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I'd love some advice...how do you know when a hobby has gone bad and you are now an addict? Another teacher buddy and I began simply by trying something "different" but still "the same" now I feel like a druggy after my next hit, and it keeps getting stronger and harder...I really need to just OD and then I might get over this "habbit"...in other words how do you quit eating chocolate, and trying "better" brands, styles, and tastes? I think we're in trouble, as we are both bouncing off the walls these days...


"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

"how do you know when a hobby has gone bad and you are now an addict?"

If you have to question it, then you probably are. lol

The best way I have found to deal with chocolate or any other sweets for that matter is "cold turkey". I keep no sweets in the house except for honey. I use that in my coffee instead of sugar. Also if my sweet urge kicks up too much, I put honey & butter on a piece of bread.

I DO NOT run to the store if I want something sweet. The more you feed that craving, the worse it gets! It IS just like a drug addiction & the best way out is simply not to give in. If you do, you will just want more later. The urges die down more when you do without.

But if you slip & indulge............. then just pick yourself back up & resolve not to do it again. At least the time frame between indulgences is better than not even trying at all. It will be better with less sugar in your system & pretty soon you will discover that is easier to do without than to indulge & then try to recover from that. It's hard, but it gets easier with practice. I wish you luck!

Heidi, where the heck have ya been?

As long as you're not freebasing it, I think you'll be fine.

Or you could just hook yourself up to a car battery and give yourself a mild electric shock everytime you think about chocolate.

But probably the first step is to stop considering eating chocolate a "hobby".

Joe Potato

Hey Mr. Potatoe head :0 Dead laptop means Heidi disappears

*runs outside in the cold rain, connects self to truck battery, and pours chocolate onto potatoe, and....* ZAAAAPPPP

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

and pours chocolate onto potatoe

WOAH! Hey now. This is a G-rated site...

Joe Potato

I keep no sweets in the house except for honey. I use that in my coffee instead of sugar

I keep my honey in the bathroom and only use it on my hair. I can't stand the taste of the stuff.

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
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On your Hair!?

Please describe the process & the purpose of that.

Well, for me the antedote is easy.... Lent begins soon

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On your Hair!?

I'll start a new thread about it so we don't hijack Heidi's "addiction" thread.

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I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
~ Mae West

Heidi, didn't you know, that chocolate, especially dark chocolate is very high in antioxidants and good for you. My wife has even told me that there are no calories in chocolate either, so why worry.

Jim

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Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain