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I just want to get a feel if anyone suffers from addictions with their DP/DR? As I grow older, I really feel as though there is a connection between addiction and anxiety, as well as a heredity factor (which it can be argued that anxiety is genetic, too).

I suffer from addictions, but it has thus far not impacted major areas of my life. I have a successful job, nice house, and a successful relationship. But, I know the addiction beast (my father was a huge alcoholic and is now in jail for a drunk driving related accident) and it can ruin anything at any given moment.

Some of what I struggle with are:

1. Gambling - not at casinos, but the damn scratch tickets from the state lottery. I got better for a while, but now I am diving back in.
2. Red Wine - I like having red wine every night - sometimes 3/4 of a bottle.
3. Sexual material - I enjoy pornography. I don't view it every day, but if I don't view some for a couple days, it creeps back in my mind as something I want to view. I know that's personal, but if I can't air my dirty laundry here, where can I?

My girlfriend enjoyes red wine with me, and she doesn't mind porn (she actually wants to watch it sometime). I love her, not the women onscreen, so I always wonder why I enjoy watching it so much. I hate saying "it's a guy thing" because that's a cop-out.
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i don't know if the two have any sort of connection but i certainly have an addictive personality, as well. i've been addicted to all sorts of nasty stuff including meth. thank heavens i got over that one! here are my current addictions...

1. cigarettes!!!! i'm a smoke-a-hontis.
2. my friends. i spend a ton of time with them and i can't get enough.
3. shopping. loooovvveee it!

well, there ya go.

by the way, i think being addicted to porn is more a guy thing than a girl thing....it wouldn't bother me if my boyfriend watched a lot of it unless it started affecting the way he acted.
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