Citykittie
02-17-2003, 05:43 PM
I have noticed that if I find something I like or that makes me happy - I continue to do it till it becomes a compulsion and till it no longer is making me happy but seems like a requierment.
Does this sound like a compulsion or addiction? For example this morning I flew in from Chicago - in Chicago airport I had Starbucks. When I got home to Texas - I felt compelled to go to my favorite Starbucks and sit (which I really like to do)
In my head I was thinking if I have any more choclate flavored coffee I will be sick and I am not hungry at all. But I still felt like I had to go. I had to do my routine. I went and drank and ate because I had too.
My once favorite and fun thing to do is now become a compulsion. This is not the first time in my life fun stuff turns into MUST do's. Any ideas on how to deal with this. My life is turning into rituals.
Does this sound like a compulsion or addiction? For example this morning I flew in from Chicago - in Chicago airport I had Starbucks. When I got home to Texas - I felt compelled to go to my favorite Starbucks and sit (which I really like to do)
In my head I was thinking if I have any more choclate flavored coffee I will be sick and I am not hungry at all. But I still felt like I had to go. I had to do my routine. I went and drank and ate because I had too.
My once favorite and fun thing to do is now become a compulsion. This is not the first time in my life fun stuff turns into MUST do's. Any ideas on how to deal with this. My life is turning into rituals.
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openseason
02-18-2003, 08:47 AM
Most alcoholics have compulsions too. One man wrote that he stopped drinking but still has compulsive behaviors like you describe. He has tried meditation and a 12 step program of spitritual awareness but that does not stop his compulsions.