Do you have any unhealthy addictions?

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Aside from special interest addiction, I get addicted to the internet too damn fast - just changed (and saved) my twitter password to try to force myself to take a break from it since it’s distracting from the work I need to do.

I’ve also had addictions to alcohol and robotripping - cut both out a long time ago.

Do you have any unhealthy addictions that hold you back?

Sugar and Daydreaming.

I'd be skinny if not for chocolate.

I'm addicted to food I like like snacks. I'm a very picky eater but I binge eat food I do eat. I get 2nds when my girlfriend cooks a meal & I also pig out on snacks shortly before &/or after the meal. i gained a lot of weight because of this & my cholesterol & blood sugar are high.

I always have to eat something sweet after a meal.

Currently: nicotine, caffeine.
Formerly: alcohol, cannabis.

Cat videos!

I have been eating way too much lately and have gained weight because of it. I have to be very careful, because I'm only 5' 1".

I'm addicted to eating out; it just costs too much.

I’m addicted to sugar!

Same here, the internet! Coffee, or caffiene in general but mainly coffee which is not good because my stomach is not a fan of caffiene! But I would never give it up.

I think if anything. I'm addicted to food or electronics. Either one or the other. I don't really know. Or just both.

I don't think so as far as long term goes. There's just been some things I that I've gotten hooked on for a while. None of which have been particularly unhealthy.

Unhealthy stress eating.

I've had various intense special interests throughout my life. My most intense interest lasted for about 5-6 years and involved the collection and restoration of antique knives, razors and the various vintage sharpening stones used with them. Like anything else, there are international forums for such things of which I was a very active member. As every Aspie who has had an all consuming hyper focused special interest can relate to, it consumed most of my energy and thought. The reason I bring it up, is, it couldn't have come about at a worse time as I was starting a family then and I will always regret being "checked out". I'm very thankful that my wife stuck with me. It was absolutely unhealthy to my relationship with her. Viewing how I was in retrospect, I've been very cautious since then when I get the urge to go voraciously over the top with wanting to dig into a new special interest. To be honest, I hobble myself and suppress the urge I get to go "hog wild" into a new pursuit or interest. There's something a bit sad in that, but the level of intensity I devoted to that interest I had was NOT compatible with my family obligations.

Perhaps when the kids have flown the nest I will be able to let out all this pent up urge to consume myself in a pursuit.....

Diet Pepsi (basically all I drink). Sweet stuff. I have a ridiculously sweet tooth and you can tell because of the size of me.

Used to be addicted to one of the bigger competitive PC games for very long time.

Self-harm, seeing my own blood. Nothing else causes the same or similar sensation in my mind, I can't find anything to use to replace it with or help me "step down" from it - it seems like I've tried everything there is. It just feels really good to me, and when my chronic depression is at its worst, sometimes it's the only thing I can feel that isn't numbed by the depression. And nope, the initial pain doesn't put me off - sometimes it too creates a pleasant sensation in my brain, kind of like ASMR (which I also experience), and never is it enough to deter me. I've been struggling with this to varying degrees over the past few years.

Sugar definitely and also smoking from time to time.