#addiction

[grickle14]

Addicted.

[reality-detective]

Do you have Phone Addiction? 🤔

[catwinterberry]

I'm addicted to the madness

[danewsea]

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[pigeonentity]

on the new tmagp episode: the entities aren't all negative?? does this mean they're definitely not the ones from the tma universe? or is it just that there were preexisting entities that were actually good? or was it a mix of good and bad? me and my friend were speculating about what other entities could be, and she suggested addiction, which I think fits well not only with several statements but with the food in tmagp. like we've got coffee and sugary stuff and alcohol and all of those can be addictive

[nondivisable]

some of yall need to understand that "my body, my choice" also applies to:

addicts in active addiction with no intention of quitting

phys disabled people who deny medical treatment

neurodivergent people who deny psychiatric treatment (yes, including schizophrenic people and people with personality disorders)

trans people who want or don't want to medically transition (yes, including trans masc lesbians with top surgery and trans women without bottom surgery, yall are so weird to them wtf)

and if you can't understand that, then you don't get to use the phrase

[cocklessboy]

The other day I told a friend of mine that I never forget to take my ADHD meds because I fucking love my ADHD meds. I'm in my late 30s, I didn't finally get a diagnosis and meds until less than two years ago, and they have changed my entire life.

And he raised his eyebrow at me. We'd been discussing addictive medications a few minutes before, like the Tramadol I finally got from the pain specialist to take once a week or so to give me a break from my chronic pain, so I reassured him that methylpenidate (Ritalin/Concerta) is not addictive (at least not in people with ADHD).

His response? To raise his eyebrow even harder and say "Well it sure SOUNDS like it's addictive!"

And I had to explain to this man - who works in a healthcare related job by the way - that just because medication makes you feel good and helps you, just because you look forward to taking it, that doesn't make it addictive or dangerous. And he wasn't convinced.

The simple fact that I was excited to take a daily pill that has literally changed my life, after decades of fighting to get that medication, made him think I shouldn't be taking it so often. That it must inherently be dangerous.

I'm not even in America, but I'm pretty sure this attitude began there and then spread over here to Europe. This Puritan idea of "if something feels good, you must beware of it. Pleasure is dangerous, it is sinful, it is addiction, it is evil."

I know too many people who subconsciously believe that pleasure = addictive = dangerous = bad. Joy is a slippery slope to hell.

So here is your reminder for today that you don't need to be afraid of feeling good. If something improves your life, use it. Even if it is addictive - learn what that addiction means, whether the addiction is inherently dangerous or not, and whether the benefits outweigh the drawbacks and risks.

My ADHD meds are, in fact, not addictive. But I will take them every day because they make my life orders of magnitude easier. I will enjoy them every time I take them.

My tramadol is addictive. I will still take it. I will keep it on a schedule to avoid becoming addicted, primarily because addiction in this case would mean reduced effectiveness. But I am not afraid of my painkillers. They are life changing.

Take your meds, everyone. Don't let anyone scare you away from doing something that improves your life.

[dognonsense]

Advice if you love/care about an addict but they're not ready for abstinence. This is meeting people where they're at- the most important part of harm reduction

[m0untaing0ats]

People on the internet treat autism like it's some cute, childish thing, but like, autism and the trauma that comes with it have literally lead me to severe alcoholism, anger issues and a criminal record.

This post goes out to autistic addicts and autistic people who have personality disorders and autistic people who have hurt people during meltdowns and autistic people who have been in trouble with the law and autistic people who have been diagnosed with every mental illness under the sun only to find out it was autism all along.

You are loved. Your trauma and your reactions to it do not make you a bad person.

[borderlinejackiee]

[danewsea]

da10

[slutdge]

just by the way, forced rehab is not harm reduction, it is a step below sending an addict to prison, forced rehab causes deaths, what you should be advocating for if you actually want to help addicts is needle exchanges, supervised consumption sites, affordable housing, universal basic income, support in escaping abusive relationships, disability payments that dont keep people below the poverty line, and free mental health resources. forced rehab kills and that is not an exaggeration, that is something i have witnessed firsthand.

[neuroticboyfriend]

relapse is not a moral failure. substance use and addiction are not a moral failure. mental illness is not a moral failure. disability is not a moral failure. you have a health condition. you are struggling. recovery is not mean to be perfect, and if you're not in recovery, surviving is good too. i'm glad you're here, and i hope life treats you better soon. please know this is not your fault. you do not need to feel guilty over your own health.

[identitty-dickruption]

sick of people acting like there’s some kind of hierarchy of addictions, where caffeine is at one end and crack is at the other. different addictions are different. different substances work differently. but we’re never going to win by distancing ourselves from other addicts, and pushing other addicts under the bus

and this goes in both directions. I see my fellow alcoholics distance themselves from drug addicts, and dehumanise other addicts in the process. I also see my fellow alcoholics turn to people with “less extreme” addictions and undermine their suffering. we’re all stuck in this big long chain of who has it better and who has it worse and who deserves to be seen as fully human

someone who is addicted to an illegal substance will have different experiences to me. someone who is addicted to something very socially acceptable will have different experiences to me. but the point is that we’re all in this together, and we need to stop squabbling over the scraps of respect the non-addicts toss our way

[uncanny-tranny]

"Treatment" for addiction that requires you to lock up, confine, coerce, or otherwise strip addicts of their autonomy, it isn't treatment. It is a revenge fantasy that prioritizes your desire for subjugation over the actual betterment of addicts.