People of the UK what's your vice in life?.

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TapeDeckSlick@reddit

Mate gambling problems are so rife, I genuinely think gambling adverts should be banned all together.

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r0bbyr0b2@reddit

It’s mad that it’s on the radio at 8am on the school run, all online, tv ads, sponsored by “celebs” etc etc.

Just treat it like tobacco and ban all adverts. But they will never do it as the gov earns good tax month out of fleecing the poor and financially vulnerable.

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Glittered_Fingers@reddit

Children do not need to be exposed to it like it’s a normal way of spending/blowing/losing money.

Kids are actively marketed to with a view of encouaging gambling habits, if you ask me. There's been a few examples that go back a long time (the dopamine hit of completing Panini sticker sets, or getting a 'shiny', for example) but generally, kids were not gambling on what they wanted to collect. It's everywhere now. Blind boxes. Mini Brands. Lego Minifigures. On and on and on... literally half of the pocket money options are risk/reward now. It's really gross, and I worry how we're wiring their brains, honestly.

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Rainbvw@reddit

Yeah I've noticed this with one of my kids. We can go into Smyths and out of everything in that shop, the things she'll fixate on LOL Surprise and all the similar toys, where it's a box/ball and it's a surprise what's in there. Scares me to death that she'll happily throw birthday money at stuff like that and when I ask "are you sure? You don't even know what you're getting?", that's precisely why she wants it.

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Morganx27@reddit

Not to mention video games. Slots, spinning wheels, loot boxes etc. all for real money.

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Glittered_Fingers@reddit

Oh, you're spot on! Through screens it's even more insidious!

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hamstertoybox@reddit

It pisses me off that I have to prove my age to snoop on random Redditors, but my kids are constantly exposed to gambling ads with no regulation.

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r0bbyr0b2@reddit

Ha yes very good point.

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GhoolsFold@reddit

Exactly!

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Footner@reddit

I will never forget when champagne was the controversy at the fa cup and the radio presenter I forget his name was ranting how it’s disgusting and alcohol has no place in the game because of addicts etc.

I turned on the tv later that day and he was on a gambling advert

Bloody hypocrite

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Ok-Ship812@reddit

It’s a comparatively new thing, the ads that is. In the 70’s and 80’s there were casinos, slot parlours and bookies in the UK and none of them could advertise.

The gambling Commisson’s view was that there was a latent unstimulated demand for gambling products in the country and they would legalise just enough supply.

Boy that’s changed

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dowling543333@reddit

I know we have children's social media and other problems we have to tackle too, but restricting these disgusting gambling companies should be priority 1.

Every UK high street is totally overtaken by gambling shops. It's on apps too. Horrible.

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appletinicyclone@reddit

When cost of living gets bad, gambling popularity goes up

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Pieboy8@reddit

For reasons I won't go into, I get to look at hundreds of bank statements each week... You are not wrong. Gambling, to the extent it's problematic is at epidemic levels. Especially prevelent in the lower classes, those who can least afford it. It's tragic to see.

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ThrobbingGristle@reddit

If you take this approach then you also need to ban:

Smoking and vaping 95% of food in every supermarket Extreme sports Alcohol

Personally, I’m a “live and let live” coupled with “take personal responsibility for yourself and don’t rely on a nanny state”

Of course, we’re all different, but in general I’m against “banning and taxing fun”.

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ruu_throwaway@reddit

Gambling adverts! Lean to read

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Scared-Room-9962@reddit

What if stands up straight?

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RoboTon78@reddit

That's an alternative point of view.

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External-Praline-451@reddit

They said ban gambling ads - not banning gambling. Smoking ads are banned, alcohol ones are restricted, yet gambling ads are everywhere and relentless.

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TapeDeckSlick@reddit

I never said ban gambling lmao

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Lost-Explanation1215@reddit

The problem is the government and media are intertwined in this.

The government gets a fortune in tax revenue and also lobbying and also the media gets a fortune in adverts.

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Fattydog@reddit

The government used to get hundreds of millions from tobacco taxes - there just needs to be the will to put a stop to it.

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greentricky@reddit

But it also cost them a fortune on the NHS, gambling doesn't have the same cost burden to government

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Hour-Estate-2962@reddit

I'd imagine it does have some cost burden. Gambling causes people to turn to crime, fall into debt, ruins families, destroys mental health etc. it's probably harder to track than the effects of smoking but there will be a financial cost to society.

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sparkline1234567@reddit

The government no longer spends money to prevent any of that 🥲

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Hour-Estate-2962@reddit

Very true! They do bear the cost of some of it when it goes wrong though in policing, benefits, social care for kids affected by gambling, (minimal) mental health support, unemployment etc.

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Fattydog@reddit

Tobacco tax earns around £7.5bn a year, and gambling tax around £3.5bn.

Tobacco costs the NHS £3bn a year. The economic burden of gambling is £1.4bn.

Tobacco is therefore a much higher net earner than gambling, despite advertising being banned.

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sparkline1234567@reddit

What is the economic burden of gambling? Sure that's a private burden, not a state one, whereas tobacco related health problems are a state problem.

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pjkm123987@reddit

no it shouldn't, people who gamble are self proclaimed idiots who have zero self control or reasoning. Everyone knows gambling makes you lose money, so why do it in the first place. Losing your money on gambling is deserved.

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Scared-Room-9962@reddit

Zero empathy

Zero understanding of addiction

Zero meaningful contribution to the discussion

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AJMurphy_1986@reddit

Mate, your boring.

Millions of people gamble safely, and have happy successfully lives.

Calling anyone who gambles an "idiot" makes you look like a bigger one

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Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit

That’s a very progressive way to talk about addicitons.

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BiggestNige@reddit

Baffles me even more that the majority of TV ads are now the gambling companies advertising Be Gamble Aware etc and how you can put limits on. What better way to flog your product that highlting the negatives.

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Outside-Resist4688@reddit

Me trying. They were banned before 1994. They're awful.

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ShaftManlike@reddit

And phone apps. It shouldn't be that easy and available

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Sparko_Marco@reddit

I was driving home from work one day and had talk sport on, they were talking to someone about gambling addiction and the dangers of gambling and had quite a good discussion on it. Then it went to an ad break and the first ad was a gambling ad, then they come back and the next segment was sponsored by a gambling company. Total hypocrites.

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Etheria_system@reddit

Don’t really have one these days. I suppose it’s buying kindle books on the daily deal, but most months that’s the only thing I spend money on and it’s around £30 a month.

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

That's a good vice.

Books are great for the mind.

Audible has got me through some dark times.

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Etheria_system@reddit

They help me a lot. I’m housebound and disabled, don’t have much of a life but books let me escape and live through someone else for a while. I probably won’t read all the books I’ve bought, but like spending 99p on books I might read just so I have the option to

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GenoiseGentleman@reddit

Have you tried book bub? I get a daily newsletter of 99p ebooks in genres I’ve said i’m interested in!

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crazyfool92@reddit

Tell me more please.

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Level_Engineer@reddit

So wholesome!

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Etheria_system@reddit

I used to have much more “fun” vices but the combination of being disabled, taking a shit tonne of meds and being on benefits means I don’t really have those as an option anymore so occasionally buying kindle books that I might not get round to reading it is

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Sussurator@reddit

Yeah my vice is that I eat too many green vegetables and donate too much to charity.

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BlackUnicornUK@reddit

Strong cider like Henry Westons or Thatchers Vintage.

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

I enjoy a magners with ice. Might get some for the summer.

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BumblebeeNo6356@reddit

About once every couple of months I get together with some old friends (we are all over 50) and we take some pill and pretend we are young again.

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hamstertoybox@reddit

I’m 41 and worried my body couldn’t cope with such things anymore. I do miss it though.

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BumblebeeNo6356@reddit

I find my body copes better with that than a few beers.

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AnotherGreenWorld1@reddit

Were in our 40’s and we do the same … 3 or 4 times a year just go for a nice little float.

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BumblebeeNo6356@reddit

It’s a nice little change once in a while

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sawn-off-snotgun@reddit

On the NYE during the height of covid me and the wife took a few in the living room and played some DJ mixes on the box. Had a blast. Celebrated the NY at about had two as we forgot all about it.

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J1nglejoints@reddit

65

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eruditezero@reddit

Fent?

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asphytotalxtc@reddit

Yep, mid 40s now. But we still run a happy hardcore rave twice a year in Milton Keynes! We'll never grow up 😂😂

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TomfromLondon@reddit

I'm 47 and this pops into my head every time I listen to some old skool hardcore.

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Swimming-Lie5369@reddit

Viagra?

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Sandy_Bananas@reddit

Bravo.

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midnightpunt@reddit

Charlie

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couragethecurious@reddit

Molly

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domambrose96@reddit

Coke pill? Where do you find such things?

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continentaldreams@reddit

Same here! Except we're in our 30s. Happy pills two or three times a year, often accompanied by sexy times as a group. I appreciate that's quite a vice.

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elmo298@reddit

I told my Mrs I wasn't going to buy anything at the garden centre and bought my daughter a little watering can. I, too, am out there

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laconicwheeze@reddit

I frequently stay up to watch MOTD on a Saturday night in the full knowledge that our 2 year old will make me regret it in just a few hours time. It's a burden I bear

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Jerico_Hill@reddit

Same. I'm 40 just come back from a weekend if silliness and pills. I doubt I'll ever change!

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JoeTisseo@reddit

That's fucking class mate honestly. Something id be well down for at that age, I'm currently 35 and still yearn for the odd blowout.

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

Hahaha that's funny.

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ThatNegro98@reddit

Weed. I started using it recreactionally. Got diagnosed with adhd at uni, found I could focus a lot better if I was a little high, so smoked a little when I was teyna do work. But still smoked recreationally (quite heavily) outside of doing uni work.

Finished uni, cut down a lot on how much I smoke. But now I smoke out of habit rather than for my adhd. Sometimes it is for my adhd, but a lot of times it's just cos im finding something to fill my time with. Has hurt my productivity, as weed does nothing to help my lack of motivation/starting a task that stems from my adhd.

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CelDidNothingWrong@reddit

So about 220 quid a week for 25 years in a row? Jesus, you planning to cut back at all?

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

Yeah. I put on Average 40 a day on but hardly ever win, I think I'm going to bet every other day instead now.

I used to really enjoy it. But now it feels like an inconvenience.

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c-e-r-y-s@reddit

That's an addiction, full stop. Ignore everyone saying "thin line, vice, etc etc", this is an addiction. Please look into some help.

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Specimen_E-351@reddit

If you don't enjoy it, it's an inconvenience and it costs you a fortune, why not just stop entirely?

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

I don't now when bored. It's hard to explain.

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Hardie1247@reddit

Don't take this the wrong way, but maybe you need a hobby you can actively participate in? It sounds like you don't actually enjoy watching football, so you make up for that with the thrill of a win/loss potential for yourself. If it's 40 pounds a day roughly for 25 years, that's hundreds of thousands. That kind of money could allow you to retire much sooner, get a nicer house/cars, premium hobby equipment for pretty much anything you want to start up, etc. Doesn't make sense to spend that money on something that truly doesn't make you happy, but instead just gives you a cheap thrill until your next "hit".

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Specimen_E-351@reddit

It's hard to explain.

Well, it's addiction.

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Push-the-pink-button@reddit

Mate you could have a banging drug addiction for that money! Or just imagine you'd put that into your pension instead.

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blahehblah@reddit

You could be banging a decent hooker for 1k/month

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toady89@reddit

You must genuinely enjoy it if adding that up hasn't motivated you towards at least thinking about stopping altogether. If it was me I'd be daydreaming about what else I could be spending it on that has longer term enjoyment (probably a holiday every month).

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ScottishJoeExotic@reddit

To be honest with you pal with those numbers it sounds more like an addiction than a vice. Gamcare can help.

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AutomaticSuccotash51@reddit

The line is very fine between addiction and vice, but I feel like gambling is one of those ones which almost always end up as an addiction

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niqueG@reddit

Some banks can block gambling transactions for you. Might be a good idea to chat to them to see what they can do to support you.

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CelDidNothingWrong@reddit

maybe look into some therapy or treatment to help quit? You can clearly afford it if you’ve been happy to lose 40 quid a day, every single day of your adult life lol

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ASpookyBitch@reddit

Cheese.

And now I have to cut back on that due to my cholesterol.

I don’t drink, smoke, vape, any drugs. I don’t gamble, or even eat a lot of sugar, less now that all the good stuff has been messed with due to shrinkflation and cost cutting…

Cheese was my one thing.

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Adventurous-Idea1473@reddit

drinking. which is not a good one because it makes you fat, lazy and fucks with your brain.

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MeltingChocolateAhh@reddit

It's sad to read this. I don't drink at all or ever, but I am sure alcoholism runs in my family genes or something. It's three people in my family I have now known to die from alcoholism, one who was barely 40. This shit breaks you if you're outside looking in, and it isn't usually a nice way to go out either.

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Final_Anybody_3862@reddit

Single malt whisky.

It used to be crack, so things are looking up, I guess.

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OkTechnician4610@reddit

Way to much tv watching

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Intrepid_Bearz@reddit

Sugar I quit drinking, I quit smoking but none were as hard to give up as sugar is proving. Doesn’t help that most artificial sweeteners make me feel sick.

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hamstertoybox@reddit

Sugar is my vice, but I’m not even going to consider cutting down. Life’s too short and I’m pretty healthy otherwise.

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TRFKTA@reddit

I quit sugar in about 4-5 days.

I used to be a Diet Coke fiend (yes, yes, I know) and used to drink 3-4 cans a day minimum. In the end I figured that it was the carbonation I liked, not the taste so I swapped the Diet Coke for fizzy water.

The first few days were pretty tough but once I hit day 4-5 I had 0 cravings whatsoever.

It also helps that I operate on the basis of ‘if I don’t buy it during my grocery shopping I can’t eat it’

These days I mainly drink black coffee.

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lavender_cookie_@reddit

I also quit drugs, alcohol and smoking but can't quit sweet treats 😅😭

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0livri@reddit

Good on you for trying - I found sparkling water was the answer to this, same refreshment without all the shit, but it’s not to everyone’s liking

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PippiShortStockings@reddit

‘I guess we all have vices’ - BUDDY. Don’t normalise losing £264k for absolutely nothing. Get help and kick it

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Chance_Way5601@reddit

Magic mushrooms. I’ll never ever understand why they are illegal but that’s a different topic for another sub. Fuck the government and its backward laws.

They’re good for the mind and soul.

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Eisenmaus@reddit

I am a total glutton for chocolate and Warhammer 40,000 stuff.

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LexRep10@reddit

I am a 41 year old man with financial responsibilities that I think I mess up mainly because of chocolate and Warhammer.

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Eisenmaus@reddit

The memes are right. They don't call 40k "Plastic Crack" for nothing. :)

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mynameisjodie@reddit

Coffee is 1st and then sweets and chocolate next

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Eisenmaus@reddit

Also nice. :)

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lazyplayboy@reddit

£29 /day is a hell of a habit 😬

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Prestigious-Slide-73@reddit

The garden.

I’ve spent stupid money on my garden and spend my weekends going for breakfast at local nurseries and buying more plants I don’t have space for.

This year I also took on an allotment and spent stupid money on getting that ready for the growing season. Naturally, I now have far too many seeds that I have a filing system for.

Then on here, I see some people meeting up with their old mates to take some pills and go to raves in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. I however, will be seeing the Monty Don on Friday, for A Journey Through British Gardens.

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smaxxy@reddit

Losing over £10k a year is a lot. That's not a vice mate, that's an addiction. You should have probably got help a while ago. Good luck.

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BeingOtherwise7829@reddit

Drinking. I so wish I could just be normal and moderate but I can't.

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Goe_Danger@reddit

Coca Cola - drinking at least one glass a day, really feels like something is missing if I don’t get to have on in the evening

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anonaccount119@reddit

nice snacks. if i have a bad day i'm cracking out fancy crisps and expensive dark chocolate.

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OSINT_DealR@reddit

Pizza.

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Theadvertisement2@reddit

YOU WHAT

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1968Bladerunner@reddit

Sweet treats - whether it be desserts, biscuits, or something chocolaty / chewy or fruity. Thankfully I can content myself with a few small items most days, without gorging a whole box, packet or bar in one sitting.

Reddit is also somewhat of a guilty pleasure which could easily become moreso, if I didn't temper my use with plenty of reading, walks or other distractions in between.

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kipha01@reddit

My phone, I use it way too much for shit that is not productive.

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GhoolsFold@reddit

Key isn't "productive", because "enriching" is really for the win. Rarely that either.

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Scruffybob@reddit

Brake fluid but i can stop anytime

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Heavy-Mud-8307@reddit

Hobbies. Every now and then I will buy a whole set up for a new hobby, which isn't usually cheap, and barely use it or find some reason I don't like it. I have the most enriched home I've seen and I use naff all.

Tbf, I do come back round to some every now and again and do one off things with them or use them for other purposes. I have enough art supplies to start a small school and many niche books on random courses. About to try making cheese next.

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newtonbase@reddit

I need a list.

I've always been a bit obsessive when I start a hobby but as I get older I'm a little calmer and the hobbies last longer.

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Heavy-Mud-8307@reddit

Some of these are reasearch hobbies and probably a bit niché. I'm a bit of a weirdo and this won't be exhaustive.

Crochet Lino printing Colouring books Astronomy Bible study & esoteric study Study of ancient deities Identifying nature Navigating by the stars Knitting Foraging Baking Cooking Bread making Matcha lates (I haven't even made one yet and got proper ceremonial matcha) Ancient babylonian archeology and cuniform, also the researching the golden cresent(start of proper farming) Collecting antiques Weight training Watercolour Acrylic painting Sketching Flower pressing Making my own paper Making my own yarn Teaching my rabbits agility training and talking buttons Making gluten free flour blends Painting walls Upcycling furniture Graphology How Pi is in everything Writing(so many fancy pens) Gardening/growing my own food House plants Bird watching Camping Interior design Pet rats at one point(I kept them their whole lives tbf, they're hard work to do it properly) Learning hebrew and welsh Reading old scientific studies from 1800-1930(these are so interesting) Journalling(this one has stuck really well) Antique books(I have so many) Lego Drumming Guitar Violin Keyboard Bass guitar Singing Maths Making my wardrobe into a natural fiber capsual wardrobe in the colour of my local nature

Some of these are so nerdy and odd.

Next up is cheese making!

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newtonbase@reddit

Blimey!

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threemorereasons@reddit

Do you by any chance have ADHD? I do the same thing.

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Heavy-Mud-8307@reddit

Yes AuDHD!

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pip_goes_pop@reddit

Oh god this is me. I seem to enjoy researching a hobby and buying all the stuff for it more than actually doing the hobby.

I’ve been doing pottery since last year at a local studio. I love it but am trying so hard to resist buying my own wheel for home. I know I’d spend lots of money on a good one but then rarely use it as it’s all so messy at home.

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Heavy-Mud-8307@reddit

I always have to get the good quality stuff or it doesn't seem worth it!

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yabyum@reddit

What was your last hobby?

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Heavy-Mud-8307@reddit

Colouring books with fancy ohuhu pens!

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TRFKTA@reddit

Mine is a bit of a catch 22 as it’s good and bad: investing more than I can really afford. I just can’t help but snap up good deals.

It’s bad because I end up low on money at the end of each month. It’s good because my investments just keep growing.

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trippykitsy@reddit

I dont have an addiction. It is not healthy to have an addiction. It isn't the base state of humans to have a problem like this.

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Bastrato@reddit

Buying Charlie Bingham ready meals to have as lunch at work.

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Flashy-Increase5073@reddit

I had one of the Paellas a few weeks ago as a treat and it was lovely. Decided to try some more of them, any you recommend?

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IWOOZLE@reddit

I rate the moussaka!

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catmadwoman@reddit

The fish pie is out of this world.Better than M&S by far.

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External-Praline-451@reddit

I like the lasagne one 😋 They're expensive, but cheaper than a takeaway, and honestly nicer than a lot of takeaways these days.

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Bastrato@reddit

All the Thai curries, beef and red wine casserole

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Sidiselect@reddit

The lasagne for two for one?

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Bastrato@reddit

2 person ready meals are always just one greedy person portions really.

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Hellohibbs@reddit

You’ll be amazed when you find out it’s Bigham.

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Griff-Man17@reddit

Tbh for the price, I want more ham.

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

Ok Daddy Warbucks. Someone’s feeling flush.

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TMI2020@reddit

Bet it’s the same person that had a £2m Fabergé egg nicked out of their bag at the pub the other week.

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Danglyweed@reddit

There's something well dodgy about that story isn't there. Who takes a faberge to the fucking pub and out their handbag on the floor.

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Plenty_Delay_2869@reddit

Definitely insurance fraud

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Bastrato@reddit

I'm addicted to smashing them.

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Bastrato@reddit

I was in a cushy management role for years and got used to eating lunch out. I'm back on the shop floor again now and just can't get back into packed lunches. Fortunately we have a full kitchen in the lunch room.

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oli_ramsay@reddit

I stopped reading after first 2 words.

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tmr89@reddit

Charlie Bigham, not Bingham.

Why do so many people get it wrong?

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Bastrato@reddit

In my case because it's I live in Bingham and autocorrect got it.

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dprophet32@reddit

Because Bingham is more common and flows off the tongue better

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theModge@reddit

Actually.... My ocado order is very much the thing I spend more on than a) I should b) peers in a similar income bracket spend. There's sometimes a nice bottle of wine, but mostly it's the posh cheese that gets me.

We run one car for family where others run two, we definitely make different choices

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OddPerspective9833@reddit

Drugs, sex, and rock'n'roll 🤘

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BamberGasgroin@reddit

Fags, booze and undercharging for my time, for a quiet life of fags and booze.

I'm the opposite of Nigel Garage.

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EUskeptik@reddit

My vice was changing my car often, on average at least annually. Depreciation is a killer.

I have kicked the habit though. I owned my last car for 7 years. I bought it for £2500, maintained it carefully and sold it for £2000.

-oo-

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Polz34@reddit

I smoke. I've tried switching to caping but never found one that left me fulfilled (I smoke amber leaf with menthol filters) I know it's not good but equally I know to give up you really have to want it, and I'm just not there.

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Aware-Building2342@reddit

Honestly you don't need to want to quit. I had given up quitting when someone told me to book an Allen Carr session. He told me to book it months ahead to take pressure off and then when it came along I'd have to go as it was like 400 quid. I was hungover on the day and it was the last thing I could be arsed with.

Allen Carr teaches you not to want it. That was like a decade ago and I've had some truly big benders since and never been tempted because I'm not holding onto some secret craving. You just don't fancy it. Haven't had a fag or nicotine gum since that day

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stevoknevo70@reddit

That's exactly it, you've got to be ready and motivated to stop to be able to -the Transtheoretical model of behaviour change (Prochaska & Di Clemente) lays out the stages of change really well should you ever begin to feel you need to quit.

The thing about vaping is you will never get a liquid that tastes exactly like what you smoke, but also people think it's only the nicotine part of smoking you're addicted to, and vaping replaces the nicotine part easily, it's the many other things in smoking like tars/oil/volatile compounds that the body is so used to/craves that vaping can't replace, and that is what people struggle with when trying to swap.

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Unlucky-Assist8714@reddit

Weed.

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Greybur@reddit

Liquor and whores.

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Aware-Building2342@reddit

Gambling seems to be way up there with class A drugs. Worse than coke, on a par with heroin

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kreygmu@reddit

I keep buying pairs of well made shoes/boots that seem to be a good deal at £150-200ish every couple of months, so I have spent a silly amount over the last few years. Thing is I can usually sell them on and recoup at least 50% after wearing them for a while (and occasionally I’ve made profit) so it’s not that bad financially.

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thickwhiteduck@reddit

I think gambling is the only vice I don’t have

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SteelyGlint009@reddit

I bet that’s not true.

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thickwhiteduck@reddit

Ok. And heroin.

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EpponeeRae@reddit

Only because that's less of a vice and more of a hobby.

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Pure_Original5912@reddit

Sterling?

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cleggmania@reddit

Mother?

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Notmysubmarine@reddit

I have been buying books at a much faster rate than I can read them....

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RichTeaForever@reddit

McDonald’s - hideous amounts. Don’t smoke or drink

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Necessary_Tour_5222@reddit

Property porn. Im always on Rightmove or Pinterest 😩😭

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NowThenHowDo@reddit

Alcohol.

Well it was, I'm recovering now. Not to belittle your addiction, but of the tens of thousands I've spent on drink id rather have spent it gambling. At least then I might have got something out of it.

All I got was crippling anxiety, fat, broke, alone and the the shits for 15 years.

Nowadays my vice is nicotine, quit cigarettes years ago but the vape has a hold on me. I know I should quit but they way I see it, I've gone from 2+ litres of vodka a day with cigarettes to a vape and green tea all day.

So its not perfect but its so much better than it was.

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Raystorm2001@reddit

Cigars. I never smoked until the FiL brought some cigars round when our daughter was born. Tried one and rather liked it. I'm mostly a social smoker, apart from the summer when I can be found in the back garden with a cigar, something cold and alcoholic, my kindle and some music.

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im_not_funny12@reddit

Drinking and eating.

Working on the eating. I still think about food constantly but I'm better at not giving in.

I don't drink at home anymore but I still have another drink when I shouldn't when I'm out.

This was not something that was such an issue during COVID when I wasn't working.

Stress has a lot to answer for.

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Outrageous_Donut7681@reddit

Carbs. Love me a pastry, or a bit of pizza.

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therealonnyuk@reddit

Don't drink very much, don't smoke, don't vape, don't use nicotine pouches and I'm not on any prescription medication, but I buy Lego, hot wheels and records

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abyssal-isopod86@reddit

Chocolate.

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wardy25427@reddit

Warhammer 40k, my pile of shame is massive. But I keep buying new model - why??

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mingebinj@reddit

Psychedelics. At least once a year I'll have a hard reset by taking some acid or shrooms. I'm a family man and work a pretty serious job so It is pretty unexpected. It just helps me work through the things bothering me and allows me to appreciate what I've got.

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msully89@reddit

About once or twice a year I eat as many magic mushrooms as I dare and completely obliterate reality. Feel great for months afterwards.

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lavender_cookie_@reddit

Me wondering if this would help my PTSD 🤣

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Familiar-Woodpecker5@reddit

There are studies

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msully89@reddit

It may do. Start with a small dose the first time and make sure you have a sitter with you. DM me if you want signposting on picking or growing them 🫡

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TravellingBear4@reddit

This is not a vice, you’re a person who discovered the best way to look after yourself. It’s amazing stuff, I’m looking forward to doing an ego death trip soon!

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MiniatureSquire@reddit

It is weed for me. Can’t stop smoking hash. Got a good job and a great life with great hobbies, but I feel it could be more if it wasn’t for the hashish…

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Familiar-Woodpecker5@reddit

Drugs

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Ok-Glove-1916@reddit

Old school RuneScape

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I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS@reddit

Chocolate and cakes. Any excuse to visit a nice local bakery and pick up a brownie to take to work.

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joshhan91@reddit

Pints 🍻

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ImTalkingGibberish@reddit

Gaming, Gigs and dropping all my hobbies to do whatever my loved ones want from me this time

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chocklityclair@reddit

That's £10K a year. That's not a vice, it's an addiction.

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chocklityclair@reddit

Cake.

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oraciggie@reddit

Drinking, smoking, gambling. Gave up recreational drugs though. Think many young men may be the same unfortunately!

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No-Door-3181@reddit

I dont drink smoke or gamble. But can't quit sugar tbh

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flyingredwolves@reddit

Mostly beers, a few beers with friends on a Friday with friends, maybe a couple in the house too over the weekend. Love nothing more than visiting a new place and popping into a new pub.

Occasionally have a big blow out in the city centre. Although it's more like once a year.

I used to be partial to a drunk ciggy in the past, but never developed an addiction, price and smell is off putting enough.

Never really got into gambling, always felt like a waste of money. Even playing games and bandits, I know people will play poker and throw in £20 and see it as the price of the entertainment but I look at it and think I'd rather have gone to the pub with that money.

Shout out to video games, I mostly play the same few games these days but price to entertainment time is through the roof. Hundreds of hours of entertainment for comparatively little cost.

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neverend1ngcircles@reddit

Yeah, gambling as well, tbh I'm a bit of a degen of it but usually I self exclude or take breaks if things go particularly badly and have deposit limits set up.

Drinking as well but more because I enjoy drinking pints and trying different beers, I suppose getting pissed is to an extent a byproduct as I do get a bit carried away lol.

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cwatt69@reddit

Love how the gambling companies have to advertise about their gambling tools, setting time limits, etc. They couldn't give an Eartha Kitt about gambling addiction. Incessant Radio and TV advertisements, football shirt branding should be banned. My friend's 19 year old son came along to our most recent home football match on his own as his friends decided to stay in the pub and watch the horse racing that they were all betting on. That is a sad but reflective snapshot of where we are at the moment.

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Hardie1247@reddit

Almost every one of my old friend group from school is now a gambling addict, same with several family members. Radio stations are filled with gambling ads, same with TV, youtube etc. It all needs to be banned, it destroys people and those around them.

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ss2811@reddit

Snacks from M&S tbh!

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griffaliff@reddit

It was cocaine, I'm clean now but vaping is definitely my ongoing vice.

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BG3restart@reddit

Sexy cowboy romances. I do read other genres, have read lots of bestsellers and Booker prize winners and belong to a couple of book clubs, but in between I'm a secret consumer of steamy romps.

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HopeSpringsHere@reddit

Wasting my life on social media

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Fine_Cress_649@reddit

I was gonna say crisps... But yeah

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Sussurator@reddit

Reddit for me, it’s a real time vacuum

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bangingDONKonit@reddit

Apathy

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ShinyHeadedCook@reddit

Cigarettes, LSD, Magic mushrooms, DMT, cocaine, alcohol, amphetamines, maaturbation, sex, caffeine.... I have been addicted to pretty much everything

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PKblaze@reddit

I don't really have one. The best I can think of is that a local shop sells these arabic cheese pastries. I get one like every week. It's only a couple of quid but they're a nice end of the week treat.

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DescriptionFuture851@reddit

Vaping.

I've never smoked cigarettes.

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2014R1@reddit

Cocaine and booze. I’ve stopped it but for the last 15 years it’s definitely cost me 5 figures and my nose. Can’t breathe properly even after septoplasty.

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Jimmy90081@reddit

For me, it’s a mix of being too well off to notice the cost of buying take away each night, and also being too lazy not to cook. I regret it. I actually like to cook. But, it’s so much easier not to. I hate myself.

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GemoDorg@reddit

Used to be energy drinks, then it was video games, some of which I still haven't even played.

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felt_like_signing_up@reddit

a little bit of this, a little bit of that

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HAH-PAH@reddit

Sex

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cactusdan94@reddit

Mate thats 10/11 grand a year... No judgement here but that seems more like straight up addiction than a vice

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

I was on decent money so I suppose it's all relative to earnings.

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KittyHalfEyes@reddit

Nice try mrs..

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

Laziness. I fucked my back up during Covid, it’s reduced my ability to be active. And its massively exacerbated my natural tendency to be a lazy git. Ultimately, it’s not doing my physical and mental health any favours.

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D0wnb0at@reddit

Well smoking and drinking are my vices. BUT, Pokemon cards are getting up there. Going into debt for Shiny cardboard. “Oh it increased in value, great” but then never end up selling it and buy more

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TheGoober87@reddit

Definitely Pokémon for me. Spend more than I like to admit on it.

I have a decent sized collection that's worth quite a bit but definitely spent more on packs!

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DrRuckus74@reddit

Energy drinks, nicotine, gaming, masturbation, social media, alcohol, gambling, junk food, recreational drugs. Other than that not much else.

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W00GA@reddit

poor

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TeamOfPups@reddit

Chocolate

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lavender_cookie_@reddit

I swear they put crack in dairy milk 😅😭

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marquoth_@reddit

Beer. It's enjoyable at the time but it's a waste of money and bad for you; hangovers are no fun at all and even if you're not hungover you'll be tired the next day because it messes with your sleep.

I'll never understand gambling - I'm far too much of a cynic to think I'd be one of the lucky minority to come out on top. I can't see it as anything other than an obviously negative expected value proposition.

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tannercolin@reddit

I smoke way too much weed, to the point stopping smoking will be an issue. Love a fatty at sunset with some tunes

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Crack398@reddit

Dang chicago town frozen pizzas. Or goodfellas. Or just pizza in general. I have an addictive personality. In fact i managed to beat my old alcoholism. Buy pizzas i can't seem to put down. If it werent for excersising week in week out i would be as fat as rick walla

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thrashmetaloctopus@reddit

Depends what vice you mean, I smoke ciggies just to get by in the world and I smoke weed to forget how shit it all is, so I guess smoking as a general rule would be it

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wazbang@reddit

That’s roughly £200 a week for quarter of a century. Hope you’ve got it sorted now mate. Did you ever have any decent wins in that time?

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

I won 14k but that was a long time ago.

I went on a tour of the states for 3 months with my Mrs. I loved every minute. We hired a car and just stayed in hotels. America is such a beautiful place.

From the madness of Vegas and New York, to the swamps and peace of Florida.

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wazbang@reddit

Well that sounds fantastic,I’m glad you enjoyed it mate

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HippoShot7526@reddit

Dates (the fruit) I'm addicted 😐

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captain-carrot@reddit

Coffee, alcohol, wanking, eating shit and not exercising enough, watching terrible films at 11pm even in anyway struggling to keep my eyes open, putting it off until tomorrow, thinking in cleverer then everyone else (and being dumb enough to believe it)

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Additional_Egg_6685@reddit

Red bull… full on addicted to them, I have one large one a day but I want to give them up.

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oli_ramsay@reddit

Over ten grand a year on gambling? All losses?

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

I win the odd time but not often.

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marquoth_@reddit

Well yeah, obviously. That's how it works.

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TakeshiFalconer@reddit

You thought about ‘gambling’ on shares mate? Might give you the same buzz. Mix between sure things and the odd outsider share and watching those red and black zig zags go up and down might satisfy you and give you more wins than losses. All the best.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

The bevvy. But only if I'm bored. I feel like if I took up an evening hobby that required me to go somewhere then I wouldn't even consider a drink. Like if I'm working late, doesn't even cross my mind. But if I've got a day off and I've finished all my odd jobs for the day I'm like right, crack one open.

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sunmoonstars@reddit

Non alcoholics are pretty good these days! Admittedly I’ve never been one for drinking at home much but I do enjoy having an NA after a tough day and knowing it won’t muck my sleep up.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

Unfortunately N/A seems to be exclusively aimed at beers. I don't like normal beer, so mostly useless for me. And I'll be damned if I spend £15 on a bottle of non alcoholic gin, would probably rather just munch a bag of botanicals.

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sunmoonstars@reddit

Ahh yea the spirits and wine leave a lot to be desired. I tried Sentia and liked it but it’s SO expensive. I do make some other nicer drinks (like posh squash, tonic or ginger beer) with ice and garnish to also signify the end of a crap/great day. I’m eagerly awaiting an NA dry red but maybe that’s a pipe dream.

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newtonbase@reddit

The gym worked for me. I find that if I have a drink it's hard to not have another for a couple of days. I train every 2nd night so I'm either on a gym night or I need to not be hungover on a gym night. I'm now lighter, stronger, healthier looking and my task avoidance has all but vanished.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

I know that's the logical conclusion for me, that'd give me the double whammy of drinking less and getting fitter. Which would also benefit my other hobbies. There's a 24 gym near me, it might be a sign!

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newtonbase@reddit

Don't think about it. Just go.

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

I'm exmilitary and used to love a pint. But I'm no way paying £6 a pint. Sounds contradicting with my gambling, but I think it's just become a rip off.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

Yeah I'd rather spend £20 on a bottle of bourbon to have at home than 3 pints at the pub, unless I'm trying to be sociable (rarity).

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yorkspirate@reddit

I'm a lot like this. I spend my downtime with a drink in hand

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Ok-Ship812@reddit

I work in the gambling industry.

If you punt routinely you have no chance. None.

And I agree that the ads should be stopped.

I hope you find a way to stop. I don’t gamble but I drink like a fish so hey ho, horses for courses.

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CharmingSwing1366@reddit

vaping - i’ve got a v addictive personality and i’ve always known this (also had family struggle with addiction) so been strict on never gambling or hard drugs, i quit smoking and been sober almost 4 years now but the damn vape. i half justify it that’s it better than other things but..

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sneddsdead@reddit

I've never been a drinker so mine was drugs for 35yrs, been clean for a while now so it's just snooker and a couple of pints 3 times a week. I've even given up smoking, I haven't felt this clear and focused since high school!

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AceStrawberryWolf@reddit

Currently options trading... Damn market is crazy

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Sgt_major_dodgy@reddit

Lemo.

Me and my mates would do the same thing on the weekend, Friday was meet at the same pub, have a few pints, get the bags in, stay at the pub til closing time then always go back to my mates house and we'd be there from Friday til Sunday morning just sniffing and listening to tunes.

We did that for YEARS and now drinking and lemo are so intertwined I can't do one without the other.

Probably why I don't really drink anymore, because after a few pints I'll be calling people and a simple night out is now getting £100-200 added on top now.

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danieljamesgillen@reddit

What’s lemo?

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Takklemaggot@reddit

I think it's cocaine.. had to Google it tho.. 😆

coca cola / lemonade

Had never heard it called that before.

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Eastern_Job_4746@reddit

It used to be copious amounts of alcohol, cocain and women...now it's chilling by myself reading a book.

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ALi_K_501@reddit

My only vice is model kits/minatures.
I quit drinking nearly 2 years ago and smoking over 5 years ago. I have never gambled, like, at all.
I have lots of kits to make and just got some more miniatures for an ongoing game collection.
I can easily lose several hours at the desk building and painting them.

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BrotherClive@reddit

Anal

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SocieteRoyale@reddit

Pints. And more pints

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AnAnGrYSupportV2@reddit

I have a weird one. I don't really drink, I don't smoke and I don't gamble. But I play video games! 😂

Like that's the biggest thing that helps me recover from those shit shifts and long days. Knowing I get to come back and play some games for a bunch of hours!

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

I game also but I don't see this as a vice. Lol.

I love cyberpunk it's so good.

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The-JSP@reddit

Mary Jane

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Various_Extreme_8773@reddit (OP)

Happy 420 tmr.

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User0301@reddit

Irn Bru

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heyyouupinthesky@reddit

Weed, coffee and lots and lots of chocolate. I'll be 52 next month and somehow rocking a 6 pack and looking like I train daily. I don't. I'm fact, I counted up my logged gym sessions and have trained 35 times in the last 4 years. I asked a PT for advice and he said I must be doing something right - so I had a coffee, a spliff and another bar of chocolate 🤷🏻‍♂️

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2grundies@reddit

I don't drink, smoke or do drugs. My biggest vice is as a gaming addict. 13,000hrs + into Destiny1+2, 400 hours + into my latest fad (Arc Raiders). Lots of games with 100+ hours.

Yes, I know.

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Ok-Zookeepergame-698@reddit

Sometimes I microwave the water while making tea.

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SnooCapers8495@reddit

I smoke a lot of weed. Don’t drink.don’t gamble . I’m prescribed for pain but I love my relax Time with my weed aswel I work hard. Bricklayer on site

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heyyouupinthesky@reddit

I thought all you brickies (and scaffs!) were coke heads 😃. Fellow stoner, and site worker - I'm sure you know already, but if prescribed you should only be vaping and not smoking... I've got a few expensive herb vapes but keep going back to smoking!

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HarB_Games@reddit

You vape a lot of weed*

Don't go losing that prescription now lad.

Which pharma you with?

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SnooCapers8495@reddit

Haha belter. Yano what I do vape it haha. I actually got nicked with 90grams on me all medical. When the busy asked me gettin out me car when was the last time a had a joint. I said I don’t smoke a joint I smoke my vape. He didn’t have a clue but then in his statement he said I admitted to “smoking” my prescription which nullified it. 😂😂 got laughed out of court at trial. What’s waste of doh

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HarB_Games@reddit

Hahaha I've never had anyone stop me, but I vape anyway, saves me having to buy papers.

Not surprised they hadn't a clue, most officers/people I've spoken to don't know it's legal, or even if they do, they didn't know it had to be vaped.

I tried mamedica but never heard back, ended up going to Montu instead, it's been ok but occasionally they are SUPER slow xD

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SnooCapers8495@reddit

Been with Mamedica for 5 years now next day delivery. Pick all ya strains online. Usually 2 days from putting prescription in.

Mate I’ve got a letter of the dvla for driving sayin they accept I use medical cannabis and satisfy the safe standard of driving haha. Got a letter of the health and safety executive so I can be on site aswell haha

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Mxk_Monlee@reddit

YouTube. It steals my time!

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flippertyflip@reddit

Same.

It's definitely getting worse imo. So much AI stuff. I try and avoid it but it keeps popping up.

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toady89@reddit

I don't see any AI on YouTube but I do tend to just watch a handful of creators and get recommended similar people to them. I still watch too much of it though and swapping from Spotify to YouTube premium hasn't helped.

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underwater-sunlight@reddit

In the past few years, online games. I have been playing state of survival for over 5 years now, originally didnt spend anything, slowly started buying the occasional pack, comparing it to a ps4 game, where I might get 3 or 4 a year when on offer and if I am spending less than this a year and playing it just as much, im getting good value. These days its little bit more, definitely an amount I wouldn't want to share with my wife, although we can afford it and I am not going to put myself in a position where im spending money we don't have

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811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit

I guess I like buying random crappy audio kit from China.. .but otherwise, no real vices. Only a couple of drinks a week, no drugs, no gambling.

I did far too much statistics at A Level to consider gambling beyond the odd flutter on the grand national, or $5 on the machines on a cruise ship. I know it should be seen as a 'cost' for entertainment, and not a way to win anything. If you can't enjoy yourself, it's not worth it.

I do get a meal deal for breakfast a few times a week after finding out you can use the Costa machine as part of it.

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Decent-Presence-1637@reddit

Many people would see weed as a vice, but I don’t. If I have a vice, I probably spend more time than I should gaming. I’m 63 and still on the Xbox every day.

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PanzerPi@reddit

Warhammer

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eat-real-chips@reddit

Tea. 20 cups a day.

I’ve given up these addictions: nail biting, smoking, drinking, class A, benzos, gambling.

The one remaining is tea - caffeine - and I refuse to relinquish my last remaining vice!! ☕️

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ParticularOk2156@reddit

I eat well, I work out often. I chucked the drink and the drugs years ago and was never much of a gambler. But God I absolutely love a bang on my vape.

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mjstokes85@reddit

Chocolate and takeaways normally.

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onebadlion@reddit

I smoke a one-skin joint at the weekend, and occasionally I eat a gummy during the week. Hardly Cheech and Chong but you’d think I was the way my fiancée goes on.

I also love chocolate. I can easily polish off a big dairy milk in one sitting.

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EuroSong@reddit

Food, cruising and Eurovision.

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Reetgeist@reddit

I actively tried to swap my vice from alcohol to gambling at one point, taking poker extremely seriously, but it didn't click and turned into maths puzzles in the end. I understand in theory why people play the lottery or slots or whatever but it's not for me. I play a little blackjack sometimes.

I have spent a fair whack on booze over the years. Tends to do damage to the dieting effort too

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arrozal@reddit

Nicotine pouches as what seems the least harmful option to retain the one vice I've never been able to give up.

Secondhand books, esp nice Folio editions. Building up quite a nice anti library.

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Jacktheforkie@reddit

Social media, it’s pretty evident how active I am on Reddit

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NebCrushrr@reddit

Cannabis which after many years of experimenting with others seems to be the least bother

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Hookton@reddit

Alcohol. I'm basic like that.

When I start to think about how much I've spent over the years... Well I'd rather not.

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Sandy_Bananas@reddit

All of them except gambling or messing with prostitutes.

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Bozzaholic@reddit

Trainers, I have dozens of pairs and I’m always buying more

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Logical_fallacy10@reddit

I used to smoke and drink. Now I don’t do either. So no - we don’t all have a vice.

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V65Pilot@reddit

I've given up porn, sex, drugs, smoking and boozing it up, but I won't give up my fizzy drinks.

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yossanator@reddit

Weed, tools/workshop stuff and YouTube.

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VincentVan_Dough@reddit

Coffee. Caffeine is the only vice I have left 😭

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Kvothe2906@reddit

Buying expensive cardboard and playing with it.

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Ashamed_Housing7489@reddit

Pattaya

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ads894@reddit

Sugar

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jack_watson97@reddit

Cheese. To lose weight im genuinely going to have to go cold turkey on cheese.

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MrTinKan@reddit

Beer and sandwiches. As long as I can get a decent beer and a really good sandwich every now and again I'm ok.

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Sparko_Marco@reddit

I don't think I have any anymore. I used to drink a lot, like every night from 14 years old. I smoked heavily from when I was 12. I gambled a lot from the age of 15. Then I had kids in my early 30s and stopped it all, over the last 13 years I've probably been drunk 4 or 5 times max, don't smoke, rarely gamble except maybe the Grand National if I remember about it. At the start it was probably because having kids is expensive but I have more disposable income now than I did then but don't feel the needs to do any of that now. Now I just spend my money on computer games, to some that may be a vice but to me its a hobby.

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Lost-Explanation1215@reddit

Gambling is a major problem that ruins family's etc in this country that is ignored.

Noone in power is willing to tackle it due to the money involved.

The government aren't interested as they get the tax revenue and also aren't bothered due to lobbying amongst other things.

The media won't expose how bad it is due to the money they get from advertising

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Broccoli--Enthusiast@reddit

Food

I loselt 4 stone last year by avoiding having snacks at home at all

Then Christmas happened and everyone was throwing junk at me, parties, nights out etc, I broke and I'm back where I started

Bastards, they were fucking told as well.

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SavageRabbitX@reddit

Weed but I have a medical prescription now so technically its medicinal

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HeartyBeast@reddit

McVities plain chocolate digestive biscuits

Moam Pinballs

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cockatilla87@reddit

My vape. Although I don't spend a lot now it's up and running, £20 a fortnight.

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Fair-Scholar-4677@reddit

Stopped smokingv16byears ago. Still rely on nicotine gum. Has to be there 4mg original flavour which tasted like chewing a silk cut.

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DiscombobulatedMix20@reddit

Caffeine.

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Andries89@reddit

I have a standing vape that I use to vape medicinal cannabis with. I'm not sure if it counts as a vice as I only do it at the end of the day and can go without for days/weeks without any hassle. Just very relaxing, makes the stress glide off, music and film becomes better, sex,etc...

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ilovewineandcats@reddit

Cheese, good butter, wine and plants

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Sad_Cardiologist5388@reddit

Staying up late video games and horror movies a couple times a week. Could easily be booze too but im very careful with that these days.

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InkedDoll1@reddit

Probably takeaway coffee, but I've recently managed to cut back from every day to 3 or 4 days a week, so that's something. Otherwise it's vintage clothes and accessories.

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LethargicOnslaught@reddit

I quit gambling at £750 up, however I've spent maybe twice that this year on mobile games and their micro transactions

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KaranDash24@reddit

Junk food and celebrity gossip.

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Sad-Peace@reddit

Crisps

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Electronic-Fennel828@reddit

Food. Specifically sweet stuff. I’ve never smoked, I don’t drink, I don’t do any drugs, I put the lottery on twice a year but fuck me I like to eat.

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Previous-Ostrich844@reddit

Coffee

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Mobile-Access-9693@reddit

Mine is alcohol even though I've had to "give up" for medical reasons (not caused by drinking). I still drink occasionally, but basically all I think about is getting very drunk

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iffyClyro@reddit

Booking flights. All the money I save by not have a penchant for drugs or alcohol goes on flights.

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mb271828@reddit

Just booking them, you don't even take them, you just like the rush of paying for them, and if its been a particularly bad week, you go all out on priority boarding and extra carry on luggage? Bet the come down the next day is grim.

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GeggingIn@reddit

Cigarettes.

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flippertyflip@reddit

No shame in getting help.

My vice is probably sweets. I'm almost 50 and have a child's sweet tooth. Got about 6-8 fillings and a crown. Amazing I don't have more. Not overweight either, surprisingly.

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Master-Trick2850@reddit

coffee and pancakes

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emmayse@reddit

Sugar and booze. Gave up smoking years ago, don't miss it. Never been a gambler but a slice of cake with a coffee on a Sunday or a few pints down at the pub or glasses or wine in the balcony mid-week and I am like a moth to a flame.

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WGD23@reddit

Currently rocking a daily cannabis, codeine and alcohol habit cos...reasons. A little old for this shit tbh.

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OrderWooden@reddit

Gambling, drinking, drugs

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mynameisjodie@reddit

Coffee

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priiizes9091@reddit

I can’t pass a shop selling plants without buying something. Sorry not sorry.

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Outrageous_Shake2926@reddit

Probably photography. I don't smoke/vape. I don't gamble. I hardly drink. I tend to get Tesco's own brand products. I don't have take aways except when on holiday.

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Swimming-Lie5369@reddit

Weed. I need to stop.

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CiderChugger@reddit

Cider

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Able-Explanation7835@reddit

I have NEVER understood gambling addictions. I am far too broke for that. And also, if I win say on the scratches or the fruities, I don't buy more, and I can stop. I don't feel anything really. However, a friend of mine is the complete opposite. He has ruined his family life many times because of gambling. Whether it be on the GG's or on the footie.

I always think that his partner should give him a blowie every time he wins, because that would be much cheaper! But I feel for him. Addiction is awful. Last year I was 37 stone. I was 40 stone once at my heaviest because I have an addiction to food. Now I am on Mounjaro, I am down to 25 stone in the past 11 months. The drug broke the addiction, but there is no drug to break an addiction to gambling.

As someone else said, gambling adverts MUST be banned! They banned tobacco, alcohol ads are few and far between, but gambling is VERY destructive. Sorry, but a note saying "Gamble responsibly" is NOT enough. That's a bit like saying to a heroin addict "This can kill you". Warning labels rarely ever work on those already addicted.

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