Addiction

Australia
June 26, 2007 7:40am CST
Has anyone here overcome an addiction? Any addiction like alcohol, cigarettes, sugar, gambling etc. How did you do it? My fiance and i have decided to quit drinking and smoking. We only drink and smoke socially but we have decided to take control of our health and kick it all for good. I think it shouldn't be too hard because we don't depend on alcohol or cigarettes, it's just the social apstect of it. So how did you overcome your habit?
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@Ravrockin (281)
• India
26 Jun 07
I overcome from my habbit of smoking by following certain steps which are in this follows:- 1}Accupunture 2}Nicotine patches 3}Telephone theraphy 4}Antidepressants 5}Congnitive Behaviour Theraphy Belive me this worked without any side effects.
26 Jun 07
Well as you may or may not know I quit smoking 8th January and used the patches for a few weeks before just whipping myself straight off them in the middle of the programme and I quit for 6 months and then I went on holiday the other week and started again. Damn! Just remember ice cold water and loads of it. I can totally recommend a site that is a social network for quitters and they give you certificates and stuff. http://www.quitnet.com
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@AmbiePam (85476)
• United States
26 Jun 07
I admire you for trying to make your lives better. It's your own decisions, but truthfully you will both be better in the long run for overcoming these habits. I don't know if I have had to overcome an addiction. I have a disease that makes a person gain weight, and it makes it harder to lose the weight. So I have had to be even extra strict on everything I eat. Brown rice, no white rice. Soy milk, no real milk. So I have had to alter everything in order to lose weight that normally wouldn't be as hard to lose. It is a struggle, but I feel healthier and more confident in my ability to make educated decisions.