quitting addiction | quitting addiction
Feb.17.2009
Not everyone can just say “I quit!,” and then do it. Some five million people participate in self-help groups each year to get help quitting their addictions to alcohol or drugs. That’s according to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which goes by the acronym...
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Feb.11.2009
The thing about being addicted to drugs, alcohol or binge eating is that it’s not very romantic to anyone else who has any sense in their head. Addicts don’t get many Valentine’s Day cards. If you’re trying to quit, or already have quit, don’t wallow in lost love or all those stupid things that...
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Feb.08.2009
When you think of quitting your addiction, I bet many fears come to the surface: what will I do with all the spare time I will now have? Or how will I handle life’s problems without my addiction? And what if I try to quit then go back to it later and feel like a total failure?
I was lucky, I guess...
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Feb.04.2009
I say NO it won't. When we try something we leave ourselves very open to the possibility of it not working. If anything comes up such as---it's too difficult (that's a big one!), I'm too stressed to quit now or I don't think I'll be able to quit for good so I just won't try at all.
If you take out...
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Feb.01.2009
I get this question a lot. I quit drinking 21 years ago, quit smoking 8 years ago and I've been at a good, comfortable weight for about 20 years after years of being fat. I don't miss any of my former addictions. But I didn't think that would be the case when I was drinking, smoking or eating candy...
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Jan.28.2009
I believe that we tell ourselves that “we have to read a book first about addictions” or “we have to have therapy to see why I’m addicted” or “I can’t quit now because I’m not happy” to put off doing the inevitable---quitting the addiction.
If you honestly ask yourself what you would need to do,...
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Jan.25.2009
I saw this phrase on the Suze Orman show last night. She was referring to a caller who had admitted out loud she was several thousand dollars in debt. But it reminded me of addiction. Most of the time we live with our addiction and keep all of our thoughts and feelings about it to ourselves. We don...
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Jan.16.2009
I'm on line at the market; I note that Oprah once again graces the cover of the Enquirer, as well as her own magazine. Nothing new here – what is it this time. Stedman, her weight, her argument with Dr. Phil, Rachel Ray, Michelle Obama? It’s a long checkout line; I thumb through the Enquirer...
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Jan.04.2009
If you keep going back and forth trying to decide if it's really going to work this time if you say you want to quit your addiction, I'll give you some advice that I know to be true, and has worked for me.
Adamantly declare "I am going to quit my addiction this time and I'm not going back to...
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