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What was the hardest addiction to quit for you?

Baphomet

Baphomet

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During my teen years , I used to have many addictions (smoking cigs/cigars/weed , occasional coke, soda, cutting myself, etc) and quitting cigarettes was by far the hardest one to quit, all the other ones I quite cold turkey quite easily but cigs were different , they have a certain quality that just gave me a calm euphoria that I could not get anywhere else (besides cutting, but I had to give it up after it became too obvious).
 
Mahonay

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Alcohol.

Couldn't bring myself to stop until I hit absolute bottom. It was a core component of other lingering issues I had.

I am fortunate and cigarettes never hooked me.
 
Cort

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It's soda.

Quit last April, though I'll have one every now and again (literally a 16oz a month). My soda consumption was off the charts and I needed to do something about it.
 

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luther manhole said:
Cigarettes. Quit 15 days ago, still think about it pretty much non-stop all day. Hope it gets easier at some point.
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It does.

It's a toss up between smoking and alcohol for me. I think the hardest thing is, right now, I have no "unwinding" outlet. I was an alcoholic for many years, so I can't even drink now for obvious reasons to relax. Smoked for 10 years, around 1 year quit now (as opposed to nearly 10 years quit from drinking), so I guess cigarettes are a 'fresh wound' for me.
 
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Baphomet

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Liquidsnake said:
3 years this June for me. I still think about it everyday. It won't go away.
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It will go away, I stopped smoking at around 27 after starting at 15 and my cravings stopped after about a year, it depends on the persons mental strength (I'm not calling you weak or anything , it just takes time, some longer than others).
 
Liquidsnake

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Mondai said:
It will go away, I stopped smoking at around 27 after starting at 15 and my cravings stopped after about a year, it depends on the persons mental strength (I'm not calling you weak or anything , it just takes time, some longer than others).
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I know.
3 years later, every time I drink, play games have a good meal, it's all I think about.

I thought about it today to be honest. I was going to smoke today. I'm going to the gym instead.
 

Aria

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Biting my nails. I don't know why but when I'm coding my hands just go to my mouth. I managed to stop for almost a year and then last week smashed through all of them. Regularly trimming them seems to help but one day I forgot and then they're gone :(
 

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Visiting news feeds. I will have some days where I need to socialize and I will visit era, reddit and facebook. I usually stay signed out of these sites to make it less currated for me. See ya!
 
jfkgoblue

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Liquidsnake said:
3 years this June for me. I still think about it everyday. It won't go away.
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It depends on the person. I quit a little over 2 years ago and can count on one hand the amount of times I've been tempted to light up since I quit(well after the initial effort it took) . I don't ever think about it anymore.

Now the dreams for the first 6 months were virtually always about smoking.
 
Cranster

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Pop.

I can drink 12 cans of coke in two days. It's gotten so bad that I was throwing up in the morning if I didn't have any. I've gone almost two months now without buying any and I've only had Pepsi at work since.

Hopefully I can keep at it and also kill some of my other bad habits this year aswell.
 
voOsh

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Sugar easily. Pure poison that is socially acceptable makes it so easy to become addicted to.
 
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Baphomet

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I may sound mean saying this but I truly believe any addiction can be overcome , those who don't simply have weak mental strength.
 
Barberetti

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Well smoking I guess, as it's the only addiction I've quit. Smoked 20 a day for 20 years and quit one night cold turkey. That was 13 years ago, and never had the urge to have a single puff since stopping. I found it pretty easy actually.

Alcohol on the other hand? There's no way I'm giving that up. Don't want to, I enjoy it too much lol.
 
dosh

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luther manhole said:
Cigarettes. Quit 15 days ago, still think about it pretty much non-stop all day. Hope it gets easier at some point.
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Ho trust me it does. I even used to have nightmares where I saw myself smoking the first few months after quitting.

And to answer OP, that would be cigarettes as well. My only addiction actually, but it took a long, long time to finally beat it.
 
Taco_Human

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Video games and weed. I use THC carts so it's hard to stop when the negative stuff isn't there except my own will to stop stopping me.
 
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Baphomet

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Listai said:
Not everyone is as strong as OP who can go cold turkey on his occasional High School coke habit LOL.
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hehe I know right :p , I mean it felt good when I did it , but I never had a want to keep doing it consistently , I did it a few times ,and then I said "nope not for me" and stopped.
 
Aurongel

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Picking the skin off my thumbs. It's miserable 😖
 
BojTrek

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Gambling... up $3000 two weeks ago in a nice $400 here $600 there... and gave in all back plus $1000 in 2 hours last Friday. Very destructive behavior...
 
KillerMan91

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Probably soda. I just can't eat some meals without soda (hamburgers, pizza, steak etc.). I have cut down my consumption though (by eating less of those meals lol). I also guess snus but I only use it for few months at the time because it's not sold in Finland and I am not addicted enough to go alone to Sweden buy more when I ran out of it. I only buy it when I go to Sweden with my friends (by ferry) so like once or twice a year.
 
RedMercury

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Nicotine by far, I stopped smoking cigarettes and switched to vaping. I've quit heroin, cocaine, and drinking, but I have never been able to fully kick nicotine.
 
Temascos

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Food. I can be great in my breakfasts and lunches, but when dinner comes around I engorge myself. I have been bad with my amounts, as a short man I should be eating a fuckton less as my body needs less but I have more food than a lot of people. Even if it's healthy stuff I go into excess.
 
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