I am addicted to eating food and I was addicted to videogames. Also I have Cronic depression tendency and Asperger's syndrome. And I have an "Adiction to being obsesive with one topic" that work as if I am on drugs. 

People in general want an excuse to "Push and Stomp" other people. For example I was told about drugs when I was younger that if I take drugs, my Life will be the worst, and I will end probably diying in some dark street. 

I suffered and being bullied a LOT for not taking drugs. It was so painful that my mind can't wistand that and I have to take a lot of psychiatric pills to just bare function (Wich by the way are technically drugs).

I waited to see how the people who bullied me and take drugs to end the same thing I was told. Now I have to take a lot of drug-medicines to bare functioning and cannot work but they are youtube content creators with millions of subscribers, work on tv or are respected politicians...

But the point is most people just want and excuse, a door where they have permission to stomp others. Specially when they know there's no going to have any repercussion for them. Helping is way, way more dificult than stomp other peoplemñ.

Man, I send you a big digital hug.

I wish one day you can be free from this adiction.

@Arrlong28

Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm sorry you suffer from these ailments. I appreciate the hugs and they are reciprocated, and I certainly hope I can be free one day as well.

The way others see people who take substances considered as drugs is due to the way we have been raised. I remember being told as a kid that this was just wrong. Consequently, I began to regard it as pure evil, and people who use drugs as bad people. But my opinion changed a lot since then. The more people I knew and the more I learnt, the more complex this topic got. This is not an easy subject. But undoubtedly, people with addictions should never be pushed away! Never! Acctually, the way we develop addictions is very similar in case of video games and substances like THC and others. I will always keep my fingers crossed for you! 

I don't know if I'd call myself an alcoholic, maybe that's just me still in denial, either way I've had issues with addiction before. With Alcohol, as you might imagine from the previous sentence. As of this Fall I've been completely sober for 2 years. I took up the habit in late 2020 and into 2021, it got to the point where I was putting down a 1.75L bottle of cheap vodka a week, mixed with the occasional Four Loko. Which, while not exactly an insane amount, was still pretty troubling. I had attempted to stop drinking in 2021 a few times, the longest being 2 months before I slipped up and got absolutely sloshed one night. That ended with me getting into an argument with someone I was really close with at the time since they were extremely concerned about my drinking. I wouldn't try to go sober again until September 2022.

Anyway, even 2 years sober, I still have days where I really struggle to not drink. Thinking about how fun things can be when drunk, how good I felt, no more intrusive thoughts, no more thinking about the things I messed up. Or sometimes due to a bad mood, I get this desire to just say "fuck everything, fuck everyone, I give up. I'm going to drink until my liver gives up." Bad days and thoughts like those have become more infrequent as time goes on, but they're still there. And I assume always will be.

Addiction is a very complicated and difficult thing to deal with, regardless of what it is someone is addicted to. It alters our brain and the way it thinks, it's not easy to overcome things like that. It also seems like everyone's battle with addiction is different, so advice isn't always universal. That said, I do recommend that you throw away and get rid of whatever substance it is you're struggling with, otherwise you'll find yourself using it again. I had to dump out every last bit of alcohol I had, got rid of even the empty bottles of the fancier liquors I had bought. Anything that reminded me of alcohol in any way, gone.

I commend you for making this post because I know, at least for me, talking about addiction is rough especially in a more public setting. It still makes me very uncomfortable, which is why this post might come off as awkward or kinda stiff. I wish you luck on getting clean. Feel free to send me a message if you ever need anything.

I used to have 2 addictions, I won't say which ones, but now I've eliminated these addictions. Here's a method that helped me: I read and watched videos about the harm of my addiction every day. Thanks to this, I realized the harm of these addictions and it was much easier to fight. There are also forums on the Internet dedicated to fighting addictions. I have an account on such a forum and there are diaries of winners. I sometimes read these diaries and this also helped me.

Here's hoping you get better, I got lucky and quit certain things sooner than the people that introduced me to those certain substances and I still get cravings, addiction really is no joke. Sending well-wishes your way, stay strong!