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Posted by slinky on September 16, 2003, at 22:33:05
..because I'm tired of mine.
Posted by galkeepinon on September 16, 2003, at 23:40:08
In reply to Addictive personality anyone?, posted by slinky on September 16, 2003, at 22:33:05
(((((slinky)))))
sorry~I've got one of my own and I'm frustrated with mine, I'm sure you don't want it!
So what are we addicted to????> ..because I'm tired of mine.
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Posted by shar on September 17, 2003, at 0:48:36
In reply to Addictive personality anyone?, posted by slinky on September 16, 2003, at 22:33:05
oh....I was sorta hoping you might want mine.....
S
Posted by Greg on September 17, 2003, at 14:52:37
In reply to Addictive personality anyone?, posted by slinky on September 16, 2003, at 22:33:05
> ..because I'm tired of mine.
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Sorry Slinky-babe, mine is what me into to trouble in the first place.You were missed. I guess it's OK to be addicted to some things.
G
Posted by Peter N on September 23, 2003, at 9:50:33
In reply to Addictive personality anyone?, posted by slinky on September 16, 2003, at 22:33:05
I feel that I got myself into trouble by labeling myself with an addictive "personality." I just got so frustrated with being addicted to random things: computers, sex, porn, car audio, relationships, etc; I figured drugs would be the next logical step, so I jumped right in, ignoring everyone's warnings. When I got into rehab, I told them this was my personality, and drugs were the only thing that freed me from other compulsive behaviors, so why bother treating this, I'm flawed to begin with. (I was put in rehab against my wishes.)
It turns out that it's not a "personality" type, instead it's a dis-ease. It's the problem with never feeling at ease with the way things are - always wanting MORE.
Going through rehab for 80 days (I was really sick) shone light on a couple things that helped me see two things about myself that greatly contributed to this: 1) I lived in a state of total suffering and didn't even know that it could be any other way and 2) I have ADD, which made my reality cloudy and was self-medicating with cocaine and other substances. Through a lot of therapy, my constant unconscious suffering was transmuted into consciousness. All it took was total honesty about my childhood. My parents were nothing but loving and caring, so I figured I was just flawed. For me, it was childhood bullying that I repressed and thus continued to suffer from into adulthood. Being addicted to things allowed me to focus on something that wasn't myself.
Posted by Phil on October 7, 2003, at 15:36:12
In reply to Addictive personality anyone?, posted by slinky on September 16, 2003, at 22:33:05
As I smoke a cig, drink a Diet Dr Pepper and eat chocolate? Sure, I'll take it.
Actually, all of us types have an emptyness, the Black Hole in the Soul. Most everything we do is trying to comfort that pain and we switch addictions like Warren Beatty used to switch partners.
In the end, as Peter said so well, we have to come to terms with ourselves somehow through honesty. I've been there before for short periods but I'm not even aiming at perfection anymore. I've found I'm happy with some of my not so healthy behaviors. I got tired of beating myself up.
Posted by slinky on October 8, 2003, at 9:47:22
In reply to Re: Addictive personality anyone?, posted by Phil on October 7, 2003, at 15:36:12
I miss your posts Phil.
Reacing perfection --could take a lifetime and for what, to die of boredom perhaps.
Anyway I'll try just to ged rid of the unhealthy addiction of beating myself up.
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