moth balls

[moth]

i am addicted to moth balls. and i dont know what to do to stop. i have been at it since i was 16 and it has gotten alot worse. no one knows and i dont know who to talk too. PLEASE HELP ME

[laurel453]

HI :)

have you try some therapy ? i think it could help you to go for the roots of your behaviour...as it is helping with my addiction issues...

wish you the best, sniffingballs

[SNIFFINBALLS2]

Hello moth at first i thought i was really weird cuz i too sniff and inhale mothball  fumes not to get high i love the smell of certain chemical smells white out is one lemon pledge and glu so on and so on. i dropped those things when one day my grand mother bought a box of moth balls now iv'e been sniffing for a year and a half now i don't know how to stop that is why i am here. I truly wish you and the others like us the best and hope you get over you addictions soon.

[moth2]

I know what you're going through I started sniffing it when I was around 7 years old. I always loved the smell and would dig up the cupboards and wardrobes to smell it. I stopped for several years then started back again as an adult. The past couple of years I have crushed it, snorted it and chewed it.
It doesn't get me high but I've always loved the smell. I  am also severely anaemic but I never thought this could be the cause. I stopped myself from having any mothballs for 2 weeks but weakened last week and got a pack. But I've only aloud myself 2 for the week which for me is unbelieveable. If I can do it you can do it. It's hard and yes you will think of every moment of the day (especially after food for some reason), but the gaps between craving gets longer which is why I was so mad with myself for starting it up again.
You have to try and take that leap...

[laurel453]

welcome, mothball....:)

don't feel weird...an addiction is an addiction even if yours is not very common ... and the way is to stop it sooner than later so if you need help, stay here, pls....maybe you can start a thread?

we will support you as much as we can, sure :)

could you go to a therapist and start working on it ? we need making life changes and  one  is that we must address  our personal problems in order to stay clean after stopping

[mothball_eater]

wow... I really thought I was a weird case concerning my addiction to moth balls... I am glad to find a site that offers help. I started jus smelling them, then putting them in my pillows, then crushing them n sniffin/snorting n then I finally excalated to chewing them... I enjoy the bitter taste in my mouth n crave it often throughout the day so much so I wld actually carry one or more with me in case I needed a "fix". I need help...

[Bad_Obsession]

Substance abuse is abuse.  An addiction is just that.  It doesn't matter what you are addicted to.  Any addiction can kill you.

Please get help with this.  People here can point you in the right direction, and medhelp can inform you, but you are going to have to take the steps to get help.  This will kill you if you aren't careful.