Enema Addiction or Dependency??

Lately, I have experiencing constipation more frequently and especially after missing my enema.

This brings me to the question, Can enemas be habit forming?

Lately, I have experiencing constipation more frequently and especially after missing my enema.

This brings me to the question, Can enemas be habit forming?

YES. The doctors are right.

I know they are habit forming. If I don't get to do some enemas for a week or more, I am craving one.

I sometimes think I must be a really weird person because when I have time totally to myself I want to lock myself up in a room and do 4 or 5 enemas.

But I keep doing it because I enjoy the enemas.

You CAN get to a point where your bowels won't move without one, if that's what you mean by addictive.

I have used over 20,000 gallons and can do amazing things with my colon i clean out every day yet if i am on a boat trip i can go normal in seconds its amazing having so much control and i have never been sick and never taken drugs i have very thick non gray hair there must be healthy benefits to being clean inside

The anticipation, the taking, the great feelings---yes addictive, starting for many here years ago. That's addictive.

Not being able go without an enema, not at all.

GDFRU

Hello all,

So, I recently stumbled upon the idea of using an enema as a sexual device. For some reason, the thought of being filled up with warm water and releasing it is just so hot to me. I went out, bought a 2-quart red bag, filled it up with purified water and gave my self the whole thing. It felt amazing, but I have a few questions regarding the side effects of it..

Since I've done it, I haven't really had a good healthy crap. It's been three days now and my stool is finally starting to get back to normal. The past few days, it's been a little bit coming out at once, gassy and not solid. Doesn't really feel like constipation, but something isn't right. Please note I exercise for at least an hour, three times a week. I also have a good fiber intake. I don't smoke. I'm overall a healthy male. I usually have some what good bowel movement daily.

Also, I hear that constant use of enemas causes dependency and this is what I don't want. A lot of you say you use enemas daily. If you were to stop, would you have normal bowel movements, or do you take enemas because of chronic constipation? Also, I hear a lot of pseudo-science on the Internet about enemas being "good for you", however there is a whole other side stating that they are physically addictive (in the sense you can't have normal bowel movement without them) and that they deplete good bacteria.

I don't mean to come in here accusing that this is wrong. I'm just very cautious and want to make sure I'm not doing something that may have ill effects on my body.

Thanks so much in advance!

Well, It all started for me in my "youth" having been born with a "mega-colon". From birth to adulthood always dealing with constipation. Early years was frequent enemas....later as an adult I would struggle with it and finally give in to the bag.

In my later years, after suffering from a ruptured diverticula and the following five surgeries I was told that I had a choice; live with enemas or have a colostomy. Having enjoyed enemas for the most part...it was an easy decision. --so, neener, neener, neener!

the boxcar

I have been a regular enema user for donkey's years. Daily for weeks on end. Some times 2 to 3 times a week for weeks on end. Every for the most part we are talking high volume. But there are times when you just can't have one. In every case it takes about 2 or 3 days for things to start moving properly again and after 5 days it is like I never had an enema. The variations in stools are easily associated with differences in diet.

I have never seen any case study or report that concludes that enemas, no matter how often you have them predominantly alter your colons ability to do it job. I can only assume that people who make this claim are simple impatient and don't give the body the time it needs to readjust to life without an enema, so the claim is them "I am dependant". And they are if they refuse to wait till the colon readjusts.

As for habit forming, habit is a psychological thing and that is a definite. If you really decided you didn't like the habit, then you have to kick it just like any other habit. Until then.... In the bag and up your bum. Look out colon here she comes. :^))

I think that always doing high volume enemas will make you dependent on them.... I do a 2 quart coffee enema split into 2 sessions of one quart each per day. On the days I use my dildos, I'll do this plus a quick 2 quart enema..... It doesn't take long for my bowels to return to normal but I remember when I used to do 3 2 quart enemas in a day.... It would take days before my bowels would return to normal and even then, they would not function properly. I try not to do high volume enemas anymore as 2 one quart sessions are usually enough for me now.

Enemas well I in my late 60 & the first enema I remember I was under 5 yeaars old & I was over my mother lap getting an enema from a bag & mother was telling my sisters to get out of the bathroom, by the was they always wanted to see my and anyone elce in the famley get an enema. As a child that the enema was an alwas whenever mother desided someone nedded one. Then getting maried my wife grew up being given enemas. I knew that the wife & my mother talked about the enema. The first time I was sick my wife started with a full bag of water , she said I going to start out giving you an large enema. That started her giving me enema for what enemas do move bowels & what also they do to most men give hard ons. She love to give me an enema for her benifet & she sit on my manhood which was fun for the two of us. My # 2 wife like just to give enema anytime she could to me & her dater , I held the bag many time while she gave an enema to the children. She also fond outer uses like she fond a thing to flush galblater stones which was Epson salt oral & two hour late an coffee enema with Epson salt in it. the thing is the oral Epson salt is working on you while you retained the enema. Well there is more to it she found this flush & she try it on me I will say your reat hole is sore by the time the flush is done the next morning. I will say I did not like doing it but I didi feel great by the end of the day after the flush. The thing is the next weekend she was given the flush so I could let her know what it was like . The outer thing is many years of coffee enemas make you feel great & in all the years . between the enemas & laxative she & I have taken is a couple of days are bowels are working fine. so we have never had any problems with enema making us not have normal bowels momenent . The only thing is people are difference but never had any troble!

I am in my mid seventys, have been doing enemas since before I was eight years old. Somtimes more tha once a day for extended periods of time, somtimes not for several months. I have never had a problem (returning to normal regularity). I eat a reasonably well rounded diet. If I get a realy good cleanout it may be a couple of days before I have a normal bowell movement.

I look forward every day to taking several enemas. I have been doing this for over 50 years and if I miss a day or two, I always have a normal bowel movement. No bloating or gas.... I take large enemas every time and enjoy every ounce.

I can separate addiction and dependency.

I am not dependent on enemas. Although I give myself frequent enemas, as in several in an average week, I can have a natural BM within two days without one. When on vacation in a hotel or staying at a relative or friend's house, it is not always convenient to get my enema. I usually have a daily natural BM after a couple of days. Sometimes as soon as the next day.

I am addicted to enemas. There are times when I just NEED to have one, and I start thinking of ways to get one. I have gone so far as to tell my boss I have a splitting headache and need to go home so I can spend the afternoon with my bag. Of course, I do not tell him what I do at home. I look forward to my husband playing golf, so I have a few hours to myself. If that isn't an addiction, I don't know what is.

I don't believe that enemas are 'habit forming" meaning you can't have a normal movement without one. I have been a regular enema user for 45 years only because I enjoy the entire enema process. If I go on vacation and don't have an enema for a week, I always have normal movements within 2 days. I do not take enemas because I need to go but I take them because I enjoy the nozzle insertion, the filling and the holding parts of the experience. That is the habit forming part, the pleasurable feelings. The evacuation part is necessary but is not a turn on. Of course, each enema session ends with enjoyable and pleasurable masturbation.

Chery177177, you are right on. Dependency implies being unable to function normally without the (you insert the word). Addiction implies an attraction which is difficult or uncomfortable to give up.

Nicotine, (cigarettes), cause a dependency with an addiction but can be eliminated without serious physical consequences. Excess alcohol causes a serious dependency which must be treated by professional detoxification to be safe. Benzo's, same only a greater risk of serious withdrawal problems, (seizure, respiratory arrest). Same with barbs.

I have never heard of a patient having withdrawal symptoms from eliminating enemas.

Been doing daily since my 20's and rarely skip even a day but do know on the rare times i skip I do I get gassy, so really don't know if I'd return to normal if i stopped long enough.

This is one question that is always on my mind. I usually take a few once a week. When I find the time

I take several for several days. After this I usually don't go for 3 or 4 days straight. Not sure if

this is good, but after 3 -4 days things get back to normal.

Are enemas addictive? Why or why not?

My own experience is that they may be because it has become quite difficult to have normal evacuation. Also, anything you do repeatedly over an extended period of time may be an addiction.

Excluding breathing, eating, etc. repeated behaviors may be addictions, as you say. I think the defining factor is that addictions have detrimental consequences and users experience increasing tolerance for the activity.

In my opinion, use of enemas to aid elimination is no different than eyeglasses, dentures, or a knee brace. Certainly, a person whose teeth were in advanced decay & had them removed to facilitate dentures, would not easily give up dentures and attempt to chew without them. A person's colon may 'learn' that it is going to receive an enema frequently, and so become lax in moving & eliminating feces.

However, if a person's life is disrupted by their need to use enemas, if their focus is on taking enemas, if they would sacrifice any amount of money or effort to engage in enemas, then it certainly is moving towards a behavioral addiction.

I have been into enemas all my life. I am not addicted it is just somthing I do for me. As a teenager It was for fun. I had a great introduction at 3 1/2. I got them when needed growing up and continued when Mom stopped giving them. I took them when I could, which wasn't very often, until I was in my 40's then I took them a little more often. When I retired I started doing enemas in a regular basis, every two weeks. First is for health, approved by my doctors and then for pleasure and today is the day, I don't believe I was ever addicted to anything. I never smoked and quit drinking coffee after over 30 years and a 6 pack of beer will last months But enemas. I could take them every day but I don't as they are something real special..

Tough call. I've ranged from every day to every week. After a few days, everything seems fine. But why wait?

That's one of the reasons why I don't give myself enemas every day, but only two times a week. So far, everything is back to normal the next morning.

To all the posters who have worried about their bowels not going back to normal working after enemas, I'd like to point out that the time taken to return to normal is dependent on two things: how well you cleaned out your colon; and the capacity of that colon.

If you did a two quart enema, you probably didn't reach the caecum, but maybe half the transverse colon. With a normal colon, you will be back to normal in 1-2 days. But if you have a capacious colon, it will take longer - maybe 2-3 days. If you fully inserted a 900mm (36") colon tube with the same enema, a normal colon will empty completely, and getting back to normal will take 3-5 days. If your colon is a bit sluggish anyway (mine is) it may take even longer. But it will always go back to normal.

I have a degree of mega colon acquired from years of distension enemas, and if emptied completely, it takes 7 days or more to fill up again and start working normally. It simply holds a LOT of shit! Because of this it takes a full Imperial gallon to get it empty. For a quicker return to normal, I take psyllium husk powder (2 medicine measures) every morning in orange juice. Then it's back to normal in 4-5 days. It is always back to normal!

So I am not dependent on enemas to go on living. However, I do have an enema habit. I won't call it an addiction because I do not get the shakes or see pink elephants on withdrawal, neither am I the least uncomfortable. I LIKE my enema habit!

Johnny

Addiction or Dependency?? Lets see . . . . . . . Oh, most definitely ADDICTION! Can I go and get my latest "fix" now??

Mine is definitely addiction I think about it with other people, love getting stoned and having my wife give me prostate massage using a small butt plug I wish I had two or three women taking turns with different nozzles ,I cumm good....

Addiction......... yes, i guess so, cos im always playing with either enemas or suppositories or soap ..it feels so good to do it.

Dependency......... ? getting that way as i reckon ive possibly got something akin to mega colon.....either due to many enemas over the years, or maybe just the way i am......... always been prone to having a bigger lump of shit up there thats bigger than my hole ! and if i use anything oral to ease the passage, i get the trots pretty bad making work difficult.......one enema and im fine...........what choice do i really have.

I found several of the posts on this thread to be very helpful and informative.

Let's face it most of us do like to combine enemas with an erotic payoff and so we might be inclined to do enemas more often than our colons ability to recover and return to normal. For me, a comfortable interval is about a week between enemas. My system seems to recover in one to two days and I like to have the next few days as normal days. But I am always really looking forward to the next enema on the 6 or 7 day when I can indulge again.

Best advice is to listen to your body and gauge how it reacts to see what is best for you.

For most folks, especially as we get older, our muscles aren't what they used to be. The muscles that make up the colon are no different, they need to be used to stay in functional shape.

As much as I enjoy my enemas, I do not want to become dependent on them. So I limit my enemas. I want at least a couple days of normal bowel movement before I have another enema. In that way, I keep the colon muscles in shape to do their job.

I want my enemas to be something I WANT to do, not something I HAVE to do.

It has been said that enemas can lead to dependence. I haven't noticed that myself. As for an addiction enemas are my fave. I rarely have a day when I don't think of them. Aren't we all klismos here? I rarely need to take an enema for constipation but definitely need to take them for recreation. Can I go without them? Of course, but why should I? They're not an expensive or dangerous habit. Now what was I thinking about?