# Okay, let's be honest: what are you addicted to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 1, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787 "2010-08-01T13:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![silvermist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvermist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silvermist)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/61 "2010-08-03T17:16:06Z")
Caffeine, tobacco, internet, books, making lists, potato sticks, bubble gum, and bitching. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/62 "2010-08-03T18:25:44Z")
> [@silvermist](#): > > Caffeine, tobacco, internet, books, making lists, potato sticks, bubble gum, and bitching. When you run out of bubble gum, do you start kicking asses? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/63 "2010-08-03T18:30:32Z")
Aw it’s an anonymous poll ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/64 "2010-08-03T18:31:12Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I have a honking addiction to the Straight Dope. And not in a good way. I mean it in exactly the way people mean when they say ‘‘addiction’’ - it fucks with my life. It makes me unhappy and often exacerbates my depression and is probably holding me back from developing a robust social life but _I can’t fucking stop_. > > I’ve thought about seeking help for internet addiction, but the only place I really feel comfortable looking is… the internet. :smack: You should make a thread on the Dope about how to deal with your Dope addiction. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/65 "2010-08-03T18:32:56Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Aw it’s an anonymous poll ☹ If I’d known nobody was going to admit to meth addiction I’d have made it public. I blame … um … whoever I’m using as a scapegoat this week. Barney Frank, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Anon2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Anon2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon2020)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/66 "2010-08-04T18:13:37Z")
Love, Diet Coke, sleep, opiates, cigarettes, Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/67 "2010-08-04T18:33:30Z")
I’ve never even tried meth but I’m hooked on a TV show about the stuff. Now that’s what I call addictive! By contrast, I can take or leave “Weeds”. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/68 "2010-08-04T18:58:13Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > My drug of choice is food. It’s every bit as addictive as alcohol or tobacco, imo. Agreed. I myself would say I’m addicted to carbs. I struggle with weight and nutrition. Emotional or stress eating is something I definitely do and when I start having a feeling that needs to be squashed down I like to hide it under a bag of cookies or something from the “oops we baked too much” display. I’m coming to see more and more that I use junk food the way my husband uses cigarettes and alcohol. I don’t use either of those. When he’s confronted by stress he’ll say “I’m gonna go smoke a cigarette,” or “I need a drink.” In the same situations I say “what’s in the pantry?” I do also spend hours on the boards when I should be working. That might be more of a problem than I’m ready to admit. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/69 "2010-08-04T19:25:00Z")
Just World of Warcraft. I actually gave up caffiene pretty easily. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/70 "2010-08-04T19:36:39Z")
I checked SDMB, and I’m with you, **olives** ; it’s seriously becoming a problem. Also: Teevee. Video Games. Kitties. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/71 "2010-08-05T02:04:20Z")
SDMB, internet, caffeine and knitting ( and I am not that good of a knitter and really quite slow. But I luvs me knitting mags. It’s pron.) Is HUMOR addictive? Discuss. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/72 "2010-08-05T02:09:57Z")
Caffeine, in the form of soda. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787/73 "2010-08-05T12:24:45Z")
I was horribly addicted to canned pears in the last month of my pregnancy. I would lie cheat and steal (not from the store, but money from my husband) to get some. I would wake up at night and if there wasn’t any I would drive myself 30 blocks to an all night store to get some. I was always plotting my next can. Now, its something I sometimes buy, my son seems to like them but I can’t actually remember the last time I had them. Fresh pears are ok, but never have been my fruit of choice. Compared to that I am not that addicted to caffine. I guess physically because of withdrawl headaches, but there is no psychological component. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-lets-be-honest-what-are-you-addicted-to/548787.md?page=3)