2006-08-09 15:44:22 · 11 answers · asked by roaminggnome6963 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I used to smoke. I was addicted for about four years. When I realized that I had to quit, I prayed A LOT and took lots of walks. The walks were usually the time I prayed. I am totally convinced that God got me through that time. My addiction ended 10 years ago. I am grateful to this day that I am no longer a smoker. You can do it--give it a try!
2006-08-10 04:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a retired mental health practitioner of 20+ years experience which included dealing with all chemical addictions and sex addictions, etc., I can tell you THE overwhelmingly successful way to get "unaddicted" as you say, and if you're old enough, you'll remember this as the most ridiculed answer ever given by someone, and yet, as life has it, it's THE ONLY successful way. Ready??? Just Say No!!! First Lady Nancy Reagan made that saying famous back in her husband's Presidential terms, and she was laughed at unmercifully, and yet, and I can tell you with all seriousness, there is NOT ONE TREATMENT PROGRAM OR HOSPITAL that doesn't say, in the fine print after all the big whapooos are said about how great their facility or program is, that, in the end, it's the addict's responsibility to carry out all the things they recommend in order to stop the addiction. Well, if they had just said it in the first place, everyone coulda saved one helluva lot of money and time if they had just been told "the bottom line" first. If you want to stop an addiction, or "become unaddicted" as you say, you "just say no". No bullshit. It's that easy, and that straightforward, and I, in my quest to quit smoking, did just that, and you wouldn't believe how many decades I've been without smoking, all because I "just said no". No fancy talk. No fancy promises. No fancy nothing. If you want to become unaddicted, "Just Say No". God Bless you.
2006-08-09 22:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot help the person become "unaddicted." The person has to want to do that for him or herself. Anything you attempt can be met with denial, anger, etc.
Don't threaten, plead, beg, yell, curse, become physical. When the person is ready, they'll seek help or else "hit bottom."
Also, don't "enable," which simply means making excuses for them to friends, family, co-workers, bosses. Don't loan money because you know what il'll most likely end up being spent on.
Good luck...I am not just talking "off the top of my head." I know all this from firsthand experience from living with a former substance abuser.
2006-08-09 22:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by 60s Chick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Abstaining from the source of the addiction.
"House cleaning." Mind, body and spirit.
Deal with the wreckage of the past, facing the wreckage and set about making it right, how ever that may present itself.
Continuous "volunteer" work to keep us humble and to get outside of ourselves thereby ensuring we do not drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection. All danger areas for the addict.
2006-08-09 22:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by -Tequila17 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
speak to a doctor
go to rehab
speak to a counsellor regularly
approach a close friend or family member for support
2006-08-09 22:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by bob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you must realize the problem and quit. it is a choice to remain addicted to anything. i know.
2006-08-09 22:50:53 · answer #6 · answered by justnotright 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
find a different addiction
2006-08-09 22:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by addictivehabits01 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
put down the bottle,then join a cult you'll love it!
2006-08-09 22:56:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
write a book!
2006-08-09 22:50:22 · answer #9 · answered by teddyoc18 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
bless you
2006-08-09 22:48:48 · answer #10 · answered by boy_jam_arch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋