I'm kinda confused by all these food/drink related addictions. Nobody is addicted to Cheetos. Nobody is addicted to Diet Mountain Dew. You just crave them. Alcohol is different, obviously. Folding my socks isn't an addiction. I won't die if I don't do it. Thus, not addiction... probably psychosis.
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But what about the obvious? Is masturbating twice a day 'addicted'? Is masturbating twice a week addicted? Does it become more of an addiction if you're dating someone, or married?
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Preposterous. I'm pull-starting my prostate like two-three-four times a day here and I'm hardly a weirdo. Coping mechanism, I figure. Nothing else to do and it relaxes me. The Amish do it all the time. I totally don't do it as much when I'm not on business trips, but masturbation is boring release of chemicals to pacify my male urge to engage in hot-hot carnal sheathing. The problem with masturbation (and porn, of course) is not communicating with your partner about your "usage style" or if it messes around with the social constructs we've been talking about above. I figure porn can be addictive.
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Is posting on TFP an addiction? What if you feel like you NEED to check New Posts to see if someone has responded? What if you click New Posts obsessively throughout the day, when you really should be working?
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Do that, too. I suppose TFP is addictive in that interaction with it gives me a warm 'n fuzzy reward. Like a rat hitting a button to get food, like you fuckers that have Faceyspace and type entire novels in the little "leave a note" section
but won't post on TFP. So, yeah, TFP is my primary social outlet right now. I figure it's okay to be wasting time here because it's "positive social interaction." Wouldn't say that I'm addicted to it, but it's probably possible.
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Alcohol - is it, as they say, addiction if you "drink alone"? If not, how many days would you have to drink alone a month to be 'addicted'? Is it addiction if you only drink socially, but your social group goes out three times a week to binge drink?
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I drink alone quite often and most of my drinking is binge drinking. I'm not addicted to alcohol because some nights I don't have anything and I certainly don't come rushing home after work to hit the bottle. Granted, I'm a light weight so a binge is two Jack 'n Cokes before I get all reflective or giggly. My current partner doesn't drink much (has in the past) and my peers / coworkers are mostly raging alcoholics that crush a case every evening. Hmm.
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I'm admittedly 'addicted' to caffeine like many have described above. I feel like I need it to have a productive day, even a happy day, sometimes. I'll up it to an energy drink (about 90mg caffeine instead of 54mg in a normal soda) if I'm feeling particularly down or sluggish. I can stop, but I do get smashing headaches (physical addiction) and it makes me want to do nothing but drink a soda.
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Fuckin'
weak. I'm chugging two Rip-Its and two Diet Cokes a day. Minimum. Sometimes I'll have a cup of coffee or another Rip-It on top of that. My body responds by rocketing my lower GI tract into a world of semi-solid pain. That and I have a hard time sleeping at night. And I'm jittery all the time.
Caffeine, as far as I know, is not addictive. People just like the kick it gives and act grouchy if they don't get it (the whole US Army, for example). If it was addictive, I would have had a hard time quitting it for two weeks a few months ago because I'm a serious caffeine consumer (that's science for ya!). I also recall reading a research piece a few years ago that said its effects on the heart rate and sleep cycle cause no permanent damage. As with most things academic, I'm fairly certain I'm wrong. But I've been using caffeine products in excess for the last decade and, check it out, I'm a total stud.
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I bake bread, and the physical act of kneading and shaping loaves is what has me hooked on doing it. There's a kind of pleasure from that activity that I don't get anywhere else, any other way.
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I'm going to need some hair samples... so I can clone you.