Worse for whom?
It’s always hard to be addicted to something but in some cases it’s worse for the people around them due that they can’t do anything to help.
The addict may disappear and family and friends don’t know anything. Living in the unknown is very hard for people especially if it is a high risk the person they care for is dead.
But I would think it would be heavy drugs that’s one of the worst.
Alcohol, it’s legal, readily available, inexpensive and very insidious. It’s also the most effective in treating anxiety symptoms. I often wonder how many alcoholics are just treating their anxiety because you can’t get a script for anti anxiety medication anymore.
Making problems and solving them:
It manifests in maladaptive daydreaming, cigarettes, EDs, coffee addiction, even bad company. Light a ciggarette and suffer it and then break it apart and kill the enemy. Open a bag of chips and finish it in one go as if my life depends on it. Dream about stupid conflicts and cry and then solve it after hoirs of dreaming. In all of them, my body will suffer pain alongside my mind.
I make a problem and then solve it.
It must be a sort of maladaptive anxiety management.
It’s crazy Gabapentin isn’t labelled as a controlled substance in Canada and most states, it’s crazy Gabapentin abuse doesn’t seem to be discussed enough in the wider Addictions community.
Honestly one that so many people are experiencing lately and just aren’t aware is an addiction, dopamine. No one is able to sustain themselves doing just one thing at this point. People have started having YouTube running while they play a game while they have a second game running while they text their friends while they keep up with their Discord server, so on and so on.
I suffer from this myself and it is HARD to come back from because everything gets boring SO quickly when you’re used to 7 different sources of stimulation simultaneously.
Food. We need it to live but that only fuels the addiction further. I struggled for years. Finally beat it a few years back but it was hell. Spent 28 hours in bed sweating, crying, and intermittently sleeping
This is going to sound insane but, addiction. I have a friend who, in my opinion, is addicted to addiction. He has been an alcoholic, a drug user, a gambler, you name it he’s hit rock bottom at it. He replaces one vice with another. It’s sad.
My personal worst addiction is caffeine/fast food. They go hand in hand in my life. I’m trying to kick them both currently. I’ve kicked cigarettes and alcohol, but these 2 replacements have got their claws in me deep.
Food for sure. You need it in moderation to survive. It’s kind of like being an alcoholic but there is alcohol everywhere and you NEED to have 4 beers a day to live a healthy life, but no more.
I had this on my mind the other day, and the dangers of huffing paint are easy to overlook, in large part because of how easy it is to relapse and how damaging it is directly to the brain.
Comments
Social media.
Nicotine
Reddit.
sleeping pills
Heavy opioids
Literally hijacking your reward-system in the rawest way
Alcoholism.
I’m almost 10 months sober. What a ride.
Codependency to narcissists
I had an addiction to porn since I started watch at the age of 14, it has eased as I’ve gotten older. I now enjoy porn but doesn’t consume my life
gambling
Alcohol+ nsfw addictions that i have are the worst, so people say.
Worse for whom?
It’s always hard to be addicted to something but in some cases it’s worse for the people around them due that they can’t do anything to help.
The addict may disappear and family and friends don’t know anything. Living in the unknown is very hard for people especially if it is a high risk the person they care for is dead.
But I would think it would be heavy drugs that’s one of the worst.
Love
Paying too much attention to the lives of others in my social circle, I can’t help but compare myself to others.
Crocodil.
Wait for the replies🙃
Well i don’t know about other addictions, but in my experience self-harm was hard.
I’d say food because it’s the only addiction that you simply can’t “quit”. And every holiday/celebration is centered around food.
Social media,
Unlike other addictions, its only now starting to be seen how damaging it is and does not have the effective treatments thats not just “turn it off”
Cigarettes.
I was addicted to soap once…. But I’m clean now 🧼
Literally anything, but i rlly dont never want to get addicted to drugs ever
Sugar
I say frood, coming from a specific angle.
Try cold turkey on eating food….
Caffeine dependency is debilitating.
Lying like they are breathing, too easy.
Porn is underestimated. Heavy porn addicts sometimes need 2 years to beat the addiction.
Porn addiction
Cigarettes
Power.
Gambling, no doubt. You can truly ruin your life and your family’s life.
Sex. I wish i could walk around in public with normal thoughts when interact with people.
Porn
Dismissive avoidant men
Alcohol, it’s legal, readily available, inexpensive and very insidious. It’s also the most effective in treating anxiety symptoms. I often wonder how many alcoholics are just treating their anxiety because you can’t get a script for anti anxiety medication anymore.
Love. Seeking it. Wishing for it. Wanting it. Sacrificing everything you are for it only to lose it.
Look at Reddit. What other topic plagues the human mind more?
Some of the comments here comparing sugar and coffee to crack 😂. Madness
Masterbating seeing my girlfriend
sex
Making problems and solving them:
It manifests in maladaptive daydreaming, cigarettes, EDs, coffee addiction, even bad company. Light a ciggarette and suffer it and then break it apart and kill the enemy. Open a bag of chips and finish it in one go as if my life depends on it. Dream about stupid conflicts and cry and then solve it after hoirs of dreaming. In all of them, my body will suffer pain alongside my mind.
I make a problem and then solve it.
It must be a sort of maladaptive anxiety management.
Nicotine
Gabapentin
“Poor man’s cocaine”
It’s crazy Gabapentin isn’t labelled as a controlled substance in Canada and most states, it’s crazy Gabapentin abuse doesn’t seem to be discussed enough in the wider Addictions community.
Twitching each side of my face to check if I’m having a stroke constantly. I’m not but I can’t stop checking for it
Wouldn’t Alcohol, Chrystal Meth, Crack, Heroin and Fentanyl be at the top?
Fragrance collecting; you’ll smell good in the process though
Love…
DPH addiction
Gambling
Humiliation
I need my daily dose of music
Sugar
Gambling
body dysmorphia
Benzodiazepines like Xanax or Valium. I can tell you personally that getting off them is pure hell.
Social media
Reddit
Honestly one that so many people are experiencing lately and just aren’t aware is an addiction, dopamine. No one is able to sustain themselves doing just one thing at this point. People have started having YouTube running while they play a game while they have a second game running while they text their friends while they keep up with their Discord server, so on and so on.
I suffer from this myself and it is HARD to come back from because everything gets boring SO quickly when you’re used to 7 different sources of stimulation simultaneously.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BestofRedditorUpdates/s/rQHowZnM8y
My vape
That I have head? Video Games and buying stuff
That anyone could get? Drugs
Jaffa cakes they fuckers are just to good not to
Being alone.
Attention
Trusting everybody.
Cocaine. I have seen the level of complete destruction it causes.
Food.
Smoking
cheese burst pizza + choco lava cake
Opioids
Watching porn.
Eating
Pretty sure the worst one is heroin. Never going to forget that reddit user who thought he could try it once and be fine and then ruined his life.
Nasal spray is looking, trust me.
Findom.
Sneakers
Smoking
Food. We need it to live but that only fuels the addiction further. I struggled for years. Finally beat it a few years back but it was hell. Spent 28 hours in bed sweating, crying, and intermittently sleeping
This is going to sound insane but, addiction. I have a friend who, in my opinion, is addicted to addiction. He has been an alcoholic, a drug user, a gambler, you name it he’s hit rock bottom at it. He replaces one vice with another. It’s sad.
My personal worst addiction is caffeine/fast food. They go hand in hand in my life. I’m trying to kick them both currently. I’ve kicked cigarettes and alcohol, but these 2 replacements have got their claws in me deep.
Fentanyl. It warps you and nudges you to dark dark places. Really hard to recover from what you have to become to get your fix every 4 hours.
Fent
I’d say Opiates, especially hard ones from what I’ve heard and read.
Stupidity, you will never know you have it.
I would say nicotine. I’ll get it eventually.
Social media use
Online shopping. It’s socially acceptable, has no rehab, and your bank account cries silently.
Sugar! A shit ton of diseases can be avoided including an early death!!
Reddit
Porn
Whichever one takes over your life. It’s different for everyone
Food for sure. You need it in moderation to survive. It’s kind of like being an alcoholic but there is alcohol everywhere and you NEED to have 4 beers a day to live a healthy life, but no more.
I had this on my mind the other day, and the dangers of huffing paint are easy to overlook, in large part because of how easy it is to relapse and how damaging it is directly to the brain.
Comfort.
There was the Redditor who thought they could try heroin once and not be addicted, but found out he had to keep chasing the dragon.
So, I’m saying opioids because it’s an instant addition, even to those who don’t typically get addicted to things.