Which of the following is your worst compulsive habit/addiction (now, at this point in your life)?
coffee
alcohol
tobacco
marijuana
other illegal drugs
sex
shopping
exercise
work
other
0voters
just curious.
Incidentally, I omitted forumosa/internet, because I figured too many people would select that option and I was curious about other compulsions/addictions.
I quit smoking 18 months ago, stopped coffee for 6 months this year (which seems to have cured compulsive coffee drinking) am in a steady relationship and drink excessively once or twice a month. Sad to say but my vices are also becoming somewhat pedestrian. Ah well, old age rolls on.
On the plus side I no longer need to carry a pager, and the Police rarely stop me to search my personal effects these days.
Lemonade. I got very lemon-y water when teaching my private and I love making lemonade back home. So I discovered that “li men ji” (my pinyin sucks, I know) isn’t literally lemon juice, but sweetened watered down lemon juice - aka lemonade. And I buy the uni-president mini-cartons daily, sometimes in two’s and three’s because they are much cheaper and just as good as the teashop stuff.
I used to be obsessed with Treetop Apple Juice from Costco. My fifth graders could tell if it would be a good day or a so-so day by whether or not I had a mug of apple juice in hand.
I am not voting because I don’t believe my addictions/compulsions are to be judged as something “worse”. I am proud of each and every one of my peccadillos. I wear them like a badge of honor. They make me the individual that I am.