Doesn't have to be crack cocaine or something like that necessarily, but I'm not talking about just really being into 'Real Housewives' either. Proper addictions, things you need every day, that you're discombobulated or distressed without.

For me, I've gotta say cigarettes. I've given up several times. I've cut back for a few weeks only to smoke more again. Right now I smoke a little over a pack per day and I can be a real asshole if I have to go without.

Alcohol is my other one. I was pretty bad for a couple of years and now I drink one 640ml bottle of beer every 2 days, plus one or two nights out a month when I drink a lot more, and that's taken a fair bit of effort. I think I'm doing well but I'm still far from being totally in control of it. This addiction crept up on me and for ages I never really realised how much I was drinking and that it wasn't actually normal. Now I feel I'm drinking more like a 'normal' person, but I still feel like it has its hold on me.

So how about you?

Sugar. Processed sugar, to be more specific. My addiction to it is driving me crazy.

I used to be addicted to both cigarettes and Diet Coke. And I mean extremely addicted to both. The fact that I quit both of them cold turkey gives me hope that I can give up the sugar too, but it's frustrating to me right now that I'm still struggling with it.

I love coffee and wine, too. Maybe I'm addicted, but I have no desire to give either of those up. Life wouldn't be living without those necessities.

I´m not addicted to anything but I know I drink a lot of coffee and tea and I should eat less carbs.

On the plus side....I´ve managed to play less GTA.

KoolEaze said:

On the plus side....I´ve managed to play less GTA.

I gave away my PS2 and never bought a current generation console and I won't say it hasn't caused me great pain, but it's worked. I make do with far simpler and often older games on the PC that only entertain me for a few days at a time.

The internet.

I could live without it if I wanted to, but on the days I'm not going out, I'll always go on the computer log in on msn/facebook and talk to my friends, and now I'll come on here for a while. Even if none of my friends are online I'll keep my laptop by my side, if I'm on a computer I won't bother. Sad but true

When I was younger, me and a couple of my friends were obsessed with The Sims 2, we'd play on it for hours, I don't know how I could do that now!

I'm addicted to caffeine. And I'm addicted to cleaning my ears.

purplemonster04 said:

The internet.

I could live without it if I wanted to, but on the days I'm not going out, I'll always go on the computer log in on msn/facebook and talk to my friends, and now I'll come on here for a while. Even if none of my friends are online I'll keep my laptop by my side, if I'm on a computer I won't bother. Sad but true

When I was younger, me and a couple of my friends were obsessed with The Sims 2, we'd play on it for hours, I don't know how I could do that now!

Lawd. I hadn't even thought of the internet. Yeah... I might not do so well without it.

The Sims 2 I played the original a LOT. Final Fantasy VII I used to run home from school during lunchtime to play for just 20 or 30 minutes. It was nearly 10 mins each way.

JuliePurplehead said:

I'm addicted to caffeine. And I'm addicted to cleaning my ears.

OMG, same here! As soon as you fall asleep I creep in, bust out the cotton buds and go to work.

I get addicted really really easily to anything that's intricate. Often these addictions will last for about a year or more and sometimes they'll be only a few months. I guess these are more compulsions rather than addictions as they're things like modelmaking and other intricate, complicated things.

The one thing I'm truly and honestly addicted to is solitude. Crowds of people, gatherings, parties, shopping malls etc make me go postal.

Also I probably couldn't give up coffee. If I was in hospital I'd need it in an IV drip.

JuliePurplehead said:

I'm addicted to caffeine. And I'm addicted to cleaning my ears.

prince.org

chocolate, sugar, coffee (eventhough my body can't handle it, I still eat it)

addictions I proudly managed to overcome:

cigarettes & t.v.

KoolEaze said:

On the plus side....I´ve managed to play less GTA.

It sounds silly but in a moment of clarity I knew I had to get rid of my GTA4 - so I put it on eBay after yet another 5 hour binge. It was really getting out of hand.

I am addicted to diet dr pepper. I started drinking reg dr pepper about 15 yrs ago.

Then later switched to diet. No other soda will do. I got a puppy about a year ago and we named her pepper

Prince music. But, I do listen to other people, just not as much as I listen to Prince's music.

I like sugar and fatty foods. I consume too much of it. I'm not fat or anything-but it's not good for you.

I would be addicted to video games-if allowed myself to play them. Let's just say one of my computers came with a video game on it and I played it 8 hours straight. So, I don't play video games.

And last but not least style. Must have it at all times everyday.

- Nutella

- Rain

- Tumblr

- Pretty Little Liars & Nine Lives/ChloeKing

- Jimi Hendrix

- Ripping out my cuticles

- Taking a hot shower and then turning it cold at the last minute

- Water

- Reading

- Arabic music

- Bellydancing

- The 'org'

Yup, a lot of addictions .

if music counts... in the morning, during my drive, at work, after work before i go to bed, in the shower..etc. i can't think of a moment during my day where i'm not listening to music. part of my responsibility at work is to play music..even at times look up concert dates/tickets. and my job doesn't really have anything to do with music.

CHIC0 said:

if music counts... in the morning, during my drive, at work, after work before i go to bed, in the shower..etc. i can't think of a moment during my day where i'm not listening to music. part of my responsibility at work is to play music..even at times look up concert dates/tickets. and my job doesn't really have anything to do with music.

Yeah music. It keeps me up later than I should be.

friends would probably say i'm addicted to the colour white and all things vanilla. scents, tastes, lotions, creams, etc....

i wouldn't say addicted though.

Sugar & Caffeine

It gets bad when I'm stressed

The internet used to be a 3rd one, but now that my computer use during the day is limited by work, it's not

FauxReal said:

CHIC0 said:

if music counts... in the morning, during my drive, at work, after work before i go to bed, in the shower..etc. i can't think of a moment during my day where i'm not listening to music. part of my responsibility at work is to play music..even at times look up concert dates/tickets. and my job doesn't really have anything to do with music.

Yeah music. It keeps me up later than I should be.

the funny thing is, i'll be in the middle of something and my co-workers will say...why is there no music playing?? DJ is almost an UN-official job title of mine.

CHIC0 said:

friends would probably say i'm addicted to the colour white and all things vanilla. scents, tastes, lotions, creams, etc....

i wouldn't say addicted though.

Oooh! Can you recommend a good vanilla body lotion or spray that really smells like vanilla? I'm not in love with Bath & Body Works vanilla stuff

abigail05 said:

KoolEaze said:

On the plus side....I´ve managed to play less GTA.

It sounds silly but in a moment of clarity I knew I had to get rid of my GTA4 - so I put it on eBay after yet another 5 hour binge. It was really getting out of hand.

I still have mine and I even bought the additional game Episodes From Liberty City, which includes The Lost And The Damned and the spectacular The Ballad Of Gay Tony.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the GTA IV games and I think a 5 hour binge is nothing. There were times during my summer break when I played much longer than that (but I broke a bone and couldn´t really do much anyway, and didn´t have to go to work, so that´s one reason).

It´s all good as long as you don´t neglect your daily duties. I don´t regret a single minute of playing that game and I can´t wait for GTA V to be released.

Great, great game.

Sometimes I miss those dudes I got acquanted with during the game, like Little Jacob, Roman and the girls. Then I play half an hour and it still feels great.

Great storyline, too.

thekidsgirl said:

CHIC0 said:

friends would probably say i'm addicted to the colour white and all things vanilla. scents, tastes, lotions, creams, etc....

i wouldn't say addicted though.

Oooh! Can you recommend a good vanilla body lotion or spray that really smells like vanilla? I'm not in love with Bath & Body Works vanilla stuff

no particular brand names i'm addicted to but. i have a couple things at home. i'll have to get the name and send it to you later.

dJJ said:

JuliePurplehead said:

I'm addicted to caffeine. And I'm addicted to cleaning my ears.

I'm the same way...

I've sat next to people, glanced over and thought

So I try to make sure that people don't get the same view next to me.

Right now:

- Solitaire

- Welch's fruit snacks. I buy those snack pack boxes like I'm packing a bunch of lunches for kids. I just ate a pack as I was logging on...

I used to be a real caffeine junkie. I'd wake up with the blinding headache until I drank a can of Pepsi or a cup of tea.

Efan: I don't know if I could give up processed sugar!

chocolate1 said:

dJJ said:

I'm the same way...

I've sat next to people, glanced over and thought

So I try to make sure that people don't get the same view next to me.

Me too!!

I can't stop cleaning my ears.

I'm also getting kind of obsessive with flossing.

My worst addiction is sugar though. And, carbs of any kind.

Fauxie said:

KoolEaze said:

On the plus side....I´ve managed to play less GTA.

I gave away my PS2 and never bought a current generation console and I won't say it hasn't caused me great pain, but it's worked. I make do with far simpler and often older games on the PC that only entertain me for a few days at a time.

yeah but that's why you're drankin' and smokin' more...

I'm addicted to chewing on ice.