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The distraction I need
Fp edit: Thanks everyone for your support and fake internet points. Wasn't doing this for notoriety. I used confession bear because I normally wouldn't put my business out there like this, but now I see my wrongdoing. My apologies for not using success kid lol. If anyone wants to PM me about depression/addiction, Pokemon Go, or just in general please feel free.
MistressLyda
Yay! :)
KhorneFlakesAreChaoticallyDelicious
ShruggieFresh
Good stuff man. You're not alone if you open up and ask for help you'll get it.
ImNotRacistBut
The thing with vices is that you just need to have one that's socially acceptable.
strawberrycocoa
People who bitch about "using the wrong meme" spend too much time online. Fuck'em, enjoy yourself.
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Haha yeah I lurk a bit but I've never really posted something that was a meme. Also never thought it would be FP material.
LHRCheshire
sometimes its best to let yourself be addicted to something healthy even if its still addiction my saviour was eve online we all got a vice.
dtlol
Could've gone with Success Kid here.
MrFuzzer
Accurate meme critique +1
undungubungu
Accurate meme critique +1
ultraprison
Accurate meme critique +1
ultraprison
Accurate meme critique +1
quesomyblanco
Accurate meme critic +1
Astarael1
Congrats!! Addiction did awful things to my family and anything that helps you stay off is a good thing for you and your loved ones.
Azasloth
OP killed two shitty birds with one very effective stone.
IdLikeToRideAPigIntoBattle
https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?language=en
FredaFelcher
This
colinardo
This is how I feel about geocaching. It's really helped me figure my shit out and i get to see cool places on the way.
atamosk
http://imgur.com/wuMup0x
ImScienceGuy
I got the cops called by neighbors thinking I was taking pictures or their house in the middle of the night!
alwaysupvoteyellingbird
I have walked, biked and caught sunlight more than the whole rest of the summer, so I call it a win. Also, I'm a pokemon trainer
ZCOM
As a fellow human who struggles with the same:
Stay strong @OP!
kindsoberandfullydressed
For replacing an addiction with another one, I encourage this (as long as you're safe!!!) and find it adorable.
Hellstorm99
Keep it up OP! For the first 6 months really it is just about staying too busy and tired after that it gets easier. 5 1/2 years clean here
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Congrats! Proud of you! Now I'm working towards being proud of myself.
crazyhindu
Same! Keep it up op. I passed multiple gas stations and resisted the urge to go buy a pack of cigarettes
MoreCrustyJugglers
Only Pokemon Go I have upvoted so far. Good job!
Bosssauce321
Nice work @OP!!! Keep it up and catch em all
Thesinlesssinner
Yay, keep up your Pokemon journey and kick those vices in their dicks. You can do it @OP, I believe in you.
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Thank you!!!
Thesinlesssinner
i love your username too btw.
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Haha I have a slight obsession with unicorns. Your username is pretty cool too though.
Thesinlesssinner
I've used it for almost every site and game I join since I started playing Gaia in like 2004-2005ish I think. I have tons of unicorn stuff.
Dvargar
My wife actually told me that she enjoyed all the time we were spending together, we've just been running around outside hunting pokemon
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Yeah it's actually brought me and my boyfriend a lot closer
AtomicDaisy
Had a baby death in the family this week, Pokemon Go has distracted me from sad thoughts and kept me emotionally stable through it all.
CANADIANMIST
Same here. Was so exhausted from hatching 2 5km eggs and hunting all day that I came home and went to sleep instead of drinking.
TopComment0nReddit
That sounds just like my night. I usually drink to fall asleep but I passed right out.
CANADIANMIST
Gotta catch em all!
Kabitu1
There's this new hypothesis that addiction is less about habit and more about having something to bond with. Sounds about right.
Juxtapos723
These kind of posts make me so happy! I love seeing how everyone is benifiting from Pokemon Go! Cause My sweetheart and I have as well^^
FOSSisBOSS
Buddy it's so true; you get outside for a walk, and suddenly you're alright... everything is fixed. Just add a few of those together!
AroAce
I highly doubt that big problems are fixed by this.
FOSSisBOSS
Sunny ways my friend, sunny ways!
Unicornismyspiritanimal
I haven't felt motivated to go outside in a long time. And I've met lots of cool people!
SpaghyetiWagon
I've realized I've been enabling my depression and social/anxiety by isolating myself and not venturing outside my comfort zones. 1/2
SpaghyetiWagon
2/2 i've played a bunch over the weekend and have had a lot of fun despite how uncomfortable it makes me walking around in public playing.
SpaghyetiWagon
Need a 3rd. It's really expanding my comfort zone and I may soon interact with other players. Good luck OP, if you need to talk PM me. (:
AriBerri55
Same. I have been in a deep depression for a couple weeks now. Walking in the sun yesterday for a couple hours didn't fix it but much better
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Same. My normal routine is going to work and coming home and staying on my couch all night and then repeat. It's been lonely.
SpaghyetiWagon
The game is a good distraction from the tribulations of life. I feel ya, man.
Unicornismyspiritanimal
I live in Florida so it's been hot as fuck but it was sorta nice to sweat that much by choice lol.
PhoenixUNDRfitr
Good god it is hot here. The heads been killing me. What part I Florida are you in
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Tampa/Brandon
BigAlsRibShack
Wow, I'm from Florida too. And a recovered drug addict, good on you man.
FOSSisBOSS
Amen brother, I live in Ottawa (Canada), and the humidity makes for a hot day in the summer here too. Sweating it out is the best thing!
FOSSisBOSS
Better than that, get yourself into a gym; for me it was a life-saver... it gives you a goal to achieve every day.. that's what you need!
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Yeah I do feel like I do a lot better with goals and purpose. A lotta times it's like the goal is a chore but now it's motivation and fun.
FOSSisBOSS
Damn right buddy; you need those goals... hang onto them like a life-preserver; i know you can make them fun... it's one step up everyday!
nadirecur
In a similar boat myself. These past 3 days Pokemon Go has distracted me from my depression and lifted my spirits for the 1st time in months
TheMagicYeti
It's amazing how games can make you forget about all of your struggles.
nadirecur
Not to mention how they can give you a reason to get up in the morning, goals to work towards, and a sense of purpose.
Leahcim1v1s
Go has helped me in the same way. I've actually been more social with other people who have been roaming the city i stay in.
nadirecur
Yeah, and it's so much easier to talk to strangers about Pokemon than about life. No awkwardness because there's already a connection there.
subbywan
Incorrect. You indulged your Pokemon vice all weekend!
Blrp0
Doesn't say anything about indulgement. He coulda smoked crack all weekend without thinking about it.
7thlevelLazerLotus
Baby steps. A vice but a much less harmful vice
billywitchdoctordotorg
You let him have this!
subbywan
Let him?! I'll fight anyone who tries to take it away! I am a vice enabler and I rarely discriminate!
subbywan
It you have an addictive personality, focus on getting addictions that are good for you
graou13
It's not a vice since it isn't harmful but it is an addiction.
subbywan
Voce doesn't need be harmful, just "wicked, or immoral".
Thesinlesssinner
Well I mean I've been playing this series since I was 10, it's like any other game series, it can be mentally addicting def.
nobodycaressean
If it works for you then kudos and congrats. Keep it up! This coming from someone who has no clue what the deal is w/Pokemon. I'm too old.
TmoTevin
Is there a gif of peter saying "it's awsome" to chris? this would be perfect. (family guy)
hedgewizard
I'm 57 and thinking about getting a smart phone just so I can play it.
nicetenricecows
Nobody cares, Sean
maximinusthrax1
I'm 28, never got into the pokemon craze, and have no intention of starting now. To each their own right?
Dominian
You run around collecting little animals that can fight. They get better and the fights get more tactical. That's it. Not very complicated.
GarrettStopMotion
to me its more, I met like 50 people last night, and we just chilled, the social part is so cool
Dominian
Yeah, I'm actually looking forward to it being released here in Germany.
imhoots
I don't care about Pokemon so there's that.
Fluffybadger
It's a fun little pastime, even if you're just collecting the Pokemon.
ALoneTenno
YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD FOR POKEMON!!!!
OldRazzIeDazzIe
you're never too old to be young
GlamorousMelanie1
Im@49 & play!
Wooooooooooooooooot
I'm 32. Never once played pokemon until 5 days ago. It's awesome.
atechnicnate
I'm closer to 40 than 30 and I find it fun...
LimitDoesNotExist
I never liked Pokemon before, yesterday installed the app out of curiosity.
ThePastmaster
It speaks to two basic principles that make up most humans. Collection and fighting. Also: They range from cute to cool to menacing.
Bonerhitler
It's a very simple way to encourage physical activity by stimulating the same parts of our brain other mobile games do.
Bonerhitler
People are getting a bit over-excited with the pokemon sharing and all, but on the whole pokemon go is doing good for a lot of people.
arkangelbb
I just never really got into Pokemon, I was more of a Mario fan as a kid.
Varimothras
You collect exotics pets and command them in battles with other people's pets. It's like dog fighting but at least three times better.
HappierThanASlinkyOnAnEscalator
this is the best description i've ever read. EVER.
LazyBrazilian
Too old? No such thing!
lildeidei
I convinced my non-gamer husband to play and he groaned when he realized we had to go outside. Caught 2 Pokemon though. :)
cutepiku
My sister works at a flag factory and is the youngest person there at 33. She texted me this morning asking how to download Pokemon Go 1/2
cutepiku
with .apk again (Canada) because all her coworkers want it this morning. (2/2)
pragmatao
I'm 36, never played a Pokemon game, and was outside all weekend playing Go.
TheLateKnight
You're never too old to Google something.
ImAfraidYoureAllPsychosSoIMadeThisAccount
I'd love to play, cheap ass phone isn't compatible :(
Stormalorm
My first sergeant is in his 50s and he was playing it this drill weekend 0.o never too old :)
shimmernshine
If you have a recent phone it really doesn't cost anything to get an idea of what GO is like other than data. You don't need to pay to enjoy
shimmernshine
It's more or less a scavenger hunt, but running across other people playing it really adds something, similar to the feeling at card shops.
Unicornismyspiritanimal
Never too late to find a new hobby!
Krympehl
*addiction But so long as you're more okay with it, that's good! :D
jewelz996
I got my 64 year old father interested in the game. It can be for anybody!
DownWithYouAll
A new hobby like drugs!
FishOnTheInternetz
People who loved Pokémon since the start are likely in their 30ths.
raaadshark
An old lady and her middle aged son saw my group playing and stopped us to talk about their gameplay experience. Its never too late for fun!
3point141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105
Most millennials grew up watching pokemon, constantly dreaming of tracking down our own, it's like a childhood dream come true for us
labouka
Do 90's count kids as millenials too, then? Because I sure as hell have been with pokemon since 1996 and I am all about Pokemon Go! :D
IreallywantmynametobeSpaghetti
Original pokemon came out when I was 8 so this was always a dream for me :D
TheMasterOfTheMechanicalStuff
same !
FXTPD
millennial mɪˈlɛnɪəl/ noun plural noun: millennials a person reaching young adulthood around the year 2000.
ImJustinSane
I'm almost 50, and I wanna try it when it finally comes to Canada.
LimitDoesNotExist
If you are on iPhone, you can create a new Apple ID for US AppStore and download the app. I'm from India and installed it yesterday.
ImJustinSane
Thanks, figured that out about 5 minutes after I wrote that. It hit me that there had to be away around. I've been walking around since 4am.
GlamorousMelanie1
I'm 49 & love it! Both my daughters & 4 yr old grandson play...we'll go walking together and to parks!
EpicHat
You don't have to wait you could download the apk
ImJustinSane
Thanks for jostling my interest. Found a way to steal it from the US App Store.
ImJustinSane
Can't, using an iPhone.
TheAwkwardStoner
It's not in your App Store yet?
ImJustinSane
It is not, but I just found a way to steal it from the US App Store.