News of Addictions

addiction is ever-present in my urge to play any games at all; i actually can't seem to game without playing into an addiction (pun wasn't intentional :D ,) but i've noticed something somewhat confusing in the effects. after gaming for over, maybe, thirty minutes, i started to become noticeably less self-aware, noticeably less mature, my social skills decreased... and this had to recover, over the course ...

I recognize myself in the definition of having a Spending Addiction. I currently see a therapist and I have been working on this for about 6 years or longer. That was the reason for seeing a therapist was to help me fix my problem. What I have learned is that my addiction hasn't been fixed or it hasn't gone away. I am just dealing with it in a different manner other than to just "throw ...

Hello, this is my first post on this forum. I am really having a hard time overcoming my shopping addiction so i would really appreciate some help. I think it comes from my childhood but it could also be because of low confidence. And i buy stuff to distract myself almost.

Sometimes i can force myself for few days but i feel really all the time in that period extreme urge to buy something. Thank ...

Hi guys,

I'm having a problem for some time. Basically, I feel like I've to take photos/videos of all the important things in my life. It's became an obsession.

Especially everything that has to do with my girlfriend (we've been together for a year), I wants to take photos of it.

If she says to me something nice, I obsess myself because I haven't record it. If we're watching a movie together at home, hugging ...

Why diabetic patient get decrease blood sugar level when they take alcohol? Friend of mind has diabetes since he was 15.He develops reduced blood sugar level when he takes alcohol. I want to know why she develop this and is there any connections between diabetes and alcohol drinking?

I know I'm wrong, dead wrong! But I feel I can't get enough. For instance, I'll buy a whole pack of cheese, say to myself I'll eat just a little and most times it's gone before or by the next day. Same with the chocolate. Of course I know it's not good for you, especially your heart (I have diastolic congestive heart failure), but I feel I don't care. I mean, maybe I do care ...

Good morning internet addiction forum (IAF). My name is Ryan, I am 44 years old, I live in Europe, and I have an internet addiction. My true addictions are to pornography and sex. I have been porn-free for almost two years and am part of a 12-step programme for pornography addiction called Porn Addicts Anonymous or PAA. As I've learned through that program, my addiction is not to the internet but to a neurochemical called ...

hi all, i am 25 from Asia, i have never had girlfriend, i had cursh on girls and talked to some of them for friendship but failed and quit trying. then i started searching for girls on internet and joined few social networks, and couldn't get anyone's attension or even if i get talk to someone its just for few messages and the urge of talking remains still. what i do (mostly) search the most ...

I have a really bad problem with procrastinating because of how much I love to use forums and do other fun things either online or on electronic devices.
If I'm obligated to do things, then it is easy. I don't want to let people down. So having obligations makes me feel good, because it makes me feel responsible and capable.
But when it just involves me, then I get nothing done. My first thought when ...

Hi everyone. I'm new here. I have been using Kratom for 6 years daily. I use it mainly to combat depression, although it has helped in a lot of other ways. Initially it helped me get sober from Adderall and opioids. I am an addict and have stayed clean and sober since finding Kratom 6 years ago. That said, I have now become addicted to Kratom. I have tried to wean off many times, and ...