Do You Consider Yourself an Addict?

lol, interesting response. I think you took my post far to "literally". Lets review, shall we?

First off, using the word addiction and addict causes many problems in itself as there are many different ways to define the word. So me and you would have to come to a written agreement on what the word actually means to each of us, and agree on a commonality.
I think you were thinking more of the definition: "to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic." (dictionary.com)
I was thinking more along the lines of: "to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games." (dictionary.com)
Sort of hard to think that someone who uses opiates, and thinks enough about them to post on a forum devoted to opiates wouldn't be considered close to this category. But I could be wrong.

"And not to sound rude, but if you're planning on stopping, why not stop today?" -Thats what the smiley face was for

"Make sure you're not just fooling yourself to make yourself more comfortable with addiction as just a temporary thing that won't last forever. Pushing things off only makes it worse, it only gets harder, and the cycle continues to repeat." -Literally, couldn't agree more.

But.. back to the original point I was trying to make, which I did a really bad job on. In my opinion, addicts will ALWAYS enjoy their high much more than any recreational user. It's not something I can prove. And there is no way I can allow you to jump into my body and feel what I feel when I take opiates, but I absolutely guarantee you (yes, guarantee) that if you felt them the way I did, you would (within 3-4 months) call yourself an addict. This is of course on the condition that they were easily available to you and you had sufficient funds to purchase.
I've told this to many recreational using friends, and they all same the same thing. "Not True". "I have more willpower" "They feel great for me too" yadda yadda ya. But when asked to describe what their high feels like to them, they will ALWAYS, ALWAYS, lack certain keys words which an addict will most likely probably spit off first.. then follow up with the: "warm" "fuzzy" "euphoric" "social" "happy" etc.
I don't know. In any respect I don't regret anything. Not the way I was created and certainly not the way I experience opiates. It's a glorious thing. Absolutely profound. But, with that said.. my brain is definitely built with what most would call a defect. This defect allows me to appreciate opiates only like others with this defect can. The con? We get addicted, ruin our lives, as well as the people's lives we love, go broke, OD, withdrawal time after time, feel more alone when in a room full of people then when by ourselves, etc etc etc etc etc etc.

Is it worth it?

Addict: "Fuck yea, this shit feels great!"
Person: "Who am I?"

lol, sorry to rant and rave. I'm really bored, spiked with some anxiety. I do believe addiction is a disease and a horrible thing. But thankfully addiction is a problem which many people suffer from and therefore the is a support group out there. And there is people getting better. Everday.

 

Anything you plan on stopping...you are addicted to.