How to overcome an addictive personality?
358132
Temperance is the best way I can summarize it. I am very similar in nature when I do something I do it with everything I've got. My new addiction is Y!A  Find 2 or 3 things you like and divide your time equally among them.  You will have to use some restraint.  In behavior Modification there is this technique called interrupt and redirect.  For instance, if it is sexual thoughts that are bothering u today stop! think something different like I wonder if I h ave any new answers to my Yahoo questions?\nRe program your thought processes!\n\n:D Good Luck!
1112041
pills can become an addictive thing. try to start up and eating and excercise programme for yrself. kick the pills now they r a quick fix thing. you want long term result.
591642
NOOO...u are not alone...im changing my addiction too...someone help us!! lol
682314
RENT the old movie "OF HUMAN BONDAGE"...watch it SOBER of mind and body. There was a remake, but rent the one with KIM NOVACK.\n\nIt might get you some real INSIGHTS as to your behavior.
148669
No definite answer. But some guidelines: \n1. Write things down. Keep a diary or some kind of journal, and every night or morning, spend a little time reviewing and remembering your plan for the day.\n2. Keep things as simple as you can, depending on your life, of course. The fewer things you have to remember, the more details you will be able to remember about each one.\n3. Turn off the TV. It numbs your brain.\n4. Eat some fat. Real milk, organic eggs for breakfast. The vitamins in these are necessary for your nerves and brain to function properly. Stay away from sugar, it's a drug that burns out your dopamine levels and enhances other addictive behaviors. Artificial sweeteners ditto.
235279
i think it's time for an intervention, your addicted
642398
Cold turkey is the only way.  Cigarettes have been proven to be more addictive than heroine but you can quit.  I did--10 years ago after smoking for 26 years and my husband also did after smoking for 34 years.  For me, I realized that I was more addicted to the oral fixation part.  I simply quit lighting the cigarettes.  This way, I could go through the motions of smoking (holding, puffing, flicking pretend ashes and blowing no smoke out) and still get rid of the addiction.  It was weird in a way because people would ask me if I needed a light and I would say, "No thanks, I don't smoke." even though I had the cigarette in my hand.  It took a year (the carton lasted that long) but I have no desire to smoke anymore.  My husband, on the other hand, went to a religious convention one weekend and purposely left his cigarettes at home.  He never smoked again.\n\nWhich brings me to a second point--it really helps to be seriously motivated and include prayer in your struggle.  Both of us did this and feel it would have been much harder (maybe impossible) if we hadn't.
1001201
none-this is my secret addiction - Am afraid to tell anyone I am on here!
326737
Rent the movie "Blow" at the video store and this gives you a pretty good insight on the life of a cocaine addict.\nIt;t staring Johnny Depp.  then goggle cocaine on the net\nand get the whole perspective of the drug and how it is grown\nand where it comes from.. Good Luck
633171
Any addiction is harmful. If you feel like you can go for a while without, do it. If you can't, then you have developed a dependence, pscyhological rather than biological. \nEverything in moderation. There is no reason you can't do that every day, but no reason why you should. The best thing to do is learn self-control and learn to control your mind, the same way we control our bodies and make them stronger by lifting weights.
752048
I have seen people resolve their co dependancy by transfering their additction to something else, aclohol, drugs, even sex, for the feeling of closeness to another person.  The first step from my understanding is to reslove the addictive personality.  Usually when one has an addiction it is from a traumatic experience, first exposure to something and trying to relive that experience, or simply a predisposition to dependancy.  That is what the therapy should focus on, the underlying issue, not the symptom of co dependancy.
364918
GET BUSY , GO IN A TRIP WITH FREINDS THAT DO NOT DRINK AND ASK THEM TO KEEP YOU AWAY , PLAY GAMES OR SPORTS OF ANY KIEND KEEP YOUR SELF AS BUSY AS YOU CAN DON'T EVER LET YOUR SELF FEEL BORED\nCHANGE INVIORMANT AND DRINKING FREINDS , KEEP AWAY FROM THEM EAT WELL GET EXHOUSTED SO YOU CAN SLEEP WELL \nSEE A DOCTOR IF YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR SELF FROM DRINKING \nEAT AND DRINK PLANTY OF OTHER BEVREAGES , YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T DRINK MUCH IF YOU FEEL FULL !\nWATER CLEANSE THE BLOOD SO DRINK PLANTY OF WATER TO GET RID OF THE ALCHOOL IN YOUR BLOOD \nREAD ABOUT DRINKING PROBLEMS , AND REMEMBER , PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE TANDENCY TO DRINK ARE VERY SENSETIVE PEOPLE WHO NEEDS TO RUN AWAY FROM THERE IMOTIONS , BE KIEND WITH YOUR SELF DO NOT PUNISH YOUR BODY. TRY TO FIX WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR LIFE BY ACCEPTING IT IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT . IT IS VERY HARD I KNOW , BUT YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU LEARN HOW TO FORGIVE YOUR SELF , IT IS ALRIGHT TO MAKE MISTAKES EVEN THE ONES THAT CAN NEVER BE FIXED AGAIN ... THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY TO MAKE IT UP TO WHOM EVER YOU HURT INCLUDING YOUR SELF MAYEBE IT WILL NEVER BE AS PERFECT AS YOU WANT THINGS TO BE \nBUT IT IS SUCH A RELIFE ... GIVE BY GIVING LOVE OR JOY YOU RECIVE LOVE AND JOY \nIT IS SO RWARDING TO LOVE YOUR SELF AND FORGIVE YOUR SELF IT IS OK TO SCREW UP WE ALL DO ... NO ONE IS PERFECT NOT EVEN YOU .. MAYEBE IT IS HARD TO BELIVE BUT THIS IS LIFE \nIF YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD ARROUND BE SURE YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR SELF , WHAT ARE YOU RUNING AWAY FROM ?\nSTOP RUNING
899990
if you wanna stop all you have to do is use self control. it will be hard if your that "addicted" but if you put your mind to it, i think you can stop.
345260
I am addicted . . . sorry I am a junkie.
727227
hey u r not addict,,,,, dont think so addiction is something else,,, its just ur craze.. coz u have never done before,, thats it ,,,,,
610880
I think anything can be an addiction if you let it consume your thoughts and actions.   The way to cure an addiction like that would be to change your thought pattern by finding other things to think about - like reading a NON SEXUAL magazine or running/walking.  Also, identify life's priorities and work towards your goals.  I don't think sex is HIGH on the 'must get done to live good life list'!
207524
Eat less.\n\nEven relatively thinner people eat too much.\n\nIt also helps to be in the body so as to know what is\n\ngood for the body. Meditation can help in this respect.\n\nYou must treat your relationship with food as an addiction.\n\nAnd like with most addictions, there is a lot of pain\n\nunderneath the addiction. Food is a way of escaping this\n\nmoment.