You've become physically depended on it as well. So not only are you fighting against the irrational part of your mind that says you need this or "just one more, and then I'll stop," but you're fighting your body too; quitting whatever takes a lot of willpower as well as putting yourself in a safe environment and surrounded by healthy people to quit; otherwise if you're quitting cold turkey while surrounded with people still doing whatever bad habit, you're going to succumb to your withdrawal symptoms and go right back on it.
Do I have any stories? Well, I wasn't addicted to hard drugs if that's what you're aiming to read about, I've seen addiction in family who were on drugs and vow to never slip down that road, but life threw me a curve ball, and I learned through experience that it's possible to be addicted to a variety of things that can be just as harmful as drugs if you've grown up around those habits. For me it's been food, OTC medicine, etc; just things to give me temporary comfort; thankfully I stopped that over 6 years ago. Sometimes food cravings come back strong during extreme stress at my current job, but it's very short lived.
Why is it so hard to beat an addiction?
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You've become physically depended on it as well. So not only are you fighting against the irrational part of your mind that says you need this or "just one more, and then I'll stop," but you're fighting your body too; quitting whatever takes a lot of willpower as well as putting yourself in a safe environment and surrounded by healthy people to quit; otherwise if you're quitting cold turkey while surrounded with people still doing whatever bad habit, you're going to succumb to your withdrawal symptoms and go right back on it.
Do I have any stories? Well, I wasn't addicted to hard drugs if that's what you're aiming to read about, I've seen addiction in family who were on drugs and vow to never slip down that road, but life threw me a curve ball, and I learned through experience that it's possible to be addicted to a variety of things that can be just as harmful as drugs if you've grown up around those habits. For me it's been food, OTC medicine, etc; just things to give me temporary comfort; thankfully I stopped that over 6 years ago. Sometimes food cravings come back strong during extreme stress at my current job, but it's very short lived.
Good luck.