Addictive Personality

[UnworthyNayners]

I am a 21 year old recovering heroine addict. I will leave my story at that for now. However, i am also a ciggerette smoker, addicted to caffine. If i dont have at least 1 soda a day i get horrible headaches. I have a few other problems i wont bring up.

I guess, ultimatley, i have such an addictive personality that i feel as though im helpless. Somehow I have managed to convince myself that im not really addicted to these things, i just enjoy them during my daily life. However, deep down i know the truth.

Does anyone else understand what i am going through?

 

[AngelDove1]

Your in big time denial of your addiction.

Drugs n alcohol are powerful addiction.

I still had my job,and as long as I had my job.
I felt nothing was wrong.I wasn't hurting anyone.

So I thought....
It effected my marriage,n my children,
emotionally.

I enjoyed my addiction too,till it wrecked my priorities.
Then my whole life changed for the worse.

Praying for ya

 

[BigToe]

The headaches are common to all sorts of people who drink soda a lot. It's caffeine withdrawal. If you want to stop drinking them, I'd recommend you ween yourself off slowly to help avoid the headaches. I have a friend who started mixing half and half with noncaffeine drinks and slowly added more of the noncaffeine until they no longer got the headaches.

However, a lot of people notice that when they give up one addiction, they often replace it with another. Either they start smoking a lot more or eating junk food, shopping constantly or whatever. By giving up something, people can feel a sort of "void" they need to fill and do so by finding new, perhaps healthier, addictions.

That you recognize you're addicted to these other things is a good sign. Just watch out for what you do a lot and take notice of the things you feel you're addicted to. Just becoming aware is a big hurdle for lots of people.