Alcoholism Support Group
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I sometimes refer to my life as the Dopamine Chase. From booze, to pot and hash, to tobacco, to sugar, and yes maybe even to message boards : I'm just not a moderation kinda fella.
As a young teen before I found booze, tobacco and pot in my mid teens,I played sandlot sports, walked everywhere and generally exercise was my thing, although at the time I was just doing what I liked. For example I loved tennis so I'd go play 3 sets. I loved golf so I'd play 36 holes walking. I didn't look at it as exercise, but that's exactly what it was.
Those days were the times of my life when I felt most relaxed without drugs.
Can I achieve true balance or do I need to shoot for "positve addiction" like exercise and message boards?
thoughts?
Anybody else like this?
As a young teen before I found booze, tobacco and pot in my mid teens,I played sandlot sports, walked everywhere and generally exercise was my thing, although at the time I was just doing what I liked. For example I loved tennis so I'd go play 3 sets. I loved golf so I'd play 36 holes walking. I didn't look at it as exercise, but that's exactly what it was.
Those days were the times of my life when I felt most relaxed without drugs.
Can I achieve true balance or do I need to shoot for "positve addiction" like exercise and message boards?
thoughts?
Anybody else like this?
I get addictied to everything bad for me. Period. Sadly, but honestly, I wish I loved weed like I used to. I'd have some kind of peace at times then...but...that's sick thinking still. Must work on that! (really...it's my mood today...need an additude adjustment. Yes, I spell additude wrong, but the other way just doesn't seem right. See, bad additued!, and I'm addictied to IT today!)
You sound a lot like myself though and I can totally relate. Thanks for sharing your honesty, it gave me something to think about.
I didn't mean a current addiction to pot. after I stopped drinking I kept smoking for a while, but eventually I was protecting the supply, driving high ( with no licence no less) etc. I looked around and realized that there weren't many old timers or even medium timers in AA who smoked pot. I stopped using the same program.