Living with an addictive personality 32 Articles

by Gareth Hobbs

Living with an addictive personality or living with someone who has an addictive personality is never going to be easy. However, an addictive personality, if controlled, is not always going to be destructive. I have an a...read more

by Karen Meeker

People can be addicted to all kinds of things. Whether it be drugs, alcohol, gambling,food or one of a million other things, addiction can be dangerous. When someone becomes so focused on one thing that nothing else matter...read more

by Ethel Smith

The title of this article 'Living with an addictive personality' is to my mind a bit ambiguous. Does it mean living with a partner who has an addictive personality, your self or other family member?. Also does it mean addi...read more

by Edward Raymond

Having both parents be alcoholics and the knowledge that I also have an addictive personality has kept me from becoming overly destructive. I watched may parents and learned from their mistakes when it comes to choosing m...read more

by Elle McGugan

Addictive personalities are typically closely related to compulsive behavior. Often, the need to control is at the root of an individual's addiction and this in itself can cause the majority of tension and negative issues...read more

by Annemarie Shortt

Living with an addictive personality can sometimes be a little trying, sometimes a little frustrating and sometimes a bit infuriating. Depending on the addiction it can also sometimes become dangerous. However people live ...read more

by Phill Roby

"Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism." This quote from Dr Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist whose work is thought to be influential in the early ideas of Alcoholi...read more

by Brian Bishop

He was already awake and sick with worry when the phone rang at 3:20 AM. It was the police returning his call with some bad news. They had located his wife and children. Earlier that day he had come home from work to find ...read more

by Sherrie Taylor

There seems to be so many opinions of what an addictive personality is, but it is simply when someone becomes so involved with one thing they will let it rule their lives. It can harm them, their relationships, their famil...read more

by Gena Green

There are two scenario's to "Living with an addictive personality". The first is of course if you yourself are an addictive personality. The second is if it is someone in your family, a spouse, life partner, roommate or ...read more

by Cathiesblogg

To live with an addictive personality you have to first understand what an addictive personality is. Addictive personality is one which is characterized by or susceptible to addiction. Here are a few things to help you se...read more

by Raeann Hoppes

There is no way to start any form of writing when it comes to having an addictive personality basically you just jump right in the same way you would with anything that brings you down to the low point of becoming a addict...read more

by Bri Mark

''Defense In To Attack'' You were one of the greatest players, to ever grace the game, as a player you had everything, which brought you wealth and fame. You had the usual hangers on, who pretended to be your ''f...read more

by Becka Rizo

Living with an addictive personality can be trying at times but that depends on the addiction. People have their secret little worlds that only few are able to see. Addiction to anything is not healthy no matter what it ...read more

by Andrea Hutchinson

Living with an addictive personality is a day to day battle. An AA motto comes clearly to mind, one day at a time, just live in the current day. One must rise above the addiction each day through a series of stress hurtle...read more

by Colleen Mccarty

I was diagnosed with OCD a few years ago, although my therapist believes I've had it most of my life, and I consider it goes along quite well with, possibly even helping to form, an addictive personality. Whenever I get ...read more

by Kimberly Shadwick

I believe most people are addicted to something-be it drugs, computer usage, internet surfing, food, working out or playing video games. Is an addictive personality harmful? Sometimes. Do you alter your life around the ad...read more

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by Cynarra

This is a specialty for me. Having an addictive personality is one of the most hardest things I have had to live with. It is so much easier to give into your addictive ways and be happy even if it is just for a short perio...read more

by Zoraida Dobard

When people think of an addict, first thing that usually comes to mind is someone with alcohol or drug addiction...but there is a kind of addiction that not many people talk about...an addiction so harmful and destructive;...read more

by Brian Dowling

"Addictive personality" is a very loaded and misunderstood statement. It is always assumed that someone labeled with an addictive personality is addicted to something horrible, like blowing their paychecks on gambling, dr...read more