If you were honest with yourselves, how many of you hate having this condition?

[Misty Avich]

Many autistics get into drugs and alcohol too, usually to win approval of their peers and fit in. I never went down that road but many do.

 

[Cutesie]

Many autistics get into drugs and alcohol too, usually to win approval of their peers and fit in. I never went down that road but many do.

Not having friends may have saved my life. I am naturally an addict, but I've never once tested drugs.

 

[NB79]

Not having friends may have saved my life. I am naturally an addict, but I've never once tested drugs.

I think i get addicted to stuff too, i don't have 'moderation', so i avoid alcohol, and drugs.

 

[Misty Avich]

I get addicted to my phone and the internet, which is just as hard to quit as smoking is for people.

 

[velociraptor]

For me, I really, really, really hate having Autism.

I don't mind it at all. I am quite comfortable with the way I think and feel as long as others aren't in my space. I regard NTs as the broken ones.

 

[Jonn]

Many autistics get into drugs and alcohol too, usually to win approval of their peers and fit in. I never went down that road but many do.

I was surprised by how many on the spectrum have done or are doing drugs.

 

[Misty Avich]

I was surprised by how many on the spectrum have done or are doing drugs.

I think most of my online haters with autism are druggies.

 

[Jonn]

I get addicted to my phone and the internet, which is just as hard to quit as smoking is for people.

I get addicted to hugging my K9 kids.

 

[thejuice]

how many on the spectrum...are doing drugs.

I'm doing drug rn. Jk

 

[thejuice]

I think most of my online haters with autism are druggies.

Would fit, drug abusers are by default not happy people.

 

[Misty Avich]

I get addicted to hugging my K9 kids.

I'm addicted to rats.

 

[Misty Avich]

Would fit, drug abusers are by default not happy people.

Yeah but I'm not a happy person but I still don't do drugs.

 

[thejuice]

This might be a bit personal but is it temporary sadness or long term? Long term depressives have a feeling of having nothing to lose when it comes to experimenting with drugs.

 

[Cutesie]

This might be a bit personal but is it temporary sadness or long term? Long term depressives have a feeling of having nothing to lose when it comes to experimenting with drugs.

I've had a mixture of depression and anxiety (and possibly have Bipolar Disorder) for longer than 25 years. For most of that time, I haven't been in treatment. Still, I haven't had one cigarette, I never did drugs and the only drinking I do is not-very-strong wine for religious purposes.

 

[Misty Avich]

This might be a bit personal but is it temporary sadness or long term? Long term depressives have a feeling of having nothing to lose when it comes to experimenting with drugs.

Well I've been sad ever since I got diagnosed with Asperger's at age 9, plus I've always had severe anxiety, so it is probably a lifelong unhappiness of living in my own skin. I try to sleep to escape, although this causes insomnia at nighttime.

 

[NB79]

Like my mother says is very easy to avoid being a druggy, just say no, when you are not addicted is very easy to do.

 

[Cutesie]

Like my mother says is very easy to avoid being a druggy, just say no, when you are not addicted is very easy to do.

You can't "just say no" to food. I wish that I could.

 

[Crossbreed]

You can't "just say no" to food. I wish that I could.

You can say no to excessive food...

 

[Cutesie]

You can say no to excessive food...

Of course, though it's much easier said than done. My point is that eating is different than most other addictions, in that you can't practice complete abstinence and continue living. This is why I question those who insist that complete abstinence is an absolute requirement for the ones dealing with other addictions.

 

[Crossbreed]

Of course, though it's much easier said than done. My point is that eating is different than most other addictions, in that you can't practice complete abstinence and continue living. This is why I question those who insist that complete abstinence is an absolute requirement for the ones dealing with other addictions.

The same is true for sex addictions & money vs. greed/materialism.
They are distortions of legitimate appetites.
Only Jesus offers a fix for their root problem.