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Admitting Your Addiction


© Traute Klein, biogardener

Jan 31, 2005


Addiction takes many forms. All of them are harmful to someone, even those which are condoned by society. Admitting your addiction is the first step in kicking the habit.

Addiction Series

    This is an article in a series on addiction. The others are linked below.

Forms of Addiction

    Addiction comes in many colors. Society condemns some of them while condoning others, yet all of them are harmful to someone.
  • The drug addict or alcoholic probably hurts himself more than anyone else, and our North American society judges him most harshly. There is lots of help available for those who admit their addiction and seek help.
  • The smoker affects his own health as well as that of the people around him, and many children suffer from respiratory problems for all their lives on account of their parents' addiction.
  • The sex addict probably hurts his spouse the most. Many marriages break up because the addict prefers to think of himself as virile rather than addicted.
  • The coffee junkie's addiction is probably condoned most readily. Many stores and businesses offer free coffee to their employees and customers. No one condemns the coffee drinker.
    To me, one addiction is as bad as any other, because all of them hurt someone.
    My husband is hopelessly addicted to coffee. He does not get it at home, but sneaks to coffee shops daily to feed his addiction. He supposedly is going on all kinds of errands, but I am not gullible enough to buy his stories. He insists that he is not addicted. Supposedly he is drinking coffee because the Harvard Medical News is promoting the drinking of coffee as a health measure. Give me a break!
    An addict will find all kinds of ridiculous reasons to justify his addiction. I won't even look at the Harvard News evidence. Ernie's doctors have told me that his bones are deteriorating from his lifelong caffeine consumption. I am awakened every single night and have to listen to him moaning and groaning with arthritic pain. I am afraid to touch him because he has so many spots which are acutely painful. I might feel sorry for him, if he were willing to stop undermining his health. I cry every night because I am not able to help a person who refuses to admit to his addiction.

Admission is the Key

    Let me quote some comments made by a lady who shared her story in a discussion on Dr. Weil in February 2000:
      I took advantage of a recent severe bladder infection to go "cold turkey" on caffeine. I had no idea until then how addicted I really was! The detox took a whole week, with excruciating periodic headaches throughout. Each time the headaches came, I almost gave up and reached for the Excedrin or a cup of strong coffee, tea, or cola but managed not to. Now, two weeks later, I have lived through what I thought I couldn't bear, am completely caffeine-free, and have not had a headache (which used to be a daily occurrence) since!

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Here's the follow-up discussion on this article: View all related messages
5.   Dec 31, 2003 2:21 PM
even out in the fields of fruit trees that grow the apples we are famous for!
You mean there are coffee stands on your farms?
Like show piece farms?
Happy New Year Jerri a ...

-- posted by brisbaneartist
4.   Dec 31, 2003 9:41 AM
there are practically coffee stands on every block, even out in the fields of fruit trees that grow the apples we are famous for! Not only can you get espresso, but a triple shot. My husband goes fo ...

-- posted by jerrib
3.   Dec 29, 2003 8:49 PM
Here is Dr. Weil's Tip of the Day for November 11, 2003:
    Breaking Caffeine's Spell

    We may not think about it as we're having a second cup of coffee or another can of cola, but caffeine ...

    -- posted by biogardener
2.   Dec 29, 2003 12:08 PM
The coffee deteriorates the bones which causes arthritis, and the arthritis causes the pain.

-- posted by biogardener
1.   Dec 29, 2003 5:16 AM
"My husband is hopelessly addicted to coffee. He does not get it at home, but sneaks to coffee shops daily to feed his addiction. He supposedly is going on all kinds of errands, but I am n ...

-- posted by brisbaneartist



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