/addiction/

Not him but
Heroin withdrawal is like having the flu every morning. You're bones go cold, everything is painful and sensitive like you put whitening strips on your whole body. You hate yourself. If you don't have a shot, you find a way to get one. You rob and thieve whatever you can. You try to steal from the rich but you can't always find them and have to settle. You push your friends and family away so you don't hurt them. You feel death every day, but as soon as you push the plunger you bring yourself back to life. The two second ride from extreme to extreme is better than anything you've ever felt. You tell yourself this because it's all you have left. Even when you finally quit, you still sell it because normal life isn't good enough. The guys will never respect you because you're american and will never accept you as their own. You will always be treated as an independent contractor. You quit. You try to save your friends but only a few make it out. You leave. You go far off the radar. You forget it all happened. You start a family. You pay taxes. You still smoke and drink caffeine. You realize people like this
...are worse than you are, but question your own judgement and right to throw stones. You write the world off. It has nothing left for you. You live a happy life. You lift weights. You talk to strangers on an internet forum.

That is what heroin feels like.

Raise your standards.
Stop applying your meat plunger to lvl 4 snaggletoothed hambeasts and I'm sure the amount of pussy tempting you away from monogamy will decrease.

I'm addicted to masturbation and video games

There are people in this thread who have beaten heroin and I can't stop jacking off and playing Dota 2

I deserve to die a virgin

Deep inside I believe I can change and don't want to leave her.

I agree I am scum.

Fun thing is that I don't fuck hambeasts nor ugly sloots. Most of the time bimbos or friends of friends.

>I agree I am scum.
Then change.

...then you are winning. What is the problem again? Ethics? Morality? Some other unimportant aetherial thing that is quite literally fucking up your happiness in the here and now?

Take a high five based-senpai and shag a big titty bimbo for all the virgins on this site who wish they had your problems lol.

What do you mean by change? It's really an addiction trust me. Don't know where to start.

If I was single then yeah, I could be ''winning'' . I hope you find your path with women. Better start now.

r u me

No, if you were single you wouldn't be winning, because you would be having tons of sex, without the love that most people actually crave. You are telling me that you have literally achieved the full spectrum of high libido sexuality...and yet and still...have found problems enough...to cause you to be unhappy.

KKind of weird that it bothers you senpai
YYou are crying about too much 10/10 pussy
SSounds like there is only one solution left...

10/10 got me with kys

I think you can't imagine being in my shoes if you still can find something bad about my situation. Never mind.

Have a great day.

I'm not you, but we're us

What do we do about it

babby steps

also tfw gf helps with the masturbation problem

Good luck, but no-porn won't help you get a girlfriend dear user.
You need to try and find some girl-friends and learn to talk to girls. Just be friends, while you're cutting you'll get to know tons of girls and just try to be interesting and more importantly. ACTIVE, girls don't like guys who are shut ins, it just doesn't happen, but if you go out a lot you'll have a lot more chances to meet or hang out with girls. Good luck I hope it works out.

I appreciate it user, pic very much related!

I-I honestly don't know what to tell you, I'm pretty content with one sexual partner so I have no idea how you feel or what you should do.

Cut vidya out completely until you fix your shit user.
I played WoW for years, years and years. Cut it the fuck out, I'm going to tough love you right now. Video games are absolutely the worst thing for you, you're more likely to be fat, less likely to get a successful job, girlfriend, pretty much they are all around bad.
Switch it up a little humor me if you would please.
Still play video games, but only after you have worked out, studied, gone outside and done something, than when you get back home if you're not tired, sure go ahead and play.
Fuck vidya is probably the ultimate beta making tool.

>also tfw gf helps with the masturbation problem
Spoiler alert, you're not me

Good to see this thread. Been clean for 2 years from meth. My brain still feels foggy and I don't feel all there emotionally but I'm pretty sure it's entirely unrelated to my prior drug use. Whenever I get fed up with the daily grind, I always glorify my old using days, but it takes a reminder for me to see I need to change my current life if I'm upset with it. Thanks Veeky Forums, I got too much progress to fuck it all up now and I needed a reminder that if I go back it only gets worse for me.

BANANA NUT MUFFINS WHY DO YOU TEMPT ME

Yeah, last time I had a girlfriend I was jerking off 3x a day on top of us fucking twice a day. I'm an addict.

You know exactly what I mean by change.

Meth is a wreck on the brain. Glad to hear it comrade, I've yet to see any friends that went that route come back. I did shitty s&b when I was on heroin, can't imagine being full out on it though. Seriously, congratulations. That's a hell of an accomplishment.

Dude I don't have any advice but that's pretty real. I wouldn't know how to handle that

I'll teach you how to stop sleeping around if you teach me how to lay 51 girls in 4 years

I'm addicted to the internet.

I have, for the past several years, always lost track of time when surfing around. It has destroyed me physically and mentally. Only at age 23 am I now trying to reverse it.

But on the other hand it's a great tool, stating the obvious. I'm just an impulsive fuck and need to learn to prevent myself from losing too much time.

I'm a week into my cut and not masturbating. So far the cut is going good, but I won't rest easy till I drop down another 20 lbs.
Not jerking off is the hard part, but I'm not doing it because of nofap or whatever negligible test gains I might get from it. I am just tired of feeling so completely worthless after jerking off 4-6 times a day for 10 years. Plus when I realized that I would get extremely anxious if I hadn't masturbated in a while that's when I told myself I needed to stop. Porn is horrible for my mind and self esteem, but I have to quit for good.

It's cigarettes for me too, brother

I've cut weed, I've cut alcohol, I cut sugar, I cut down from 430 pounds to 220 pounds - but I just don't want to give up tobacco.

The only thing I can try is to just taper it down. I've gone from 1 pack a day to a pack and a half a week - it's working for me, though if I could get that to 1 pack a week I feel like I'd own it.

Really, what I'm trying to do is to stop smoking while driving, stop taking cigarette breaks at work, stop excusing myself for a cigarette when I'm with friends, etc.

I had to ask myself, "Am I smoking tobacco or is tobacco smoking me?"

I don't want to be the retard who suggests nicotine gum or patches because I'd assume you've tried them already

But just in case...

I bought a vape (the mouth-fedora type) a few weeks ago to try and kick cigs, hasn't really worked too well. Right now I'm a full day without one, only because I got drunk yesterday and smoked almost a full pack.

Mfw introduced to whippets two weeks ago, then went on to go through roughly 60 chargers in three days. Had a really intense trip on my last one where I made some really (at the time) overdramatic promise to myself as I choked myself out trying to get higher. Immediately threw all the shit away, it's just too fun god damn

jesus fucking christ

Thanks for the heads up, brother. It's not really the nicotine - I just love smoking. I love it as a hobby. I love rolling my own cigarettes, I love the feeling of that hot smoke in my lungs, I love blowing smoke rings, I love kicking back and just shooting the shit with my buddies over the ember, you know?

I started with hookah, so it was never about the buzz or using it to relieve stress. I just like breathing that fire.

I've read that it takes about 3 days for your lungs to clear out all that tar. That's my goal - my dream - to cut back cigarette consumption to something I do a few times a week.

Maybe I need to get into good cigars and smoke that instead... Growing my own stuff and rolling my own cigars would be amazing.

Lol what the fuck mang

I get what you mean. I smoke socially when I'm out with friends drinking or whatever, but I make a point not to smoke if I'm alone unless I'm quietly celebrating something (rarely), and then I try to smoke something out of the ordinary like a cigar instead of just reaching for a pack of cigs, to make sure it stays an occasion and doesn't become a pastime or a hobby. I like it, but I don't want it to become regular or mundane, and that outlook helps I think.

If there's any advice I'd give you if you really want to cut back, I'd say maybe try to see smoking as something to do socially- don't do it alone, and try to make it something to look forward to instead of just doing it.

I think I'm addicted to sugar, and sweets... I used to pick up two sweets from the store every day and drink soda and such. Nowadays I'm down to about two sweets a week, and mostly drinking juice and water, but it's really no fun when you get those urges sometimes.
I unno, I'd always worried that I'd get addicted to anything, but I don't really drink alcohol too often, even when I have the chance to. Never smoked or done any hard drugs or anything like that either, it's just sweets that get me.

I know it won't get me a GF but I'm not attracted to physical women, like in real life, I think constant porn & masturbation has really fucked me up that way. I've been clean for like 3 days, saw a girl at work that I thought was "cute" ? But I don't ever think about what it would be like to stick my dick in them or dominate them. I also feel weird looking at girls at the gym that are wearing revealing clothing or they're all tatted up. (sexual shame I guess?). Yes I am lifting and fixing my eating habits. Just trying to get my confidence back up.
>I'm a human too

I also suffer from the same problem as the guy with the vidya problem. I shitpost all day with no motivation to do much else. I work 6am to 4pm and then go to the gym for an hour and a half come home, shower and make dinner, by that time it's 6:30 or 7. Then I just wither away for 3 hours doing nothing.

>not motivated to do anything
>not gonna make it
>spent 150$ on steam games I won't play

Getting sent to night shift soon so I won't have time for anything else or have the ability to drag myself out of the house and meet people or join meetups.

Got any advice for a beaten down incel zombie who has no path in life?

>work
>lift
>shitpost
>sleep
>repeat

Firstly learn to manage your money. I get the allure but being a NEET (I'm assuming) and being impulsive is a recipe for disaster.

Similarly the feeling of not wanting to do anything is difficult to overcome. Brain chemicals determine your reality. If you feel as though this listlessness is persistent, do see someone. Reaching out is a bitch but it will help you in the long-term. "Short term pain for long term gains," or something like that.

It used to be korean working girls, but I've managed to stop for 2 months now.

I used to see them weekly. Sometimes more than that.

I'm the Vidya guy

I see you fell for the Steam Sale meme
I only managed to avoid it this year because I looked through all the games I've bought and never played and worked out that I had something like hundreds of dollars wasted on them and literal weeks of man-hours of gameplay to go before I needed to buy anything else

My plan is eventually to cut back gaming and shitposting to nothing more than an hour or two or less of my day, and even wither that down further, and then use the time to start setting up a business project of my own

First thing's first, I just want to win the battles of quitting fapping and wrestling some time back from my addiction to my NEETish hobbies- the more time I get back from them, the more time I have to set up a brighter future for myself, and the more hopeful I get

I might not be able to see light at the end of the tunnel user, but I know it can't go on forever. You can do it.

Nothing as hard as others here. Alcohol, Caffiene, Porn
On day three of alcohol free, trying to cut caffiene, not cold turkey but slowly, just hoping I can sleep a bit better sooner rather than later

>BANANA NUT MUFFINS WHY DO YOU TEMPT ME
Because they legit as fuck user 10/10.

Same thing I said to the vidya guy, you need to get out. I mean it, spend a night planning activities every single day that involve not being near the internet. Keep yourself so busy when you get home you have minimal time to be on the internet and just want to sleep. It's the only way, it was no different when I quit smoking or when I was an alcoholic. Quitting anything is all about keeping your hands busy and your mind occupied until it all leaves your system.

Keep yourself to masturbating like twice a week at most if you have to jerk off. Sometimes not jerking off at all for too long can effect your mood and hormones. You don't want the opposite extreme either user, becoming an asexual faggot is just as bad as a guy who jerks off too much. Best of luck!

Why are smokes so much worst to quit than everything else? I remember reading your body develops extra nicotine receptors or some shit.
Alcohol was by far the easiest one for me to quit. I drink two beers max and that's less than monthly.

Don't vape, it's more addictive than cigs because people think it's better for you.
The flavor also seems tastier to some and they end up vaping all day long.

Honestly user there is a fine line between addiction and lifestyle.
If this is the life you want to live, if you are content with it.
No one here can change your mind or tell you what to do.
I really wish we could help, but in reality you need to make a choice.
It could be as simple as
>I want to quit x
or
>I want to make a friend irl
Something that we could direct you to better sources and make pointers on what you should change in your life.
This isn't the first /addiction/ thread and it won't be the last, I don't know if we will ever have enough regulars to be called addiction general one day, but you can see it gets alright traffic.

So to conclude, I seriously hope you'll consider making a decision on what you'd like to change in life.
Personally I think you're suffering from isolation, depression, or low energy.

Theres a place at Ft Bragg called the asian odyssey, believe me I understand that one brother. Woooooo

Caffiene can cause headaches if you cut too much, if anything stick to morning coffee or coke.

I smoke weed. It coincides with my body and I feel healthy.

I like to dab and workout but it's a total addiction.

>spend a night planning activities every single day that involve not being near the internet

So mapping out the next day? Liking this idea. I do need the internet for productivity/research, but mapping out a path would help me lose less time. I'll do this tonight.

>cutting
nigga i just ate a whole chicken/spicy olive oil pizza

Pretty much, when I quit wow a few years ago I had to do this. I have not logged on once in about two years.
There were days I had nothing to do and it drove me crazy not logging in and seeing my friends, I just had to realize none of these people knew me irl, none of this matters.
Started sitting down, saying these are my workout days, i'm going to hike on these days, go see my friend on monday, this girl on tuesday.
You don't have to literally spend every day completely busy, just long enough that when you get home you're only spending a few hours on the internet, not an entire day.

dabs are addictive, I was a casual weed smoker (smoked daily, but only during my chill hours before bed) when I did dabs the world man was my fucking bitch.
god I can't wait to get this job shit over.

How did working out on dabs feel? gotta be a rush right?

cut is going well thanks for asking
>tfw had consecutive cheat days and lost weight
>tfw down to 149 from 175 bulk
>tfw abs becoming visible

I have the same exact problem.
I shitpost, listen to music, and masturbate all day.
No motivation and do not find real life women as alluring as other men seem to.
I can find a girl attractive but there has never been a thought of wanting to do anything sexual.
Not a big fan of any physical contact really.

Not sure if its a part of lack of motivation, social skills, mental illness, or sexual shame.
A recent theory is after all the porn I've watched I view sex as degrading and not for what it really is.
For example I don't masturbate to the thoughts of anyone I've met and I feel guilty if I think of someone I know when doing so, and maybe that's part of the problem.
I know sex isn't about degradation but if I feel guilty for sexualizing people I respect maybe I do feel fucked up about it, you know?

Cathartic thread, I'll stop porn for next month and keep trying to lose this last 10 or so pounds.

ILL DO IT

Quit Coffee
>used to drink coffee constantly
>tried to quit cold turkey. Nope
>would not be functional without hard fucking dosing of the demon bean
>I switched to Pu Erh Tea
>shits amazing
>Has alot less caffien in it
>Have one cup per day now, if any
>Final free from that beast

Quit Porn
>I used to watch porn daily
>Jacking a semi flaccid dribbler 2x day
>then i had enough
>realized that this was not helping my life
>probably hurting it in fact
>Did NoFap NoPorn for 2 weeks
>Urges to watch porn have dissipated
>Beat it a couple of times per week, when I fee like it
>NOT because I have to
>Sometimes I come across pornographic images, but the effect is not there any more.
>I've lost, or rewritten, somehow, the pathways in my brain linking porn to sexual satisfaction
>pleased to report my boners are prize winning these days

Quit Eating all the Fucking Time
>Started intermittent fasting
>Used to eat uncontrollably, especially at night
>was my stress relief/ reward at the end of the day

I feel pretty good about these things, I started one at a time, And continue to this day

I forgot to respond to this thread after i made that first comment. I started shooting up at 19 in 2013 and quit at 22. my family works 9-5 jobs so i was normally alone in my house until i worked my bartender job at 3pm until closing time. My brother forgot his phone charger at home and came home for lunch to get it. I had shot up and overdosed at about 12:07 and he walked in the door at 12:15 and saved my life. I had a strange 'spiritual' experience from all the emotion of it all, and realized there has to be a reason i didnt die that day. it cant all be coincidence.

As for tips for quitting heroin, i have nothing for you. Ive been to many a funeral in the last two years. I have only seen drug addicts quit when they hit their bottom and were truely ready to quit on their own terms. you cannot force a heroin addict to sober up against their will. rehab and shit like that doesnt work unless they actually want to.

Yeah i got scared quitting everything would be hard so i quit the drugs and substances and all that stuff in the order it would kill me in. cigarettes will kill me in 30 years so ill quit that when im ready

heroin addicts love to say "withdrawals" from dope are the worst and we love to get on our high horse talking about "how we had it the worst". I couldn't sleep, i shit a lot(i was constipated from opiates for like 3years), i threw up. had the worst case of restless leg syndrome ever, it was like my muscles were burning. The opiates block your nerve endings, but the human body WANTS to feel. so the body produces more nerve endings, thus causing tolerance. you need more drugs to stop more nerve endings. well when you stop the drugs you feel EVERYTHING at double. stubbing your toe is twice as bad. hot showers hurt. ice cubes hurt. its a weird sensation. I wouldnt say dope fiends have the worst withdrawals tho, they just seem the most dramatic. alcoholics and benzo addicts can go into seizures and die from going cold turkey, its best to taper off.

Lifes good now though, I workout, fuck my girlfriend, keep a steady job, raise a puppy, started school again, and i play WoW in my free time because i need more addiction when i quit other addicitons

Quit smoking cigs at 20 because I started coughing up blood.

Quit alcohol at 28 because I was a fucking loser.

Still can't quit candy.

Anyone here had a successful run with nicotine patches?

Any tips on quitting methadone? My brother is on it and I want to help him kick it.