Nicotine Addiction :: I Want To Stop Smoking
I want to stop smoking. I used to smoke in high school and then got pregnant and stopped cold turkey without any problems, then 7 years ago I started smoking again (long story) but started smoking again due to some very stressful events in my life. Anyway, my father in law just passed away about a week ago from a heart attack (but he was also fighting lung cancer that spread to his hip and brain). So now I am really thinking about quiting. My question is how/ what is the best way to quit. I have no health insurance right now, so taking prescription meds is out of the question. I also have high blood pressure.
View 1 RepliesNicotine Addiction :: Does Smoking Stop Puberty
I am 14 and i have just started smoking and i am 4 inch penis and some hair and i just wonder does smoking stop puberty happening ?
View 4 RepliesHow To Get Rid Of Masturbation Addiction?
i m addicted to mastrubation, can anyone help me to leave it?
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View 4 RepliesCannabis Addiction :: My Journey To Stop Smoking Marijuana
I am 18 years old and have 1 semester left of high school. i started smoking marijuana when i was 15. i lived in a small town but made friends with a person that could get me whatever amount i could pay for as fast as he got the text asking. i now live in the next town over which is a very small city and have several people in my contacts that know to ask on a weekly basis how much i need without me texting them first. my parents are divorced and i live with my mom. my mom works out of state, so she gets up at 4 am and is home around 730-8 pm. so she is never around to know what is happening at home. she works with lawyers and makes excellent money so getting money for my addiction has never been a problem. iv been smoking close to non-stop since the time i've started,but have also been smoking cigarettes for the same amount of time.
i have tried several times in the past to stop (i say stop because out of the other times i have tried i have used the term "quit" which is a more permanent term and puts more anxiety on me when i think about weed on my attempts to stop). my most successful time was this past summer when i was working with my cousin that owns his own construction business. since my entire family shuns people like me who smoke anything or are not straight edge i did not do it before i went to work for him so he wouldn't know. and it was also easier to cut back because i was working for him almost every day, which put me around people that did not smoke and did not even talk about it. right now most of the people in my town and around me smoke (except for my mother which does not know about this addiction because i have tried to bring it up in the past but the way she handles it puts me in a position were im to stressed out and resort back to it) i can walk down my street and ask a random person if they know were i can get weed and can most likely get weed (i have done this several times and it has worked) so its been hard trying to find someone that can help me through the withdrawls without tempting me back into it.
im on my 3rd day without weed. i went cold turkey after the new year. the withdrawal symtoms that i can see right now is that my sleep is not what it used to be. i just can't fall asleep as peacefully as before when i smoked and i cant stay asleep either. my appetite is lower, though i eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner so that's not a concern. i also don't want to go out in public that much anymore or do things. and when i get into a stressful situation i don't know how to overcome that stress because i used to always resort to weed to help. i've tried reading and doing stress workouts but they don't seem to help calm that voice that says "hey everything will be better once you get weed" and the two biggest and hardest symptoms is that when i don't have something to do, or start thinking about the time that i have free now, i feel depressed and bored and worried. because smoking used to take up that time and i felt happy and relaxed even when i was just sitting there high. the second thing is that i know im addicted. but at times when people tell me that you cant get addicted to weed and i start to think of how fine i feel without it i feel as though they are right and that i can smoke this one time with that person without starting to do it constantly again. but that is how i kept getting back into it in the past.
i need to stop because i really want to join the army which would keep me out of smoking weed but the big step is to stop it now so i can join. i have started to talk to a recruiter and can be sent out for boot camp in 9 months. but if i don't find a way to overcome the willingness to smoke i won't be able to go. i would appreciate so much if people could share with me how they overcame the urges, especially around other smokers and on weekends when that was my get out and smoke with a lot of other smokers time. and other things that helped people out.
Nicotine Addiction :: Hypnosis Helped Me To Stop Smoking
I used to smoke a lot. I won’t exaggerate if I say that I smoked almost 2 packs of cigarettes daily. My friend got me into quitting smoking. At the end I agreed to try with hypnosis. And I must admit that a hypnotist helped me to stop smoking. Are there any similar people here?
View 1 RepliesCannabis Addiction :: Time For Me To Stop Smoking Weed
I've been smoking a blunt or more everyday since last summer. and its time to stop. i haven't smoked in 4 days and i feel like im going crazy! i feel really depressed and angry and tired. im kinda scared to admit it but i feel retarded. straight up retarded, like when i hangout with my friends i feel like i don't belong there and i feel like im doing EVERYTHING wrong.. before i smoked i didn't feel this way once.
my question is are theses symptoms normal? and how long till im "normal" again?
Sexual Health :: Daily Masturbation Addiction
I'm 26 yrs male. I am addicted to masturbation that I can't sleep without doing it once in a day. I never had sex with girl.Iam not married yet.so I am frightened. From my teens I started to masturbate when I was 14 yrs old.I can't control the habit somehow at the end f the day I will end up masturbating.in some days I will masturbate 3 times.In normal I will do 7-10 tyms for seven days.How to control this habits.without watching porn I can't survive a day.If i am not watching porn I will masturbate of my imagination of beautiful gals who I would have seen...Imagination play gets started.
So how to control this.Do this habit leads to erectile dysfunction.When I get married will I be able to lead a normal sex lyf with my wife.
I had heard that regular masturbation lowers sperm count.will I become impotent due to I have masturbated for almost 12 years.
Another when I laid down and masturbate I have a mild pain nearby lower stomach ie intestine area.But after masturbation it becomes normal.
Do hair fall due to regular masturbation
I have lost hair density in ma crown area f head.
Do anyone facing same symptoms and situation. pls suggest me some ideas Iam very much worried.....do regular masturbation s dangerous for health?
Breasts Wont Stop Growing, How Can I Stop Them?
My breasts won't stop growing, how can i stop them, at the end of last year i was a 10DD/E (32DD-32DDD/F american sizing ) i'm now bulging out of a 10i (32J american )i can't go up a back size as a 10 is already loose..
View 1 RepliesCo-codamol Addiction - 20-30 Per Day
My boyfriend takes 30/500 co codamol and he takes 20-30 a day, you may think this is a lot but that is because my boyfriend has been addicted to them for the past 6 years after being given these tablets following his tonsillectomy.When he wakes in the morning he has bad cramps and my bed is soaking wet this is due to the fact that he's an addict and the codeine has worn off. When he has tried coming off them he has the same symptoms as a heroin addict in cold turkey. He is now gets a daily prescription and is down to fifteen a day but he now takes codeine phosphate as the paracetamol in the co-codamol causes constipation which can't be good on the bowels. He is only 26 and this addiction has made his life sometimes unbearable. I know that if he could turn back time he would never had taken co codamol.
View 25 RepliesAddiction :: Best Way To Get Off Methadone ?
Have been taking methadone for a few years now and got all the way down from 40 mgs to 10mgs a day. I can't seem to get much further down. Does anyone know the best way to just stop taking this med all together?
View 1 RepliesAddiction :: How To Get Off Methadone
I'm 25 years old my dad is 50 and has been on a methadone maintenance program for the past 8 years before that he was a heroin addict for about 12-15 years the past year me and my family have been trying to convince my father to kick the methadone he always says how its a deadly withdraw and when he does taper down he always goes back up sometime higher than he was before which really makes me think he just like the way it makes him feel (gets him high for free) recently my mother has went with him to his program and talked with counselors about him getting off my father has hepatitis and he was always a thin man ever since the methadone his stomach has gotta very large i feel the methadone is killing my father.
View 2 RepliesAddiction :: Diphenhydramine Since 4 Years?
Im psychologically addicted to diphenhydramine since 4 years now...Anyone has been or currently addicted to this stuff? It seems to be an extremely rare addiction..
View 10 RepliesViagra Addiction - Using It For 12 Years
I'm 44 yrs old and i have been using Viagra for 12 years for recreational use, how do i wean myself off, i have tried having sex without Viagra but i can not achieve a full erection or an erection at all if i don't take the pill, i have been to my GP and to my urologist and have done blood test and had my testosterone check and all is normal.
View 1 RepliesCannabis Addiction :: Getting Paranoid On Pot
i recently went on a bit of a bender on weed this week. i don't normally smoke it, maybe once every 2 months or whenever i get offered some, i stayed round my mates and we did a fair bit, i had about 10 or so cones (that doesn't really sound a lot does it).
i got home later that day, and just started freaking out, i felt sh*t, and then i kept on thinking 'im gonna stay this way forever' and 'you've changed permanently, you're not you anymore' i started sitting on the computer and started telling my friend my problem and got even more freaked out, even now im freaking out, i was shaking thinking im gonna stay like with this sort of paranoia.
is this normal?
i stopped taking anti-depressants a couple months back as well.
is there anything i can start taking to stop me feeling this way or will i get over it in a couple days, this is eating me from the inside.
Alcoholism :: Beer Addiction
It's been about a year now that we've moved to Germany. At first I would try one beer a night 2-4 times a week. Slowly it's gotten worse to the point that every night I now drink at least 4 half liters (17oz each) every single night and I can't remember the last time I didn't drink. It seems like everyday I wake up and promise myself I won't drink today but I just can't not drink.... The beer is just so damn good I can't get enough of it; and it's super cheap too.
It hasn't caused any problems with my family or daily routine aside from me being tired all the time.
Oxycodone Hcl 5 Mg Addiction Concern
I am concerned about getting addicted to these oxycodone. I had back surgery and was told to take 1 to 2 pills every 4 to 6 hours. I am a recovering alcoholic also. I take 1 pill every 6 hours for the past month and in my mind I know when its been 6 hours. I have been reading a few of these posts about people on these oxycodone. I feel like I am hooked on these things already and I do not need that problem. It sounds like these are bad news. I still have back pain and need a painkiller. So my question is am I just paranoid by reading all the other posts or should I ask my doctor for another pain killer and get off these now?
View 5 RepliesAddiction :: I'm Becoming Alcohol Dependent
I've been a moderate-heavy drinker for about 10yrs now. In 2009 I poisoned my liver which I recovered from by abstaining from alcohol & by taking Milk Thistle tabs. I have learned to listen to my body & can usually tell when I've overdone it before much damage is done. However for several reasons like my social life & stress level increasing (unrelated), I've been drinking a lot more lately. I drink every day & have started drinking from 11:00am to bed time on weekends. I always felt I could stop anytime until now. And recently I've been having dizzy spells, felt light headed, weak & tired. I've also started losing my sense of taste at times & headaches are starting to become frequent. I've always been aware of the signs so when I started having more than one at one time I started to worry. I'm trying to change my thought process to think of alternatives to drink when I'm thirsty & fight the urge but currently, the idea of a non alcoholic drink is unappealing & seems tasteless by comparison to an alcoholic drink. I also think I've become Anemic to some degree, which is what lead me to this site. I have started becoming breathless & although I'm mildly Asthmatic, this doesn't feel Asthma related. My diet hasn't been the best lately which is largely affected by lifestyle & partner but I'm slowly changing this.
I should also mention that I have ADD & take 3 Dexamphetamines daily. I was diagnosed 18 yrs ago when I was 17. I have had my thyroid checked & it's ok. A few weeks ago at my last Psych appointment, my blood pressure was high (unusual for me) & my blood sugar levels low. My psych is aware of my drinking habits.
What I want to know is what can/should I take as a dietary supplement to help my body recover & what have other people done to overcome alcohol addiction?
I'm not into AA meetings. I'm not in denial about this & I don't think group therapy would help me.
Addiction :: Intravenous Methamphetamine Use
large bumps appearing after injections. One particular area of injection seems to be getting larger, swelling up the last two days and turning a brighter red in the area of injection. I cannot go to dr. must keep low profile. The funny thing is it doesn't hurt CAN AN ABSCESSED NOT HURT? I have never heard of one being painless. Do hot packs make a big difference and how often should I administer one? Also, what over the counter medications or remedies can I do myself?
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