News of Addictions

This is a first for me.
Over the past I'm not sure how long, I have been relying on drugs to survive in my everyday life. I have a rather successful but stressful job and a lot of responsibilities outside of this that I am struggling to deal with. So I submerge myself in ketamine, mdma, cocaine and pretty much anything I can get my hands on to get me through the day. This problem ...

Hi guys,
I am new to this site, but I have decided to keep a binge eating recovery journal. Here are a few facts about myself:
1. I am 21 years old
2. I am a third year at an Ivy league college
3. I used to swim (not on a team though haha)
4. I am currently about 135 pounds (and 5'1) but I eat. A. Lot. (I am naturally about 107 pounds if ...

Granted my parents were those that told me to clean my plate and tempted me to finish things by giving food as a reward, but today I dawned on something I hadn't fully realized before.

Long story short, I had to change my diet because of an intestinal issue that would lead to me being hooked up to medical equipment for the rest of my life if I didn't take a step back now. I'm ...

I recently signed up for treatment/counselling. I want to cut back first then hopefully quit before I am too deep into my alcoholism. I want a job and a purpose. I drink out of pure boredom, loneliness, being afraid to be left alone with my own thoughts, escaping reality, to feel normal, I don't want to feel anymore, etc. I quit for 5 years. I wasn't an alcoholic then at all. I only drank occasionally ...

Hello all, Internet Dwellers.
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I am currently looking for help as the 'subject' apparently said. I am 19 years old and counting
(That's if i don't jump off my balcony and die young). To get things started i will tell how my addiction first took place that is. My childhood was terrible, my grandma tried to drown me when i was 6 months, threw me in the river and thought i could ...

Hi guys!
The last couple years have been a bit of a blur. I would say I spend at least 8 hours most days on the internet doing absolutely nothing. It's got to the point where I have failed my last year of university and had had several fights with my boyfriend because I never see him enough. I need to hold myself accountable so I am planning on posting here everyday (anyone else is ...

Hi, all! Apologies for posting yet again! I wasn't sure where to put this! Since deactivating FB I have had vivid, complex dreams about it & the people I met on there nearly every night! Seriously bizarre dreams too - in the dreams I'm talking to them "in real life" even though I never actually met them! In full glorious technicolour too lol! Is this normal when trying to break an addiction? Has anyone else ...

Hello!

I need help. I don't know what this is.
Today I ate over 3300kcal. I did not exercise, heck I didn't even leave the house. I'm 5'7 (170cm) and roughly 132lbs (60kg). I go for daily walks, weight lifting four times a week and dance twice a week.
In general I follow a high carb, low fat plant based style of eating with occasional high fat foods. Medium amount of sodium, almost no added ...

Today I did something I thought I'd never do - I deactivated my Facebook account. My attempts to simply cut down my use of it weren't working, and I think with my sort of addictive personality cold turkey is the only way - at least at present.

I can't believe all the angst I've suffered through FB, mainly due to my paranoia about upsetting people (as a quick glance at my "Social Media - Aargh" ...

Hi all, just writing this to vent if that's okay. Maybe some people are going through a similar situation.

I have very long term anxiety (history of BDD, left school at 12 with no further education, didn't leave the house for 5 years). I've worked and been at university for 9 years (I'm 29). I am in the process of divorcing, after coming out of a very abusive marriage a year ago (narcissist, manipulative, verbally ...