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    Breaking Other Addictions

    I wanted to start a thread that people could post if they felt they were getting control of the alcohol addiction - but felt they were "cross addicting" to other things or substances. I think it's fairly common to do. So this is for anyone out there that wants to drop any other addiction they feel they are becoming attached to on this "MY WAY OUT" Journey with Alcohol.

    I don't even think you "should" "fess up" to what the addiction is. You can just use this thread to post your own thoughts, progress or slips. You obviously can post that addiction but I don't think we want it to be a :hijacked: with any one topic since My Way Out is about Alcohol. It would just be a place to post if you felt you were "cross addicting".

    Best Wishes everyone who wants to live an "addiction free" life!!

    Liv
    AF since Jan. 1, 2008 .... It all began right here


    Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you made it now.


    (from the Movie "Once")
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    #2
    Breaking Other Addictions

    Day 1

    I'll start with today being Day one on breaking an addiction that I have picked up since I quit drinking!! Just wish me loads of luck!!

    Liv
    AF since Jan. 1, 2008 .... It all began right here


    Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you made it now.


    (from the Movie "Once")

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      #3
      Breaking Other Addictions

      Oh, come now Liv--spill!! Is it sex? Raw foods? Diet mountain Dew? Just kidding, you know I love you and have so much respect and admiration for you. Whatever it is, it can't be as bad as the alcohol and ciggies! Is today 6 months?

      My new addiction. The Internet. This place. I spend way yonder too much time here!!
      :l :h
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      NF since June 1, 2008
      AF since September 28, 2008
      DrunkFree since June 1, 2008
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      :wings: In memory of MDbiker aka Bear.
      5/4/2010 In loving memory of MaryAnne. I pray you've found peace my friend.
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      The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.ray:

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        ah well, liv this is great. i really am wanting to give up cigs. and we didn't do that at lenair this time and well i'll be bringing rhonda here to los angeles in november but til then i thought i'd give a go at it on my own. so, i'm thinking this weekend starting friday is a perfect time to start cold turkey. well probably with the help of wellbutrin. hahahahaaha
        :welcome:

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          #5
          Breaking Other Addictions

          My eating disorder
          Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy

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            #6
            Breaking Other Addictions

            OK Miss LVT25 ... as I sit here drinking my coca-cola .... it's sugar damn it ... sugar!!!!!!!!!!!!!:H So Day #2 didn't go well - tomorrow a "start over". I might need some "tough love" in this thread. I have a feeling miss Liv isn't going to fair so well in the abs area with this addiction!!
            AF since Jan. 1, 2008 .... It all began right here


            Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you made it now.


            (from the Movie "Once")

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              #7
              Breaking Other Addictions

              Internet, definitely. MWO, eBay, Amazon, news news news (another addiction in its own right), and wild random surfing.
              Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life... And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

              Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Adress, 2005

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                hello beatle... good to see you. okay liv i've gotta cut down on sugar and then that has to go to. i have tinctures to buy that rhonda gave me the names. i'll post then sugar has to go. hello stevia and i'll start that l glutamine to help as well... i love this thread. i'll be saying so long sugar and cigs. whoop whoop
                :welcome:

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                  #9
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                  Hey beatle
                  What is it with the "news" cross addiction. I have it too - real bad. Sometimes I think I am even waiting for news to happen!
                  BH

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                    Boots - pass on any advice you have with the sugar addiction!! The L-Glut doesn't seem to touch my sugar cravings!!

                    BH & Beatle - I can relate to the "new" "internet" addiction. I think it's because deep within us we sense that the world is rapidly changing and we KNOW big things are going to happen. Now I'm getting "to deep" .... :H But I think it's true!!
                    AF since Jan. 1, 2008 .... It all began right here


                    Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you made it now.


                    (from the Movie "Once")

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                      Breaking Other Addictions

                      Living free 6 months nicotine free

                      Liv, I need my sugar fixes once in awhile myself! Coke=bad! But I drink diet pop and that is bad too! Somedays seems like everything is bad for you! I can def tell when I eat the wrong food (bad carbs) it's NAP time!

                      Anyway, this seem as good a place as any to say:

                      Way to go 6 months Nicotine free!!!:goodjob:

                      I'm at 3 months Sunday, with a couple of slip ups I'm not counting! :H

                      Keep the inspirations coming!! :h
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                      NF since June 1, 2008
                      AF since September 28, 2008
                      DrunkFree since June 1, 2008
                      _____________
                      :wings: In memory of MDbiker aka Bear.
                      5/4/2010 In loving memory of MaryAnne. I pray you've found peace my friend.
                      _______________
                      The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.ray:

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                        Thanks Mimi ! Yest TODAY is the 6 month anniversary of quitting smoking!! Yippeeeeee! Congrats to you on the 3 months. It feels more like the "norm" after 3 months so hang in there. I can't believe I quit smoking and drinking at the same time (essentially - 1 month apart).. I must have been friggin NUTS!! But I did it!! Whew. I pray I never start either again -- mostly because I NEVER want to go through the awful mess of quitting again!!! :H
                        AF since Jan. 1, 2008 .... It all began right here


                        Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you made it now.


                        (from the Movie "Once")

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                          #13
                          Breaking Other Addictions

                          Now you can laugh! I am Day one of quitting my nasal spray!!!

                          (DUH?!??! you're going!)

                          I use it when I have a cold - which I had 6 months ago! And, I did this once before about ten years ago, if you don't stop after a week or two, the spray makes your nose 'kick back' by swelling the nasal passages back up to double their size after clearing briefly so you get all stuffed up again....so you take another spray...they clear...and then they stuff up worse..... Till you just have to stop for about a week to let them reduce naturally...which I have always been "going to do today - but heck, tomorrow'll do" .....for ages!!

                          But today was it....my nose is getting bu**ered up by this stuff and so......

                          I CAN'T BREEB!!!!

                          But, aren't I lucky to be only suffering a substance dependant nose (!?!?!) and not a dependant body!!??!!!

                          Just thought I'd tell everyone.................!!!!!!

                          Good luck to your proper ones! (Mean that!)

                          FMS xx
                          :heart: c: :heart:
                          "Be patient and gentle with yourself - the magic is in you."

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                            #14
                            Breaking Other Addictions

                            FMS - I have heard of that happening! It is really annoying to think that something that was suppose to help - hurts!! Good luck! Hopefully you will be breathing on your own soon!
                            AF since Jan. 1, 2008 .... It all began right here


                            Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice, you made it now.


                            (from the Movie "Once")

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                              #15
                              Breaking Other Addictions

                              News News News

                              I don't know what it is about the obsessive need to know everything that is happening in the world at every minute. Sometimes when I'm travelling (or more often sick in bed detoxing for 3 days), and don't get to follow the news, I don't miss it, and it takes very little time to catch up. Obviously it's just another indication of an addictive/obsessive personality. I don't think Rhonda treats that one, though.
                              Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life... And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

                              Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Adress, 2005

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