Spending money.
Social media.
Eating.
Gaming.
Eating.
Yeah, can relate, been addicted ever since I can remember. I have tried quitting, but the withdrawals are insane, so guess it’s just not for me…
You joke but eating to mask feelings is common and food is the worst addiction to have because you can’t just not have it like with drugs or alcohol. You can’t avoid food when you need it to survive so maintaining recovery is extremely difficult.
Social media consumption as a whole.
For profit social media as of now. I assuming but I may be wrong, that Lemmy has difference (lack of algo likely better for mental health?).
Btw, lemmydotworld users can make an alt for their country, interests or another generic instance to connect to all spaces (lemm.ee), use browse.feddit.de to find one.
With so many states (US) legalizing weed, people are quickly forgetting that yes, pot is a drug and yes, it is addivitve.
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Nice try, McGruff.
Cite your assertions:
Roughly 1 out of 10 people who use cannabis will develop a cannabis addiction. This number rises to up to 1 out of 2 people among individuals who use cannabis daily or near-daily. While males have higher rates of cannabis addiction, females typically progress more quickly to cannabis addiction than males. A number of factors can increase the likelihood of developing a Cannabis Use Disorder or addiction including: trauma, a personal or family history of alcohol or drug problems, lower income level, genetic factors, being male, persistent anti-social behaviours, persistent cigarette smoking, and positive response to cannabis at first use.
Potheads denying weed is addictive come from every side of the internet, don’t they?
That one, that citation.
Meth
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I feel like half of the time, those stories are made up or greatly exaggerated.
It’s like when I watch a IRL plane disaster video on youtube and there are literally more supposed relatives that are mourning their loved ones who lost their lives in that accident than possible. It just goes to show how much people are willing to lie just to get any kind of attention.
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Coffee/caffeine or possibly smartphone addiction.
Consumerism.
Tabloid / reality tv drama.
Porn.
Asking for help/favors. Also using white lies as easy answers for certain questions instead of explaining the truth.
All of them?
Addiction has a way of making one tend toward denial. “I can quit any time I want” is such a cliche thing for addicts to say, it’s easy to forget that people actually say that shit with a straight face, but they do.
A lot of the things mentioned here are enjoyable, (caffeine, sugar, social media and yes, masturbation), but most people are not addicted to them. They simply do a cost-benefit analysis. Take smoking. I used to smoke 3 packs a day and it was very enjoyable, but the risk of getting a serious illness (or giving one to someone else) outweighed the attraction, so I stopped. Across the US smoking rates declined massively over the last few decades, so it seems many others had the same idea as me. I would do the same if anything I really enjoyed turned out likely to do me great harm.
Now I drink coffee every single day. I eat lots of sugar, (but I also do bucketloads of exercise… I run 50 miles a week for instance). So the probability of harm is small. I also drink a beer or two most days. Sometimes for work I have to travel to remote camps and spend a couple of weeks without a drink. Doesn’t bother me. But I do enjoy the first beer when I return home just that little bit more.
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Video games
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Finally found my addiction. I’ve tried to quit but I can’t even make it one day.
Social media
Food
Sugar specifically.
Came here to say sugar. It’s a motherfucker
You’re right, I am going to stop this addiction cold turkey. Never eating food again.
News.
Music.
Some people won’t drive without it. Or can’t study, etc.
Obviously not a harmful addiction, or even undesirable in most cases - but generally unacknowledged.
I like most music, but it doesn’t occur to me to go out of my way to play it for myself.
Omg finally someone like me. I only Listen to music when it’s already playing or someone gives me an earworm or something like that. But usually i just don’t open spotify unprompted.
I have ADHD, so music helps me maintain focus when I’m (usually) unmedicated. That being said, I do have a very strong media dependency, so I get where you’re coming from.
