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I quit cold turkey. I wake up one day and no longer want to do X and stop doing it. I also have to stop thinking about it - if I ruminate, I sooner or later succumb to temptation.
I try to be vigilant about avoiding addictions in the first place since it's easier for me not to start than to quit. I wish the quitting could be less inspiration driven and more strategic, but I haven't found a way to make that work.
That was an interesting article but I don't think I can agree with it 100%. I've fought with this sugar addiction for decades. I've managed to be sugar free for 30 days many times. Now I'm counting the days until those chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies are on the store shelves again. Don't get me started on those Cadbury eggs. Kill me now. I fall off the wagon at the mere mention.
The problem with all these cures - will power, religion, therapy, self-help groups, whatever - is that the first thing you have to do is stop doing whatever it is that makes you an addict. Second, you have to clean up your mess, which is probably the easiest of the two. The interaction between the two is the tricky part, because you have to stay stopped to clean up the mess.
2. Be a person who doesn't do it.
I don't drink soda. I didn't quit soda. I don't say, "Oh, I CAN'T drink soda." I just decided I am not a person who drinks soda.
I like that! That's sort of how it was for me at Thanksgiving and Christmas about food/gorging. I physically COULDN'T eat very much because I had stopped taking Prilosec and was having some rebound from that; if I ate much or if I ate carbs I would vomit, literally. No one noticed I wasn't eating much but I noticed THEM eating a lot and it felt good to NOT be doing that. Now that the Prilosec rebound is much better and I can eat more, I still choose not to. Now I'm just a person who doesn't overeat and hopefully that's what I will be from now on!
That was an interesting article but I don't think I can agree with it 100%. I've fought with this sugar addiction for decades. I've managed to be sugar free for 30 days many times. Now I'm counting the days until those chocolate covered marshmallow bunnies are on the store shelves again. Don't get me started on those Cadbury eggs. Kill me now. I fall off the wagon at the mere mention.
I grew up on chocolate back in Europe - my mom fed me 100gr chocolate bars daily. I did this for 40 years. At the end I quit chocolate cold turkey six months ago - I realized it gave me bad headaches.
Anyways, chocolate is not bad to eat daily, if you can handle it. I don't see why you should quit it - it is not addiction if you have one chocolate per day and you are not overweight. There are far worse things to be addicted to - heroin, cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes...
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Like Nike says "just do it" breaking an addiction really shows how strong you are inside.
JMO people who can really get things done on their own, can easily break free from addictions
much harder for slackers or for people who are not self reliant and lean on other people to help them with stuff
.................Very intelligent post........Stating what are obvious facts in a clear and concise manner, well done ..........................Montana Griz
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