What's the best way to "kick" an addiction?
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I know you don't want to hear it, but GO TO A MEETING! I don't know what kind of addiction your talking about, but to get off on the "right-foot", you need to know, your not alone with your problem. You need "their support", as much as they need yours.Addiction is a pain in the ass, but it can be conquered. You have to stay clean, and build inner strength.
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Quit smoking?  The best is to cut down at first.... only smoke when you drink or if you are stressed-out or something.  You soon begin to realize you don’t need it. \nIf you want to quit cold-turkey - all at once - it's something you need to DECIDE to do.  Chew on some pencils and play with a rubber band.  If you are really physically addicted, the best is a nicatrol in haler.  It is something to do with your hands, feels like smoking (almost) and you get the nicotine.\nQuitting smoking is mostly mental.  You have to decide to do it and just do it.
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Short answer?\n1. Stay off nicotine - there are plenty of methods to stop the addiction, but pick one.\n2. Fill your system with good stuff: clear air and healthy food. Do this by taking deep breaths and exhaling completely, and eating only healthy foods (including snacks) for at least a week.\n3. Get plenty of vitamin C, which is supposed to specifically help you rid yourself of nicotine. Take some vitamin C tablets and/or foods with vitamin C. As with any vitamin, don't overdose.
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Yah, go to Yahoo Groups and form Yahoo Ask Answer and Discover Annonymis (YAADA), become addicted to that.  Constantly pos that you have that group in here soyou feed your addiction.
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if your a addict go 2 N/A with other addicts.i'am a addict i'll tell what i did & learned in the porgram you only have 2 change 1 thing THAT'S EVERYTHING!!! yes even old gilfriends.do what u got 2 do 4 u. everything else will fall into place. i have 3 yrs clean & sorbor & a hole new life. yes new girlfriend 2. she's got 2 yrs. we been together two & a half yrs.  JUST 4 2 DAY
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I think anything disrupting your life and causing a problem is an addiction.  You will have to make that call.
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Set a time limit for being online. Then, read a book; put a puzzle together; write a letter (on paper with a pen/pencil) (GASP), find someplace local to volunteer, learn to cook (or if you know how already, cook), and then there's the always famous, if you're really bored and tempted by the internet; CLEAN YOUR ROOM. Ha ha! Hope this helps, I also have a 13 yr old, his addiction is video games. Good luck!
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Ask him what he needs the money for.\nHe will say food, coffee, what ever before he will admit it is for booze.\nThen when he does, go and buy him something to eat rather than give him money, at least you will know he had a decent meal instead of alcohol.\nAnd yes your money fuels the addiction if they are alcoholics.\nBless you though for bringing up this question.
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As with any form of addiction and habitual nature, two things are required. \n\nDetermination, or the will to change the situation, and\n\nTime, three months is generally regarded as the time frame for habits to be corrected. \n\nSo long as you are keen, and are willing to abstain for 12 weeks, you will have gone past the issue. One point to note though, is that once removed, stay that way. Don't have the thinking that 'one toke will be alright'. That is how we all started isn't it?\n\nAs for the comment about friends, when you decide to change this behavioral pattern, you will find that you will refrain from associating with your recent social group. Instead, and over time, you will develop friends with other similar interests to yourself. There is no need to become a complete health nut as mentioned elsewhere, although this will show you how unfit you have become. \n\nAnyway, keep your chin up, stay focused on your goal.\n\nCheers, L
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Find an accountability partner -- a spouse or a good friend that's around you a lot.  Make sure that person calls attention to you every time to swear.  You're probably swearing more than you think you are.\n\nCome up with some sort of "fine" for every offense; perhaps a quarter or a dollar that will eventually go to your favorite charity.  The combination of a partner and some "skin" in the game should give you the proper incentive to rid yourself of the habit.
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eat lots of pork and chocolate, both contain high levels of dopamine.  It'll substitute the addiction you had for this person.  But exercise while at it, otherwise you'll get fat and nobody will love you.
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there are many ways to do that. but lets' say one thing that works for me may not work for you. every one is different and you need to find out what works best for you.\n1.the first thing is that your will power . \n2. decide that you want to quit and why do you want to do that.\n3. ask yourself that why you cannot quit.\n4. one thing that worked for me is that I (and most people) usually link smoking to something else. like, I used to smoke after a meal, when I wake up in the morning, after my lecture...etc......try to break that link, don't smoke at the usual time you always do. this helps a lot..................hope I was any help.
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try to get addicted to something less harmfull. Or if you want to just quit, ive heard that cold turkey is the easiest, interms of withdrawels. Or the patch, or the gum. But remember, if you have not been smoking for a VERY long time, when you quit, in time your lungs will be about as healthy as they were before you started smoking. Don't give up on it even if it is hard.
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FIND GOD\nSTOP GETTIN AND DRUNK\ngo to rehab and tell ur doc ur probs
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IF IT'S LIKE BITTING YOUR NAILS OR SLOUCHING, THE JUST TRY TO FOCUS YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION ON SOMETHING ELSE\n\nIS IT'S LIKE SMOKING OR GUMOR SOMETHING YOUR ADDICTED 2 THEN EITHER GET LIKE THE ANTI-SMOKEMEDICINE OR LIKE INSTEAD OF SMOKING THAT OR CHEWING THAT THEN EAT SOMETHING LIKE HEATHY THAT SATISFIES AND REFREASHES YOUR BODY\n\nOVER ALL YOUR QUESTION IS A BIT GENERAL IT REALLY DEPENDS WHAT KNID OF HABBIT IT IS
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I'm addicted too. You can try to slowly cut back on your intake. Maybe that will help. That's what I've been trying to do but I tend to revert back to drinking it all day long.
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This is a favorite question of mine as I struggled with it for years before finally successfully quitting.\nI have a few suggestions of what not to do to start with....\n1. Do not get a patch or gum program. All that does is continue the addiction to nicotine. You will then be addicted to the gum or patch. How is that progress? It is just another way for big business to keep you hooked, it does not work. Trust me, I speak from experience.\n2. Do not have an "emergency" pack of cigarettes, just in case. If you leave the option open you will find a reason to smoke them.\n3. Stay away from road trips and smoky bars just for the first few weeks. It will get easier.\n\nNow things that did work for me....\n1. Cold Turkey. I know it hurts like hell but its like taking off a band-aid. The pain is shorter than a lifetime of addiction. \n2. Pick a quit date and taper off as you get closer. Try to get down to about three cigarettes or less a day. It makes it much easier when you quit if you have practice putting  off your addiction.\n3. Just like alcoholics, take it one day at a time. When I first quit is was one hour at a time. I thought to myself " I just have to make it one hour, then I will smoke" of course I thought the same thing every hour so I never actually smoked. Pretty soon I could set my goal to be a whole day, "I will smoke tomorrow" Those small goals got me through the torture of those first couple weeks. If you mess up, don't give in and buy a pack. Start over re-commit to improving your life and health every day no matter what you did yesterday. \n4. Once you gate past the first week the majority of the physical addiction has begun to pass. You will still obsess rather than crave. On obsession lasts about 90seconds. Sometimes they line up a bunch in a row, but it is still only 90 seconds. So when you start to obsess and really want a smoke, look at watch and decide, 90 seconds of pain or the rest of my life? Then count to 90, you may find it has passed. However if you break down and smoke you will have to go through the hard physiacl withdrawal time again. The cravings are harder. See the difference between a craving and an obsession?\n\nAll I thought about was how much I wanted a cigarette for what felt like years. It was the hardest substance I have ever had to quit, and I am an ex junkie! I had a hard time holding up my end of conversations because I was so distracted my the obsession. IT WAS WORTH IT! I pissed off a lot of people while I went through my rage period, it is normal. Anyone who knows you will be glad you are doing such an important thing for yourself, they will forgive your anger. Just keep thinking of the big picture, temporary misery for freedom from addiction. It will get easier.....