a confession!

[Boogiebutt]

ok so im not really addicted to all those bad things BUT there is one a few legal things that im addicted to.....im addicted to music, video games, comp games, and chattin, and internet games. can this count as an abuse or addiction? ya i to am addicted to the cleanest thing ever and it is doing to my mind like a drug would.....unfortunately i cant break the addiction. for more on this info go to http://www.addforums.com/forums/show...s=&threadid=99 and check my respond!

[Tara]

I think legal addictions can be just as bad for some people as illegal addictions.

I remember when I was about 13 (in 7th grade) I became ADDicted to a telephone chat line. That was before internet chat rooms. I think ot cost 5 cents a minute. Of course since I was ADDicted I didn't realize how much I was actually on it. It was not a happy place in my house when my mother opened the phone bill.


The chat line was a place where I could escape and not have to deal with things that were really bothering me. I didn't have to worry about people being mean to me or judging me because I could be whoever I chose to be. Since I was also overweight I didn't have to worry about them seeing me and judging me for my appearence.

I think 13 was probably the hardest age for me. And, I know from working with kids that age it's really tough for so many others too. There are so many changes that we got through by just being 13 and those are tough enough. But, we also have to deal with everything else goes on in life too.

Having a somebody to talk to or some way to get those feelings out and actually feel them (even the bad ones) can be really helpful.

[andrea76]

what's bad, is realizing with out wanting to,
that you might be abusing the tools to help cope with life.

what's worse, realizing that your doctor is nothing but a pusher,

what's horrible, is when "daddy" calls the insurance co. to negotiate your "issues" to get you thru school.

[Psilokan]

Video games were the worst thing that happened to me. I wasted high school playing games. They're an escape from reality. A little bit, like most things, isnt bad. Its the same as a glass of wine, or a bottle of wine.

If its an addiction, then its probably not good.

The only things I'd say I've been addicted to that were "good" have come in recent times would be: working out, Karate, eating healthy. Sitting around on a computer all day isnt health, I'm sorry, it just isnt.

[waywardclam]

I have this trouble at age 31.

I have to concentrate on only allowing myself time on the computer after everything productive and necessary is done for the day...

Which I am not doing today... *shamefaced*

I have been hoping that having an ADD coach would help with this... but in the end it seems to me like what I really want is a parent. Which is ludicrous, because I do not and have never wanted a parent to do this for/to me.

Boogiebutt, all I can say is thank the gods that you know this about yourself at your age. You can figure this out now and not have wasted huge sections of your life not knowing why...

[Sc@tterBr@in_UK]

This is an old-ish thread, and anyhow it souds more like someone is using the term "addicted" very loosely, like a kid in the schoolyard thinking it's *cool* to say they are *hooked* on something.

There's a massive difference between that and genuine Games/Internet addiction, which can destroy relationships and much more.