Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by spaetzleesser on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:50PM
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I have repeatedly tried to stop eating pastries and candy but can’t do it. I can’t imagine how much willpower it takes to get off truly addictive drugs.
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by mywittyname on Thursday February 18, 2021 @02:15PM
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Sweets can be very addictive.
You addiction might seem trivial in comparison, but you could be experiencing something quite similar to someone who is addicted to a "hard" substance.
My wife for example has struggled to quit smoking for at least 10 years. As in very hardcore struggle.
When I was young my father managed to quit from a 3 pack a day habit to nothing cold turkey. But it was obviously pretty tough on him during the process and took a couple of years to really break out of.
My brother has a pretty bad pot addiction, a relatively harmless drug with almost no known chemical mechanism for addiction. Yet he can't shake it and it's haunted him his entire life.
I'm a bit like you w/r to tobacco. I occasionally smoke cigars and have played around with cigarettes from time to time. Once I lose interest I just stop and it's over. No urge or desire or anything else.
On the other hand, I have a bad day at work and all I want to do is shove shit food in my mouth.