News of Addictions

I have been completely clean off of everything now for 7 months. My main reason for this was because I found out I was pregnant. Before this I was addicted to basically anything I could get my hands on but mainly Cocaine and drinking were what drove me. I feel good an all but now that I'm entering the last few weeks of my pregnancy I find myself thinking constantly about partying again. I know ...

I have a little bit of a problem. I am diabetic and my meds have almost stopped working. My blood sugar is constantly around 500. I think the meds would work if I quit binge eating every night. I only eat one meal a day, at night. The reason for this is that if I eat earlier in the day, my body bloats out and I'm so uncomfortable I can't do anything and my clothes ...

Hi , i am Caz , 26 from UK.

I have a fastfood/takeaway addiction and it is ruining my life. Everyday i think of it , crave it , feel frustrated if i dont have it. I spent alot of money on them. I didnt used to have this problem.
I dont know what started it. How do i stop?

Please help. Thanks , Caz.

A man who is using alcohol to run away from reality walks into an abandoned off license and moves in. He doesn't tell anyone he's living in the off license. He meets a woman and they see each other for a little while. Things go wrong and they split up.

The woman also knows about the off license - one day a few months later, she has had a bad day and decides to go ...

Hi, very new n writing from cell phone, so please forgive brevity n mistakes ahead of time... I'm waking this morning feeling n knowing (emotionally n intellectually) that my life I'm creating these last few months is at rockbottom. How does a 47 year old woman change these crazy impulse control/behavioral junk that I am creating...finally? I don't know where to begin although going to a meeting keeps coming in to my head... Instead though ...

I am new here and happy to have found this website! I am 30 yrs old, and have been diagnosed with depression and anxiety in the past. I am medicated for these issues. I have had trouble with depression ever since the birth of my son 9 years ago. I tried many anti-depressants over 4-5 years before settling on one that seemed to work. I have not been diagnosed as an 'alcoholic', but after honestly ...

addiction sucks the big one. once you want to fight your addiction you battle and struggle thinking that the hurdle you must overcome is the urge to indulge. but that's just the front half. even if you get to the point where you don't want to indulge, the absence of the addictive behavior leaves a massive hole that must be filled. and finding something which fills that hole as satisfyingly as your addiction did is ...

My name is Juliette and I guess, in a nutshell, I am addicted to food.

I have always been overly aware of food, from an early age. Slowly, this obsession became worse and worse until I would already start thinking of when my next 'fix' would be, before I had even finished my current meal! My days are now ruled by food; If I'm not eating, I'm counting down the hours to be able to ...

One of my friend is addicted to internet. He have an habit to spend 10-12 hours on internet. His health condition is also going down and now he is suffering from many health problems. I have also seen some changes in his behavior. How can he cure his addiction of Internet. What type of treatment of most effective for Internet addiction

dman I never knew their was a forum for eating I like to eat outside and enjoy it now that I am living with my parents when I did not I also did I d ont see myself not enjoy it I know not everything that you eat outside is not good plus you spend alot aof money on it but it does not sems to bother me yet I also like cocacola but yeah ...