If half the girls in my school were addicted to codeine, that would have been a major scandal, lives would have been ruined. This was treated more like a minor inconvenience, they all had low grade migraines they treated by popping tylenols all day long. To be honest I'd be surprised if some of them didn't fuck up their livers a bit.
I don't smoke anymore, but back when I was working as a line cook I used to smoke like a chimney. I'm real happy I stopped, my sleep took a while to get better but now it's way more restful then when I smoked. Weed is chill in moderation, not if it's your only way to relax after a long day of too many hours under high pressure.
Still get a bit of a craving every now and then, but I think it's just when I'm bored.
My addiction ed for new techs that were hired with few to no actual psych qualifications is that they're almost definitely addicted to something and just happen to be lucky enough that it's legal. Common legal addictions:
I dunno if might help - but I had a problem with reddit (before switching to Lemmy). I ended up putting an app timer on it for an hour every weekday and 2 on weekends. Honestly, it helped a lot for me.
Unfortunately I've been just been binge watching a bunch of random stuff and been procrastinating on it...
Don't worry... I'll get that done some day...
5 decades later...
"Eh, I'll work on it tomorrow..."
(My most recent binge-watch is Frieren... lots of flashbacks... just like I go through a lot of "flashbacks" everyday lol... it's so poetic, so rhymey)
On Saturdays for lunch we let the kids pick. Me and my wife work from home, on Tuesdays she gets to pick where we go for our lunch date and Thursdays I get to pick.
The wife likes to pick sushi, panera, taco bell, and a good local burger joint.
I like to pick Qdoba, Firehouse, Burger King, local Indian place, chick-fil-a, and random new places around town.
True. One thing that helps is I hate delivery apps. I only use them when work gives out gift cards. The food is always cold and garbage when I finally get it. And not using those helps save money a lot too.
Staying up long in the evening. Might sound a bit weird but there's a thing called bedtime procrastination, and I'm very bad with it. I'll try so hard to fix my sleeping schedule but the next evening I'll again be like "nah we can do half an hour more" which turns into multiple hours, which turns into another day with no energy. However in the evening I'll feel awake again and the cycle just continues. I'm going to talk to a doctor about it next.
I just wish so much that there were half sugar sodas out there. All the synthetic sugars of the diet or 0 calorie ones taste like garbage.
I've been cutting the ones I drink by pouring a can of eltzer water in with the regular can of soda, but I think even that tastes a little strange compared to just watering things down.
Same... I drink an embarrassing amount of diet soda. I'm like a chain-drinker, to be honest, and I'm almost never without one. When one runs out I get another.
I like to add a splash of regular when I use a fountain soda machine, which is the best way to drink soda anyway, imo.
Agreed with the second part 100%. On the rare occasion I get fast food or something, getting the good stuff straight from the great soda teat is probably the best part.
I drink a lot of plain carbonated water. I mean carbonated water with powerful bubbles like most sodas. Some carbonated waters are awfully bad with weak ass bubbles indistinguishable from something that was left open the day before and went flat.
There are some lower sugar sodas, or hybrid sodas that use fruit juice along with Stevia or monkfruit in order to cut the weird taste. Olipop is my favorite, and Spindrift has some good flavors.
That's the real insidious substance in the US. Unlike other vices, food is actually necessary to live so every time one has to eat they run the risk of a relapse. Imagine nicotine addicts still needing to use it as a means of breathing, even if it's with a vape pen at a really small dose it can cause huge cravings.
I’d say coffee, because I have a low level dependency on morning caffeine and high level emotional dependence. I’d say alcohol, because I tend to binge drink weekends.
But really, it’s my smartphone. I can cut alcohol and caffeine out easily, but I can’t lose the smartphone, which means it’s always there ready for me to dissociate.
I have a lot of artists I like so there’s usually new music even without checking out new playlists, although that works great too. Honestly the biggest part is probably just that if I really love a song I don’t mind hearing it super often, so I’m usually perfectly happy just hitting shuffle on my library and vibing with whatever’s on
Yes, I often try to put on playlists, listen to the albums the songs I enjoy come from, let the algorithm choose for me, but nothing seems to please my ears, sadly
Unsweetened iced tea. I go through a couple gallons a week. But it can’t have preservatives/bitterants in it (citric acid is common) because those taste nasty, so it’s hard to just go buy a gallon somewhere. I’d make it myself but it’s hard to keep up with the pace.
I do, but for other reasons. Some teas are way stronger than others (orange pekoe can be particularly harsh) but doing a cold brew method is more gentle. I like Moroccan mint green tea as a luxury item once in a while, and it’s pretty soothing on the stomach.
Nicotine and motorcycle riding. Living in a country where it's way too cold to ride 3-4 months of the year(and not that pleasant for an additional two) is hard. I honeslty feel a physical need to ride my bike. It makes me feel so god damn good
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lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 66 pts · 200d
village604@adultswim.fan · 23 pts · 200d
"But it's impossible to be addicted to weed."
- People who don't realize you can be addicted to literally anything.
I knew a guy who was addicted to ibuprofen. He wasn't even taking it for pain.
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 200d
16 year old me was addicted to one part of my own body. Escapism is a helluva drug.
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 200d
Painkiller addictions are common
village604@adultswim.fan · 6 pts · 200d
Not with over the counter NSAIDs
cazssiew@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Half the girls in my high school were addicted to Tylenol
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 200d
Are you sure it wasn't Tylenol with codeine?
cazssiew@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 199d
If half the girls in my school were addicted to codeine, that would have been a major scandal, lives would have been ruined. This was treated more like a minor inconvenience, they all had low grade migraines they treated by popping tylenols all day long. To be honest I'd be surprised if some of them didn't fuck up their livers a bit.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 198d
Huh. Maybe there was some kind of environmental hazard in the school like mold
Thebular@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
I don't smoke anymore, but back when I was working as a line cook I used to smoke like a chimney. I'm real happy I stopped, my sleep took a while to get better but now it's way more restful then when I smoked. Weed is chill in moderation, not if it's your only way to relax after a long day of too many hours under high pressure.
Still get a bit of a craving every now and then, but I think it's just when I'm bored.
VeganBtw@piefed.social · 1 pts · 200d
Blood clotting's mini-boss
Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 197d
My addiction ed for new techs that were hired with few to no actual psych qualifications is that they're almost definitely addicted to something and just happen to be lucky enough that it's legal. Common legal addictions:
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 200d
Aneb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
MJ is my longest lasting friendship outside of my own sister
jdr@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 200d
Inside this person's sister it's too wet to smoke
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 200d
Dopamine
ceigid@feddit.org · 5 pts · 200d
Understandable. Can be a good thing though, as long as you don't take the easy route!
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 29 pts · 200d
My smartphone. Unfortunately.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 200d
Coffee
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 200d
More espresso, less depresso.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 200d
Sweets. I have a huge sweet tooth.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 200d
I'm right here with you in this boat. I'm just really glad I hate baking or else I'm sure I'd weigh far far too much.
cattywampas@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Lmao I love baking, so you see my issue here. Nothing like making a beautiful pan of cinnamon rolls and eating half.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 1 pts · 200d
CodenameDarlen@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 200d
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 200d
I dunno if might help - but I had a problem with reddit (before switching to Lemmy). I ended up putting an app timer on it for an hour every weekday and 2 on weekends. Honestly, it helped a lot for me.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 2 pts · 200d
Yeah, I used the LeechBlock browser addon for that. Worked ok, though I was often tempted to override it. 😅
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 3 pts · 200d
Do what I did and get perma-banned from Reddit. Then you'll just be addicted to Lemmy. 😤
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 200d
Then you'll just be lurking all the time lol
(I don't have an account but still lurk on reddit with adblockers)
whaleross@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
I use an app called Lock Me Out to ensure that I don't get into bad habits of scrolling too long.
I recommend getting into some other hobbies that require your attention.
fizzle@quokk.au · 1 pts · 200d
God, me too.
I use a self hosted front end for reddit so at least im not logging in there but sweet jesus.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 200d
Internet...
But also constantly thinking about past memories... nostalgia?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 200d
Have you considered writing a memoir
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 199d
Yes...
Unfortunately I've been just been binge watching a bunch of random stuff and been procrastinating on it...
Don't worry... I'll get that done some day...
5 decades later...
"Eh, I'll work on it tomorrow..."
(My most recent binge-watch is Frieren... lots of flashbacks... just like I go through a lot of "flashbacks" everyday lol... it's so poetic, so rhymey)
yaroto98@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 200d
Going out to eat. I try to limit myself to 3 times a week.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 200d
What's your favorite to go to?
yaroto98@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 200d
On Saturdays for lunch we let the kids pick. Me and my wife work from home, on Tuesdays she gets to pick where we go for our lunch date and Thursdays I get to pick.
The wife likes to pick sushi, panera, taco bell, and a good local burger joint.
I like to pick Qdoba, Firehouse, Burger King, local Indian place, chick-fil-a, and random new places around town.
AskewLord@piefed.social · 3 pts · 200d
I knew people who eat out 3 times a day.
They always complained about how broke they were and how expensive life is..
yaroto98@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
True. One thing that helps is I hate delivery apps. I only use them when work gives out gift cards. The food is always cold and garbage when I finally get it. And not using those helps save money a lot too.
spectrums_coherence@piefed.social · 1 pts · 200d
What about when you hang out outside on a weekend, then that is easily two meals outside.
Do you not hang out outside that long or do you go home for lunch and go back out?
yaroto98@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Nah, we tend to either stay home or when we go out to do things on the weekends they're quick errands and we're right back home.
LouNeko@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 200d
Porn, Video Games and Youtube Shorts. The Holy Trifecta of Loneliness .
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 11 pts · 200d
Damn dude... You really have to quit those YouTube shorts.
LouNeko@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 200d
But what else should I jerk off to then?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 200d
YouTube Nudes
LouNeko@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
https://youtube.com/shorts/M21flHkO4Yk
ramasses@social.ozymandias.club · 2 pts · 200d
Video games
AskewLord@piefed.social · 9 pts · 200d
Reading academic books that freak people out when they come over to my place and get me labeled as a pretentious douche.
disregardable@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 200d
got any recommendations?
AskewLord@piefed.social · 2 pts · 200d
Yeah. The Identity Trap.
Great book on how/why our universities and politics are so fucked up the past 10 years.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 200d
cum
Damarus@feddit.org · 8 pts · 200d
Staying up long in the evening. Might sound a bit weird but there's a thing called bedtime procrastination, and I'm very bad with it. I'll try so hard to fix my sleeping schedule but the next evening I'll again be like "nah we can do half an hour more" which turns into multiple hours, which turns into another day with no energy. However in the evening I'll feel awake again and the cycle just continues. I'm going to talk to a doctor about it next.
Zozano@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 200d
Thinking.
I'm not good at it, but I do it often.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 200d
Soda for me.
I love it.
I hate it.
I just wish so much that there were half sugar sodas out there. All the synthetic sugars of the diet or 0 calorie ones taste like garbage.
I've been cutting the ones I drink by pouring a can of eltzer water in with the regular can of soda, but I think even that tastes a little strange compared to just watering things down.
AskewLord@piefed.social · 4 pts · 200d
Make your own. It's pretty easy. It's just water and flavorings and sugar and you boil it down slowly.
Syrup in the fridge made this way will store for weeks and you can customize how strong/weak you want your soda to taste.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 2 pts · 200d
Same... I drink an embarrassing amount of diet soda. I'm like a chain-drinker, to be honest, and I'm almost never without one. When one runs out I get another.
I like to add a splash of regular when I use a fountain soda machine, which is the best way to drink soda anyway, imo.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
Agreed with the second part 100%. On the rare occasion I get fast food or something, getting the good stuff straight from the great soda teat is probably the best part.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 200d
I drink a lot of plain carbonated water. I mean carbonated water with powerful bubbles like most sodas. Some carbonated waters are awfully bad with weak ass bubbles indistinguishable from something that was left open the day before and went flat.
otacon239@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Liquid Death has some great low-sugar sodas. I’ve been a strong fan of their Doctor Death. Their tea is also super low in sugar.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Oh really?? I didn't know they did anything besides overpriced water at concerts, lol. I'll check it out, hell yeah.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 200d
Only tried Liquid Death once, and it was Arnold Palmer I believe. Just tasted like watered down iced tea...
I think the flavor was called "dead billionaire" though which gave me a chuckle.
otacon239@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
I mean, that’s their model, yeah. That’s exactly what it is.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 200d
Yeah I mean I knew that... It was still weird to open a can of something and have it taste so watered down.
Nefara@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
There are some lower sugar sodas, or hybrid sodas that use fruit juice along with Stevia or monkfruit in order to cut the weird taste. Olipop is my favorite, and Spindrift has some good flavors.
DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 200d
Blue cheese. Specifically double cream blue cheese spread on triscuits.
I used to think blue cheese tasted like play-doh...
Nefara@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 200d
Hobbies, I can't get enough of them, gotta collect 'em all. Every couple months it's a new fixation.
Zozano@aussie.zone · -2 pts · 200d
Fucking neurotypicals...
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 200d
Weed got me through the hell that was last year, and it sure as shit looks like it's gonna be just as useful this year.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 200d
2025 made me an alcoholic
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 200d
Understandable
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 200d
Food
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 200d
That's the real insidious substance in the US. Unlike other vices, food is actually necessary to live so every time one has to eat they run the risk of a relapse. Imagine nicotine addicts still needing to use it as a means of breathing, even if it's with a vape pen at a really small dose it can cause huge cravings.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 6 pts · 200d
My computer, in full working order, with Internet access.
If any of that goes wrong, I'm in a very bad place.
mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 1 pts · 200d
Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 200d
Caffeine, I love it.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 200d
I’d say coffee, because I have a low level dependency on morning caffeine and high level emotional dependence. I’d say alcohol, because I tend to binge drink weekends.
But really, it’s my smartphone. I can cut alcohol and caffeine out easily, but I can’t lose the smartphone, which means it’s always there ready for me to dissociate.
VinesNFluff@pawb.social · 5 pts · 199d
Food
It might be an eating disorder
I avoid talking to my therapist about it because I don't want to confront the truth.
AA5B@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
As I read this, I’m looking down at my spoon and the jar of peanut butter I’m holding …….
Ramenator@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
I just ate a whole chocolate bar after eating a big bowl of pasta...
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 200d
Nicotine, and to a very mild degree alcohol
Ryoae@piefed.social · 5 pts · 200d
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 200d
Edging
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 200d
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 200d
My preferred choice is the Husky 34 in T Handle Edger. I love edging in my garden.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 200d
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 200d
felsiq@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 200d
Music, I NEED it on nearly all the time or I’ll drive myself insane repeating parts of songs in my head. Only turn it off to sleep
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 200d
How do you find enough stuff to listen to ?
felsiq@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 199d
I have a lot of artists I like so there’s usually new music even without checking out new playlists, although that works great too. Honestly the biggest part is probably just that if I really love a song I don’t mind hearing it super often, so I’m usually perfectly happy just hitting shuffle on my library and vibing with whatever’s on
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 199d
Damn that must be great. I have like 1-2 songs I like from ~10 artists
felsiq@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 199d
Oh wow, have you tried listening to other artists and not found anything you like?
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 199d
Yes, I often try to put on playlists, listen to the albums the songs I enjoy come from, let the algorithm choose for me, but nothing seems to please my ears, sadly
Ironically just stumbled on this: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64775117
edgyspazkid@lemmy.wtf · 4 pts · 200d
:(
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al · 4 pts · 200d
Opening outlook, checking my email, closing outlook. Repeat.
Also weed and lemmy
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 200d
Doomscrolling
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 200d
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 200d
Video games
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 200d
computer/internet
thethrilloftime69@feddit.online · 3 pts · 200d
Benadryl. I have always struggled to sleep.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 200d
Have you taken enough to encounter the shadow people?
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
Oof, I've been there. Cutting back of it suuucks
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
Benadryl is linked to dementia.....
-also someone who needs help sleeping.
YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 199d
Crisps. Think you guys call them chips. I love 'em.
Luffy879@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 199d
Nicotine/vapes and eating way too much
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 200d
Caffeine. It's perhaps a boring answer but I have a physical dependence on caffeine.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 200d
Just one?
Caffeine.
Former addict of nicotine, alcohol
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Unsweetened iced tea. I go through a couple gallons a week. But it can’t have preservatives/bitterants in it (citric acid is common) because those taste nasty, so it’s hard to just go buy a gallon somewhere. I’d make it myself but it’s hard to keep up with the pace.
Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Oh wow. Do you have any problems with heartburn or anything? The acidity of tea eats at me
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
I do, but for other reasons. Some teas are way stronger than others (orange pekoe can be particularly harsh) but doing a cold brew method is more gentle. I like Moroccan mint green tea as a luxury item once in a while, and it’s pretty soothing on the stomach.
shark@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 200d
Running and coffee. I would probably trade coffee for running though.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 200d
Nicotine.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Buying records, and also browsing Discogs adding records to my cart before not actually buying them.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
Have you reached the "accidentally buying" records you already own point? If not, you've got a way to go..
sanguinepar@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
Only a few examples of that so far, but I fear there are more coming!
dunz@feddit.nu · 2 pts · 200d
Nicotine and motorcycle riding. Living in a country where it's way too cold to ride 3-4 months of the year(and not that pleasant for an additional two) is hard. I honeslty feel a physical need to ride my bike. It makes me feel so god damn good
ilickfrogs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
huxley75@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 199d
LEGO
liuther9@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 199d
Gambling, smoking
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d