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Addicted to alcohol: Stop drinking. You can't control an addiction so you have to completely stop.
Addicted to cigarettes: Stop smoking. You can't control an addiction so you have to completely stop.
Addicted to crack: Stop smoking crack. You can't control an addiction so you have to completely stop.
Addicted to food: Must be your fault for being weak-willed. Just don't consume so much of that thing that you're addicted to. You can control your addiction. Just stop being a loser...
The literal solution to every addiction is stop it, cold turkey. One Day At A Time. But you can't stop eating food.
The thing with modern food is that we're addicted to sugar (all processed crap has lots, plymus sodas etc.). It's literally a drug and so bad for us the body tried to use it up ASAP (storing any fat in the meantime) when we eat it.
When you eat too much sugar the body will use only sugar to function, and not eating sugar feels instantly like withdrawal/hunger.
So you can quit that crap cold turkey (you need to let go of slow sugars too like pasta, rice, potatoes etc at least until you get over it/found your comfort weight).
It is hard but it is definitely easier than alcohol or cigarette addiction, at least IMO 🤷🏼♀️
People that tell people to go cold turkey. Are just as clueless about addiction as the people they're trying to convince. The greatest conquest of my life was quitting cigarettes. It took a process.
Some people can quit cold turkey, most can't. Assume you're part of the majority and take away whatever emotional or social attachment you have to your addiction and gradually reduce whatever it is until it's completely under control.
It really depends on the person and the drug. People can and do quit cigarettes cold turkey and succeed relatively often. Harder drugs like benzos or opiates have a much smaller percentage who do that, and even then most dont do it by choice.
Except alcohol, stopping cold turkey after prolonged heavy drinking can kill you
Alcohol and benzos.
One guy did in Australia. He was 250kg or something and did it with medical supervision. Nothing for about a year other than vitamin supplements.
Was that the fella who literally checked himself in at a hospital and just said, 'don't let me die,' then said year passed by?
I’m thankful that food has never been an issue for me.
If I eat more than twice a day, I’ll be so sick I can’t stand it. If I’m going to a party or family gathering where food will be served, I skip dinner and breakfast leading up to it so that I’ll be able to enjoy it.
Drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes though. Good god. Lifelong struggle. I’ve been sober from everything but alcohol and nicotine for a decade now. It’s time to get the ball rolling.
I have been in positions where the world forced me to stop drinking for short periods of time. I handled it fine, I just need to make the jump.
I would walk 5 miles in the snow for a single cigarette though. I would fight anyone for the chance to smoke if I haven’t had one for a while. You could catch me in a trap like a wild animal if you just stuck some cigarettes on there where the bait would normally go.
It has been the hardest thing I have ever dealt with in my life. I quit for 12 days one time and got fired from job for cussing the boss out. I lose my head so damn bad when I haven’t had nicotine that it is unreal.
I absolutely replaced cigarettes with food. 100% When I quit smoking I filled the void with food. I didn't even realize I was doing it at first because until that point in my life I just ate when I was hungry.
There's no such thing in the DSM as "food addiction" though. You're trivialising addiction
Hello,
While food addiction is not described in the DSM V, binge eating is described as eating until uncomfortably full, eating large ammounts of food when not physically hungry, eating more rapidly than normal, eating alone due to embarassment over consumption, and/or feeling disgusted, depressed or guilty with oneself during or after an episode. There is also a carve out for Other Specified Eating and Feeding Disorder that might interest you. While these behaviors are not described as addictions, they often require professional intervention to meaningfully change. Describing them as addictions does not trivialize addiction, but rather indicates how uncontrollable and pathological they can be for some individuals.
Cheers!
Whatever you wanna call it, some people do struggle with that. I get your point, but by suggesting there's no such thing at all you're trivializing a genuine problem so people have.
explain please. I dont see it.