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A question for people who have quit drinking soda or eating sugar?

Question by Heath.r: A question for people who have quit drinking soda or eating sugar?
1. How hard was it to do so?
2. What kind of cravings did you have?
3. How long did the cravings last?

Anything else like that. Any tips on doing this would be… Continue reading

Marinol Withdrawal Question?

Question by Buster Friskers: Marinol Withdrawal Question?
My wife, a cancer patient, is very wary of pain medication due to the extremely addictive nature of it.

She has been prescribed 10 mg Marinol, with a dose twice a day for appetite. She does not care for the psychoactive effects… Continue reading

A serious question — How to go about an intervention for someone close to you?

Question by Autumn&&Deven: A serious question — How to go about an intervention for someone close to you?
I’m not going to get too deep into detail, but someone I know, my mother has had a serious addiction to pain killers, really hard ones and it won’t stop. Its… Continue reading

any advice? (binge eating question; re-posted in correct section)?

Question by cellochica_3: any advice? (binge eating question; re-posted in correct section)?
So since the time I was about 13, I’ve bounced from one disorder to another (always mild, generally obsessive or compulsion related), now it would appear i’m on to binging. out of control eating, cannot stop, for… Continue reading

A question about heroin?

Question by J.C.: A question about heroin?
If you take heroin long enough, you can build up tolerance and physical dependence to the drug so that you’ll have to take more of it to get high, and if you stop taking it, you will go through withdrawal. What I’m… Continue reading

Question about 12 step program and the powerless bit?

Question by Jigi: Question about 12 step program and the powerless bit?
I was a smoker for close to 30 years. I started when I was 11 and quit about a year and a half ago.
I tried many times and would usually last only a couple of days.… Continue reading