addictions

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:15 pm

what are yours? mine are poker and poker. I have them under control for the most part but can see how they might easily spiral out of control.

by Rekz Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:24 pm

subway

by Kris Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:27 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:what are yours? mine are poker and poker. I have them under control for the most part but can see how they might easily spiral out of control.

>>> The internet. I have to constantly remind myself that there is a real world out there, one that I used to enjoy a decade ago.

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:31 pm

Rekz wrote:subway

maami, I didnt ask where's your favorite place to eat veggie deeelite chased with vaater no ice. I asked abt hardcore addictions.

by Rekz Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:35 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:
Rekz wrote:subway

maami, I didnt ask where's your favorite place to eat veggie deeelite chased with vaater no ice. I asked abt hardcore addictions.

How do u know im a maami??? I could be a mama as well Smile

who said im a veggie?? kuch bhi eh?

vaater no ice...this one u got it right Smile

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:37 pm

Kris wrote:
>>> The internet. I have to constantly remind myself that there is a real world out there, one that I used to enjoy a decade ago.

Guess mine too. And it doesn't even feel like an addiction, that's the scary part. 10 years ago, only yahoo games was my vice. Now it's the laptop. I feel so free when I am not on it.

My latest addiction. Finishing up season 6 of the office on netflix. It is still hilarious. I watch it with headphones on, and every once in a while burst out laughing. Likewise, BIL is addicted on Lost series while he forgets his ex (he has also taken up horse riding lessons, fyi, and next month we may go sky diving). He sometimes hooks Lost series up on tv. And can't figure out why I burst out laughing while some srs scene is going on there.

by Kris Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:40 pm

Hey, glad your brother-in-law is making progress. Good work!

by garam_kuta Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:42 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:what are yours? mine are poker and poker. I have them under control for the most part but can see how they might easily spiral out of control.

you quit

?

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:42 pm

Rekz wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:
Rekz wrote:subway

maami, I didnt ask where's your favorite place to eat veggie deeelite chased with vaater no ice. I asked abt hardcore addictions.

How do u know im a maami??? I could be a mama as well

who said im a veggie?? kuch bhi eh?

vaater no ice...this one u got it right

far from me trying to unravel identities of ppl I interact with, on the internets. I got zero curiosity in that regard. if you want to pretend that you're a woman trying to be a man or viceversa, that's up to you and your therapist to explore.

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:45 pm

Kris wrote:Hey, glad your brother-in-law is making progress. Good work!

Yeah, he has decided he won't start any conversation with her for at least 4 weeks, and if possible will extend it to another 4 weeks. He doesn't even talk with us about her anymore. She did email him a couple of times on stuff like thanking him for returning the cable box, and notifying him that she will half share the loss on apartments. To those, he just replies curtly, but in my opinion, too promptly. I am guessing she's just waiting till August before she could serve him a divorce notice (they have to be in PA for at least 6 months before they could start a divorce). Until then, there would be peace in the Whitney household.

by Hellsangel Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:54 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:he has also taken up horse riding lessons,

So your brother-in-law is getting on top of a horse to get over his ex?

by Kris Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:55 pm

To those, he just replies curtly, but in my opinion, too promptly.

>>>>He just has to muddle through it, but looks like he is making headway. I was at a dinner last night (indian family) and the consensus pretty much was that indian marriages are not that robust anymore. Your brother-in-law just got the short end of the stick, I guess, but I am glad he is coming out of it now.

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:56 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:he has also taken up horse riding lessons,
So your brother-in-law is getting on top of a horse to get over his ex?

He is doing what he can to forget. there is this horse farm type 5-10 minutes from our place. So he decided to try that... one lesson, one hour, and he was exhausted enough not to think about anything else. He also bbc'ed both days, and y'day kids, hubs, and him were in the backyard for 4-5 hours. Good therapy, from his perspective.

by charvaka Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:59 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:what are yours? mine are poker and poker. I have them under control for the most part but can see how they might easily spiral out of control.

Like TW and Kris, my biggest addiction is the internet. My wife thought alcohol was my other addiction, so I proved her wrong by staying completely away for two months. I used to be addicted to tobacco, but kicked that a while ago. In some ways, I think kicking the tobacco habit was the hardest thing I've accomplished.

by Kris Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:02 pm

my biggest addiction is the internet. My wife thought alcohol was my other addiction

>>>> Word on the street is that is now stocking up on the booze to wean you off the laptop

Smile

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:08 pm

lol i didnt think internet can be labaled an addiction. it really is our necessity Very Happy

just like our phone is. I was addicted to in college but now its not an addiction anymore. it's a necessity. FB isss uhh addiction. ok so FB is my addiction and CH helps me keep that in control lol. Also shopping. I find myself helplessly drawn to gilt, ideeli 6pm et.al. i buy stuff than i dont need (smtimes bcz its really a good deal )

but water under bridge..i dont limit my credit cards or anything like shopaholics do. Can this be considered addiction then?

by Rekz Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:11 pm

Hellsangel wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:he has also taken up horse riding lessons,
So your brother-in-law is getting on top of a horse to get over his ex?

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:21 pm

charvaka wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:what are yours? mine are poker and poker. I have them under control for the most part but can see how they might easily spiral out of control.
Like TW and Kris, my biggest addiction is the internet. My wife thought alcohol was my other addiction, so I proved her wrong by staying completely away for two months. I used to be addicted to tobacco, but kicked that a while ago. In some ways, I think kicking the tobacco habit was the hardest thing I've accomplished.

that's crazy, being able to kick a habit like that. I havent had to quit any of my addictions just yet. am hoping they'll run their natural course of indulgence-indulgence-overindulgence-sick of it-quit. I quit alcohol cold turkey that way.

by charvaka Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:21 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:He also bbc'ed both days, and y'day kids, hubs, and him were in the backyard for 4-5 hours.

What's that? Does it involve repeatedly reading the same news about Libya and Ivory Coast every hour on the hour?

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:22 pm

lol.. barbequed.. I wanted to type bbq'ed, but for whatever reasons kept c there.

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:23 pm

you got C on your mind, that's why.

by charvaka Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:25 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:that's crazy, being able to kick a habit like that. I havent had to quit any of my addictions just yet. am hoping they'll run their natural course of indulgence-indulgence-overindulgence-sick of it-quit. I quit alcohol cold turkey that way.

Yeah, going cold turkey on alcohol wasn't difficult at all. I didn't really feel tempted to drink even in company. I guess alcohol is not really addictive at the physiological level like tobacco is. And knowing that I would drink again after the two months were up probably made it easier. It was a lot harder to quit smoking; I tried unsuccessfully a few times. Finally I had to use nicorette gum for a few weeks to kick it completely. Now I don't even feel tempted to smoke when I am drinking and others in the group are smoking.

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:28 pm

my dad's been tried to quit smoking for 30 yrs now. I know how hard it is. I heard it's worse than heroin addiction

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:35 pm

I want to smoke at least once.

by Kris Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:35 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:my dad's been tried to quit smoking for 30 yrs now. I know how hard it is. I heard it's worse than heroin addiction

>>> I have met very few people who have been able to quit smoking cold turkey (my father-in-law is a rare exception, quit in his 50's after smoking from the age of 15). I was lucky that I didn't like it when I tried it first. Has your dad tried the patch?

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:38 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:you got C on your mind, that's why.

by charvaka Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:39 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:I want to smoke at least once.

It's not a pleasant experience. If you make it past 20 without forming a habit, you will not get addicted to tobacco, so no harm trying once.

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:44 pm

charvaka wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:I want to smoke at least once.
It's not a pleasant experience. If you make it past 20 without forming a habit, you will not get addicted to tobacco, so no harm trying once.

I have this big phobia of doing anything even once. Thanks to my dad. His theory was, if there is something bad, than it is easiest to resist it the first time. All people smoke that first cigarette, or drink that first drink thinking they won't get addicted to it. And then it's harder to refuse it the second time (people jump on saying, since you did it once, you can do it again), and even 10-20 times later, they are still cocky that they can't succumb to it. It only gets worse when they still think they can quit anytime. But they can't.

So it's in the best interest of yourself. If you think something is addictive (or bad), just don't do it the first time. Stay on this side of the line, and you will get the maximum intertia to stay on this side.

by The Absolute Zero Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:18 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:what are yours?

good kochen!

by Propagandhi711 Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:06 pm

Kris wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:my dad's been tried to quit smoking for 30 yrs now. I know how hard it is. I heard it's worse than heroin addiction

>>> I have met very few people who have been able to quit smoking cold turkey (my father-in-law is a rare exception, quit in his 50's after smoking from the age of 15). I was lucky that I didn't like it when I tried it first. Has your dad tried the patch?

no, he hasnt. he's like 69 so why even try to quit at this age is his thinking. I give him shit whenever I see him smoke but he waves me off.

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:22 pm

Kris wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:my dad's been tried to quit smoking for 30 yrs now. I know how hard it is. I heard it's worse than heroin addiction

>>> I have met very few people who have been able to quit smoking cold turkey (my father-in-law is a rare exception, quit in his 50's after smoking from the age of 15). I was lucky that I didn't like it when I tried it first. Has your dad tried the patch?

my husband quit smoking after being a heavy smoker in college days without any patch or anything. He has tremendous will power and I respect him for that. I hear people saying its hard to quit smothing this that..my own brother is 5 packs a day type or is he pack a day..watever...he smokes one after another cigarette non stop...and can't quit. disgusting habit.

by charvaka Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:41 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:no, he hasnt. he's like 69 so why even try to quit at this age is his thinking. I give him shit whenever I see him smoke but he waves me off.

My father-in-law is the same way. Has smoked all his adult life, and gets a lot of heat from his children about his smoking. He has been OK so far, and frankly at his age I don't know if the incremental damage he can avoid is worth the withdrawal symptoms. So I don't feel like joining in the pressure from his children in asking him to quit.

by SomeProfile Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:33 pm

Tracy Whitney wrote:
Hellsangel wrote:
Tracy Whitney wrote:he has also taken up horse riding lessons,
So your brother-in-law is getting on top of a horse to get over his ex?

He is doing what he can to forget. there is this horse farm type 5-10 minutes from our place. So he decided to try that... one lesson, one hour, and he was exhausted enough not to think about anything else. He also bbc'ed both days, and y'day kids, hubs, and him were in the backyard for 4-5 hours. Good therapy, from his perspective.

From all that you've said about him, it looks like he is living in your house?

by SomeProfile Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:37 pm

Kris wrote:I was at a dinner last night (indian family) and the consensus pretty much was that indian marriages are not that robust anymore.

Indian or non-Indian, I hear more bad stuff about marriage than good stuff. The more I hear about marriages, the more I feel like I've escaped some great mishap so far in life by remaining single. I am wondering if I am getting a realistic view and forming a sensible opinion of marriage? Or, is my view skewed because people just tend to speak more often and louder about negative things than positive things?

by SomeProfile Mon Jun 27, 2011 9:41 pm

seven wrote:lol i didnt think internet can be labaled an addiction. it really is our necessity just like our phone is. I was addicted to in college but now its not an addiction anymore. it's a necessity. FB isss uhh addiction. ok so FB is my addiction and CH helps me keep that in control lol. Also shopping. I find myself helplessly drawn to gilt, ideeli 6pm et.al. i buy stuff than i dont need (smtimes bcz its really a good deal )

but water under bridge..i dont limit my credit cards or anything like shopaholics do. Can this be considered addiction then?

> Can this be considered addiction then?

Don't know about addiction, but everything you've written fits the dash stereotype to the T.

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:14 pm

SomeProfile wrote:
seven wrote:lol i didnt think internet can be labaled an addiction. it really is our necessity just like our phone is. I was addicted to in college but now its not an addiction anymore. it's a necessity. FB isss uhh addiction. ok so FB is my addiction and CH helps me keep that in control lol. Also shopping. I find myself helplessly drawn to gilt, ideeli 6pm et.al. i buy stuff than i dont need (smtimes bcz its really a good deal )

but water under bridge..i dont limit my credit cards or anything like shopaholics do. Can this be considered addiction then?

> Can this be considered addiction then?

Don't know about addiction, but everything you've written fits the dash stereotype to the T.

fill in the blank. wat dash stereotype? well u know its an addiction but under control so no harm. wats ur addiction?

by Rekz Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:19 pm

seven wrote:
SomeProfile wrote:
seven wrote:lol i didnt think internet can be labaled an addiction. it really is our necessity just like our phone is. I was addicted to in college but now its not an addiction anymore. it's a necessity. FB isss uhh addiction. ok so FB is my addiction and CH helps me keep that in control lol. Also shopping. I find myself helplessly drawn to gilt, ideeli 6pm et.al. i buy stuff than i dont need (smtimes bcz its really a good deal )

but water under bridge..i dont limit my credit cards or anything like shopaholics do. Can this be considered addiction then?

> Can this be considered addiction then?

Don't know about addiction, but everything you've written fits the dash stereotype to the T.

fill in the blank. wat dash stereotype? well u know its an addiction but under control so no harm. wats ur addiction?

His addictions-twist...twist...twist posts on CH Smile

by Guest Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:26 pm

Rekz wrote:
seven wrote:
SomeProfile wrote:
seven wrote:lol i didnt think internet can be labaled an addiction. it really is our necessity just like our phone is. I was addicted to in college but now its not an addiction anymore. it's a necessity. FB isss uhh addiction. ok so FB is my addiction and CH helps me keep that in control lol. Also shopping. I find myself helplessly drawn to gilt, ideeli 6pm et.al. i buy stuff than i dont need (smtimes bcz its really a good deal )

but water under bridge..i dont limit my credit cards or anything like shopaholics do. Can this be considered addiction then?

> Can this be considered addiction then?

Don't know about addiction, but everything you've written fits the dash stereotype to the T.

fill in the blank. wat dash stereotype? well u know its an addiction but under control so no harm. wats ur addiction?

His addictions-twist...twist...twist posts on CH

i am not a subway person. i like quiznos better. their sandwiches are more filling. this i am saying comparatively. i dont like either of them. howcome u got addicted to subway!! u have so many choices in India.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:42 pm

Kris wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:what are yours? mine are poker and poker. I have them under control for the most part but can see how they might easily spiral out of control.

>>> The internet. I have to constantly remind myself that there is a real world out there, one that I used to enjoy a decade ago.

Something dawned on me last weekend. I was on the road, and I remembered CH only on the third day - not even when I checked emails at night on someone else's PC. Perhaps, the new CH seems to have balanced my interest in Old CH. So, I am now well balanced - so to speak.... Razz

Also, both my MWJ are so people intensive, I am in constant touch with real people and talking about real and personal problems only to be balanced by the real problems of the fake CHers....

by Another Brick Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:00 am

alcohol. guilty as charged. once a week. never more, never less. "never more" is a good thing but "never less" is what gives it the status of addiction. i am a habitual personality. then again, one may recall what my great parsi unkil, firoze SodaWaterBottleOpenerWala, once famously said - "a man without vice is like venkat without rice : impossible."

i am not at all addicted to social n/w, cell phone or TV. and although i eat a masala paan on ewwWWrrRy sunday, i don't call it addiction.

by Rekz Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:25 am

[quote="Another Brick"]

i am a habitual personality. then again, one may recall what my great parsi unkil, firoze SodaWaterBottleOpenerWala, once famously said - "a man without vice is like venkat without rice : impossible."

lol!

by Guest Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:29 am

Another Brick wrote:alcohol. guilty as charged. once a week. never more, never less. "never more" is a good thing but "never less" is what gives it the status of addiction. i am a habitual personality. then again, one may recall what my great parsi unkil, firoze SodaWaterBottleOpenerWala, once famously said - "a man without vice is like venkat without rice : impossible."

i am not at all addicted to social n/w, cell phone or TV. and although i eat a masala paan on ewwWWrrRy sunday, i don't call it addiction.

Well, if alcohol once a week is an addiction, than so is paan every sunday. For completing the picture, let's bring in some taash ke patte and naach-gaana. LOL.

by Another Brick Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:14 am

well, i am not yet awarding that status to paan because i wasn't eating it when i was in the US. that's relatively a recent thing. i've been drinking alcohol every weekend for about 7-8 years now. there must have been no more than 2-3 weekends in that time period when i have not.

by Propagandhi711 Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:30 am

once a week? that's peanuts. you're practically on teetotel. you need to worry if it's daily or every other day. or if the said weekend intake is at binging levels.

by Rekz Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:36 am

Latest addiction-CH

by charvaka Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:01 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:once a week? that's peanuts. you're practically on teetotel. you need to worry if it's daily or every other day. or if the said weekend intake is at binging levels.

I have a drink at least two days a week... usually Friday and Saturday. One of those two days, I usually have two drinks. Three sometimes, if there is an occasion for it. I guess I AM addicted!

by Another Brick Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:05 pm

Propagandhi711 wrote:once a week? that's peanuts. you're practically on teetotel. you need to worry if it's daily or every other day. or if the said weekend intake is at binging levels.

hmm. i have three large drinks (180 ml in all) on saturdays. what makes me think it is an addiction is because i've been doing it for several years. i get 10 on 10 for my consistency, though. well, i am not ashamed of it, so no problemo.

by Guest Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:05 pm

charvaka wrote:
Propagandhi711 wrote:once a week? that's peanuts. you're practically on teetotel. you need to worry if it's daily or every other day. or if the said weekend intake is at binging levels.
I have a drink at least two days a week... usually Friday and Saturday. One of those two days, I usually have two drinks. Three sometimes, if there is an occasion for it. I guess I AM addicted!

Guess wife was right after all. Razz

by Propagandhi711 Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:30 pm

no, both you guys ENJOY alcohol. that's no problem. just like if you're married, wanking to porn once a week is no problem. same with alcohol, under 10 drinks a week is perfectly cool. it's practically written in the bylaws.

by nevada Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:14 pm

What you think of as an addiction might actually be a hobby. Every man needs a hobby to keep life interesting.

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