Addicts: what part of your addiction was the hardest to break; A Pole

[Fillmore/Hydrox]

This applies to ex-druggies, ex-pillheads, and ex-boozers.

Thinking about the late Scott Baio's Penis got me really asking myself about the nature of addiction, and what part of the addiction might actually be the most difficult to overcome for most people.

In the case of Artie, he's got the full trifecta of problems that all need to be addressed and solved before he gets anywhere near healthy.

 

[goisermass]

1) & 2)

....both.

The Lines between Physical & Mental get blurry and overlap.

 

[Mack]

For me the hardest part about giving up drinking was the social aspect of it.

A lot of business is conducted after hours.

 

[talent]

I gave up whores and booze years ago. It wasn't easy. I find I have more time and money now for gambling, excessive dining and my family. So I guess it's a good thing.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

I have only been "addicted" to cigarettes,

But, I found the psychological/ritual aspect of it to be the hardest: activities that would be accompanied by a cigarette, or that I equate with smoking.

It's also by far the longest lasting. Over two years since my last, and I still get weird triggers that makes me want one...only for a lightning fast moment; it doesn't stay with me.

 

[Mack]

I gave up smoking without a second thought, but chewing was a fucking battle.

It still is. I miss it to this day.

 

[goisermass]

I gave up smoking without a second thought, but chewing was a fucking battle.

It still is. I miss it to this day.

Tabaco is harder to kick than Cocaine.

 

[Mack]

Tabaco is harder to kick than Cocaine.

Cocaine wasn't all that hard for me to quit.

 

[Mack]

I suppose it could have been my cousin and one of my besties going to prison tho. That kind of took the fun out of it.

 

[Trevose]

Best thing I ever did - quit drinking at 30 yrs old .

 

[goisermass]

Cocaine wasn't all that hard for me to quit.

I remember in Rehab, . ... . junkies in the middle of kicking hard Drugs, . ... . freaking out if there was no Smoke Break during the Day!

 

[Jim]

This applies to ex-druggies, ex-pillheads, and ex-boozers.

Thinking about the late Scott Baio's Penis got me really asking myself about the nature of addiction, and what part of the addiction might actually be the most difficult to overcome for most people.

In the case of Artie, he's got the full trifecta of problems that all need to be addressed and solved before he gets anywhere near healthy.

Wait a second!!!! "The late Scott Baio's Penis"??? When did this happen? Is there a link to a notice on this page? I was gone for a while (due to a detox from alcohol myself),and must have missed it. Please let me know what happened, please???

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Tabaco is harder to kick than Cocaine.

Cocaine wasn't all that hard for me to quit.

I think the thing that makes that easier to quit, is that as most people get older, they are in less and less situations that warrant it. Like, it's not something I had to actively "quit"...it is just that there are only a handful times a year where I am in the position to even really desire it.

 

[Jim]

Never mind. I just found it.

 

[Shortwave98]

 

[TracyLynn]

I can’t pick one. I think it’s hard to separate the physical need from the psychological need when you’re in the throes of it. Sometimes what feels like the physical need can be more psychological. But how would you know?

 

[TracyLynn]

1) & 2)

....both.

The Lines between Physical & Mental get blurry and overlap.

Lol, oops.
I posted mine before reading yours.
This 100%.

 

[TracyLynn]

But the psychological reason for the addiction is obviously what drives everything, so once you’ve detoxed if you don’t address that you’re kind of screwed.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

But the psychological reason for the addiction is obviously what drives everything, so once you’ve detoxed if you don’t address that you’re kind of screwed.

Exactly. This is the principle difference between the folks in recovery, and the folks drying out.

You often hear about people, typically really wealthy ones, who can shoot in and out of a quick program, but are never, say, five years clean. They just shake the dust off for second, without making long-term changes.

 

[starfish]

Both combined is the correct answer.

 

[Fillmore/Hydrox]

I have only been "addicted" to cigarettes,

But, I found the psychological/ritual aspect of it to be the hardest: activities that would be accompanied by a cigarette, or that I equate with smoking.

It's also by far the longest lasting. Over two years since my last, and I still get weird triggers that makes me want one...only for a lightning fast moment; it doesn't stay with me.

Same.

I gave up smoking for my 40th birthday but was not a serious smoker to begin with. Mostly it went hand-in-hand with social drinking or doing stand-up. Now that all the joints are smoke-free, I started to find it less conducive to being social, when every time you needed to smoke you had to jaunt off somewhere. I had a couple friends used to buy me packs to hold onto so they could bum them off me but not be tempted to smoke more if they had the packs on them. After I gave them up, one of them quit pretty soon thereafter. I think I might have had 10 cigarettes in the past 4 years or so.

 

[PattonWrinkles]

Same.

I gave up smoking for my 40th birthday but was not a serious smoker to begin with. Mostly it went hand-in-hand with social drinking or doing stand-up. Now that all the joints are smoke-free, I started to find it less conducive to being social, when every time you needed to smoke you had to jaunt off somewhere. I had a couple friends used to buy me packs to hold onto so they could bum them off me but not be tempted to smoke more if they had the packs on them. After I gave them up, one of them quit pretty soon thereafter. I think I might have had 10 cigarettes in the past 4 years or so.

that wouldn't of been enough smokes for mummzie in 4 yrs .



Our favorite addiction to break was borads with our ninjay & kung-fu .

broke 2 in a week before mummzie pulled the hammy & bumped herself off mopping up the foyer floor .. of chez .

 

[PattonWrinkles]

we don't consider warm millers an addiction unless you snort it .


& if someone's had 10 cigarettes in 4 yrs ..

then of course there's a problem and ... They should also be drug to drug court & ... comply or not comply & and ..if not , a night in the box w/ no warm millers .

 

[reno]

I have a friend who had a really bad cocaine habit. His company told him rehab or be fired. He went to rehab and had been cocaine free for years. He still drinks like a fish but everybody has to have a vice.
They told him to lose his drug addicted friends. That helped him a lot.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Both combined is the correct answer.

I suppose it really depends on where you are in the cycle:

60 hours, Physical; you are sweating, puking, and shitting, your way through detox

60 days, Psychological: Beginning to reconcile sobriety. Perhaps feeling some depression, boredom, and isolation. Coming to grips that you need to make new habits, new friends, new choice, etc

60 months, Preventative: Maintaining those coping tools and life skills to help you live in recovery

 

[Jangles]

I have a friend who had a really bad cocaine habit. His company told him rehab or be fired. He went to rehab and had been cocaine free for years. He still drinks like a fish but everybody has to have a vice.
They told him to lose his drug addicted friends. That helped him a lot.

Yeah, this. One night I was on another coke bender and couldn't sleep of course. It was 9 in the morning or something and I was trying to go to bed and couldn't because there was noise outside my window. In a fury, I flung the window open and was about to start yelling when I had the "moment". Three beautiful Vietnamese girls in perfect dresses were chasing rats around the dumpster in the ally. This was their playground and I was upset. I can still see them. I lost my girl, the phone was shut off once again, I was behind on my rent, up again all night watching my health melt away, everything. I was now a monster. I moved 100 miles away and never did coke again. Had I stayed with that crowd, I would have died.

 

[Samantha Therese]

This applies to ex-druggies, ex-pillheads, and ex-boozers.

Thinking about the late Scott Baio's Penis got me really asking myself about the nature of addiction, and what part of the addiction might actually be the most difficult to overcome for most people.

In the case of Artie, he's got the full trifecta of problems that all need to be addressed and solved before he gets anywhere near healthy.

I think people are the biggest triggers.....I think it’s hard to be friends with people that you partied with and then continue a relationship with them bc the memories and relationships are integral with using or partying. It’s hard to evolve if you keep the same crowd.

 

[OrlandoBloomsWholeAsshole]

The hardest part about quitting smoking is not looking cool anymore.

 

[TracyLynn]

I think people are the biggest triggers.....I think it’s hard to be friends with people that you partied with and then continue a relationship with them bc the memories and relationships are integral with using or partying. It’s hard to evolve if you keep the same crowd.

Plus they usually still have access. Sometimes what you want (but shouldn't have) is right on their person. Too much temptation there. Especially in early recovery.

 

[PattonWrinkles]

Yeah, this. One night I was on another coke bender and couldn't sleep of course. It was 9 in the morning or something and I was trying to go to bed and couldn't because there was noise outside my window. In a fury, I flung the window open and was about to start yelling when I had the "moment". Three beautiful Vietnamese girls in perfect dresses were chasing rats around the dumpster in the ally. This was their playground and I was upset. I can still see them. I lost my girl, the phone was shut off once again, I was behind on my rent, up again all night watching my health melt away, everything. I was now a monster. I moved 100 miles away and never did coke again. Had I stayed with that crowd, I would have died.

3 Vietnamese girls in perfect dresses chasing rats around the dumpster sounds like the # 2 soup de jour @ Chuckie's chinx tiki tao mein over on yonder corner ..past the Popeyes *