These 40 Uncommon Addictions Shared On This Serious Thread May Really Make You Think

guilty.

After I cut the super sugary foods and started working out I lost 15 pounds. Never looking back! Also now that I've mostly gotten rid of it whenever I do eat it it tastes fake, kinda like plastic..... Only in homemade baking is it good now(in my opinion).

Recovering alcoholic.

How is that uncommon?

This was calculated by the sugar industry. They blamed obesity on fat, when the culprit is sugar and its addicting qualities. Very few processed foods have no sugar or its chemical equivalent. Almost every processed food that claims to be low/no fat, is chuck full of sugar.

I eat when I’m bored or sad

That's an issue with self-regulating your own emotions. Your brain doesn't know how to process (usually) negative emotions, so it looks for alternatives. You eat to calm down, to feel better, to get dopamine (which is almost instant reward for the brain). All the info re. diets and healthy eating is true, but not helpful in such case. Therapy worked for me, as I was helped to identify and address the causes of such coping mechanism.

I need to eat therefore it's a necessity. 😆

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It's called "mindless eating." A few folks here mentioned they eat when they're bored, sad, angry, or whatever - that's mindless eating. They're not hungry, they don't really need food at the moment, but they eat anyway.

This should be surprising to no one.

That's so true! I was so much like my mom, because I was raised in almost constant drama, so I couldn't live without it. And in perfect chill day with my boyfriend I would start a drama out of nowhere and start crying. It was awful. Thank God I've changed! My mom is still addicted to the drama.

Less of an addiction and more of a symptom of adverse childhood experiences or ACEs.

I think social media has a lot to answer for in the rise of attention seeking drama.

Some people love drama in their lives, they will seek it out or cause it.

"I like that kick in the face and the things you did to me. I love the way that it hurts. I don't miss you, I miss the misery!"

Ok that's it, bye guys I've gone to do something productive!

Huh, what do they know*keeps on scrolling*

Used to work in electronics in superstore at night. Can tell you this is real. People would come in freaking out because their phone died. Then make up some excuse like their grandma died. I had to hook them up. Sorry, you can buy a prepaid phone and set it up yourself or wait until the day shift comes in to set it up for you. They arrive about 7am.

I do agree that a lot of people use their phones way too much, myself included. However it's more than just a phone. I listen to music, listen to stories, read books, read articles, socialize, look things up in an instant, check the date, use the calculator and the many many other things offered. I think part of it is that our phones have come to replace a number of other things thus the longer screen times.

The mentality "We need phones to keep up with the world" is the issue. My mom calls electronics "tools of convenience". They're nice to have but not a necessity. Of course, these days, having devices are essential to jobs. Even in that sense, technology isn't always better for some jobs and aspects of jobs. Yes, they're good to have for safety, but I also feel like technology is a safety blanket that actually feeds into our anxieties thinking about what could happen. We're so distracted by them that some of the bad things that could happen, could have been avoided if people were more attentive and not staring at their phones.

I am at rehab right now. 26 days sober.

I commented this on another post recently. A lot of people have this idea that you have to be drunk every day to be an alcoholic and that's just not the case. I rarely drank, but every time I did drink I'd drink to the point of blackout (or near blackout). This went on for a long time because people would inadvertently enable this behavior by saying things like, "nah, you don't have a problem. you hardly drink. It's okay to let loose every once in awhile!" Also, you don't need to even be getting drunk to have a drinking problem. if you need that glass of wine everyday to "unwind" from work or whatever, that is still alcohol dependence. There is this new culture of "wine moms" that is getting glorified and i find it as just another way to normalize/mask a drinking problem. You'd be surprised how many "functional alcoholics" you don't even know you know.

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But equally. just because you drink some alcohol every day doesn't make you an alcoholic either.