Why, Do People Become Addicted?

[D-izzy]

I think it certainly depends on the person and their genetic make up, as others have said previously in this thread.  Me personally, I have an addictive personality. But it's more of a psycological one than a psyical one, it's like the grass is always greener on the other side with me - or I just want too feel different to how I do at that given moment, I have in the past missused many substances, as a psychological "crutch", alcohol being one of them but as soon as I had drunk enough to become inebriated I just wanted to feel sober I hated being drunk, I honestly do not like the feeling of being "drunk" and not able to think clearly, yet I kept repeating the same behaviour over again.

Yet when I first stopped taking Diaziapam I felt no withdrawals,  I had no clue that it was an addictive drug back then(I was only 16/17).  I was again precribed it by a different doctor a year or so later(around the same dose 30mg daily),  this time I was told in no uncertain circumstances, should I EVER stop taking it suddenly as it can actually be very dangerous (it has been know to kill people in extreme circumstances if one stops taking it suddenly, without tapering off; it can cause fits and seizures). Again, I naively thought nothing off it and stopped abruptly. Again, nothing happened - no withdrawls....Ten days pass...then Whamo! The pysical withdrawls kicked in sso fast I didn't know what was happening it certainly didn't occur to me that it could be withdrawl from the diazipam I thought that if it happened I would have gotten I'll with a couple of days...

Anyway,  nowadays if I go 2/3 days tops I feel the withdrawals kicking in, but I think it's more psychological than anything, like I know it's coming and I'm just waiting for it to start...

I think it 80/20 in your head...

Izzy