[emptybee15]

I keep seeing posts from current or in-treatment alcoholics, but does anyone have a problem with anything else? I'm more of a "get high" off stuff type of person. I don't have a problem, I would just like to know if there are people with addictions OTHER than alcohol.

[madisgram]

oh bee for sure! r u comfortable sharing more? perhaps we can help or brainstorm with you.

[gma45]

Originally Posted by emptybee15

I keep seeing posts from current or in-treatment alcoholics, but does anyone have a problem with anything else? I'm more of a "get high" off stuff type of person. I don't have a problem, I would just like to know if there are people with addictions OTHER than alcohol.

Hello emptybee15, I am a get high off stuff kinda person also! I have an addictive personality. If it makes me not feel my emotions I would do it! To me it is kinda a cause and affect kinda thing. Because I didn't want to feel I used and because I used I was addicted because I couldn't use just once! Yes it was a dance that I knew the steps to real well! Now I go to meetings and hang here and life is getting better. I am learning to kinda like my feelings today!

[DePressMe]

Hi emptybee15, Yes I have other addictions. Drugs is one of them but I can get addicted to about anything that feels good. I have an addictive type of personality.

[HairlessPolecat]

Originally Posted by DePressMe

Hi emptybee15, Yes I have other addictions. Drugs is one of them but I can get addicted to about anything that feels good. I have an addictive type of personality.

Both of my grandfathers, one grandmother, a greatgrandfater and numerous cousins and uncles have all been addicted to alcohol. A least one uncle has been addicted to some serious drugs during the course of his life. I say that because I am only now beginning to realize that what I do with my suicidal thoughts (which are all the time) seems to be nothing more than to help feed an addiction to the thinking about, and just going through the steps I have listed in my mind about where and how I would do this. Asking if I am actively suicidal nets one a good laugh from me because 99.99% of the time i am. There is no drug to help with this. They are now starting to publish books about this as well. I won't touch alcohol or drugs for that very reason, because I am afraid I am going to find something that I like and if I do then I am finished. Anybody ever heard of anyone else addicted to this...it is not like I try it very often. I spent hours at a time thinking about doing it that's all. My therapist says I must be getting something out of it otherwise I would not keep doing it. I guess the high would have to be "well I will always have that option if things get so bad I just can not handle it anymore", or maybe it is something else. It has never gone away and I am not sure what kicked it off. Even if things are wonderful, the thought reminds. Anybody else dealing with an issue like this.

[DePressMe]

HairlessPolecat, Yes! I had recurrent thoughts of suicide. The thoughts were with me all the time--never left. Therapy and meds have helped dismiss them. There is hope. hang in there.

[HairlessPolecat]

DepressMe,
You know it is really nice to hear someone say "there's hope". That means a lot. Thanks!

HairlessPoleCat AKA Teresa

[o.kay]

Originally Posted by emptybee15

I keep seeing posts from current or in-treatment alcoholics, but does anyone have a problem with anything else? I'm more of a "get high" off stuff type of person. I don't have a problem, I would just like to know if there are people with addictions OTHER than alcohol.

I'm kind of a compulsive cannabis smoker. I wouldn't say I'm addicted. My therapist has issues with it but I've smoked for the last 38 years. I don't think it's a problem for me.

I know a lot of people are going to disagree with this.....
But it's how I feel & I know many people that have a problem with it. It's just my opinion. Feel free to have your own opinions--

[HairlessPolecat]

Originally Posted by o.kay

I'm kind of a compulsive cannabis smoker. I wouldn't say I'm addicted. My therapist has issues with it but I've smoked for the last 38 years. I don't think it's a problem for me.

I know a lot of people are going to disagree with this.....
But it's how I feel & I know many people that have a problem with it. It's just my opinion. Feel free to have your own opinions--

O.Kay,
If you don't think it is a problem for you then why would anyone have to know about it? Ok maybe I am stupid here, but if I didn't think it was a problem for me then I certainly would not bring it up for my therapist to comment about it. Sometimes, he needs to know and others are not any of his business. If it causes others problems regularly then maybe I would check into otherwise it is your doing. Ok I don't know if I said something right or wrong here just my thought.
HairlessPoleCat AKA Teresa

[littlebitlost]

Havent read the whole thread. I have a drug problem and am in rehab currently.

[o.kay]

Originally Posted by HairlessPolecat

O.Kay,
If you don't think it is a problem for you then why would anyone have to know about it? Ok maybe I am stupid here, but if I didn't think it was a problem for me then I certainly would not bring it up for my therapist to comment about it. Sometimes, he needs to know and others are not any of his business. If it causes others problems regularly then maybe I would check into otherwise it is your doing. Ok I don't know if I said something right or wrong here just my thought.
HairlessPoleCat AKA Teresa

Thanks for your thoughts on this. The subject of drugs & alcohol came up during an assessment she was conducting. I answered honestly--- if I didn't, I feel I'd be wasting my money going to therapy. She thinks it's unhealthy / I don't. She asks me about it every few weeks. We discuss it openly & honestly.

[beauflow]

For about 5 years i was addicted to just gettin high off of anything, then add two years of smokin weed off and on. Don't any more with drugs or weed. Still drink on occasion but i guess that needs to stop? I try to drink when i'm happy these days though, i wouldn't say weed it self was an addiction for me but an escape from my reality that was the problem. But it's good to be sober for the most part as i've mentioned befor i do miss it some times especially when stressed, but i know better, it wont help a damn thing there's many addictions out there like games, gambling, sex, working out, working working, etc. But thats my thoughts today

[MyUserName]

Yeah ive a problem with drugs, not chemically but psychologically i do. Think of every
drug bar crack and herion and yup, there i am!!! Clean 18days today... Been tough. I
know i will end up doing drugs next weekend tho coz im gona be around people, a place
and things which are out of my control. I have control over me, but in those situations
my control gets out-of-control...

I could try, but id be setting myself up for failure. I see a key-worker over
this coz im trying to work on my MH recovery and addiction does not combine
well with that...

[emptybee15]

Okay...I forgot I started this thread! LOL! I have been smoking weed for almost 10 years, but I don't even consider that a "drug" so it's not even worth talking about.

Drugs I have done are Extasy and Coke. I LOVE extasy, if they could make that a medication, I'd definitely get a script for that. I know what it does though, so I don't do it often (last time was probably a year ago), and coke doesn't do anything for me, so I don't do that either.

I'm not addicted, I just ENJOY doing drugs sometimes. I work everyday, take care of my son, pay all my own bills. It's just what I want to do in my leisure time no matter how I'm feeling. So, what would that be called I wonder?

[beauflow]

Working and taking care of everything and getting high on drugs was what i use to do, my dad use to tell me i was a functional drug addict. I guess it depends on how often each week or month or year you do get high. My dad use to say there were recreational drug addicts too but idk that came from a man who was an alcohlic until his health made him stop ie kidney failure. Idk what others would say. I'm confused myself on this stuff on the view on what an addict is. Sometimes i'm like i wasn't an addict cuz i quite with out rehab but then every day getting high i guess i was?

[sassyseattle]

Well, I am still battling my drug addiction. I can't afford therapy atm, and I have SO MANY issues, but only recently realized my drug addiction is related to those issues. I use to avoid the thoughts that cause me to re-live all those experiences I wish had never happened. I also believe I have ADHD, but again, can't afford to get diagnosed/treated. So I self-medicate. I believe when I am able to address the things causing the drug use, it will stop

[Willcat]

Originally Posted by emptybee15

...I just ENJOY doing drugs sometimes....

...It's just what I want to do in my leisure time no matter how I'm feeling. So, what would that be called I wonder?

I think that, if a person shows no symptoms of addiction and uses drugs on sporadic occasions, seems like that would be 'recreational drug use'.

Recreational drug use can lead to addiction...and addiction can get very ulgy fast .

[zbmom]

I'm addicted to cutting myself. I get an endorphin rush and a relief and numbing from it much like getting drunk brings. I know there is an SI forum too, but for me this is rooted in the painful past and coping mechanisms but it has become an addiction.

My dad is an alcoholic and crack/cocaine addict so I've got a major predisposition to addictions. I've stayed far away from drugs, and I do drink but follow strict rules. Funny though how I still managed to find something self destructive.

[popeye]

I am a recovering alcoholic but because of chronic pain I am dependent on opiates that I get from a pain clinic. I hate it. However without the opiates I can not walk and my quality of life would suck.

[Junerain]

I am addicted to being out in public, and people watching, soaking it all in people's personalities..I leave my home early in the morning and do not return until late at night, spend a lot of time in the library on the internet there, or church functions, or karaoke places. Always talking to the people around me, getting a feel for each individual personality. I tend to eat out every meal, just so I can be around people that much more. My house is messy because I find staying home and cleaning 'anti-social..' I am the only person I know like this, so I do not know what help is available at this point.