I am a 34 year old male, I started abusing anything i could get my hands on at about the age of 13, tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, prescribed adderall and ritalin, etc.. at 14 i switched to bigger stuff... I learned to freebase cocaine with my dad, I started taking robotusin, trazedone, percs, whatever I could get my hands on. By 20 I was comboing mushrooms, ketamine, mdma, acid, etc. Eventually I was even deported from a foreign country I was living in for trafficking ketamine and mdma. The biggest addiction for me was alcohol.. I consumed it in massive quantities from sun up to sun down, at work etc along with whatever was around. During all those substances I was always able to take more longer than anyone around me and was good at getting it cheap or free while maintaining a very healthy athletic physical body. In 2009 I quit everything, I couldnt take the idea of ruining a possible future childs life because of my addictions. I didnt suffer from any withdrawals, attend counsel or meetings, and I have never relapsed. I do not think I will ever turn to substances again, however I find that I am addicted to anything and everything I have the slightest interest in. I picked up photography and changed my career path to allow me months off at a time to travel and purchase photo equipment and spent 8-14 hours everyday taking photos processing them etc.... this went on for about 4 years, then one day i picked up a video game... I logged 5,800+ hours on one game in 2 years along with the dozens of others i played, i bought every high end piece of equipment available to feed the addiction. During this time I have done well at work because I can autopilot myself and work continuously for a long periods without complaint. I am married have a house, car, kid on the way etc. But I cannot understand why I become addicted to everything I find of interest, from games to travel, to substances, to drawing.. you name it. I was diagnosed as a poly addict from a doctor while pursuing help for insomnia without taking drugs. I have found that in between addictions I am very restless, I cannot focus, my emotions become very difficult to handle... I could tear up from seeing something or become very angry for little reason etc. I am sure that some of this comes from a bad childhood but I do not want to accidentally pass on these traits to my kid or hurt anyone around me. Is there a way to channel this, or stop it? I am against medications of anykind.. I refuse to turn to pills for help. If anyone has any advice or can relate I appreciate it. thank you.