self-indulgent

[ self-in-duhl-juh nt, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf ɪnˈdʌl dʒənt, ˌsɛlf- /

indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.

characterized by such indulgence.

Origin of self-indulgent

First recorded in 1785–95

self-in·dul·gence, noun self-in·dul·gent·ly, adverb self-in·dulg·er, noun

Robert Kennedy hated Johnson's grossness, his lies, his bullying of staff, his self-indulgence with whisky and food.

David's Bookclub: Mutual Contempt |David Frum |April 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Yet this extreme display of self-mastery, assuming that is what it was, did not rule out other forms of self-indulgence.

Who Was the Real Cato? |David Frum |December 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
None of this day-seizing, though, this YLOOing, should be interpreted as license for self-indulgence.

David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (Video) |The Daily Beast |June 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Her many style tics—stacked one atop the other—read as code for narcissism, self-indulgence, and brittle self-absorption.

Newt Gingrich's Wife Callista's Prissy Style Problem |Robin Givhan |December 13, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

LeBron James has been vilified for his ego, self-indulgence, and the free-agency spectacle of The Decision to join the Miami Heat.

The Vindication of LeBron James |Buzz Bissinger |June 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Their weaknesses, their self-indulgence, their lack of providence for themselves, are largely attributable to these causes.

The Death-Blow to Spiritualism |Reuben Briggs Davenport
Picture the dawn of innocence on a dull, whisky-drinking, commonplace soul, stained by self-indulgence and distorted by injustice!

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. |Various
Crevel, as may be seen, had turned his passionate affection for his daughter to the advantage of his self-indulgence.

Cousin Betty |Honore de Balzac
Some self-indulgence perhaps may have lost us an advantage, the benefit of which might have extended through life.

Private Papers of William Wilberforce |William Wilberforce
Le Fils de Titien returns to the theme of fallen art, the ruin of self-indulgence.

A History of French Literature |Edward Dowden

self-indulgent

tending to indulge one's own desires, etc

self-indulgence, noun self-indulgently, adverb