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[bbcentral]

Have you ever given up an addiction?

If so, what was it?

How hard was it to do, and how did you go about it?

Here's my own story:
I gave up coffee a few months ago, I went cold turkey after drinking it multiple times a day for a long time.

Instead of a coffee for breakfast I had orange juice. By lunchtime I had a terrible headache and I felt this overwhelming sense of frustration. For the rest of the week I had headaches, muscle pains and bad moods.

I was used to the routine of having a hot drink when I come home after work, so instead I started drinking tea (for the first time in about 15 years!).

It took about a month in total, but by the end I didn't crave coffee at all!

Now I still drink tea, and I'm only having 3-4 cups of coffee a month, compared to 3-5 a day!

[TK826]

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By lunchtime I had a terrible headache and I felt this overwhelming sense of frustration. For the rest of the week I had headaches, muscle pains and bad moods.

That is caffeine withdrawl.

I got it too, when I cut my Coca-Cola consumption way down.


I have also quit smoking......... Many times.

[Mercer]

tk0826 said:

That is caffeine withdrawl.

I got it too, when I cut my Coca-Cola consumption way down.


I have also quit smoking......... Many times.

Each and every night?

[bbcentral]

tk0826 said:

That is caffeine withdrawl.

I got it too, when I cut my Coca-Cola consumption way down.


I have also quit smoking......... Many times.

It's definitely not the most pleasant feeling in the world is it!

I'm sure nicotine withdrawal is even worse, where I work (a call centre) a lot of people come out as smokers after previously giving up. Either that or they end up overweight. Usually both, now that I think about it.

[TakkunEG]

Constantly being on the internet is one I've struggled with. It would get to the point that I felt I HAD to be online, and would find the dumbest things to do just to stay online til the wee hours of the morning.

Not having fast/any 'net access or the good computer at home for the last six months has helped. I can find other things to do that don't involve the computer. I've started recycling, for one.

[Blueblood]

G.A.S. Gear acquisition Syndrome

I constantly had to have a new guitar or a new piece of equipment. The economy took care of that addiction
...however, I traded it for the one Takk just mentioned.

[bbcentral]

takkuneg said:

Constantly being on the internet is one I've struggled with. It would get to the point that I felt I HAD to be online, and would find the dumbest things to do just to stay online til the wee hours of the morning.

At work we only have two computers with internet access (it's locked out on all the others), and there's almost always a line of people who rush over there in their lunchbreaks to check their MySpace/Facebook pages. You can see them getting very stressed out when they can't get on!

[dinosaurexx]

haha mine is being addicted to pop
kinda.
i used to drink like 3 mountain dews a day (which is EXtREMELY bad for you xD)
then i got stomach problems, and now i cant drink it at all,
i used to get really tired/sick from not drinking it.

but i think it was all in my head

[Syd-Blues]

Yes.

And it's personal.

[bluesharp]

bbcentral said:

I'm sure nicotine withdrawal is even worse, where I work (a call centre) a lot of people come out as smokers after previously giving up. Either that or they end up overweight. Usually both, now that I think about it.

I gave up smoking when i found out i was pregnant with both my boys,tough to do,just like that,but worth it!!
When Memphis was born,i had me 1st smoke and it was like i'd never stopped.
Did'nt put weight on as i was walking Puppy!!

[itsallblack]

Ice cream vanilla.

[dixiesquare]

drinking , doctors orders , drink and die or stop and live , sober 20 years , not a drop , and not missing it .

now if i could only remember the late 70's to late 1989

drugs , been 25 years for that . it was easy just quit hanging around with the people i ran with . most now are still into it , in jail , or taking the big dirt nap .

smoking , my right arm was in a cast from shoulder to wrist , and i could not do it with my left , kept flipping the smoke across the room . told my self i go back after the cast came off , but never did . that was a few months after i quit drinking .


my latest,, 2liters of diet coke .

i could drink at least 2 to 3 a day !!!

i found out all i was doing was wasting my money , drank so much that i didnt even get a caffine buzz anymore . could not handle regular soda , caffine plus sugar , not a good combo for me , i like to sleep at least 4 hours a night .

so now its water , almost up to 2 2liters a day now , i know water is good for you but that much ???


so i dont drink , i dont smoke , i dont do drugs ,

i lead a very boring life , but at least i remember it now .

[Steam McQueen]

I quit drinking beer last year ... worst day of my life!
Hyuk.

Reminds me of an episode of M*A*S*H. Quoting loosely ...

Col. Potter: Have a cigar, Radar.
Radar: No thank you, sir. I hear smoking is addictive.
Col. Potter: Horse hockey! I've smoked three cigars a day, every day for the last 40 years ... and I'm not addicted!

lol

http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum2/public/style_emoticons/default/icon_cool.gif

[dixiesquare]

now if i could only quit going to the mall so much !!

that place has every thing !!!

mold , mildew , and asbestos .

just what a asmatic needs to breath .

cough cough wheeezzzzz

[bluesharp]

dixiesquare said:

drinking , doctors orders , drink and die or stop and live , sober 20 years , not a drop , and not missing it .

now if i could only remember the late 70's to late 1989

drugs , been 25 years for that . it was easy just quit hanging around with the people i ran with . most now are still into it , in jail , or taking the big dirt nap .

smoking , my right arm was in a cast from shoulder to wrist , and i could not do it with my left , kept flipping the smoke across the room . told my self i go back after the cast came off , but never did . that was a few months after i quit drinking .


my latest,, 2liters of diet coke .

i could drink at least 2 to 3 a day !!!

i found out all i was doing was wasting my money , drank so much that i didnt even get a caffine buzz anymore . could not handle regular soda , caffine plus sugar , not a good combo for me , i like to sleep at least 4 hours a night .

so now its water , almost up to 2 2liters a day now , i know water is good for you but that much ???


so i dont drink , i dont smoke , i dont do drugs ,

i lead a very boring life , but at least i remember it now .

Thanks for sharing that with us dixie,it was touching to read!!

[Elwood72]

dixiesquare said:

smoking , my right arm was in a cast from shoulder to wrist , and i could not do it with my left , kept flipping the smoke across the room . told my self i go back after the cast came off , but never did.

No problem for me,one of the perks of being ambidextrous....

[Mercer]

dixiesquare said:

so now its water , almost up to 2 2liters a day now , i know water is good for you but that much ???

It's definitely good for everybody to have that amount of water every day. Don't worry.
I should do it too, but honestly, I can't.

[itsallblack]

Mercer said:

It's definitely good for everybody to have that amount of water every day. Don't worry.
I should do it too, but honestly, I can't.

PPssssssss;)

[dixiesquare]

yea but after what i just went through it feels soooooooooooooooo good !!!

[Mr Mercer]

I don't drink , or smoke and no drugs . Never have . Sounds great , but late nite snacks or meals
and unhealthy eating habits are just as bad as the obvious addictions . Need to
smarten up and maybe I could kick my medications .