What is your addiction of choice?
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
Centralia, Missouri
September 9, 2015 1:30pm CST
A discussion got me to thinking (the one I added at the end of this), about addictions. I don't smoke, I do vape a little, but with no nicotine in mine. But my addiction is caffeine. I have to have some ever day. I don't mean soda either. I have limited myself to ONE can of diet soda a day, and some days I don't even do that. No I get the bulk of my caffeine in unsweetened tea (can you tell I am not a born Texan? lol), and in those little things you add to water that come with caffeine like Mio Energy and such.
I should cut it out and back, but right now have no intention of doing so.
What about you, you have an addiction? What are you feelings on how you are handling it, doing with it, or not?
Nicotine is insidious and once one starts smoking it can be a mighty battle to stop. My fiancee' smokes. Bless his heart he wants to quit so bad but he just...
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
10 Sep 15
I would say mine is sweets, have to have one sweet somewhere in a day and of course coffee.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
10 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt I am eating cinnamon toast crunch with no milk right now Yum haha
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Sep 15
by the time this is done I am going to realize I have so many other ones too! I have issues with sweets myself. But i have done a lot better on this one,. I dont keep much in the house, or what is here I make myself using stevia and such so it's healthier.
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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9 Sep 15
Coffee is mine, I know I drink far too much, I try and cut down but at times find it hard to do so.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Sep 15
I know a lot of people say that coffee is theirs. But I wonder if it's not the caffeine there too
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@kevin1877uk (36988)
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10 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt Good question and I don't know, but I'm sure it's the caffeine.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
25 May 16
I drink four or five cups aday to keep from getting alzhemier or senile dementia
Its been proven that elderly women who drink 3 to 5 cups of coffee a day have
90 percemt less chance of getting dementia or alzhemier so I amnot'
giving up my coffee lol.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
27 May 16
@Jessicalynnt yay thanks I do love my coffee
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 May 16
Plus at this point you deserve all the coffee you want
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@dodo19 (47315)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
10 Sep 15
I'd probably say that my addiction is soft drinks. I drink a lot of Pepsi and coke. Although I'm slowly getting back a coffee addiction. Since leaving university 4 years ago, I slowly stopped drinking it. But now I'm craving more and more.
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@dodo19 (47315)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
12 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt that's a good idea. I should try to limit my intake too. It's not always easy though.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
soda has that hold on a oerson, I feel better if I really limit my soda intake and drink iced tea instead
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
@dodo19 well it's easiest if you figure out where you are at, and then slowly step down. doing the cold turkey thing is painful, headaches crankyness, etc.
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@sprinklesare4winners (531)
• Avenel, New Jersey
9 Sep 15
coffee! 100000% lol at least its not THAT bad for you... i mean some studies say its healthy so i choose to believe that :P
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Sep 15
it comes from a plant right, that makes it a vegetable... maybe... .@sprinklesare4winners (531)
• Avenel, New Jersey
9 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt exactly!!! just like chocolate! :P
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@sprinklesare4winners (531)
• Avenel, New Jersey
9 Sep 15
@jessicanlynnt ps how do you use smileys? im trying to figure that out haha
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@snowy22315 (179768)
• United States
4 Dec 15
just food in general...I like bread a lot and salt. neither of which I should really have much of.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
4 Dec 15
I actually get so low salt sometimes I have to intentionally add some. but bread, I do love, and cannot eat much of that.
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
10 Sep 15
I have been in Texas longer than i lived in california..30 years in texas..and only drink unsweetened tea..no sugar for me..hahah..BUT i love chocolate and when i am out..all i think of is when i get to go shopping for more..hahah..weird..I don't drink or smoke so i will stick with that
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
Ive only been here since 2010, but I still cannot stand sugar in my tea!
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
12 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt we are the same..hahah
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@allknowing (135357)
• India
10 Sep 15
I love chocolates. My shopping during all my foreign holidays was mostly chocolates.
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@allknowing (135357)
• India
12 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt Someone gifted me a packet. It is in the fridge. I do not much like dark chocolate although they say it is good for health. At the moment I do not have health issues that will bar me from eating other kinds of chocolate. 
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
I tried chocolate in Japan, it said it was dark, it lied. It wasnt dark not what I expected anyways
@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
10 Sep 15
Used to smoke a lot, but gave up after being operated upon, for a bad case of jaundice. One seems pretty well off without them, than with them!
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@gregario888 (1276)
• Aurangabad, India
12 Sep 15
@Jessicalynnt Yes, a lot of money is surely blown on such pastimes. for a change, I won't mind being addicted to Mylot! It may be the only addiction where you might make a few dollars for a change.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
Plus you save a lot of money. those things got expensive
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
10 Sep 15
I quit drinking 35 years ago, quit smoking 14 years ago - food/chocolate is my addiction.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
chocolate and food, gotta love the important things!
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
yeah, me too, but with caffeine, since i dont drink coffee
@sprinklesare4winners (531)
• Avenel, New Jersey
9 Sep 15
and food, but thats besides the point lol
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. Hope to see the results in my balance.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
11 Sep 15
The more you interact the more it should, and nice to see an addiction pay money instead of take money right?
@patgalca (18355)
• Orangeville, Ontario
10 Sep 15
I am really addicted to having a bowl of cereal at night, especially Honey Bunches of Oats. I just can't resist having that bowl late in the evening. As for non-food related addictions, entering contests has to be number one, though I have cut way back. It's the books. It's always about the books.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
That's a good cereal, also love cinnamon life for snacks. but yeah, I am a reader to, TG for kindle or Id have no space left.
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
12 Sep 15
Ah I think mine is the internet. I can live without it when I want to but I prefer to use it everyday I can.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
sweet tea! lol, I have to make my own down here to drink it straight, you just can't get it plain
@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
10 Sep 15
Good food. I'm definitely a sucker for good food.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
12 Sep 15
I think perhaps all of us are, certain foods a transcendent.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
10 Sep 15
I am not a coffee drinker myself, but I do love my tea,
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