>beef jerky
>pussy
>the Marvel universe

>Doing nothing.

Beef jerky
Spotify
Dreaming
Occasionally LSD

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>>690892611
Indolence

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>cigarettes
>weed
>Adderall

Going without the first two atm.
God I want a smoke but I'm flat broke. Fuck me.

Cigarettes
Weed
Jerking
Rockstar
Fucking the wives/gfs of others

>>690893890
I learned a new word.
Thanks anon.

>>690893472
10\10 would chill
>>690892611
10\10 would lift with
>>690893783
I'm seeing a trend here
>>690894043
I know the feel

>>690894137
You are everything I hate.

>>690894159
Beef jerky is just hella good

>>690893890
Not gonna lie, had to Google

>weed maybe
>arizona tea (about every fucking drink)

and thats probably about it, dont really get addicted to much

i smoke every weekend or so but even then its not addicting, hell i couldnt even get addicted to cigarettes but arizona man. Ive been drinking that shit before it was a meme

Hydrocodone, due to my dentist being a fuckup. Withdrawal is almost half over, woo.
Saving porn and then never looking at it again ever.
Bananas.

where did you guys meet the plug? I mean clearly ur lying but hypothetically.

>>690894159
How the fuck do i make having no cigs easier?
Every time I eat or drink coffee, the craving hits like a cinderblock to the nose.
And fuck me, mornings without a cig are rough.
I wanna quit but fuck man, it was the perfect way to punctuate a ton of situations.

>>690894434
oh and
>porn
>fapping

>>690894359
same here

>>690892611
>women
>emotional connection
>self loathing

>>690894485
yea you're in that stage where its controlling you, good luck ive never gotten to that stage but in this one month a while back i smoked a good pack of cigarettes for the first time and i couldnt get the craving out of my system at all for like another month

shits terrible man

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>>690894485
Fantasize them in every possible situation until the sight of them repulses you?

Alternatively, smoke a shit ton until you have difficulty breathing and reality sets in that they're killing you.

>>690894239
Excellent

>>690894707
I took the second option

>>690892611
addicted to dubs

>>690894560
Beta male detected

Pick up some iron man

>>690894851
Not today mate

Cigarettes
Iced tea
The Internet
I sound like the biggest neckbeard

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>video games
>naps
>pepsi

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im single and im addicted to getting singles

>>690895013
Are you?

Nicotine
Self harm
Porn
Spending money shopping

>>690894952
live and die by the addiction

mfw commit suicide if this is no dubs

i hope it isnt, i need release from this eternal prison

>>690895887
Cya pal

>>690895839
Not sure if underage or generic attention whore

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>>690895887
off by one

o cru-el fate

>>690895013
>iced tea
fuck ya mate, nothing more refreshing. I have been drinking about a liter and a half a fucking day. It is obnoxious.

I am going to get dementia and kidney stones from all the aluminum intake.

mfw pissing blood and losing my mind from tea addiction

>>690895887
R.i.p

>>690896113
Out of respect. First is true second is true because am really lonely and have no one to give attention to me

>>690895971
>>690896151

I would end it all but I have an important task in this world.

And so do you. Your important task is to check these integers

>>690896283
[User was banned for this post]

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> Shitposting

>>690896602
-Obligatory-

drinking
xbox live
jerkin off
ciggs

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>>690896688
Double dubs

>>690892611
>running from intimacy
>running in general
>alcohol
>cheese and grease
>blues music
>high risk unprotected sex
>internet

>>690895747
Not at all :(

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>>690896688

>>690896955
How's the 50's?

Not gonna lie though, would fit the greaser stereotype also

>SSBM
>Weed
>Sex

Amphetamines
Alcohol
Nicotine but I'm trying to stop
Biting my nails but I have almost completely stopped after 25 years of it going basically unchecked

>>690892611
>masturbation
>nicotine
>food
>sugary drinks
>vidya
>animu
>pronz

>chocolate milk

Porn
News
Arguing with people in the interwebz

>>690894460
What kind of plug you trying to feel out? Easiest way is living in a neighborhood not filled with middle class suburbanites/not being an obvious nervous fuck scared of people different than you. If you can't then go via the internet.

>nicotine
>weed
>acid
>stand up
>culture (music, art, tv, etc...)
I.e I'm addicted to being a hipster

>>690897327
How do Amphetamines feel like?

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>>690895113

>>690897800
Bumping, also curious

Tempted to get coke

>beef jerky
>masturbating (at least twice daily)
>LSD
>coffee

currently trying to be addicted to:
>lifting
it's at the point where if I don't go, my mood changes and I feel bad. However, it's really easy for me not to go.

>>690897149
what makes you say that... couldn't disagree more

blues music wasn't really big yet, internet didn't exist

alcohol and unprotected sex have existed always. same with cheese and enjoying running

if your point simply was blues as a genre, well that is one of the originals. blues music has been played since faggots were impaling each other with spears

>>690897800
At first: You are in high control and awareness of your actions and surroundings. You are manic and can feel like a near god. Because of increased dopamine you've already got pleasure responses firing near constantly, so the mundane becomes interesting, you can tend to focus and get tunnel vision on whatever you wish. Great rushes of energy throughout your body, and anything sexuality amplified. Comedown feels like your brain has been hit by a bat, and everything becomes slow and difficult in comparison. Can be difficult.

After constant use/abuse: euphoria essentially completely gone. Dosages will bring physical stimulation and maybe some mental for an hour or two on lucky days. Irritability when not on amphs, all of the leading and experience you thought you were thriving at comes in very slow waves. Near constant craving for anything to be interesting. Body tension to the point of extreme body pain that you have forgotten isn't normal. "It isn't so bad though", long as you got something speeding you up, I guess.

>>690892611
>cigarettes
>coffee
>civilization v
>driving
>the smell of gasoline
>pregabalin

Missing my daily (or more frequent) doses makes me anxious, which, I presume, is a valid indication of addiction.

>>690898277
It's hard to be addicted to something with material worth when you take mind altering drugs that show you not everything that's important is material

Basically acting blue pilled to please everyone
But being red pilled af

>>690892611
How the fuck are you addicted to the one drug family that's mainly non-addictive

>>690898820
Addictive personality?

Addicted to different perceived consciousness?

Theres several things to be addicted to, not just the drug itself

>>690897969
Person who posted >>690897969

Coke is not worth it chemically IMO. Super short duration, requires you already making a good bit of neurotransmitters naturally, is way too expensive because it is mostly habitual. If you can get very clean coke, it can be great but I find it by itself to just be so unfulfilling. If you want longer duration, check out another triple reuptake inhibitor like Ritalin or one of its chemical derivatives. The body feel aspect coming from the slight anesthetic can be great, but I doubt if you find a plug it will constantly be great product and with tolerance that aspect goes away quickly.

>>690898597
Thank you!

>>690898657
Wanna play civ together?

>>690892611
I'm addickted to being alpha. I put dick in there because my dick is huge and it is alpha to remind you.

I haven't been too alpha lately since I left high school because I am busy on projects that will be alpha when completed.

But back in high school about 10 years ago, I would get rocks thrown at me and I would just stare back at those jealous faggots. They think they are alpha yet there they are laughing at a distance while I get pelted with rocks. They were too afraid to approach my alpha presence.

I would go to lunchroom and get a double serving to feed my quickly growing powerful alpha build. Terrified betas would surrender an entire table to me.

I was a king

>>690899197
No problem, anon. If you do not use them regularly/medically they are really a great drug. But if you start using constantly to the point of basically not sleeping and neglecting yourself, shit gets really dark

Adderall is the brand name for a stimulant that is formally known as "amphetamine". Experimenting with the drug is sure to bring you academic and athletic excellence. As long as you can remember to eat and drink regularly.
It is the greatest performance enhancing drug ever and millions of people take it every day.

>>690899153
Also, thanks anon... will keep in mind, bath salts it is then

>>690899285
Thank you for the offer, but I don't handle online gaming very well, being a sperglord and all. Also, my mobo blew a load of caps and it was shit anyway, currently waiting for a new one to be delivered. Anxious as hell.

>>690899404
I'm honestly just curious. I never took anything besides weed. But reading other people's experiences is so, so interesting.

>>690899579
First of all, I am 99% sure this is b8 but I guess it was good enough for your (you)

There is no formal context that refers to adderall as "amphetamine" just like there is no formal context that refers to you merely as faggot

whether or not both fit into their respective categories

>>690899859
Yeah fuck that guy he doesn't even use formally right you got him boss. That was totally alpha bro

>>690899610
That sucks, dude. Hope you have a great week despite all this shit

>>690900068
That wasn't even close to the point but okay dude

>>690899859
Not that anon, but you do know that adderall is a combination of levo- and dex- amphetamine salts with binders right? As someone who has used and abused amphetamines from the spectrum of straight out of the pharmacy to pristine meth, adderall is certainly amphetamine, chemically and experientially. Not to say that it is near greatest of the amphetamine class of chemicals, but it is nonetheless

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>>690892611
>PC Vidya
>NHL Hockey
>Alcohol

actually alcohol should be first, but i'm too lazy to correct it, so as a caveat
>being lazy

Beef Jerkey
Alcohol
Learning

>>690900340
He's an english major or something and he's upset that his degree is only useful for pedantics with anons

>>690899605
Avoid MDPV for the most part, it is not very interesting. Assuming that is what you meant when you said bath salts (you were also probably joking, so I'm sorry there)

>>690899659
No problem man. If you are interested in mainly reading others' experiences, go to erowid's experience vault. You may know it already, but you will have enough content to last for as much reading as you want. Narrow down a few chemicals you like, and go read what others have to say. Good luck anon and stay safe in whatever you do.

>>690892611
>masturbation
>eating junk food
>shows like got or brba
>indie music
>alcohol

>Pop (soda)
>Masturbating
>Steak

I can't go like 2 or 3 days without eating a steak...I jerk it at least twice a day even tho I'm married and with a partner who never says no to sex.

Interesting to see beef jerky so often posted. I've been vegetarian since I was 12 or so, 25 now. Was it really that good and I have just been forgotten? Lots of you anons seem like good dudes, keep on doing what you do.

>>690900340
>>690900340
I definitely do.

Adderall is an amphetamine but no one goes around simply calling it amphetamine which is literally what the other guy said.

>It is formally called "amphetamine"

Chloroform is called "methane"

Same fucking logic

>>690900681
Nope chem undergrad studying bachelors in geophysics but okay

>>690900791
It was a 50/50

Interesting in the fact it's so readily available

I tripped on DXM once and marvelled at the fact it was legal for half of the trip, the other half was spent stumbling to the bathroom and watching trippy videos on YouTube

>>690900791
Thank you so much! I won't have a life the next few days. :D Stay safe, too, friendly anon!

>>690901160
Yeah just like no one calls a Dodge a car, even though technically, it's a car.

>>690892611
(street) Amphetamines at the moment. Can't work without being high (I spend 4 hours redacting half a page in word when sobber.)

>>690901160
Understood. I misinterpreted your original response, I apologize. I think they must have copied it from some site, so I doubt they really had any investment or cared about what was being said at all.

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>>690901146
It really is that good

Great for giving you a jawline too

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Mountain dew baja blast
Cigarettes
Anime

Are you guys in some way ok with your addiction? Or does it make you feel like the worst?

>>690901426
Yeah but if anyone walked up to you and said
>Dodge is formally called "car"
You would probably slap that retard across his mongrel face

>>690901524
No problem, I figured you would understand with explanation

this other faggot on the other hand...

>>690901426

>>690901526
If I ever decide to go back to eating meat, I'll have to pick up some good beef jerky right off the bat. I know when I was a kid I ate it, but I honestly can't even remember what it tasted or felt like now.

coffee, nicotine, and i love adderall and alcohol but i dont know if i would call myself an addict

>>690902023
I dunno what country you live in so I can't recommend any good brands

But here in Australia I like to get Hydale and Roadkill jerky (And one other I can't remember)

I'm a slut for original and teriyaki flavours

>>690892611
Lifting
Chinks
Humiliation
Caffeine
Dick >>690892611

>>690901901
Oh you schoolboys.

>>690902042
If you say you love adderall but aren't sure if you are an addict...

either you are addicted or stop NOW

no joke dude

Cigarettes
Opiates
Alcohol
Internet
Masturbation

>>690903159
Listen to this anon. It is not a fun road to go down. Worst part is you know how fucked everything has become, but you are unlikely to change the morning after crashing because you get so stimmed immediately to get out of bed

>anime
>porn/masturbating
>dissociatives
>image boards
>pacing
>coffee
Used to be addicted to shoplifting, but I kicked that shit before I got caught

Coffee
Ass
Video Games
Junk Food

Funnily enough I get all of them everyday.

Meth.
Been trying to stay away from it for years, but occasionally I enjoy a blast to the past .

This thread is depressing. We're all fucked, drug dependencies, loneliness, mental disorders

Why does sadness exist?

What is the evolutionary benefit for healthy individuals to be unhealthy for the sake of being unhealthy?

Are we just as in control of our lives of the successful individuals but too sad and pathetic to do so? Certainly there are more successful people than most of us that have overcome more adversity and maybe they are just as sad.

What is sadness and more importantly what is the point of it?

inb4 shitposting ad hominem

>>690903612
>What is the evolutionary benefit for healthy individuals to be unhealthy for the sake of being unhealthy?
For one, we aren't really biologically adjusted to having access to all the unhealthy shit we have access to.
And really, suffering and sadness, being the great motivators that they can be, are evolutionarily beneficial.

>>690903612
It's life, get over it. You are the only one that can change your life if you don't like it.

>>690903476
but i love watching porn for like 2 hours and being on adderall :(
but I haven't done it in a while and its almost never available to me anymore, but thanks for the advice

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>waited until 20 to try anything drug related because of fucked up family example was deterrent
>Never had moderation in life though, got into guitar & had to have as many as possible; like soda so drank 3 super big gulps daily
>Try weed and actually don't regret early pot, opened my perspective on some things and was fun for a bit
>Headaches from smoking too much out of bong, try 2 5 mg oxycodone (Percocet) at once...fucked forever
>Knew I was doomed, liked opiates far too much, never in denial as addiction progressed
>Spent over 10 years as a hardcore pharmaceutical opiate junkie
>Up to 50 10mg hydrocodone a day easy just to function, then still sought Dilaudid and oxycodone from oxycontin or basic Perc's to TRY and get nodded
>Rarely worked
>Herculean amounts of opiates, Benzo's, Soma's and eventually alcohol for synergistic effect could barely keep me "well", whenever withdrawal was in full swing was the worst fucking feeling and experience you can imagine.
>Hollow, empty, just a big nerve the size of a man in constant pain and agony
>Finally try Methadone maintenance therapy after years of rehabs & relapse
>Have been on methadone for over a decade and will probably be for life...as it's been shown psychologically and physiologically the brain of long term opiate addicts are irrevocably altered and the reward system will never be right again
>For me Methadone is like insulin, I don't feel a huge high or nod out, just feel normal. No withdrawal or cravings. It's working for me, life is as good as life gets, not great & not awful...all any of us have really.
>Fuck critics of methadone programs, it works for me and hundreds of thousands of others, most who prefer to be anonymous and get back to their lives and function.
>If you're a true opiate addict and nothing is working to improve your life...try it, if it don't agree with you or you hate it, they're always gonna make H and pills , etc. It ain't going nowhere...

>>690904351
That's a good thing...

You can watch porn at will bro, it is not worth amphetamine addiction

That shit is legit.

It will consume you.

There are moments where /b/ is just faggy or retarded or trolling but dude. Amphetamines. You have to know their reputation, don't fuck around simply because you like jacking off on it

Alcohol
Lifting
Her

My only addiction that I have is trying to find Bigfoot. And I am serious. I have wasted $15,000 within the past 11 months trying to capture a live Sasquatch.

I am a fucking idiot.

>>690904293
There are people born unhappy

I understand the biologic motivator and I guess it is obvious why it would be in conflict with society but it still confounds me.

I find it difficult to believe people were happier before the neolithic era, constantly motivated by survival. Our brains have hardly evolved at all since we have developed, what like 6000 years ago?

Unhappiness seems objectively an inhibitor to evolution. It is not like there is any direct correlation to reproduction with it.
>>690904338
Chill out bro, I know this is /b/ and all but trying to ask honest questions doesn't merit that response. If you don't have anything useful to contribute you can always kill yourself. I'll be there applauding during your funeral

>>690904675
Im sry to say that, but yes, you are a fucking idiot

>>690904675

Actually that sounds pretty fucking badass man!

I wouldn't support murdering one just for science or some freak show but if they really were found, undeniable proof, studying them and tracking them would be acceptable.

>>690904675
In contrast to the other people here, you are not an idiot.

Keep doing it bro. Everyone else here talks about amphetamines, and opiates, and alcohol, etc

There is ~0% chance bigfoot exists. But there is 0 value in amphetamine or opiate addiction. And they are probably spending 10's of thousands themselves while killing themselves with their addictions.

You do you. You are not hurting society

>>690896283
MODS

>>690894448
in a month or so you will kill for more but be strong

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I'm addicted to Rice Krispie Treats, no shit.

Go through boxes a week plus make it at home, in big square casserole dishes that I end up eating out of like a cereal bowl...just grab the batch when finished and commence to mowing with a fork sometimes but mostly bare hands.

Im no fat fuck either, 165 at most, but Krispie Treats are all I really eat.

Oh and crack.

>>690905134
Sorry, i didn't want to sound like a jerk. I just think that you are the only person in your life that really can do anything about this sadness . Sadness ist just made up in our mind because we have certain expectations. I mean, for normal people, of course there is mental illness.

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> Alcohol
> Porn
> Gambling

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>>690892611

Getting my arse pummelled by 50 year old men

>>690892611
>nail biting
>jerking off
>music
>sweets
>quite internet

>>690903612
The society is much more complicated than our caveman capabilities let us handle and for many of us, our natural tendencies are under constant suppression.

Those of us, who are neurologically pack animals - the majority of humanity - can't find their place in the oversized pack and face a constant bombardment of attempts from other people to prove their superiority in the hierarchy by mundane things such as choices of possession and lifestyle without the legal ability to stick Oglaf's head up his ass if he proves too cocky.

Those of us, who are neurologically territorial, on the other hand, are forced to find a place in a pack they don't belong to in the first place, made to respect those higher up in the hierarchy without being able to feel that biological respect and have no idea why they are up there anyway, if and when they seemingly possess nothing admirable in their character. Their existence becomes a constant state of fight or flight, without the society's permission to fight and have nowhere to flee.

>>690905695
That was the entire fucking point of my original post...

But okay yea sure thanks for contributing nothing. Fuck does /b/ suck

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>addicted to being depressed
>my aunt's high heels

>>690906055
You must be an awesome person

Farts

>>690906008
I think it is an interesting thought

But I struggle to believe the pack idea is an explanation for unhappiness. Especially since sadness is easily observable in tribal societies even among the leaders of those.

It doesn't matter the circumstances there are examples of unhappiness and they are always negative. It is as if it is some kind of virus embedded into our dna that buttfucks us, or it is in all of ours and truly those that are "depressed" are simply experiencing the same as everyone else but are just that much weaker

The added people might be annoying at times but that is a consequence of an urban environment, and even those in an urban environment still don't associate closely with more individuals that pre agrarian groups

Cheese
Nostalgia
Pokemon
Vegetarian progressive grindcore

Clove ciggarettes
weed
food
Watching women wet themselves

> meh

>>690906404
The Cargo Cult phenomenon and the way Pilgrims and other civilized white Europeans rolled Indians and other native peoples shows that cultures are far more alike than different. People have been depressed and anxious in every country , class, time period etc. Our society today makes it very easy to communicate those feelings, where before say in the old west any disclosure or discussion of mental weakness or depression was seen as a negative if not life threatening offense.

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>>690892611
Porn
Women
cigarettes
Jesus

>>690904614
god you're a fag.

>>690906852
>>690906223
>>690906065
>>690905693
>>690905204
>>690904474

Addicted to being a multiple personality samefag.

>pure leaf unsweet tea
>lemon juice
>habanero and hybrid peppers
>chipotle
>jerking off

>>690906852
That's what I mean

Depression isn't a modern phenomenon, and likely existed before agrarian society.

What is its purpose? There is no reason for it. It must be vestigial or something, and it seems as though almost all of humanity suffers it to some extent.

>>690907376
Yo.
different anon here.

I thought depression was merely a very sad feeling that alerts you to do something about it.
The helpnessness and hopelessness can be the bit that ends you though.

> over ten years fighting that black dog cunt and taking responsibility and seeking support was the best way for me to help it.

>>690906404
No, never meant to be an exhausting explanation, possibly just one edge of the bigger picture. I've been philosophizing (researching would be too strong a word) - through observation - about the similarities in behavior between neurologically challenged humans (those with ASD mostly) and territorial animals, and then group animals such as dogs and chimps and baseline humans. It all started with the sudden question "why do I have more empathy for my cat than my boss" and I've worked my way up from there.

In some, such as myself, this alleged developmental deviation towards territorial behavior seems to fit in with the majority of signs and symptoms and also goes deeper than that. It can also explain how the lack of instinctive understanding of each other's feelings and motives is bidirectional. It even tackles the inherent problems faced in completing complex tasks by both types of humans.

>>690907628
But it is obvious there is depression that cannot be fixed through any reasonable means. It is some element of our psyche or just some uncontrollable brain chemistry sometimes whether or not it can develop for obvious reasons that perhaps can be fixed.

>>690895839
Dont be a pussy and harm Yourself. Just end it already! You fucking faggot

>>690907376
It could also be a safeguard against further harm if a certain limit is encountered. This treads heavily in the soil of evolutionary psychology, a topic I'm interested in but can't wrap my head around.

>>690892611

>self pity
>cigarettes
>vidya games

I miss the days when it was just sex, weed and blow

>>690907376
I don't think cause & effect is applicable to human emotions and depression. Since some feel depression because of a biological chemical imbalance in the brain that medication helps a great deal but then others get no relief from them leads me to think that there is no purpose to it. It's a side effect of living and especially of having empathy and a capacity for being in touch with your inner feelings. Some fucks have no sympathy, empathy or sense of imposition at all...they just go through life like it's nothing...non philosophically curious people are why are civilization, especially in the US is still stunted when we should be near a utopia with the technology, knowledge and wealth of the world. But humans are humans and things like greed and the fallacy of tradition will seemingly never disappear. That is enough to make me a it depressed....

>>690907793
Never meant that you imply end all be all with your one post. Just trying to play devils advocate and explore these ideas.

I find it difficult to give any legitimate credence to psychological definitions for obvious reasons.

But in terms of the cat or chimp or dog or ferret or even trinket you value and love. These are so very clearly different because they are not human even if you apply human characteristics to them. You can go to r9k right now and find unsociable individuals, psychopaths, and autism tier individuals alike sharing in discussion they would never have with real life individuals The layer of abstraction can be enough to bring comfort in an individual to put themselves on the line when they know there is no confidence. I can go pet my dog and she will grow tired of it and walk away, but it would not hurt me as much as trying to talk to someone and seeing them abandon me. I get your point here but I also find it not entirely related to tackling the essence of unhappiness.

Especially when then it seems pretty demonstrable that animals, even those that do not exist in social environments, exhibit unhappiness and depression

>>690908047
It is very difficult to grasp and may forever confound us for all we know. I doubt how it could honestly be a safeguard against harm when it seems to do so much harm

>>690908280
I think you align most strongly with my beliefs there

Especially in some of your implications about how we "treat" mental illness like depression.

If you ask me psychology is a sham and has hardly evolved past electroshock therapy and realistically lobotomy. It always has been pseudoscience chasing false trends about something I personally feel we will never understand

We have no fucking idea what we are doing, and we trust pseudoscience and a few flimsy studies here and there to pump people full of drugs that are as damaging as they are helpful