Any one else on here had problems with addiction

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I am a recovering addict , i Do NA which as an atheist can be hard work but i owe it a hell of a lot as i have been clean for 3 years and my life has never been better ... I was a troubled undiognosed apergers kid at school who was very intelligent but severely dyslexic / dyspraxic etc ... I then discovered drugs and immediately could not stop using ...at first it was fun but then my life was hell for many years trapped in addiction , OCD , severe depression &(social) anxiety ... Now i am clean aspergers explains a lot of my difficulties ...Has any one else strugelled with drug /alcohol/ food / gambling etc ?

My mom told me two weekends ago I have an "addictive personality."

I wonder what her next fancy diagnoses be on me?

I am hopelessly addicted to cigarettes - can't seem to get off the blasted things...

I'm not, nor ever have been, an addict but I struggle with using food binges and alcohol to cope with sadness and anxiety.

I know it is a besides the point but I am curious about two things:

1) What does NA have to do with religion to begin with?

2) If you are an atheist it means you will "disagree" with religion. But "disagreeing" with something doesn't make it a "hard work". So how can something be a "hard work" because you are atheist? I mean atheism doesn't lower your IQ.

Roman NA is a 12 step fellowship based on what was originally a christian movement , and the word God is used in the steps and regularly at NA meetings , for a non believer this can be hard work, in the sense you are constantly hearing that god is the solution for drug addition as well as being told by the hard line religious folk that you must find god in order to recover.NA is a spiritual program in which people are encouraged to find a god or higher power of there understanding , but me and most atheists find the God word quite off putting and some leave because of it , there is a great deal of evidence (1000's of people living clean and sharing in meetings ) that supports that NA works regardless of ones religious beliefs.for me my concept of spirituality is looking after myself as well as trying to be the best person possible

I've had extensive drug problems, on and off over the last 7 years. I've been clean of hard street drugs (as opposed to, say, Vicodin, which I had an issue with earlier this year) for 3 years now, and continue to fight against urges moment by moment. Best of luck to you in your struggle to stay clean as well.

When I was 15 I was diagnosed with an Eating Disorder which is considered an addiction. I dealt with stress and depression by starving myself. Kudos too for making NA work for you as well:)

The guy who did my neuropsychological testing said I had an addictive personality. I think I always knew that so I avoided hard stuff like the plague. I'm definitely addicted to nicotine and caffeine and I've had periods in my twenties (long past now) where I drank way more then I should have. I've had some dental issues and I started to really like the painkillers, I won't ask for prescriptions for that stuff anymore because I got a little freaked out.

Interesting people mention food as this is another major addiction for me , and left to my own devices i will simply binge 24/7 ... so now i keep to a strict self imposed eating plan of 3 meals a day , nothing imbertween apart from fruit ... and have cut out all trigger foods from my diet ... have been doing this for over a year and am slowly but surely getting to a healthy weight ... The problem with me is i am so addictive and compulsive its better for me to cut things out totally than even begin to try and control them ... accepting that has been one of the biggest achievements of my life .the best way to describe it is i was born without a stop button !

There was a small time where I'd go to DXM from the OTC robitussin gels. Once or twice a month, on days I was having a really bad time. It's not good. I still have a hard time keeping myself under control. I started taking Ambien, and I found I liked how the time seemed to go by so fast on it if I didn't go right to sleep, so I found myself starting to take these more than I should've. I've had issues with not remembering things from when i was awake, and some of them really scared me, and so I've completely stricken myself from taking those. So, for now, I'm just dealing with my Dr. Pepper addiction.