# personal addictions history: what have you wrestled with? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556 "2002-12-23T17:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/21 "2002-12-24T18:21:02Z")
Ultima Online SDMB EverCrack Cigarettes EverCrack SDMB EverCrack SDMB Bad Girls ---
**Author:** ![FunLvnCriminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@FunLvnCriminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FunLvnCriminal)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/22 "2002-12-24T19:06:11Z")
Alcohol, pot, LSD, extasy, and smoking. Those were my biggest. I have now quit all of them. Though I do have a drink from time to time. I am smoke free now for almost 2 days and smoking is by far the hardest one I have ever had to quit. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/23 "2002-12-25T01:12:10Z")
I don’t allow myself to use a Walkman anymore. I WILL slide so far into myself that I stop talking… I will sign to people… if I even acknowledge their existance. I read compulsively. Right now I am reading an average of 10 waking hours a day… makes it hard to be a parent. Internet porn… but that got old. I guess I prefer the real thing! hahahaha ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/24 "2002-12-25T02:29:14Z")
Over-eating, especially carbs. I’m a huge sugar addict. Constantly worrying and sniping. Alcohol, but to a lesser degree. Internet–SDMB, LJ, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/25 "2002-12-25T02:44:30Z")
**JavaMaven1** , based on your username, I would have expected coffee on that list…? 🙂 My first obsession was cigarettes. The second is depression/anxiety/food. I’ve beaten the first one for over 13 years. I’m still battling the second. A little Paxil and WeightWatchers and I’m doing better every day. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/26 "2002-12-25T04:49:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miss Xanax \* > \*\*Fingernail biting (under the age of 10) > > Bulimia (a fight that I fought for 17 years and have been clean for > 12 WHOLE MONTHS now!!!) 🙂 (YAY ME!!!) > > Vicodin (thank goodness that’s done with) > > Smoking (still do off and on, but it’s not truly an addiction anymore) > > Trichtillomania (pulling out hair - I unfortunately haven’t been able to stop this yet. Medicine, therapy, nothing has worked long-term. For anyone else with OCD, you know what I’m talking about. Thankfully, I’m blessed with super think, long blond hair and you can’t tell I pull.) \*\* I was also addicted to Vicodin (the hateful, evil little pill). I will 2nd and 3rd your “thank goodness that’s done with”. **Miss Xanax** , I will not impose on you but, would you please e-mail me, I’d really like to talk to you. (Many apologies for the slight hijack- carry on) 🙂 Honey ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/27 "2002-12-25T06:24:21Z")
Yum, where should I start? Booze Cigarettes Bad men Cocaine LSD Psylicybin (did I spell that right?) Assorted pills Marijuana Spending money I don’t have I don’t do most of these things anymore (almost 12 years off booze & drugs, 10 years off cigs, 10 years + off of bad men). But I will tend to overindulge in just about anything- it’s the way I was built. ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/28 "2002-12-25T16:37:43Z")
Booze More Booze Nicotine Yet more booze Female high-school dropouts (too easy to impress) Video games Horror movies Even more booze Cocaine (the potato chip of drugs; try to snort just one line!) Narcotic Painkillers Bad Jokes Women who drink booze Out of all of those, the only one I have a problem with anymore is the booze and nicotine. I stopped telling bad jokes long ago, I think. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/29 "2002-12-25T18:04:04Z")
SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/30 "2002-12-25T19:24:32Z")
the internet. specifically MUDs lately. then suicide. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/31 "2002-12-26T14:35:33Z")
**Honey** and **Miss Xanax** , Chalk me up as another Vicodin addict. I was also hooked on Ultram and as unbelievable as it may seem, the Ultram withdrawl is WORSE than the Vicodin w/d! I’d like to know how you two kicked it. If you don’t mind, would you please email me? Thanks. Other addictions: Food, cigarettes, caffeine (Mt. Dew in particular) ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/32 "2002-12-26T14:42:16Z")
Alcohol Cocaine Pills (vicodin, percoset, xanax) Smoking Oh, you know, just the everyday ones. ---
**Author:** ![Finnie\_the\_Pooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@Finnie\_the\_Pooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finnie_the_Pooh)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/33 "2002-12-28T07:01:45Z")
Alcohol. Been clean now for 22years. Cigarettes. Still have one a month. Work. Enjoy working more than holidays. Cats. We share a house with seven cats and a dog. Love this one - not willing to chage. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/34 "2002-12-28T10:44:44Z")
Narcotics, been clean for 15 years. Cigarettes, been off them for 12 years. ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/35 "2002-12-28T19:34:01Z")
Skittles. sex. working too much. SDMB. the internet in general. sex.caffeine. exercising. sex. nail biting. trying to solve all of my friends’ problems for them. shopping. did i mention sex? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/36 "2002-12-28T20:24:54Z")
In chronological order: nail biting (over it, thanks to special nail care: filed/laquered nails don’t have those edges where it’s so nice to start gnawing) worrying what people would think about what I said/did to them (almost competely over it, but it was really so annoying I actually evaded people -it almost did not seem worth the trouble) procrastination (i didn’t know that was an addiction till I read some good books about it -check Amazon .com if you’re interested) reading sugar (I am not more addicted then most people, but recently read more about addiction and sugar really qualifies as an harddrug) I tried some other things that qualified as drugs (coffee, sigarettes, alcohol, marjiuana, psychedelic drugs), Fortnately, I just did not like them. I never had any problems in not trying them again. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/37 "2002-12-28T21:13:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pammipoo \* > \*\*Skittles. sex. working too much. SDMB. the internet in general. sex.caffeine. exercising. sex. nail biting. trying to solve all of my friends’ problems for them. shopping. did i mention sex? \*\* Are you female? 😉 ---
**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:** [December 28, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/38 "2002-12-28T22:33:59Z")
SDMB Carbs ( mostly comfort, but mostly laziness. Cooking is not my thing.) I am slightly overweight, but more out of shape than anything and it drives me nuts.) Day Dreaming. (Walter Mitty Is My Personal Hero.) Reading. OCD hand washing or water related things ( shower, dish washing, laundry) ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/39 "2002-12-28T22:44:10Z")
[list] [li]Stealing (big one when I was younger, not anything expensive but a lot of inexpensive stuff. I got really bold for a while, then all the sudden I got “the fear” and stopped)[/li][li]Carbohydrates[/li][li]Sex[/li][li]Sugar[/li][li]Infidelity[/li][li]Sex + Power all at once. Pretty much just being able to string along as many guys as possible. Still dealing with this one. [/li]I suppose the last 4 are all connected pretty closely, I just can’t pinpoint the one thing that is the similar. Probably the power aspect of it, I greatly enjoy that. It’s definitely my more serious addiction. -foxy ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556/40 "2002-12-28T22:45:18Z")
Well crap. That didn’t work at all how I hoped it would. Everybody gets the point though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-addictions-history-what-have-you-wrestled-with/144556.md?page=3)