Does anyone here have an addiction?This is /x/ related as I saw a video recently on 'sensitive' people being more likely to have a substance abuse problem to ease the edge of the reality we identify and reside within.I'm one of those people, a (silent) drinker.Would love to create discussion here in a philosophical manner
Yeah I do. Trying to quit morphine and benzo but life is way too hard with 2 kids and wife. Not sure how to handle. You?
>>42239143I'd prefer to live without it, generally for long-term physical effects more than anything else.Aside that I do enjoy it, I can be moderately productive and active with a drink. It's just my identifying it as an issue that's made it problematic. A little shameful.
>>42239134Gonna rambleI have some mental health issues, and I was using cannabis as a way to self-medicate. At first it was great, I felt happy and felt at peace in a way that I never had before. But over time, that ease of emotion turned into chasing the high and needing more of it in order to cope. That's not a way to live. So I've made a point of not smoking. 3 weeks sober now, not that long but everyone has to start somewhere. Substances can bring comfort but one shouldn't covet that comfort at the cost of all else. I also live with some family that are substance abusers, alcohol and meth are their poisons of choice. Since I've been sober, I've been able to watch their habits and I can see just how irritable and aggressive they get when they don't have their fix. It reduces life to base emotions and, in my view, deteriorates an individual into animalistic behaviors. I've made it a point to my family that I want to be sober, and have politely rejected their offers of free weed. At first it was met with hostility, as they had a sense of "oh you think you're better than me" which I couldn't wrap my head around. The crabs in a bucket mentality went hard. But as the days and weeks have passed, it seems they are more accepting of it. Misery loves company, And if this life is a loosh harvesting fest then it makes sense that NPCs would push you to suffer alongside them to help feed the system, whether consciously or unconsciously. Take what you want, but don't let it control you. You must be the master of your own fate.
>>42239134It invites evil spirits into your body. It doesn't have to be a physical addiction either, it can be mental or even on a spiritual level. Substances weaken a part of your self which allows these spirits in, or perhaps its your soul itself trying to over compensate a weakness in its own soul by over indulgence.
>>42239134I'm managing to quit, but for a while I was a regular cannabis user, and that led me to try other substances. I also used to drink alcohol every single day.I started quitting when I realized it was causing me some problems.
been swilling grog again the last year & 1/2, trying to quit though, it's now once per week instead of every dayafter like 3 days sober I noticed my magick works again, turns out alcohol wrecks the subtle bodies pretty bad
Yes, alcohol and hash. I think the first can have spiritual use when taking care; the second is clearly demonic and I don"t have the strengh to stop
>>42239134> Does anyone here have an addiction?Yes. Caffeine. I like the diet dew or Pepsi. I’m no choir boy. I drink it straight out the plastic bottle or even can at times.
>>42239134i do anything short of inhalants to get high would do nitrous
I have some inherited psychic abilities. Grandma and mom are heavy drinkers but it does seem to heighten their sensitivity to a point until it numbs it out.I am a daily weed smoker, I believe that not starting to smoke until my mid-20’s and developing my skills pre and post smoking has helped me find a sweet spot. Very happy and successful but some may consider the frequency as a dependency
>>42240008I walked your path. You won't like how it ends or when.
>>42239134they took the good drugs away fromus and replaced them with addictive industrial byproducthttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHyR92MQic
>>42239134I decided to make this year a dry year, in the first month or so I craved alcohol but then it was as if my brain had "forgotten" it existed. I'm even still keeping my leftover liquor from last year in a kitchen cabinet but I've practically forgotten that it's there. Desu I don't see myself returning to alcohol even after the year is over, it messes up my sleep and creates constant temptation to overdrink. I really want to focus on productive things, and maybe, natural psychedelics.
>>42239134Addiction is a cry for help.
