meth, and Heroin.
(66%) chance you are addicted and fucked for life if you shoot that shit in your veins.
(66% chance it Immediately changes the chemical composition of the dopamine and how it is processed in your brain)

Addicts are only addicts because they are trying to numb their pain and hide from their trauma. And let's be honest drugs are not the only addicting or commonly abused thing, just the most accepted.

Did you know, Cocaine, Sugar, and Cheese, both light up the same reward areas of the brain.😱
(the former is just harder, with more side effects)


So at the end of the day, the vices we practice and the ones we seek out are only masking a bigger, darker and much more serious issue.

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Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:25 am

Candy, lol. Every now and then I go through an entire bag of sweets, then feel like shit after, then swear I'll never do it again. Then do it again.

I also believe I was an unknowing (mild) alcoholic before corona. But the closure of nightlife fixed that.

I'm addicted to caffeine too but I can quit whenever I like, don't really have cravings. Just need it to function and keep headaches away.
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Tue Jun 01, 2021 1:57 pm

I get lazy at times and don't do the important task at hand

i know it's important but i still waste time

i panic and feel terrible , horrible ..

wtf

this is an epitome of a bad habit

i need to get rid of this ! ASAP !
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Nicotine: Stopped for 7 months thinking I was in the clear, 0 cravings from the moment I quit... Started studying for an EU med school exam and immediately felt the intense need to start again back in April, haven't stopped since and have increased my consumption.
Caffeine: I've been addicted since HS and in college my consumption got to a pretty absurd point, I've stopped intermittently but I continue because I get the fucking intense energy to do the task at hand.
Masturbation/Porn: I think masturbation is fine by itself, but given my ED issues porn/images speed up the process and help me get to that sweet release quicker.
Weed?: I've started smoking again back in May, generally had bad experience in the past but I've been smoking by myself and it's a nice way to unwind at the end of the day for me. Don't usually get blitzed, but it makes my video games, dinner more enjoyable; also makes doing chores a treat.

I feel like there is more I can add but this is it in terms of physical/mental vices off the top of my head.
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Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:47 pm

Caffeine 100%. Been hardcore addicted since I was 15-16. Tried going without it for like a week 3 years back and it was fucking terrible. Can't see my self quitting any time soon, but I try to moderate at times and only drink 2-3 cups of black coffee per day.

I can have bouts where I'll drink 1-2 180mg caffeinated energy drinks per day and it will most likely affect my sleep in a properly negative way. The downward spiral is quick to enter: day 1: drink 1-2 x 180mg energy drinks + 3-4 cups of coffee and sleep like shit, day:2 feel like shit since you slept like shit, drink more energy drinks and energy drinks to function, repeat until insanity.

Not as bad as amphetamine though, which I've also dabbled with in the past.

Nicotine.
I started using the scandinavian version of snuff, snus, when I was 18. Have been on and off it with years in between since, and three weeks ago, after having been off it for probably 3 years, it was back on. Plan is to ween down in the long run and then quit again, I guess. Atm I live close to the Swedish border where I can get snus without tobacco, which isn't nearly as crazily addictive as the regular one - only vegetable fibers injected with nicotine and additives.

Drugs.
I've had issues with weed and amphetamines in the past. And because of this I've chosen to stay off it privately. That being said, if I'm at a party and someone asks me if I'd like to join in on a joint I seldom hesitate.
Have tried coke on several occasions, but I preferred speed because of the long duration.
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Sat Oct 30, 2021 7:33 pm

Trashy food (frozen pizza, fast food), alcohol, internet. Why? I mean, they're all forms of avoidance of discomfort in life. I'm failing at my goals, I'm stressed out or tired, shit didn't go according to plan, or maybe I'm just lacking direction and feel aimless. I know I can avoid feeling these things for a while by getting cheap dopamine hits.

A realization I had a while ago, though, was that part of the reason was a feeling of internal incongruousness. When things weren't going well, my brain subconsciously tried to remove uncertainty from the world by blaming me. If things were bad, my brain wanted me to blame myself, so I would compulsively indulge in my vices, so then my brain would have a justification for it's negative emotions. Unfortunately, this realization alone isn't very helpful - when I'm grabbing a greasy hamburger from a drive thru at 10 pm, I will often think, "why am I doing this? It's bad for me and setting me back in life." The answer is "Because I hate myself, and am too weak willed to stop." Which then makes me more depressed and resigned to my fate of following my baser instincts.
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