addictive personality

[dede2121]

i have always wondered about this but never really looked into it. i just googled addictive personality and read alot about it. scary but it describes me to a T.it really answered some of my questions as to why/how i became addicted to pain pills.  i have an appointment on monday with a phsychiatrist. cant wait for that. i am working on 3 weeks clean with one slip up last week. trying not to count that. i still feel like crap. not sure why. i thought i would be so much better by now. i dont want to get out of bed. i am not working, heck i dont even want to leave the house.

[Fireby29]

I have a addictive personality I think.  Sex, gambling are a couple.  They have never gotten as out of control as pills got, but I can see it to some extent in myself.  I have been trying for a long time(pills relatively new) to channel it into more productive efforts like the gym, work, family.  I figure addiction is going to be there, better to be addicted to thinks that are actually good for me.  All of these things I have been fairly successful at, we will see on my pill addiction recovery. So far so good though.

Bryan

[YesLife4Me]

When I start feeling that way, I put my headphones in and go for a walk.  Nest thing I know im walking to the beat and feeling more energized.  Sometimes I argue with myself about going, and sometimes lose.  Our lives used to revolve around those pills and how they made us feel.   We have to find a new way of living without that intoxicant and it feels awkwqrd.  Sometimes I can barely muster the strength to do what I want to do, let alone what needs to be done

[Teresa1717]

Dont beat yourself up on the "slip up" last week. As you already stated in the start of your post, we have addictive personalities! That part of our brains say horrible things to us and in most cases we listen to it! Getting clean is not only taking our lives back from the pills and detoxifying our bodies, but its retraining our brains to learn to life life clean and sober! That is the hardest part for me thus far! My addictive personality will probably always be there but now im trying to direct it to healthier addictions, like exercising, and other hobbies. So far its a work in progress, but its working!

I think 3 weeks is fantastic, and seeing your psychiatrist will defeinitely help! Aftercare is also very important so we can get to the root of what has made us use for so long.

Try getting up and forcing yourself out of bed and outside. Go for a walk or a bike ride or anything. You will be surprised at how much better you feel!!

[buddycrunch]

me too, me too. then we get kicked when we go out there if we do leave the house, we gotta be tougher!

'addictive personaliteis' - also includes the curse of being 'accident prone'  even that include parachutes that open all twisted up, vehecles pulling out in front of you, and losing a wheel from broken axels, etc. We are just cursed.   I've always heard, "He doesn't give us more than we can handle".  Apparently we are much stronger than those around us but don't know it.