Do or have you had an addiction and how did you overcome it?

Answer 1

When I was in my early 20's I was addicted to diet tablets , I used to go to the Drs get a prescription notice he didnt write it down go back in 2 weeks to get weighed , he would ask me if I had enough tabs , I said no , got more .
I ended up with hundreds of the tablets , I was taking 6 a day in the end I lost 5 stone in 3 months , I was skin n bone .
I realised I had a problem . told the Dr what I had done , he told me to go home , to put the tabs down the loo and flush , I did , BUT, I scooped them out to save them , but they were all melted n soggy NO GOOD.
I was not going to get anymore from my Dr but he helped me see my life was very good I had 3 small children a loving hubby lots to live for .
Weight was an issue with me as my mother was 40 stone
I was terrified of being obese , as my father sexually abused my sisters and me all because my mum was huge.
I have been drug free for 30 yrs now and cannot worry about being obese as I have a thyroid problem caused through drug abuse , and am very overweight , but very very happy with life .
Good luck to you , you can do it , I did.

Answer 2

I stopped drinking and wound up becoming addicted to my prescriptions. I met someone who introduced me to N/A and AA. I got to as many meetings as I can I have developed a healthy addiction to the 12 step program and the other people in it. I got back in touch with my GOD and have built up a support network. All of whom helps me do the next right thing. I live life on life's terms, pray and do my best at helping others when I can. The hardest thing was realizing that "it isn't all about me" but what I do for others. It has been 13 months since my last drink and 10 months off the medicine I became addicted to. 12 step program isn't just about not using anymore, it is a whole new way of life.

Answer 3

I spent three years addicted to crystal meth. I stopped by simply going cold turkey. Nothing else worked. Funnily enough, I was a year clean this Thursday... here's my blog about it:

It’s official. I’ve been off crystal meth for 365 days.
I’m not gonna lie. I loved crystal.
I miss it. I miss the wild and crazy times I had on it.

But here’s just a selection of what I don’t miss.

Alienating all my friends.
Being convinced my coworkers were against me.
The really, really bad skin.
**** that really stank.
Staph infections.
Weighing 120lbs.
Going without eating for three days.
Going without eating for the rest of the week because I’d spent the grocery money on drugs.
Washing my sofa cushions and sheets every other day because of all the sweat.
Hearing voices.
Hallucinating.
Rehab.
Greasy hair.
Twelve-step ‘support’ groups (read two-faced hypocritical losers)
Hanging around with some really dodgy characters.
Lying to people.
The feeling of watching yourself jumping off a cliff.
Duct-taping the curtains together convinced that people could see in my windows.
Burns on my hand caused by the pipe.
Tylenol PM and twenty minutes sleep a night.
Tweaking.
Chasing my tail at 8.40am when I’m due at work at 9.
Finding out another ‘friend’ has seroconverted.
Tina dick.
Spending nights in ER with friends who’ve OD’d.
Teeth falling out.
Thinking I’m behaving normally when in fact I’m so out of it I have no concept of what ‘normal behaviour’ is.

I’m not gonna lecture anyone. I’m not gonna tell anyone it’s an evil, seductive drug. Proselytizing isn’t my way. If you want to do it, by all means do it. Just remember the cons far outweigh the pros.

Darren
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Answer 4

First what ever it is you have to really want to stop and be stopping for yourself. Mine was smoking. Stopping at a low point is good also. Mine was smoking I draw a grid with 200 squares and ticked 1 square every hour. By the end of it, it was over 8 days. It has now been nearly 2 years. Good luck you can do it.

Answer 5

I have never had and addiction, I'm very aware of my body in a subconscious state and can control anything before it forms into a addiction throuh sel mind control .. if you start with and addiction it will be harder but self belief will get you through.

Answer 6

I have as lots of us here addicting to Answers. I cannot overcame it.
Smoking. Did stop 3 times and started again
Didn't have anything else (books or music don't count, right?)

Answer 7

I am a smoker ( heavy ) ,I havent been smoking for almost a month..
I managed to do that by the help of my friends...
But most importan thing is, you need a reason to overcome it..
something serious and closely related to you..
Mine was health problems...

Answer 8

i overcome my 18 yrs of addiction by taking the sacred host daily for 400 years (when i attend the daily mass) eversince i baptise as a Catholic.

Prior i tried different ways but fail miserably.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I know alot of people addicted to drugs and they would all "quit" but they never stayed clean for long. One of them finally did and it was God that took her addiction away. I truly believe that is the only way.