What addictions have you overcome and for how long. I've been quit smoking for 3.5 years.

[applegrove]

I did it using Champix and then herbal cigarettes. Now when I see somebody smoking I think of those horrid herbal smokes and feel revultion. I just quit drinking last June. So far so good. I never think about it. I'm on meds for ptsd so I'm sure this helps me with my two quits. I never thought I could give up cigarettes but it went really well. And drinking I'd quit before.

[JackBeck]

1. I quit smoking the day of Obama's inauguration.

Woke up feeling lousy, went downstairs for a smoke, and almost vomited. I finally said to myself, "If this is how your body is reacting, why are you doing this to yourself?" I didn't take any meds, but had been practicing harm reduction techniques for a few years. My body finally told me that it was time.

Unfortunately, the addiction that replaced smoking I've also quit: working out.

[Tikki]

2. I quit smoking 7 years ago this week and my son...

quit two weeks before me.
When I realized he meant business and had quit, I thought
I better get on the ball and quit too.

Neither of us has ever smoked again.


Tikki

[Stuart G]

3. I quit my addiction to strong sugar products... One and a half years off of........

all chocolate, all candy, all candy bars, pies, cakes, cookies, ice cream, sherbet, donuts, sweat rolls, marshmellows, and deserts of all kinds..First date of abstinance...July 11, 2010

I did it with the help of a twelve step group called OA..Overeaters Anonymous..
http://www.oa.org/

[applegrove]

4. I am trying to eat no snacks these days. That is going well though i would not say I am over my

overeating addiction quite yet.

[femmocrat]

13. Good for you! I wish I could do that, Stuart.

I'll be good for awhile... but there are just too many sweet temptations around here and at work.

[rbnyc]

25. Rock on!

That one is HARD!

[sinkingfeeling]

31. You used to eat sweat rolls? How were they?

[Stuart G]

5. About Addiction and Recovery...guess what?. There is group here at DU3 for that

You need to look under the heading of

Topics..
then look under Health...
...hit that link..Health.....then look at the sub topics and groups.. ..

listed first .. Addiction & Recovery.....

you know, they got everything here at DU3....

Stuart G.

[applegrove]

6. Yeah and there is a pet's forum. Sometimes I like to ask questions of the lounge to get lounge

people answers. What would happen if Sunday LOLcats was no longer in the lounge? But in the pet's forum? Of course I would go to the Addictions and recouvery group if I was going to go into more detail about the issue but this was really a survey. I'm not trying to go against the grain here. I just think a little bit of mixing it up topicwise makes it more interesting. I posted 4 OPs in the lounge in a row to try and get this place moving. But thanks for the suggestion.

[Stuart G]

7. I was just pointing the forum out, I am not against this thread..NO...I AM FOR IT

I did not mean to sound negative ...

In fact, I am very much for this thread.
applegove,,
.......very good idea to start a thread on this..thank you
Stuart

[applegrove]

8. Good. We are cool.

[LiberalEsto]

9. I quit smoking in 1974

and quit drinking alcohol in 1989.

[pink-o]

10. I quit smoking in 1981 and never looked back....

I used to think I had an addictive personality, but as I aged, I realized my cravings were not that strong, and a lot of what I thought I couldn't do without was merely consumed from habit or boredom. I don't crave junk food, and long ago gave up drugs (only used for recreation when we went to clubs, or to get up in the morning and go to work AFTER the clubbing). The past couple weeks, I decided to see if I could live without alcohol, and I don't miss it at all.

But...and this is one big but!...all my ability to leave behind these substances is totally negated by my obsession and addiction to...COFFEE. I seriously would give up food, sex, and even a few of my friends before I'd let anyone take away my cafe latte.

[WCGreen]

11. Booze since 1984 and the smokes since 1985...

[femmocrat]

12. I quit smoking cold turkey when I was pregnant.

Long time ago! I also quit drinking coffee a couple of years ago. No special reason... I switched to decaf, then just stopped drinking it entirely.

I have tried repeatedly to cut down on sugar. Sometimes I'm successful for months, but then I end up eating sweets again. They are just too hard to resist.

[mysuzuki2]

14. I gave up my sex addiction a few years ago.

Actually, it wasn't exactly voluntary. After I got old and fat and my hair fell out I couldn't find anyone willing to have sex with me.

[rbnyc]

24. I can't tell if you're joking or not.

[mysuzuki2]

27. I'm never quite sure either.

[yellowcanine]

15. I went 2 days without masturbating once.

[Xipe Totec]

16. I'll work on that one after I quit drinking.

[kcass1954]

33. Master of your domain?

[oneshooter]

17. I quit smoking in 1973 while in the RVN,

Quit drinking in 1984 when we got married,quit dipping in 1985 when our first son was born, quit worrying about getting old in 1998 when our third son was born. Have never quit loving my wife and sons, some say it ain't to good to get real close to others, others never do.

[pokerfan]

18. Smoking for over a year

I like the way Craig Ferguson talks about quitting smoking:

I used to smoke. I tried to quit many times. I tried everything. Hypnosis, aversion therapy, visualization. I finally realized the trick. This is trick. It will work every time: Stop putting cigarettes in my mouth and lighting them! I know! That's what it is. You go, 'Oh, no, I really want cigarette!' That's what it feels like! And then when you really want the cigarette, you don't have it! 'You can't write a book about that.' Exactly!

[Iggo]

19. Everything: 15 years, last October 28th.

Cold turkey. Only way I know how.

[Odin2005]

20. Caffeine, about a year.

[LNM]

21. Smoking, 4 years, I used the Nicorette Gum

and last week's study that said it had no effect pissed me off. I know several people who used it to quit smoking. I don't know how I'd gotten through it w/o the gum.

[PassingFair]

22. +1

I credit the gum for my successful "quitting", almost 10 years ago.

[rbnyc]

23. Smoking:

I quit smoking 13 years ago.

Ans sex! I kind of love sex addiction because it, like food addiction, challenges the idea that if you have an addiction you have to abstain totally. I haven’t quit having sex, but I’ve quit measuring my value as a person based on whether I can make every person I meet want to have sex with me. I pretty much spent ages 13 - 23 using sex in a very unhealthy way - which was sometimes fun, but most often painful and destructive. I actually couldn't possibly tell you how many people I slept with or remember all their names.

[HopeHoops]

26. Smoking, since '85. Pot, late 80's. TV, early 80's. Pickled okra - never mind.

Some things are just harder to give up than others.

[DiverDave]

28. I quit drinking 5 years ago

I sorta took to many valiums and drank a few beers and ended up taking 22 10 mg pills and drank a bunch more beer and had to go to the hospital.
No, I wasnt trying to off myself, I just liked the feeling I was getting.
I did have the presence of mind to call my doc and tell him what I had done.


Pretty stupid, and that was my last beer ever.

[siligut]

35. You must be a pretty big guy

Either that or very lucky. Smart to tell your doc too. Glad you are still with us.

[DiverDave]

38. Thanks, I AM lucky

I really thought I couldnt stop, but I have and no worries, I hope I learned my lesson.

[sinkingfeeling]

29. Quit smoking 3 years ago this week, after 40 years of 1 1/2 packs a day.

[kcass1954]

30. Feb 10 is five years since I had a cigarette.

I had the flu - missed almost 2 weeks of work. By the time I felt good enough to smoke, I didn't want to. Gave away 9 packs of cigs when I went back to work.

[ohiosmith]

32. Smoking. Cold turkey April 29, 1976.

[progressoid]

34. I just fell off the wagon.

I had been posting on a Democratic website for over 7 years. When the website went black for 18 hours I decided it was a sign that I should stop my crazy addiction. But I didn't last. And here I am.

Also, I quit smoking about 4 yrs ago.

[madmom]

36. quit smoking about 20 years ago, working on fitness now. Going to

school fitness center 3 days a week (that's all they are open)been going strong since before xmas, here's hoping

[BiggJawn]

37. I smoked for 30 years and quit 9 years ago.

Used Welbutrin and had smoked "Drum" for about 8 months before I quit. I don't think it had all the shit RJR puts in their tobacco to keep you hooked.

[hobbit709]

39. Quit smoking 30 years ago. Quit coke and speed about 20 years ago.

Been close to 20 years since I did any serious drinking, Mainly because of my diabetes-I have a drink about twice a year on special occasions.