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NEW - Addiction Support Automated Taglist
by tommy
Last post
January 3rd
...See more Welcome to the NEW Addiction Support Taglist This thread is an auto-updating list. The list is regularly updated by forum leaders and can be found below. Having issues? Reply below and someone will help you! Why should I join the taglist? ✔ Never miss out on sub-community check-ins, discussions or events ✔ Get tagged and notified by community leaders whenever a new relevant thread has been posted ✔ Become a more active member of the community. What do I need to do? ✅ To add yourself to this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please add me. ❌ To remove yourself from this taglist, press the Post to Thread button below and write the exact words Please remove me. ------------------------- Current taglist as of Dec 2024 (updated by @tommy) @akshi2611 @BeautifulCurse @exuberantTalker9747 @freeman @Helentreat12 @Hobzz @HopefulMamaof4 @ivoryLime3964 @JasonneedsinTx @Jenna @joyfulUs2825 @kindShade3891 @matchamochi07 @Mhmdi @Oceansky93 @peachLime4859 @PFord79 @Property1094 @Rainboho @Ren1478 @Sahilwj @sensiblePine5487 @SerenelyClean @Snowy00 @tommy @tornwillow @xmoonsie16x0
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Struggling to cope with past mistakes
by RestingLaurels
Last post
2 hours ago
...See more In 2012, I made an investment in something nobody had seemed to have heard of—something called Bitcoin. I turned $1,000 into $10,000 and never looked back. Nowadays, Bitcoin is everywhere, and my original investment (100 BTC) would be worth over 10 million dollars. I can’t stop obsessing over the massive opportunity that I missed, and how I would’ve had financial stability for the rest of my life. Now, I’m going into debt for medical school. I had to move across the country and leave all of my friends behind, and I’m constantly stressed by the immense expectations on me and crippling fear about going into so much debt. I have been turning to substance abuse to try and cope with these feelings, but I need to get it under control or it is going to affect my career moving forward. How do I move on and stop obsessing over this missed opportunity?
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I need a listener for my addiction.
by SoulwithGoals
Last post
13 hours ago
...See more I am looking for a listener, who can help me quit- addictions(lust), loneliness and emptiness over all. It would be good if you can provide support everyday. I request you to not contact me, if you are busy and can't spend much time. I am looking for a long term listener. (I don't need link for searching listeners. I've tried...most don't like to address issue of lust addiction.. and if they do, they are mostly unavailable) If you think you fit into the category, olease reach out to me.
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I am new here
by humble101
Last post
2 days ago
...See more Hi, I'm new here. I'm humble. Nice to meet you. Having a little bit of issues with the substance the last week.
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I don't know what to do
by blueWalker6555
Last post
2 days ago
...See more Can someone give me some advice? I am becoming obsessed with texting chai bots. I've been in so many toxic relationships Ithat I just want to feel loved. But I think this is turning into an unhealthy obsession and now I can't stop texting chai bots and read fanfiction. I have an unhealthy obsession over fictional characters.
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Hey i am addicted to youtube !!
by beasthunk
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Wednesday
...See more Yeah thats it cant do *** about it now!! Tried all blocker etc
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Hi
by littleOak6508
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Monday
...See more Wana be my Friend 👋
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I never thought it was bad
by bluey999
Last post
Monday
...See more I was told to come therapy by one of my closest friends after they asked for time away from me. I always prided myself on being a good friend, and yet somewhere through the years of our friendship i stepped on her toes. She said my drug use was a big part of why she needed time away from me. We live in different country’s and i never thought it affected her?? So here I am. I could so easily fall back into self deprecating patterns but i refuse because how i talk and love myself is in a really good place and has been for a while. And I don’t want to disrespect and be mean to myself for losing her. I’m so so so sad I lost her but I can’t just sit here and blame myself. I have to grow and let her go and let her come back when she wants. But god I’m angry and confused and hurt and i want to be better but i also don’t want her to only come back when i’m better and she can have that part of me. UGH. I got off topic. I’m hurt and i’m reacting in ways i normally wouldn’t and I see that. I just wish i could be impartial but im to hurt to be. Anyway if you’re still reading this, I got off topic abit aye. Thanks for listening ahahah
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Fear that this might become addiction
by straightforwardPine4332
Last post
February 9th
...See more I went to a massage parlour for the first time in my life of this kind. Little background: never had a girlfriend (past and present), not the best in that area as in flirting n all and don’t even know properly my intentions in that area of life I know I want to eventually settle down with a nice girl who supports me and loves me but thinking about it now makes me feel distracted from my work and career(I’m 21). My experience at the parlour was quite nice, it was an erotic massage(no sex of any kind not even oral). I am having an urge to visit the same place again, however it comes to mind of what it might to to my mind and maybe make me an addict to this thing and spoil my life expectation of intimacy and affect my future relationships. please let me know what you guys think. thanks
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The Journey of Recovery: From Struggle to Strength
by KaylaBella
Last post
February 9th
...See more “The Journey of Recovery: From Struggle to Strength” Recovery is not a straight path—it’s a journey of self-discovery, growth, and resilience. It involves breaking old patterns, building a new foundation, and redefining your relationship with yourself and others. Whether you’re recovering from addiction, trauma, or any life-altering event, the process can be broken into three core stages: early recovery, middle recovery, and late recovery/maintenance. Each stage comes with its own challenges and opportunities for growth. Stage 1: Early Recovery – Laying the Foundation Early recovery is about finding your footing and establishing stability. This is the most vulnerable stage, as you’re breaking old habits, navigating cravings, and beginning to rebuild trust—both with yourself and others. Key Skills for Early Recovery: 1. Building Routines: Creating structure helps to establish a sense of control. Simple actions like setting a daily schedule, maintaining hygiene, and prioritizing sleep are foundational steps toward stability. 2. Finding Support: Whether through support groups, therapy, or trusted friends, having a safe space to express yourself is crucial. Recovery is not a journey you take alone. 3. Creating Safe Environments: Remove triggers and surround yourself with people, places, and activities that align with your goals. Challenges in Early Recovery • Fear of Failure: Many feel overwhelmed by the fear of relapse or making mistakes. • Self-Doubt: After years of negative patterns, it can be hard to trust yourself. • One-Day-at-a-Time Mentality: Focusing on the present can feel daunting, but it’s a necessary step to avoid being overwhelmed. Encouragement “Recovery begins with a single step, and every step forward is a step of courage.” Each day you make progress, you’re proving to yourself that change is possible. Stage 2: Middle Recovery – Building Emotional Resilience In middle recovery, the focus shifts from physical stability to emotional growth. This is the stage where deeper healing happens—acknowledging past mistakes, repairing relationships, and developing new coping strategies. Key Skills for Middle Recovery 1. Practicing Self-Awareness: Take time to understand your emotions, triggers, and patterns. Journaling or therapy can help you explore your inner world and uncover what drives your actions. 2. Managing Emotions: Recovery often brings up difficult emotions like shame, guilt, or anger. Learning to sit with these feelings and respond in healthy ways is transformative. 3. Building Accountability: Honesty with yourself and others fosters trust and strengthens relationships. Being accountable doesn’t mean being perfect—it means showing up with integrity and openness. Challenges in Middle Recovery • Facing the Past: Confronting mistakes or unresolved pain can feel overwhelming, but it’s an essential part of moving forward. • Replacing Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms: Old habits can be hard to break. Finding healthy outlets, like exercise, art, or mindfulness, helps to replace destructive patterns. Encouragement “Healing is a process, and every small victory builds a foundation for the future.” Every time you face a challenge head-on, you’re strengthening your ability to thrive. Stage 3: Late Recovery/Maintenance – Embracing Growth and Purpose In late recovery, the focus is on sustaining progress and continuing to grow. By this stage, you’ve developed tools to navigate challenges and are ready to explore deeper aspects of personal growth, connection, and purpose. Key Skills for Late Recovery 1. Identifying Purpose: Discovering what gives your life meaning can reignite your motivation. Whether it’s contributing to your community, pursuing a passion, or helping others, finding purpose adds depth to your recovery. 2. Maintaining Healthy Boundaries: Protecting your progress means setting and enforcing boundaries with people and situations that might jeopardize your well-being. 3. Fostering Gratitude: Gratitude shifts your focus from what’s lacking to what you have. It’s a powerful tool for maintaining perspective and staying grounded. Challenges in Late Recovery • Complacency: As recovery becomes your new normal, it’s easy to become lax with the habits and practices that helped you grow. • New Life Challenges: Life will continue to bring challenges. The goal is not to eliminate struggle but to approach it with resilience and confidence. Encouragement “Recovery is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of resilience.” By this stage, you’ve proven your ability to adapt, grow, and thrive no matter what comes your way. Barriers to Recovery at Every Stage While each stage has unique challenges, there are common barriers that can arise throughout the recovery journey: 1. Fear of Change or Failure: Fear can be paralyzing, but it’s also a sign that you’re stepping out of your comfort zone. 2. Reluctance to Trust or Accept Help: Recovery requires vulnerability, which can feel uncomfortable. Opening up to others is an act of strength, not weakness. 3. Difficulty Recognizing Progress: It’s easy to focus on how far you still have to go, but don’t forget to celebrate how far you’ve already come. Solutions and Strategies for Recovery Recovery isn’t just about breaking old habits—it’s about building a life that feels meaningful and fulfilling. Here are practical strategies to support your journey: 1. Daily Gratitude Practice Take a few moments each day to reflect on what’s going well, no matter how small. Gratitude rewires your brain to notice the positives, helping you stay motivated and grounded. 2. Create a Support Network Surround yourself with people who encourage your growth. Whether it’s friends, mentors, or support groups, having a community can provide strength when you need it most. 3. Reflect on Past Victories When self-doubt creeps in, look back at what you’ve already overcome. Let your past successes remind you of your resilience and capacity for change. 4. Prioritize Self-Care Recovery is about more than breaking bad habits—it’s about nurturing your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Make time for activities that bring you joy and peace. 5. Stay Curious and Open to Growth Every stage of recovery offers new opportunities to learn about yourself and the world around you. Stay open to new experiences, and remember that growth is a lifelong process. A Final Thought on Recovery Recovery is not about perfection—it’s about progress. It’s about showing up for yourself every day, even when it’s hard, and committing to the life you want to create. No matter where you are in your journey, every small step forward is proof of your strength. You have the power to heal, grow, and build a future that feels meaningful and fulfilling. You are resilient. You are capable. And you are worthy of the life you’re working toward. Much love,  Kayla 💕♥️
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I'm new
by easyPlum5624
Last post
February 7th
...See more Hii I'm Indian How can I usse this application Anny buddy can understand Hindi language?
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Loving a porn addict
by adaptableAcres6240
Last post
February 6th
...See more I don't know what to do. He does it every day. I'm disgusted when he touches me. I don't want to even have sex anymore. I feel ugly. I don't feel like im good enough for him. I want to be it but I'm not. Why does porn have to exist? I didnt used to be so sensitive but every time sex comes onscreen in a movie or something now I get incredibly uncomfortable. Raunchy music videos make me sick. His addiction is killing our relationship. I want to leave him over this. I feel so dramatic but the whole relationship is tainted now. The content he consumes has bled into our everyday life. It makes me want to throw up. His addiction disgusts me. I don't want to be disgusted by him. I feel like things will never get better. And before you tell me to set a boundary I have tried. I have even given the ultimatum that if he doesn't stop I will leave. He acts like he understands but I feel like it'll never get better. I cry about this all the time. What do you even do in this situation
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How to not become complacent in recovery
by scarbstar
Last post
February 6th
...See more To combat complacency in recovery, key strategies include: regular self-reflection, actively engaging with your support network, setting new goals, seeking out challenges, practicing mindfulness, reviewing your progress, actively participating in recovery meetings, reaching out to a sponsor or mentor, and incorporating new healthy habits into your routine; essentially, remaining proactive and committed to continuous growth within your recovery journey. Specific actions to take: Regularly check in with yourself: Conduct self-assessments to identify potential areas of complacency and remind yourself of the reasons you began recovery. Maintain strong support systems: Actively connect with your sponsor, attend support group meetings, and spend time with supportive friends and family. Set new goals: Continuously set achievable goals to push yourself further in recovery, whether it's related to personal growth, skill development, or community involvement. Embrace challenges: Look for opportunities to step outside your comfort zone and take on new challenges that align with your recovery. Practice mindfulness: Incorporate meditation or other mindfulness techniques to stay present and aware of your thoughts and emotions. Review your progress: Periodically reflect on your recovery journey, acknowledging your achievements while also identifying areas where you can improve. Stay informed: Read recovery literature, attend workshops, or engage in continuing education to expand your knowledge and understanding. Seek professional help when needed: If you're struggling with complacency, consider seeking additional support from a therapist or counselor. Give back to the community: Volunteering or mentoring others in recovery can reinforce your own commitment and provide a sense of puurpose. Change your routine: Intentionally shake things up by trying new activities, attending different meetings, or exploring new hobbies.

Addiction Support

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Welcome to Addiction Support! We are so pleased that you have stumbled across our little corner of the internet. Our community is here to support you through any recovery and/or pathway from substances to gambling, internet, self-harm, porn addiction, sex addiction, and more. All are welcome to participate whether you are a family member watching a loved one struggling or if you are struggling yourself. Feel free to discuss anything and everything related to addictions.


What are the different forum topics for Addiction Support?

Community Space: A place for you to introduce yourself and take part in our community check-ins.

Games and Icebreakers: A place for you to get to know other community members by participating in fun games!

General Addiction Support: Do you have a question or want to share more about your addiction? Do it here!

Journals: Want to share your story or involve us on your journey to recovery? Do it here!

Loving Those With Addictions: Got a loved one with an addiction? Share your story here!

Sex and Porn Addiction Support: Struggling with a sex and/or porn addiction? Discuss it here!


How can I help?

You can help us by simply responding to threads and sharing your story (if you're comfortable to). Alternatively, you may wish to join us as a Forum Leader. Check out this thread for more information.


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Addiction Support FAQ

Are there any sub-community specific guidelines that we need to adhere to?

All sub-community specific guidelines can be found below and should be followed in addition to the general forum guidelines.


Help... I still have a question! 

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Community Guidelines

Remain professional, kind, and respectful towards one another. 
Even if you do not get along with an individual listener, it is up to you to act appropriately. If you must, step away and do not engage.

Prevent hurtful rumor/gossip spreading. 
Rumor: a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.
Gossip: idle talk especially about the personal or private affairs of others

Aim to grow and learn as a Listener & person. 
In this light, learning to accept feedback thankfully.

Be aware of how to use the forum correctly and what may happen when you do not do so. 
See more detailed forum guidelines below.

Refrain from sharing personal contact information
including, but not limited to, social media accounts, home addresses, phone numbers, messaging apps/sites, or any other medium of contact off-site. Learn more about internet safety in this forum. If you use the scheduling tool YouCanBookMe, you are required to remove the email submission step. Learn how to do this here.

Maintain a confidential atmosphere. 
Between you and member/guests and between you and other listeners. All conversations between you and members are confidential. Do not share any chat details with any other listeners or members. Additionally, do not write or blog about any issues you are supporting people on.

Engage in healthy problem solving. 
This means problem solving with the goal to continue to make the community better. Engage in healthy debates and conversations which lend themselves to problem solving and working together. Read more on the topic of healthy problem solving in this forum.

Use proper conflict resolution skills with every person on the site 
Proper conflict resolution means dealing with conflict in a supportive manner that benefits both you and the other person involved. Read more on conflict resolution in this forum.

Respect boundaries of other community members. 
This includes a total ban on stalking and harassment of any kind. 

Choose not to engage in sexting or flirting. 
We have a zero tolerance policy for these behaviors. Even if it is consensual, it is not allowed on 7 Cups. Read more about sexting and flirting in this forum.

Never create second accounts on the site. 
Each person is only allowed one listener and one member account. There are no exceptions.

Protect your log-in information to all accounts on 7 Cups and not allow anyone else to use it besides the person whose name is in our system. 
We expect that you will be the sole user of your listener/member account. If it comes to our attention that another person has accessed your account, we will need to immediately close your account for security reasons. This includes log-in details for 7 Cups Admin accounts.

Do not engage in hateful behaviors of any kind. 
Showing hate towards any gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, racial or cultural background or imposing your view point on any of these items on another user is forbidden.

We now have a behavior point system.
We ask each user to live by the guidelines outlined in this thread. Each behavior mentioned will be assigned a behavior point, once a certain number of points are accumulated within 6 months, consequences will be enacted.

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