Are you addicted? Subtle Addictions

[AncientRainbows]

Coffee
Coffee is not an addiction per se, I personally drink some coffee every couple of weeks as I like the taste, but it becomes an addiction one is not conscious about when they drink something like 3 or more coffees a day. My parents drink up to 4-5 a day, it has been so engraved into them that they can't even think of it as an addiction, then they complain they have trouble sleeping, as the common man does. The common man complains of things he causes to himself but he doesn't want to fix.

I just truly identified my coffee addiction today going to ween myself down and off over the next few weeks but I would like to give some context on the deeper stages of this one.

it starts with Starbucks and free refiles for me.
today I had 5 of the large drips (24oz) and a small 8oz cup of instant coffee later. important to note that a normal 8oz cup is something like 95mg of caffeine on average and a large is shy of 300mg. some side effects start showing up at the 500mg level that include getting migraines when you don't have any. upwards of that I dont know the next stage so I'm going to call it a gram you start being unable to focus on anything without caffeine in your system and just space out till your next cup. then at the next level say where I'm at after regular use (I went love hate with coffee for awhile in December I ended up not going past 2 large cups and stayed at 1 most of the time while jan it was 3 mostly last 2 weeks or so 6 has been average) so with that time frame in mind, you get all the previous symptoms and the additional one of sore and stiff muscles in your upper body withdrawals can cause insomnia. to be fair ive been at this level most of the last few years but it wasn't tell today that i was actually able to see the issue with it.

I'm posting my experience with the negatives of coffee to hopefully help everyone reading identify if they are having issues related to it.

most people i believe dont consider it an addiction because while its ingrained in your average Joe no one talks about their withdrawals and the like with coffee unlike they will with booze.

 

[SatanicSlytherin]

I do have an issue with the sedentary thing. Usually don't have... any energy. Even when I progressed spiritually, it always felt like I had a severe lack of energy. Trying to get back on track now, who knows what will happen, but I don't expect different results on the energy front.

...and video games. I've spent too much time on those. Starting to question if I should rename my account, since I named myself after an NPC that happened to be walking by; brain was running on fumes, and I couldn't think of anything.

Thank fuck I don't like porn, though. I've never understood the appeal of watching other people or characters have sex.

 

[Jack]

I do light gaming for an hour. If I don't, I'll simply lose it and snap.

 

[Henu the Great]

I do have an issue with the sedentary thing. Usually don't have... any energy. Even when I progressed spiritually, it always felt like I had a severe lack of energy. Trying to get back on track now, who knows what will happen, but I don't expect different results on the energy front.

...and video games. I've spent too much time on those. Starting to question if I should rename my account, since I named myself after an NPC that happened to be walking by; brain was running on fumes, and I couldn't think of anything.

Thank fuck I don't like porn, though. I've never understood the appeal of watching other people or characters have sex.

You don't have energy because of your sedentiary lifestyle which will lower your quality of life and maybe even takes days away in that body on this earth.

 

[Necrorifter]

Internet Addiction

Yeah, I am guilty of this, but then I try to limit activity to those that are related to what I am doing. So I only look at social media activity once in a while or just keep it in the tab, so I can see a small number appear on the tab if I have something which tends to be a useless group thing. I also install the Cold Turkey Blocker extension which blocks all distraction activity such as Reddit, youtube, Facebook, etc. Altogether I unblock youtube because I rely on it for my music while working on my project.

Porn

Yeah, guilty as fuck. Fortunately, I never really care much about actually people in porn, prefer to seek those fiction characters. Yeah, I am a 2D over the 3D person. Been that way since puberty and possibility before that. and I doubt that will ever change as I don't truly see humanity in a good light. Perhaps when humanity wakes up and works on its problems, will I then see more compatibility from humanity. As such, I often found most of my relationships with those that don't conform to society such as a pagan person or spiritual person, etc. Of course, I am working on this addiction to increase the time interval between each one. But it more of on and off sort of thing but I guess that the whole point of make-up for pleasure seekers fills in the empty spot. I am more of an experience seeker so I don't really stay on one thing for long. Altogether I have stayed with my personal projects for almost two years now, start around when I first dedicated myself to Satan, so he is really good for me. Even stand by my side when I cry out to him for help with this addiction and found myself have increased willpower and was able to resist it for almost 2 weeks, a time frame of what I considered as an impossibility due to my high desire. Just got to learn to not remove too many things at once or else I will relapse into earlier behavior to make up for this.

Sedentary lifestyle

Yeah, I am working out, 50 push up, 50 crunch, and yoga from a 40-day meditation guide by Cobra as well as some tips from my mother who work as a physical therapist. I will be fine with this, but since I am a programmer working on my personal project, I gotta learn to stay in a good pose while on a computer such as good spine straight rather than a hunchback pose.

Coffee

Like you, I am more of a taste for coffee than an addict to it. once a day or once every two days. Very often on days when I need to wake the fuck up and my workout doesn't work that much or I have important stuff that day such as a boss or go somewhere, etc. How fortunate that I have a mother who is addict to caffeine that I felt wrong while watching her, so I resolve to never get in that position and have been avoiding it for years now.

Videogames

Yeah, I am a video game person as that was my only constant companion such early childhood as I can't really get any friends thanks to deafness. So I am more of casual person that enjoy story and graphic than a competitive person that want be the best there ever was, so I avoid the call of duty and focus more on something like Dragon Quest, etc. The only times I go competitive is with friends by my side such as Super Smash Bros. cant do online friends either thanks to deafness but video chat with my deaf friends too. Deafness is both a curse and a blessing. The curse for obvious reasoning but holy shit is it a blessing because that deafness and life of helplessness from it is the only reason I look online and researching religions before I walk into this joy of satan group years ago in early high school. If I was a hearing person, I probably will be out banging some side bitches and act like a dick.

All in All, Good Post. Make me see how much I have grown since I dedicated even if I have a long road ahead before I can call myself a responsible grown man.

 

[StyleCoin]

it was great to read this.

 

[NinRick]

Lmao, I read this post on my phone, while I am sitting at my office and drink coffee.. and no I don’t have a problem with coffee... It‘s only a problem, when I am running out of coffee.. o.o

But to be fair, I only sleep 4hrs or so each night.

Hey, lets be honest, you have forgotten that many of us are addicted... to.. the forums here xD

 

[Aquarius]

I do have an issue with the sedentary thing. Usually don't have... any energy. Even when I progressed spiritually, it always felt like I had a severe lack of energy. Trying to get back on track now, who knows what will happen, but I don't expect different results on the energy front.

...and video games. I've spent too much time on those. Starting to question if I should rename my account, since I named myself after an NPC that happened to be walking by; brain was running on fumes, and I couldn't think of anything.

Thank fuck I don't like porn, though. I've never understood the appeal of watching other people or characters have sex.

You do have energy, you just can't feel it, if you had no energy you would be dead. Energy still flows through you. The more blood circulation there is the more your energy flows.

 

[Lucius Invictus [NG]]

Thanks for writing this, I have and have had problems with a couple on this list ! Caffeine excessively from Monster Energy Drinks as well as nicotine. Im doing 90 days of of 108 reps of Ansuz to free myself from all profane habits and addictions. I started yesterday when the moon was in Scorpio and Imbolc.

HAIL SATAN

 

[Jack]

I do have an issue with the sedentary thing. Usually don't have... any energy. Even when I progressed spiritually, it always felt like I had a severe lack of energy. Trying to get back on track now, who knows what will happen, but I don't expect different results on the energy front.

...and video games. I've spent too much time on those. Starting to question if I should rename my account, since I named myself after an NPC that happened to be walking by; brain was running on fumes, and I couldn't think of anything.

Thank fuck I don't like porn, though. I've never understood the appeal of watching other people or characters have sex.

You do have energy, you just can't feel it, if you had no energy you would be dead. Energy still flows through you. The more blood circulation there is the more your energy flows.

You can take different herbs if you have an issue with less energy. They sell generally good quality capsules for this, you can take Ashwagandha and Korean Ginseng. You might feel increased horniness after a couple of days, that's my personal cue that the herbs working. Instead of anything sexual, working out will bring long term benefits. Also your testosterone goes up 50% if you stop ejaculation for 7 days then it plateaues. Remember all these for your goals of working out. Like everything in life, you should keep a progression journal and start slow with low reps.

Convict conditioning was a program I'd highly recommend everyone because its extremely easy in the progression levels and not complicated.
You can search convict conditioning archive.org on Google, all books and DVD series are there.

 

[EnkiUK]

Porn managed to shake (excuse the pun)

Coffee I have hit kinda hard during lockdown, alot better than previous "addictions"

Video Games i do play a bit not too much that it interferes with my work.

Nothing better playing a game with the music on

Good thread.

 

[Academic Scholar]

I do have an issue with the sedentary thing. Usually don't have... any energy. Even when I progressed spiritually, it always felt like I had a severe lack of energy. Trying to get back on track now, who knows what will happen, but I don't expect different results on the energy front.

Have you tried breathing in energy into your aura or chakras? Energy from the sun is pretty powerful and effective. Chronic fatigue or feeling drained all the time can be a sign of medical issues, repressed emotions, an entity draining you or your body not getting the right nutrition. I used to feel exhausted and drained all of the time for years because I was always angry, in fight or flight mode and had repressed emotions.

If you’re a beginner who has never exercised before, do the FREE 45 day beginner fitness plan by Stew Smith: http://site.stewsmithptclub.com/45dayplan.pdf

 

[Head Guardian Blitzkreig]

"Even when I progressed spiritually, it always felt like I had a severe lack of energy."

To me, this statement points towards other than the immediate spiritual area. It could be a deeper spiritual problem then just lack of energy. However, it could also be physical.

There are plenty of physical reasons why you may feel fatigued. While spiritual energy eventually translates into physical energy, if the physical imbalance is great enough, the spiritual energy might not be enough in the current state.

Yoga is great for this in that it directly impacts both physical and spiritual energies.

 

[Head Guardian Blitzkreig]

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Wow, that is crazy. Thanks for sharing. You are definitely hitting caffeine toxicity limits. You should definitely start weaning yourself off of this as much as possible. Stay strong; the body will adapt quickly back to normal.

Another thing to note about Starbucks coffee is that they put a fuckton of sugar in their drinks, even more than pop, proportionally. This adds to the addictive element to it, and this might even be the main reason you keep going back.

As far as some of the symptoms go, it might help to counterbalance some of them by looking at how the liver is impacted. You should read this TCM article on coffee if you get the chance.

Given what I mentioned about the sugar, I think you should consider additionally excluding Starbucks drinks as much as you can. Drinking a smaller, non-Starbucks drink to mitigate the caffeine withdrawals as you wean off would be the best option.

Good luck.

 

[Head Guardian Blitzkreig]

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Great thread man! I am really happy with all this attention to this topic as of recently.

 

[Specter]

Thanks for this, gave me some extra encouragement.
One of my favorite quotes: "If not us, who? If not now, when?" - JFK

 

[Truth4ever]

there is also another much bigger addiction. Sugar. 100 years ago the normal consumption of sugar the refined white stuff was around 2 to 3 pounds a year. Now for most in the western world it's over 22 pounds a year and these numbers aren't even from last year but closer to 2015 so I bet it's even higher.
I've been trying to read up on sugar addiction. It's one of those addictions most don't realize that they have cause it's put in so many foods. Many use it in their coffees plus it's in damn near everything from bread to yogurt.
On top of it all these high amounts of sugar cause enormous problems including heart disease, stroke, brittle bones, obesity, and so much more. In one form or another high consumption of sugar causes most of the diseases we know of today.

The worst thing is trying to cut back on said sugar. Unless you can get out of the city and grow your own food or get into a community that does this it's an uphill battle. I've been trying but till it gets warmer it's hard to make my own food when in a cold home- no furnace it burnt out last year and another one costs over 400 bucks in warm weather-

So addiction is everywhere since the common man has had the ancient knowledge stolen from him and garbage shoved down his throat for several generations. At least now people are waking up and finding out more about what is going on.


Hail Father Satan

 

[Head Guardian Blitzkreig]

But to be fair, I only sleep 4hrs or so each night.

What do you mean? Like in a "good" way, or insomnia and tossing around all night?

If you are going to bed at roughly the same time and not stimulated by blue light right before, then this would point towards a physical imbalance. Other symptoms would also be present to elucidate this.

Otherwise, if you simply don't feel tired at your normal bed time, this would point more towards disrupted circadian rhythm, likely caused by blue light exposure.

 

[SouthernWhiteGentile]

I’m subtly addicted to sugar. I don’t drink soda or anything but if I go all day without eating anything sweet I will get a headache. I also gave up on quitting porn and masturbation until I have a partner.

 

[Kinnaree]

As for coffee, I enjoy a tiny cup of coffee. I mean a tiny. For this tiny amount (no more than half a cup, 4oz), I drink it every single day. And I don't even finish the cup. I just take small sips. I know, I know. Like what's the point then? Well, coffee isn't so bad when it's consumed at the bare minimum like that. It's something you need to keep in mind not to overdo as it is a stimulant.

If you're a big coffee drinker, more than twice a cup and almost every single day, then you need minerals.

You can either take mineral drops, drink salt water (no table salt/refined whatsoever), or take shilajit. And of course, drink plenty of water everyday. Especially if you've got Saturn aspecting moon. It's important to drink lots of water but also include good, real salt (pref in the AM).

 

[ShadowTheRaven]

Never admit any of your shortcomings. As far as anyone here is concerned, it's none of your fucking business.

 

[Head Guardian Blitzkreig]

I’m subtly addicted to sugar. I don’t drink soda or anything but if I go all day without eating anything sweet I will get a headache. I also gave up on quitting porn and masturbation until I have a partner.

To counter the headache, eat something that is a healthy carb, such as sweet potato or rice. If this does not work, then you have to rely on simply weaning.

You don't need porn if you do not have a partner. Use your imagination or something. Porn is addictive because it is stimulating and attaches to a base desire. It is not addictive because it is boosts an orgasm, rather it hijacks sexuality to become visual instead of touch-based. The addiction is strong though, I would recommend a spiritual working to break it.

 

[Head Guardian Blitzkreig]

Never admit any of your shortcomings. As far as anyone here is concerned, it's none of your fucking business.

While privacy is certainly a given right, being honest or willing to share your problems is what allows others to learn and succeed. I remember reading posts by GITM about his own problems and it struck me how honest and open he was.

Sometimes I am very closed off, but I push myself to open up on here a little bit where I think learning or solutions can be had. Of course be mindful of anything that can be used against you.

 

[Aquarius]

there is also another much bigger addiction. Sugar. 100 years ago the normal consumption of sugar the refined white stuff was around 2 to 3 pounds a year. Now for most in the western world it's over 22 pounds a year and these numbers aren't even from last year but closer to 2015 so I bet it's even higher.
I've been trying to read up on sugar addiction. It's one of those addictions most don't realize that they have cause it's put in so many foods. Many use it in their coffees plus it's in damn near everything from bread to yogurt.
On top of it all these high amounts of sugar cause enormous problems including heart disease, stroke, brittle bones, obesity, and so much more. In one form or another high consumption of sugar causes most of the diseases we know of today.

The worst thing is trying to cut back on said sugar. Unless you can get out of the city and grow your own food or get into a community that does this it's an uphill battle. I've been trying but till it gets warmer it's hard to make my own food when in a cold home- no furnace it burnt out last year and another one costs over 400 bucks in warm weather-

So addiction is everywhere since the common man has had the ancient knowledge stolen from him and garbage shoved down his throat for several generations. At least now people are waking up and finding out more about what is going on.


Hail Father Satan

I wanted to post that too, but I was in an extreme hurry and was already late and forgot it :/

 

[NinRick]

But to be fair, I only sleep 4hrs or so each night.

What do you mean? Like in a "good" way, or insomnia and tossing around all night?

If you are going to bed at roughly the same time and not stimulated by blue light right before, then this would point towards a physical imbalance. Other symptoms would also be present to elucidate this.

Otherwise, if you simply don't feel tired at your normal bed time, this would point more towards disrupted circadian rhythm, likely caused by blue light exposure.

I need to work 10hrs a day now or so. It takes me 1h30mins to 2hrs to get to work and back, my spiritual routine takes around 4hrs or more, I need to learn for my exams and I also work for around1-2hrs from home for something different. Then I need to eat as well.

24hrs are just too little for me to squeeze everything in a day and get enough sleep. Today I only slept 6hrs, and I can not sleep any more, I tried xD

Also, if I don’t meditate before I go to sleep, I have a hard time falling asleep as well.

 

[Satanic Eagle]

Never admit any of your shortcomings. As far as anyone here is concerned, it's none of your fucking business.

If you don't admit your shortcomings how can you expect to learn and improve? This path more than any other, requires a deep understanding of one's self, and every weakness and fault will be brought to light.

While it's "easier" to ignore these addictions, problems, and weaknesses about yourself in the short term, it will only hold you back and increase your suffering in the long run when you inevitably have to face the problem again. Your soul isn't just going to ignore a porn addiction.

In regards to admitting them here on the forums, I think that's down to the individual. Sometimes opening up and saying "I struggle with this" can help massively, because it's the first step in solving a problem; admitting it's there. The forums are a place to learn and grow, and by sharing stories here, it also helps newer people who are facing these issues. I can understand not wanting to share personal information about yourself here, but you have to admit your shortcomings, and it takes a strong person to do that.

 

[SatanicSlytherin]

You do have energy, you just can't feel it, if you had no energy you would be dead. Energy still flows through you. The more blood circulation there is the more your energy flows.

I get what you mean, but moreso meant physical exhaustion.

I feel a bit better after aura cleaning and chakra spinning, but not entirely. Ah well, Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that.

 

[Henu the Great]

Yogis who use porn and even approve it... That's like a sniff of amphetamine salts during weekends is ok, due to moderation. I find it disturbing.

Or maybe these people are not yogis, I dunno...

 

[Stormblood]

Great list. It's great most people did not take it the wrong way. I have a problem with a couple of this and I defeated two of this "giants" in the past. Progressing accordingly like most people who are serious in this path.

Additionally, I would update the "videogames" section to "passive entertainment" as to include anything that puts your mind into a passive state to absorb enemy brainwashing, and weaken your creativity and your visualisation skills. Passive entertainment would then include one of the previous points (porn), which is severely underestimated by some people in its fully negative effects (no real positives), and be extended to include tv shows and films.

Now, one needs not to go commando here and exclude all of those completely. One just needs to control how much times they spend on it. A couple of non-consecutive hours in the weekend or once in a while being an example of a sensible option. An example of what is to avoid altogether is to spend several hours a day on it, like most NPCs. The only exception is porn, which is 100% no for obvious reasons. You do not need to watch other people have sex in order to get hard. You just need to activate your mind and visualise whatever. Additionally, you can also breathe energy into your sacral chakra and your root chakra, which works in some cases to create sexual arousal, as it stimulates the kundalini.

You're bored? Pursue other activities that actually help you holistically and are entertaining, instead of poisoning you. Some example are: gardening, researching topics you are interested in, sports, music (producing, playing, etc), other artistic/creative staff, DIY, and so on. You are not lost if you do not game every day and do not watch tv shows/videos/etc.