Does anyone have any addictions? I guess working on our addictions first could improve or condition. What do you think?
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Internet and cigs.
I thought I was addicted to alcohol. I’ve realized I’m not. I’m only drinking the daily recommended limit. It does have a high probability of addiction and abuse. I’ll be careful with my intake.
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I used to be addicted to alcohol and cigs but now it’s just energy drinks for me.
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Never been near drugs
Just problems
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I got rid of sex, shopping and weed addictions. I had them while on Abilify, now on Risperdal I have no addictions. I don’t know how they stopped, probably bcz I stopped Abilify.
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i wonder how common this is. i wouldnt call myself really addicted in the past but i used to drink and smoke cigs plus a few other things in the past and i feel like now ive replaced all my vices with energy drinks. i dont think about the other stuff as much now but i drink energy drinks and mtn dew like theres no tomorrow
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Just cigarettes. But it’s part of being impulsive. I think addiction is a chemical mindset (of behaviour) — it can be sorted but it requires things outside of control too. (Well not really outside of control because you can always change the environment, just that can seem like something you should never do).
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Sure, I smoked crack for four years. Almost lost everything I had (which wasn’t much to start with). When I got clean in 1990, then came the jobs, the car, school, living on my own.
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That’s good progress!
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Thanks…
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I just had addictions bcz of Abilify. I had a good environment that made me stay out of drugs. But it takes effort to change the environment like avoiding drug addicts friends.
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Hmm.
Isn’t Addiction Jus a Word to Describe Preference?.
Only People Choose to Point Crooked Fingers at Those Under The Label of “addiction”.
People Carry So Much Blame For Doing Nothing Wrong.
If You Go With The Idea of Less is More, You’re Good.
Don’t Break Any Laws.
Enforce Moral laws to Your Being.
And Wear Protection.
The End.
Sincerely,
DJ Nosferatu Bat Beam (sleepoptimistic)
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How much of it all did it have to do with smoking? And by smoking are you referring to cannabis perhaps?
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Addiction’s just another word for nothing left to lose.
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Yup!.
Coolio Song. (Well Coolio Didn’t Sing it).
But!, I’ve Heard That Song on Endless Loops on The Radio Many Times.
Can’t Remember Who Sang it.
I Wanna Say The Eagles, But That Doesn’t Seem Right.
Sincerely,
DJ Nosferatu Bat Beam (sleepoptimistic)
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How much of it all did it have to do with smoking? And by smoking are you referring to cannabis perhaps?
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Crack. I went from being unemployed and sharing a five bedroom house with other disabled people where a few of us partied all the time, and wrecking two cars and not attending any school…to getting clean in AA and then a job fell into my lap. I moved into a board & care and enrolled myself in college. If I was on drugs, I never would have got that job or gone to school. I later moved into renting a room in my sisters duplex and shortly afterwards I got a car. Been driving, working, taking online classes sporadically and was independent for twenty years until my mom died in 2015 which put me in a tailspin and I ended up in a psyche ward.
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Kris Kristopherson wrote it and originally sang it.
Later, Janis Joplin covered it and had a huge hit with it.
Hmm.
After Later Thought, I Was Leaning Towards Fleetwood Mac.
N e Hoo.
Thanx 4 Da Recommendations!.
Will Venture Shortly!.
Sincerely,
DJ Nosferatu Bat Beam
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I am very happy. I am happy because you turned it around and even though you’ve struggled again since. You hold onto these events as something to remember to keep in memory and with (your use of words at least) a tone of appreciation.
Thanks for sharing brother. I hope you get better quicker than last timer and I also give you my best wishes because by sharing this information is gives me hope that even if I fall ill. I should do everything I can to be healthy and not disadvantaged - that’s the impression I’m getting from yourself or your writing.
All the best Nick, and I am also sorry for your loss. May we all go to and experience good things!
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Wow thanks, that’s quite a lot to respond to! But yeah, if I can show someone or inspire someone in any way to make their lives better despite having schizophrenia, it makes all my years on here worth it. I hope things go well for you and thanks for your condolences.
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