Table 2 LIWC variables in our model for users who display or do not display addiction recovery tendencies
LIWC category | Example posts | Individuals displaying signs of addiction recovery | Individuals not displaying signs of addiction recovery | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p <  | ||
Feel | I feel really proud to get off roxies, but I feel awful mentally. I have so much anxiety, I feel it building in my chest. Another user posted they felt the same way I feel. How do you get rid of this feeling!? | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.005 |
Anger | Argh. I might aswell f***ing cold turkey it. Goddamnit | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.005 |
Authentic | Â | 0.78 | 0.16 | 0.71 | 0.20 | 0.005 |
Sexual | God f***ing damn it! F*** today! Today is the shittiest f***ing damn day! These withdrawals have me sick as f***! I feel like I am screwed forever | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.005 |
Negative emotion | So, I'm at 7Â days clean. I was abusing opiates and now I am suffering wds. The horrible physical pain has gone, but anxiety has set it in. As the muscle pain eased up, my brain opened the door and let horrible, panic attack level anxiety in instead. Can anyone relate? Don't know. Confused. Scared | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.27 | 0.13 | 0.005 |
Sad | I'm tired of losing jobs and missing opportunities. I'm tired of being broke. I feel empty all the time | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.005 |
Affect | Clean for 54Â days. Things are good. I no longer feel like shit all the time. I'm having trouble accepting and fixing the mistakes I made while in active addiction.Drug dreams are crazy. My finances are completely f***ed, which is terrible | 0.41 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.005 |
Anxiety | So, I'm at 7Â days clean. I was abusing opiates and now I am suffering wds. The horrible physical pain has gone, but anxiety has set it in. As the muscle pain eased up, my brain opened the door and let horrible, panic attack level anxiety in instead. Can anyone relate? Don't know. Confused. Scared | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.005 |
Swear | God f***ing damn it! F*** today! Today is the shittiest f***ing damn day! These withdrawals have me sick as f***! I feel like I am screwed forever | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.005 |
Health | I dosed fentanyl everyday. Now, I'm 1.5–2 days into withdrawal. I am experiencing emotional instability, some stomach ache, and mostly bad flu symptoms. Not vomiting or diarrhea so far. My addiction, like many people’s, is a secret one. I have no one to turn to for help except an anonymous, online forum. Thank you", | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.005 |
Biology | I know that I'm not gonna sleep well, but my feet, specifically my heels, are in so much pain right now. Is there anything I can do for this other than Tylenol? | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.005 |
Death | These withdrawals are killing me. I feel being dead with no feeling would be much better than this pain | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.005 |
Body | Does anyone else get weird eye twitches and spasms in withdrawals One of my first signs, as always, is that one side of my face starts scrunching up around the eye/ear area. Just these weird muscle jerk things. Happens every time. Anyone else ever experience this or know why it happens? I'm really curious | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.005 |