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Do you know any addicts? If so, what are they addicted to.

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Posted - June 1, 2017
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  • 46117
    There is NO one on earth that is not addicted to something.   Unless they are self-realized and have reached God status.

    We are all attached to something that we feel a knee-jerk response to.  It doesn't have to be cigarettes.  It could be obsessive/compulsive.  It could be desiring to say a prayer every morning at a certain time.  It could be food, or exercise.   But, mark my words, everyone has something they feel they must have. 
      June 1, 2017 9:32 AM MDT
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  • 44623
    I agree.
      June 1, 2017 10:31 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    Yea. Me. I seem addicted to a certain person on Answermug. I wonder if he knows who he is.
      June 1, 2017 9:56 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    You get one guess and the prize is obviously ME!!!
      June 1, 2017 10:48 AM MDT
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  • 2658
    Sex, lies and alibis...     
      June 1, 2017 10:41 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    no, cause i dont hang out with people that have bad addictions like drugs or whatever
      June 1, 2017 10:58 AM MDT
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  • 13395
    My gal friend has been a heroin addict for more than 25 years. 
      June 1, 2017 3:15 PM MDT
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  • 17602
    Do you find that sad?  It seems sad to me. 
      June 2, 2017 12:03 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    Yes it does make her life miserable but she is cute and sweet; I like the lady so I help make sure she and her cat eat well .
      June 2, 2017 1:37 PM MDT
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  • 16797
    Yes -me. I was addicted to prescription painkillers for years. Clean now, the op took care of most of the pain. A little arthritis, I can live with that.

    I still can't face the day without coffee. Or my better half, so you could say I'm addicted to her as well.
      June 1, 2017 5:59 PM MDT
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  • 17602
    I've known alcoholics and recovering drug addicts. 

    I, myself, have an unhealthy attraction to Life Savers Wint-O-Green mints. 
      June 1, 2017 7:25 PM MDT
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  • 16797
    Ugh, they taste like liniment.

      June 1, 2017 7:29 PM MDT
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  • 17602
    I know wintergreen has been used in medications forever.  I love the mints though.  I've never seen, used, or smelled wintergreen medication though.
      June 1, 2017 7:48 PM MDT
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  • 16797
    Liniment (and associated ointments like Decorub, Deep Heat etc) uses wintergreen as the active ingredient.  Methyl salicylate. The methanol carries the salicylic acid (aspirin) subcutaneously to the affected muscles.
      June 1, 2017 8:01 PM MDT
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  • 44623
    The chemistry of that process is a bit more complex.
      June 2, 2017 7:22 AM MDT
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  • 17602
    I, along with thousands of others, love these mints.  There are some funny stories online about some trying to keep it a secret.  Others, admit to eating over a pound of them each day.  I'm not there, thank goodness.  But I do make sure to have a bag of them in the house and a few in my purse.


    It made me laugh that my little answer caused a chemistry exchange.  I am lost in that world.  :)
      June 2, 2017 12:08 PM MDT
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  • 16797
    I know that, but AM isn't quite the forum for university level biochemistry unless everyone involved has studied a little of it.
      June 2, 2017 4:52 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    It isn't?   I thought it was.  Where do I go for the truth then? 
      June 2, 2017 4:55 PM MDT
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  • 44623
    True.
      June 3, 2017 7:08 AM MDT
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  • 46117
    I too love Wint O Green
      June 2, 2017 4:54 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Salt and sugar are quite common addictions and are generally not cited.
      June 2, 2017 10:50 AM MDT
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