I do have drug problems

[Hailto]

So is TMO.

[Cecily]

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So is TMO.

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[Hailto]

I'd like to know how AA destroyed someones life.

[Ryba]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life. The first addiction is the emotional security of victimhood. The second addiction is the symptom.

Go read a book or work out. Game of Thrones does not count because it is really shitty fantasy targeted at rednecks and old perverts who don't notice when a character has only a single dimension as long as there is incest or unmotivated cruelty to get excited about. Game of Thrones sucks and I hope that pisses someone off.

Anyone else wonder what percentage of p99 are current or recovering addicts? Do MMOs attract addictive personalities or do they create their own kind of addictive behavior? Is your EQ avatar a way for you to escape into a fantasy where you are capable and heroic? If it is an escape, is it an opiate, impeding real change, or a stimulant, enabling a healthy perspective shift? Is that an awkward analogy in a thread on drugs on the shittiest sub-forum of an almost illegal emulation of ElfSim '99? How the fuck did you get here? How bad is Game of Thrones?

[mike90]

Originally Posted by Ryba [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life. The first addiction is the emotional security of victimhood. The second addiction is the symptom.

Go read a book or work out. Game of Thrones does not count because it is really shitty fantasy targeted at rednecks and old perverts who don't notice when a character has only a single dimension as long as there is incest or unmotivated cruelty to get excited about. Game of Thrones sucks and I hope that pisses someone off.

Anyone else wonder what percentage of p99 are current or recovering addicts? Do MMOs attract addictive personalities or do they create their own kind of addictive behavior? Is your EQ avatar a way for you to escape into a fantasy where you are capable and heroic? If it is an escape, is it an opiate, impeding real change, or a stimulant, enabling a healthy perspective shift? Is that an awkward analogy in a thread on drugs on the shittiest sub-forum of an almost illegal emulation of ElfSim '99? How the fuck did you get here? How bad is Game of Thrones?

You really hit the target on an often overlooked point here. Most of the people I've known IRL that play mmos are addicts of some type or have addictive personalities. I know back on live around 2001 the main hook for me and my friends and roomies was being able to escape our shitty real lives where we felt powerless and unimportant. I was addicted to EQ first before i started doing drugs because I liked feeling powerful, important, and respected. Feelings I wasn't getting from my real life. Drugs and etc started a bit later after that stopped working because I fully realized what I was doing

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Ryba [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

Originally Posted by Ryba [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

Originally Posted by Ryba [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

Originally Posted by Ryba [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

Originally Posted by Ryba [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

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As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

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As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

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As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

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As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

Originally Posted by Ryba [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As long as you believe forces beyond your control can destroy your life, anything can destroy your life.

[Hasbinbad]

Just like any addiction can destroy someones life.

[Hasbinbad]

An accumulation of negative consequences brought about by persistence in a behavior regardless of said negative consequences.

[Hailto]

Yeah, but what are the negative consequences of AA besides defeating your alcoholism?

[Hasbinbad]

Originally Posted by Hailto [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah, but what are the negative consequences of AA besides defeating your alcoholism?

That depends on the person, as is true with any addiction. But anecdotally, I have seen 12 step programs engender in people beliefs about reality that have no basis. I've seen people turn away from people that really care about them because they say something that doesn't jive with the freaky doctrine. I've seen people give up everything in life that matters to them in order to conform more with the 12 step lifestyle. I've seen sponsors preying on vulnerable people with no system of checks. The meetings themselves are hotbeds of relapse. Lastly, there is no end to this. I've seen people still down on themselves after being sober for 20+ years. In short, every person I've ever seen go through AA has ended up a burnt out husk of the person they once were.

Just like drugs.