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Addiction - 10/12/2006 8:30:07 PM   
RiotGirl


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Status: offline 		Pepsi addiction!  Cigeratte Addiction (sorry its not dramatic as what you were hoping!)

I have managed to transfer all my other terrible addictions into these two things - so i can die alot SLOWER.  Doh

My Dom would like me to quit smoking and i know this and i see him trying to gradually push me that way.  Cos when i'm around him he dramatically reduces my nicotine intake.  ::keels over and dies::  Like sometimes he thinks i can go a WHOLE 3 hours with out a cig.  Plus he's told me i'll be quitting soon....

Obviously, i am partially making fun of myself here because i know its good thing.  Its good, its good.  Yet gaaaawd so dang hard. 

Tonight i just got BANNED from Pepsi  (shall i keel over and die again?)  And Just like the smoking, its in my best interest.  It literally tears apart my stomach and eating actual food AND drinking pepsi is like asking to have gut wrenching pain that i practuically keel over from.  So what does MY dumb ass do?  I dont eat.  On top of that i was talking to a friend on the way home about the banning of pepsi and she said that since i started drinking it again (i tried to quit recently) i've been in this "funk"  Which i have been feeling like shit lately for no good reason.

My problem is - i know its a good for me and i want to obey - but gaaaaaaaawd i dont know if i can.  No more pepsi?  i think i asked him 30 times if he was serious. 

No more pepsi and eventually no more cigerattes????  Aaaaaaaaaaaah i feel like a snot nosed brat.  How will i possibly function?? 

and how am i going to possibly pull this off and do as im supposed too?  Any suggestions? 

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 8:34:52 PM   
MasterKalif


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Status: offline 		I think you should talk with your Dom that maybe one addiction at a time should be tackled....if I were him, I would have waited for you to realize the situation and how it can be bad for you, but juts imposing it on you seems out there. In any case, if you are not gonna follow through his orders like a good submissive, bring up the topic with him as to why it bothers you and how hard it is for you. My suggestion is replace pepsi for water (imagine I used to drink vanilla coke every day almost half a bottle if not more), and get busy with something....serving your Dom perhaps? that way you are not idle and you won't have time to think of those pesky nasty cigarrettes.

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 8:35:36 PM   
Veryfewcan


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Status: offline 		Riot

I used to smoke like a feind and drink Pepsi like it was going out of business. Once I gave it all up, I looked back and said...whooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Freedom. Don't do it for Your Dom, do it for yourself.

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 8:36:00 PM   
swtsouthernsub


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Status: offline 		after my heart surgery i quit everything fried foods , no more bread no more potato's  all caffien coffee pepsis.some chocolate but i lost so much weight after that now smoking im having a very difficult time with ive done the patches made me smoke more done the pills had me puking and having very violent dreams  hypnoisis didnt work either the pepsi thing was ok went to drinking more water and cool aid  but if i crave one i will not deprive myself of that carbination  i do wish you great success

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 8:38:44 PM   
maybemaybenot


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Status: offline 		Diet Coke addict here.. Never thought of it til you posted this one.. Need to add it to my hard limits list.

Good Luck with kicking the Pepsi.... I was in Mexico last year during Hurricane Wilma and lockeddown for three days with just water and juice to drink. That was the worst part of the whole Hurricane experience.

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 8:57:03 PM   
LuckyAlbatross


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Status: offline 		Ending addictions is not as easy as "Now stop" and then go on with everything.

You need a plan of attack.  You need to take one thing at a time.  You need to be replacing your pepsi addiction with some other healthy habit- usually drinking water, and ADDING something positive to your life to trick your mind into thinking this is a fun happy thing and proving that life is not worthless without pepsi.

And for heaven's sake stop the not eating thing and act like a mature adult.  You've got a daughter who is learning every day what a healthy adult looks like and does from YOU- you need to stay at a basic health level if for no other reason than that.



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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 9:03:01 PM   
cuddleheart50


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Status: offline 		I'm not addicted to Pepsi, I am addicted to Diet Coke.  So, I know how you feel.  I have cut it down from 6 cans a day to one, but that took about 6 weeks.  Now, I drink water instead.  Is this a sign of getting old....

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 9:03:57 PM   
juliaoceania


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Status: offline 		I am a former Pepsi and cigarette addict. I have not smoked in going on two years (Feb 1st it will be two years). I miss Pepsi more than cigarettes, and I have had a Pepsi now and again since I quit drinking them daily about 3 years ago.

I quit both cold turkey.. it would not work any other way. Currently I have not had any soda since I was at my Daddy's over a month ago.

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 9:07:24 PM   
sissifytoserve


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Status: offline 		Even though I drink about an 18 ounce mug of black, no sugar coffee a day....I still think its an addiction.

I knowmy health would be better without it.

I tried natural alternatives to it and they just don't cut the mustard.

I think that morning blast keeps me safer(awake) behind the wheel when i'm driving to work inthe morning.(lame excuse)

Probably if i did 50 jumping jacks instead..that would wake me up.

Quit doing the soda thing years ago.

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 9:56:20 PM   
RiotGirl


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Status: offline 		Yeah Em - he tells me that about the eating too....... 

i did like switch to diet pepsi and water awhile back.. AND it was water with 10 minerals and vitamins in it!  i just couldnt keep it up.  i'd seriously like to quit and i tried - and i really suck at doing good things for myself.  Which is prolly why he just banned it.  Sall my fault!!  I think i literally went like a week with out pepsi, but i TOLD him i was quitting.  That i wanted to, ect ect ect and well obviously i gave up on the "quitting" so here he is...

And i do want to quit smoking.  God i would be so happy if i DIDNT smoke - but honest to god, the actual quitting scares the shit out of me.  Cigerattes are like a best friend.  No matter what shit goes down, they are there!  Bah i just dont want to go through 6 weeks of mental anguish.  He's actually weaning me really.. slowly.. slowly... cos i think he knows if he just said "no" i'd end up going through the roof.  He's spacing them out at the moment. 


The really odd thing - is that like if i cant have them and i know i cant.  Its no problem.  I was on a cruise last xmas and it was like a NON smoking boat (jerks) and my east coast family doesnt smoke.  In the 2 weeks i was on that boat i went from like more then a pack a day down to half a pack and sometimes just 3 or 4 cigs a day.  Which really werent great cigs cos i'd have my sister in law (or her mother) explaining excatly what was happening to my lungs.  But then i couldnt smoke (unless i wanted to break various rules - which i did eventually do) and i KNEW this... so i had no problem with it.

hmmmmmmmm i wonder if i can use that same thought process??


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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 9:58:10 PM   
RiotGirl


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Status: offline 		oooooooooo

and thanks for all who stood up and said " Hi my name is xxx and i am an addict too"

i swear - quiting drinking alcohol like i used to do wasnt such a pain in the butt. 

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 9:59:57 PM   
subfever


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Status: offline 		I am now completely off of caffeine, nicotene, and refined sugars... with the rare exception of a piece of organic chocolate (caffeine) every month or so. I also won't touch diet drinks or any other frankenfood anymore either.

Cold turkey was the only method that worked for me. I just quit and never looked back. I had been a heavy (2-3 packs) smoker, drinking 8-12 cups of coffee per day.

After being clean of these addictions for 72 hours, it's really all in your head. Your physical addictions will be behind you. So here's my advice:

Have your man take you on a 3-day weekend vacation to an isolated location where you'll have no access to the poisons of your addictions. Bring plenty of pure drinking water and both healthy food and snacks along. If he's an imaginative Dom, I'm sure he'll find ways to make an interesting D/s game out of this.

Just quit cold turkey and be done with it. Trust me, you'll feel a whole lot better about yourself.

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 10:07:20 PM   
juliaoceania


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Status: offline 		Actually nicotine addiction is a very complicated thing and it is not all over after 72 hours, it takes a month for the brain to start to function normally again, people can go through a biochemical tailspin when they quit smoking, and knowledge is power. I believe as someone that quit cold turkey that it dismisses the depth of the withdrawl process and the discomfort of it to say it is "all in your head" after 72 hours. People can be nauseous, have headaches, get diaherea or constipation for weeks after they quit. Also reaction time can slow down for weeks.

Your cravings will continue fairly regularly for the first three weeks, and then the intensity starts taking a nose dive

I used this site to quit smoking and read the symptoms of withdrawl.. after smoking for 23 years I had a real hard time of it. If I can quit anyone can... like I said, knowledge is power and this site armed me with a lot of knowledge which helped me deal with withdrawl symptoms I was not aware would occur.

http://whyquit.com/

That helped me immensely

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 10:28:11 PM   
RiotGirl


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Status: offline 		lol julia i read that before and sent it to my Dom

and your post is EXCATLY why it scares the crap out of me. 

quote:

people can go through a biochemical tailspin


ha and all the moody ups and downs omg.  When my Dom tells me "no" for a cig and its been awhile - oh lord - i have literally whined.  Its really disgusting. 

3 things that asking me to do - turns me into some one i dun want to be : eating, not smoking, and not drinking pepsi.

I think, i'd prefer to be stuck in a padded cell before i'm expected to do any of those things and then given like days to deal with it.   ::sigh:: it sucks (well doesnt really.. but go with me here) that he knows me well enough that i cant wimp out of it.  Because i am SURE there are people out there that literally arent able to do things.  And i've tried pulling the "im a wimp" card on him before but he always seems to think i can do things that i dun think i can do. 

i was allowed one "last" pepsi before i'm to not drink them anymore. 

my stomach huuuuuuuuuurts.  It like expands out to my chest and throat and the feeling actually varies.  (who said i wasnt a masochist??)

Thats a great idea!  i think i will think about all the benefits!  He'll be proud and happy, i'll be obeying,  i wont have any gut wrenching pain, and my stomach will stop having this god damn feeling in it. 

focus on the postive outcomes - now why didnt some one else suggest that? 

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 10:43:05 PM   
DiurnalVampire


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Status: offline 		My one "addiction" is coffee. I drink copious amounts of it, but my doctor has amazingly said that the caffiene is not adversely affecting me.

I have had my bouts with addictions to perscription drugs. Doctors always thought that medications would solve my problems, and after a few years, I took myself off al the meds. Cold Turkey. NOT FUN.

Breaking an addiction, caffiene, nicotine or drug related... never easy.

I had no support, and I still have people trying to convince me I made the wrong choice. Obviously, they prefer dealing with me medicated. Too bad for them, isnt it? I am far happier now knowing how I actually react to things that go on rather than th edrugged fog that made everything OK.

Now, I make sure that no one I get involved with have addictions.  If they need help breaking one, I can help.  I cant imagine anyone trying to do what I did with the lack of support I had. If I can avoid putting someone through that, I will.

DV

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 10:43:51 PM   
juliaoceania


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Status: offline 		I will tell you this, I had begun having asthma symptoms. I was very ill when I quit smoking. It was the best thing I have ever done for myself, and most things worth doing are not easy. I watched someone I love die from smoking and took care of him. It was impetus for quiting myself.

I did not mean to discourage you, but if you know these things it is easier to deal with them rather than not know so when you experience it you give in not knowing there is light at the end of the tunnel. Can you imagine having complete entire days when the thought of smoking never enters your mind? Most of my days are like this now, and I am not a slave to cigarettes. I do not plan out my day around when I can smoke. I am free!

When people quit for 72 hours and still experience intense cravings they often give in.... on that site I put up they cover the psychology of cravings and their biochemical roots... it gives you power over them... It is true that the most intense period of cravings last the first week or so, and if you can just hold out day by day you can get to that place where you do not want to smoke anymore... here is one page that covers withdrawl symptoms

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Symptoms.html

Here is an excerpt from that page


Time Perception Distortion Nicotine smokers have long known that at times during early withdrawal time itself seems almost to stand still.  The first two weeks can seem like some of the longest days of your entire life.  A new 2003 study suggests that time perception distortion may possibly be a universal nicotine dependency recovery symptom experienced by all smokers.  Although a subconsciously triggered crave episode will not last longer than three minutes, as you probably already know those minutes can feel like hours.  Whether dealing with a subconscious crave trigger or even consciously fixating on a thought of wanting to smoke, be sure and look at a clock or watch so that you can gain honest perspective in helping correct your impaired perception of time.  All of us are capable of handling a few brief moments of anxiety - all of us - but we need help in gaining an accurate estimation of how long we've endured any challenge or this symptom may falsely paint recovery as being beyond our ability to handle.  Don't let time distortion deprive you of your dream of again comfortably embracing life as you. When time distortion is combined with a destructive "big bite" recovery philosophy that insists upon measuring success in terms of quitting forever, it is often a recipe for relapse. Instead, adopt a " one day at a time " philosophy that sees and treats each challenge and each day of freedom and healing as the full and complete victory they reflect. What good is holding a victory party after you're dead? Celebrate life and the victory your latest victory.
 
Edited to add that I used to time my bad cravings, they were all under three minutes... you can last three minutes can't you?



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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 10:52:54 PM   
marieToo


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Status: offline 		Riotgirl:

As far as the pepsi....Could you switch to diet, caffeine free?  I mean...how bad could that be?  Unless youre against artificial sweeteners.  In the meantime keep a bottle of water with you at all times.  If youre drinking that all day long, you wont go for nearly as much soda.

The smoking will be harder.  But once you've kicked it's ass,  you will consider it one of the greatest accomplishments of your lifetime.  

Try reading the link below.  Its very long, but you can take it in sections at a time.  I started reading it before I quit and it helped to turn me off to cigarettes alot, but even moreso it helps you understand what your body is going through during the withdrawal and recovery phase.  This was the single most helpful article I have ever come across.

WhyQuit - Nicotine Withdrawal and Recovery Symptoms

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RE: Addiction - 10/12/2006 11:00:56 PM   
juliaoceania


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Status: offline 		Marie! You posted the same site as me... did you use that too? Gosh it helped me sooooo much

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RE: Addiction - 10/13/2006 2:15:32 AM   
KenDckey


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Status: offline 		I want to quit smoking and have tried just about everything.   Now I am looking for a pretty girl with handcuffs to take care of me 24/7 in every way.  That is how far I am willing to go.  

I also drink pepsi but because I am diabetic I am limited to 2 oz a day.

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RE: Addiction - 10/13/2006 4:05:53 AM   
KatyLied


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Status: offline 		Former Pepsi addict and 6 year smoker checking in.
I still enjoy a Pepsi from time to time, and I really love rum & Pepsi with a big twist of lime.  In my teens and early 20's I lived on Pepsi.
I gave up smoking, cold turkey, when I became pregnant with my first child.  It took 15 months to make that baby and nothing was going to get in the way of a good pregnancy outcome.  I've never looked back and I am the worst type of asthma-riddled reformed smoker.  


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