Withdrawals

[hedonist_bot]

Getting off a substance you’re addicted to is really hard. My heart goes out to anyone attempting to quit smoking or any other kind of drug. I’m struggling to get off caffeine - and that’s a legal drug. No one warns you however that it IS an addictive substance and affects your daily performance. Not to say that I think it is evil or anything: it’s

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[ayla22]

It's not uncommon for someone kicking a habit to latch on to something else, often something that is a lesser evil. Studies into people in institutions quitting smoking have shown that a vast majority of them take to the incessant chewing of gum or binging on food. Gum which isn't necessarily the nicotine sort, that is.

To throw an Edie tidbit in here, Edie Sedgwick apparently managed to break her addiction to coccaine by using speed. But then she just got hooked on the latter... hmm.

Has sugar managed to fill some of the hole left by your withdrawal from caffeine? I imagine it potentially could.

[hedonist_bot]

Did you say sugar? Where?

I've resorted to eating a lot of food, sugar based or not.

Only one caffeinated drink today - a diet coke.

[miss_gracie]

I've stopped consuming caffeine, and it was difficult at first, but I'm over it now. The hardest part is when I go to cafes to meet friends - no coffee, no tea (and no alcohol), what do I drink? I won't drink decaf because the chemicals they use to decafienate coffee are worse than the caffiene itself.

[hedonist_bot]

You have to have some kind of vice Gracie, or else live is not worth living :)

[miss_gracie]

Au contraire, mon ami. ;) I feel fantastic! The way I see it, I had enough vices in the past to last me a lifetime.