Ah, I see. I misread your post.
So your addicted brain is still rationalizing, eh? 
Recovering alcohlic here. 1 years and 5 months totally clean and sober. (It’ll be nice to get 2 years so I can drop the month count. I suck with dates 
I did some drugs over the years, LSD, shrooms, coke, etc. But alcohol was my drug of choice. The drugs were done mainly because I was drinking and the drugs were available. I don’t consider myself an addict to any particular drug in that I never really had any cravings for anything other than alcohol. At the same time, I won’t use anything except asprin or tylanol unless it is perscribed. My doctor is aware that I am in recovery and knows not to perscribe anything that might cause a problem.
I am still nicotines bitch, though I am going to try and quit here in a week.
Slee
Alcoholic/addict in recovery, 90 days today. My drug of choice is more…
Congrats!
Way to go! Early days can be tough. But ODAAT. And my email addy’s listed!
I was always too chicken to try “hard” drugs, thank goodness. Smoked a pack a day for 19 years. Quit almost 15 months ago. I still have a slight urge every once-in-a-while but nothing that is a big deal. I guess I must still be a recovering addict though, since the urge isn’t completely gone.
barbituate withdrawls at 16. Haven’t had any opiate or barbituates since then - not even when I had my wisdom teeth out. No desire for it. I think it was a lot more teenage angst than real adiction (well, except for the withdrawls part :))
I tend to have a couple beers every day but go months without drinking enough to feel drunk. Haven’t had a hangover in years.
I’m not sure what label to take. Using addict? Recovering addict? I gave up drinking on a daily basis on January 24, 2004. Now I only drink on special occasions, like when I’m on vacation, but when I do I still drink too much.
I guess, since I’m better than I was before, I’ll take the recovering alcoholic label.
I don’t smoke or drink coffee any more, though, and have absolutely no desire to start those habits again, so I can call my self a former addict for those ones.
Nicotine. Former addict. (It doesn’t pull at me any more than Kool-Aid does. I remember craving Kool-Aid as a little kid and I remember needing to smoke, but neither hold any attraction to me now).
Except …
twickster:
I sometimes get those dreams about smoking. In real life I haven’t smoked since 1983 but in my dreams I cadge an individual cigarette here or there (but it’s not like I"m smoking on an ongoing basis) or I smoke a pipe (doesn’t count) or a cigar (doesn’t count), etc etc.
Before I successfully quit, I had several unsuccessful attempts in which I did do that kind of thing (the cheating and the rationalization)