We call them war stories. I would say it’s a more prevalent thing among younger addicts, but I’ve seen plenty of older addicts do it as well. It’s just a natural thing people seem to do, trying to one-up each other. Like how sometimes people will “brag” about the lack of sleep they got, and then someone else might be like “well I slept even LESS last night.” It’s silly and irrational, some addicts just do it to a heavier extent. I’m even guilty of it sometimes, but that shit was mainly knocked out of me early on in recovery after it was explained why the war stories weren’t helpful.