Common addictions
By aubrey
@averygirl72 (37845)
Philippines
December 21, 2012 6:06pm CST
I believe all people has their own addictions. Some people are addicted to smoking, drugs and alcohol or hook to those things. I am not hook in any of those. Other people are addicted to Facebook and video games and other related things to technology. For me my addiction right now includes vapor rubs or cold rubs. I like to always put them on my nostrils. I also love chocolates and corn chips, as if I cannot live without them. Why don't we get bored with our addictions?
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19 responses
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
22 Dec 12
Im addicted to mylot.. have been last 3 months. Have a great weekend there. Are you ready for xmas yet??
@lsjapdoit (651)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 12
myLot is one of my addictions too. After successfully going through the doomsday of 21 Dec 2012 I guess everybody is ready for Christmas :)
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@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
22 Dec 12
Well, what could I say? We all need rehabilitation center to cure this addiction. I myself is a myLot addict too he he.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
25 Dec 12
It's obvious, everyone active here is quite addicted to this site and love using this site.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
I think i am addicted to FB and Mylot. I am also addicted on a local soap here in the Philippines, which i watch every night.
Whenever i wasn't able to watch it the night before, because i have to work late at the office (it is shown at 8:30pm) , i watch the replay on the internet.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
31 Dec 12
Oh yes, Marimar, i am hooked on that too before. The latest soap i am hooked to, is Ina, Kapatid, Anak.
It's a good thing though that if you weren't able to watch it the night before, you can watch its replay on the internet.
I guess, indeed Internet is addicting!
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
31 Dec 12
Yup! I knew it. Sometimes we got hook in a soap but it's not all the time because when we got hook on a telenovela- that is phenomenal like the Marimar fever long time ago.
@lsjapdoit (651)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 12
I like FB and myLot too. I check them both pretty often and other sites too. In general I would say I am quite addicted to internet.
@funfreak2k2 (1734)
• India
22 Dec 12
I think i am hooked to lazy browsing. I don't spend much time on the social networking sites like facebook, g+ but I am spending much time here on mylot these days !
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
31 Dec 12
Lazy browsing and online sites are really addictive. We like coming back over and over again.
@lsjapdoit (651)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 12
myLot is one of the sites I never miss checking when I am online. Another one is youtube. I like to check out the latest music video clips :)
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
So, you smell like my husband! It is fine with me to use the vaporub on insect bites and for relief of headache. But to be constantly smelling it, I sometimes tell my husband that he smells like an old man! Well, different folks different strokes........
I smoke and probably that is one, and the very recent addiction I had is.....MYLOT!
@lsjapdoit (651)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 12
I use the vaporub when I have a clogged nose. When my wife smells it, she would say that I smell macho then laugh out loud :))
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
Vaporub, macho smell? Really? I never thought of it that way! I guess your wife just loves you so much that's why she said that!
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
25 Dec 12
I knew what you mean. There is one type of vapor rub used by old lady here before and every time I got to smell it, I always remember the old lady or I associate that smell with the old lady.
You smell macho? what vapor rub is that? Tiger balms?
I used it when I have clogged nose too but now even if I don't have clogged nose, I like the smell of it. I also love the smell the fresh pages of a book and our mosquito net.
@smiling_ja (261)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
In my case, I'm hooked to reading. I am deeply satisfied when I find a book to my liking regardless of the author. What matters is the book content. So it could be that we all crave for something that satisfies and feeds our interest because it brings out happiness to us so we never get tired or bored doing what we usually do. I hope those who have bad addictions will find a way to channel their interest into a good and positive one though, something which will not ruin them as a person.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
31 Dec 12
True, everything you said. I really love reading books because they are like teachers that enlightens and entertains at the same time.
@AkamaruKei (5219)
• Malaysia
22 Dec 12
I'm addicted to playing video games and online mylot. Before this i'm addicted with facebook but when i see mylot is have more fun than facebook that why i online everyday in mylot. Only addicted playing video games still not change and i still not bored playing video games.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
25 Dec 12
I used to be addicted in video games especially when it is newly downloaded but after a while or months of playing I get totally bored that I will eventually stop playing the game.
@lsjapdoit (651)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 12
Yes video games are addictive. I think my kids can play video games 24/7 non stop. When they are playing video games, they literally have to be "forced" to eat their meals and sleep :))
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
31 Jan 13
I don't believe in addiction. I think that once someone thinks an addiction is responsible for their behavior it takes the responsibility away from them to stop doing whatever the thing is that they are doing. Self-destructive behaviors should be seen for what they are -- bad habits. We have seen over and over that intervention can break addictions, which makes them not really addictions in the first place.
@chiwasaki (4694)
• Philippines
30 Dec 12
I am not sure if I am addicted to something. I am not smoking and I only drink occasionally. But what I can say is that I love dark chocolates and I love collecting dog stuffed toys and accessories. I guess that is my addiction and it can really cost me a lot of money.
@tiffnkeat (1673)
• Singapore
22 Dec 12
Could addictions be too strong a word to use? Yes, we like and get used to doing something...eg. checking mylot everyday, but that may not be an addiction as just a routine check.
We all have many likes, but addictions? mmmm....I have to think about it a little deeper.
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
16 Feb 13
Yes, it's a strong word to use that's why I wonder why people get addicted to something.
@Angelpink (4034)
• Philippines
22 Feb 13
Hello ! I am a coke addict ! No day that would pass that i couldn't have a bottles of it. When i can't have it ,i felt so weak and sad but when i can have it already as if i am energized and felt happiness within. It makes me relax and calm especially if i am under pressure and very tired.Coke completes my day ! I know this is not good but it is so hard to take away this addiction. What am doing is to minimize the number of bottles i am having everyday ! I am wishing to get rid of this addiction because it risk my heath. Hope one day i can leave it !
@kokomo (1867)
• Philippines
11 Feb 13
Well, right now, I am very addicted into Mylot and Facebook. I am always logging in on those two sites almost everyday and I can do that when I have my duty at work. I am enjoying my rest day, it seems that I cannot be at peace when I remember my usual doings and those are the two.
@lsjapdoit (651)
• Indonesia
22 Dec 12
If you get bored, then you are not addicted averygirl72 :) Your current addiction is not health hazardous, which is good :)
@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
31 Dec 12
I am not sure if it is not hazardous but it's far safer than other addictions. Yeah, when I got bored it's not an addiction anymore.
@Janurmas (642)
• Indonesia
21 Feb 13
I agree with your statement. I am also have addiction. I am addicted with the internet and smoking. I cannot enjoy my life without connecting to the internet and smoking. Almost in my time of browsing I am also smoking. Surfing the internet while smoking is my bad habit. I am trying to stop this bad habit and start e more socializing life.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
I am addicted to mylot and this is one addiction that I cannot take out from my system
I cannot pass a day without visiting this site.
No matter how busy I am I always took time to open this site.
Sometimes I do not write a single comment, I just open the site, read some comments and see friends topic and update..
There are times that I am too busy and I really feel bad if I cannot open mylot.. (but it's so seldom)
@Cutie18f (9551)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
Vapor rubs? I find that quite strange Avery. I used to have addictions in the past, like I was a gym addict many years ago, but now, I have slowly gotten over that addiction and there was a time I was addicted to books, then the internet, but I think I have controlled all those now and could let a day pass without them.
@thewonderboy (7501)
• India
22 Dec 12
Each of us people are addicted to something and those addictions varies one to one and from time to time. We people get fed up with something we use them it for a long time and I am quite sure that we get fed up with our addictions but the thing is that it will take a little time.
@Pen_Pal777 (245)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
my girlfriend is addicted to the smell of my under arm. i don't know why she loves smelling it. it tickle me though when she sticks her nose in it. and for me i am addicted to ice cream, chocolates, and fruit salad, and my cellphone.
@bunnystarr (160)
• Philippines
22 Dec 12
I am addicted to anime, movies and dramas. Recently, I'm addicted to books too. I think the reason we never get bored is because they satisfy us in some way.