IAD (internet addiction disorder).
You just diagnosed me xD i also have a huge upvoting addiction and crypto addiction.
But now seriously, some years ago i had a little alcohol addiction, best decision i made was shifting my addiction into another thing, i started to workout and to have more results in the gym i need to eat healthier so i shifted it into a better addiction,
What is more, those who try to quit addictive behaviors also undergo similar withdrawal symptoms (e.g. irritability, stress, anxiety)
Ypu, It's my only problem, when i don't go to the gym for a while i start to get really angry! It's mostly during the months i have exams, so adding to being angry i also get stressed because of the exams, it's not a good thing to be angry and stress, cortisol gets high and i start to acumulate fat lose muscle, lose focus,etc...
Providing, therefore, an insight into the role hopelessness and isolation play into motivating humans to initiate (and, perhaps, maintain) addictions to either a certain drug or behavior.
This made me sad, one of my best friends died last november because of crack adiction, he was a good kid but he was born with a not so good mother, he lived with his drug adict mother until he was 6 only then did the father find out about him, ofc, the father, toook him from his mother, not only him but also his half brother (no blood relation to the father), he left my city because he started consuming again(he had huge PTSD from childhood) his mother was the one who gave him the drugs, after 3 years he came back clean and more socially adapted, he wanted to connect to his old friends, i didn't have much time i was busy with college and skirt problems at the time, when i finnaly had time to speak with him he died a couple of days later.... Maybe if i hadn't been so busy he could not have restarted his drug consume, even though i think he would have restarted again anyway...
The susceptibility model
I can see this happening in my family, my grandfather was a smoker until he died, my father has been a smoker for countless years , tried to stop so many times but couldn't at least now he changed for a less "cancerigenous" form of tobacco, and i also got that addiction gene, i get addicted fast to something, i already got addicted to alcohol and video games, thank god i joined the gym and it decreased all my other addictions
Hello @teutonium :)
I am glad to hear you managed to rationalise your drinking habits and start exercising instead! However, being addicted to exercise is not a healthy thing either. But, I do believe you can find moderation. I say this because you were able to stop with the alcohol intake through a really self-aware manner.
Your friend’s story life is heart breaking! I do find that a great, great number of addictions are a consequence of troubled childhoods. The book I mentioned here, for example, The Secret Life is an account of a sex addict, who was abused when he was a child.
Yes, some people do seem to be more prone to addiction and there is strong suggestion that is due to genetic factor. It is a good thing that you are a smart guy who seem to have great levels of self-awareness. Having the understanding that you are susceptible to addiction definetly puts you in disadvantage. Wll done! :)
All the best to you & Take Care!