Strange Addictions
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From: East TN
Strange Addictions
Of course I don't mean illegal drugs or even smoking or drinking or caffeine...but I'm just curious about FTE members and their unusual addictions or compulsions. For me, I crack my knuckles constantly. Not just my finger joints, I'm talking ankles, wrists, elbows, knees, toes, neck, back. Also I have this thing about picking lint off of everything. And picking loose skin from around my fingernails. It drives me nuts.
I recently watched The Aviator on DVD, and on the Bonus Features section they had a thing about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and it got me thinking I might have that
Anyway, anyone else crazy like me?
I recently watched The Aviator on DVD, and on the Bonus Features section they had a thing about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and it got me thinking I might have that
Anyway, anyone else crazy like me?
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From: just outside of Phila.
I need my news in the morning....TV, paper, internet, wherever. I also need to read it before bed.
I knock on wood at 12:23 and 12:34 am or pm.
Every nice weekend, I wash my car. As long as rain isn't forecasted for the next 48 hours, I'm out there in force.
When I make it to the bar, I like to start with a glass of scotch. Normally just one, never more then two before I have a beer.
And I think I'm addicted to pizza. Sicilian, thin crust, thick crust, fresh, cold, frozen....it makes no difference. When I was little, my little brother used to gt burgers at the diner. I'd always get ravioli. I'd take the toasted buns from his burger (he didn't like them for some reason) and I'd smear gravy on it, then cover it in parmesean cheese. Insta-cheapo-8 year old-pizza.
I knock on wood at 12:23 and 12:34 am or pm.
Every nice weekend, I wash my car. As long as rain isn't forecasted for the next 48 hours, I'm out there in force.
When I make it to the bar, I like to start with a glass of scotch. Normally just one, never more then two before I have a beer.
And I think I'm addicted to pizza. Sicilian, thin crust, thick crust, fresh, cold, frozen....it makes no difference. When I was little, my little brother used to gt burgers at the diner. I'd always get ravioli. I'd take the toasted buns from his burger (he didn't like them for some reason) and I'd smear gravy on it, then cover it in parmesean cheese. Insta-cheapo-8 year old-pizza.
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From: Pleasant Hill, MO
When I was a kid, I was really, truely addicted to the Nintendo Entertainment System. My neighbor had one, and I'd play it with him, and I'd come home sweating I had been playing so hard.
One day I wanted to play so bad, I tried to get in his front door to play when they weren't home. It was locked. I tried the back door, it was open.
I was playing and sweating beads like I normally did, they came home, and saw me running out the back door. They told my mom I shouldn't come over for a while until I was over my addiction.
Ryan
P.S. I was probably about 6 years old
One day I wanted to play so bad, I tried to get in his front door to play when they weren't home. It was locked. I tried the back door, it was open.
I was playing and sweating beads like I normally did, they came home, and saw me running out the back door. They told my mom I shouldn't come over for a while until I was over my addiction.
Ryan
P.S. I was probably about 6 years old
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Apple Fritters! Damn it, I'm addicted to apple fritters. I can't walk past a display case that has them without buying ... and eating ... at least one. 
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From: Adams TN
Heck Ya!!!!!
now were getting into the Hard core stuff. I too am addicted to Apple fritters. Haven't had one in about 6mo. last time i did we were on a field trip and we stopped at Arbys and i bought 12 of them.
now were getting into the Hard core stuff. I too am addicted to Apple fritters. Haven't had one in about 6mo. last time i did we were on a field trip and we stopped at Arbys and i bought 12 of them.
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From: Virginia Beach
I count things... Like the steps I'm traveling up (or down). I knew how many steps there were on every ladder on the ship. I also count the steps between cracks in the sidewalk. Things like that. I, too, wondered if it was a compulsion, but I don't really think so, because I don't have to start over if I lose count, or anything really weird like that.
I was finally able to quit the knuckle cracking thing, but have yet to find a way to stop picking at the edges of my fingers... I feel your pain, Stark!
I was finally able to quit the knuckle cracking thing, but have yet to find a way to stop picking at the edges of my fingers... I feel your pain, Stark!
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From: Travelers Rest SC
I HAVE to do the puzzles in the newspaper every morning- cryptoquote, Jumble, and 2 crosswords. Ruins my whole day if the paper's late and I don't get to do 'em before work (and I leave the house at 5:30 AM).
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From: South Texas
I fold the edges of my sheets into triangles and clean under my fingernails with it. Can't even remember when I started doing it,but now I GOTTA do it. Plus my dog tells me I have to keep doing it, or she'll be very, very mad..... 
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From: San Francisco, Ca.
My addictions include all kinds of food.
The internet; I like looking up stuff. I have a notepad by my bedside so I can jot down stuff to look up while I'm either watching T.V., or listening to the radio.
I like things in their place. I'm not a neat freak, but it has to be in its' place.
Also somewhat addicted to seeing wha'st new on the FTE web-site.
It's very interesting and also a learning experience
The internet; I like looking up stuff. I have a notepad by my bedside so I can jot down stuff to look up while I'm either watching T.V., or listening to the radio.
I like things in their place. I'm not a neat freak, but it has to be in its' place.
Also somewhat addicted to seeing wha'st new on the FTE web-site.
It's very interesting and also a learning experience
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From: Central TX and Central WY
Loud trucks...I'm almost getting to the age where I'd look a lot more sensible in a vehicle with stock exhaust, but right now I own a straight-piped PSD and a '70 Cst-10 with dual glass packs coming straight back from the headers, and I know if I buy another diesel I'm going to cut the muffler off as soon as I get it home. I can see myself in 40 years, a 64 year-old woman in a straight piped diesel...I just can't seem to stop it!