addictions

[gwynwas]

Anyone have thoughts on a heathen or pagan approach to dealing with alcohol addiction?

(haven't posted here for since before the great crash)

[volcaniclastic]

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Anyone have thoughts on a heathen or pagan approach to dealing with alcohol addiction?

(haven't posted here for since before the great crash)

Just stop drinking.

[Maria de Luna]

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Replace anything you would drink which is alcoholic with something else, find a way to drink water....

[Lilium of the Valley]

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brainwash yourself into seriously believing you dont need it and just dont drink it...everytime you feel the urge to, drink a gallon of water, or at least as much of the gallon as you can...

[monsno_leedra]

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brainwash yourself into seriously believing you dont need it and just dont drink it...everytime you feel the urge to, drink a gallon of water, or at least as much of the gallon as you can...

That can be more dangerous than drinking potentially. The water lower the electrolite count in the body and can actually cause death if to much is consumed. If done in moderation not to dangerous but if done as a replacement for another habit or to extreme collapse is certain. The US has had a few cases in recent years of people trying to drink as much water as they can to win some contest in a little time and dying from it.

I think the first thing though is that one has to really want to quit otherwise they will only keep going on. Replacing one addiction with another usually does not make it better regardless of what the new addiction is.

I know when I quit smoking it was cold turkey and a personal desire that I actually wanted to quite. But the critical aspect was that I wanted to quit for myself not because of someone else.

[anunitu]

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Yup addictions are mostly(sometimes) in the mind,but there is the physical aspects that can be really dangerous when quitting.

[Aeran]

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Seriously? "Just stop drinking"? "Drink water instead"? For a community which is usually pretty intelligent and understanding, you guys are really bloody stupid and ignorant when it comes to addiction.

[anunitu]

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Do you perhaps think finding(put spiritual being here) and just letting go in the hands of your Deity would be more effective than just quitting?

[maybeimawitch]

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Have you looked into AA? not all of them are overtly christian and the "higher power" thing can be any thing you like.

[anunitu]

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I used to drink like a fish,and I just came to the point it made no sense,and I just stopped. Might not work for everyone but it did for me.

[maybeimawitch]

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I used to drink like a fish,and I just came to the point it made no sense,and I just stopped. Might not work for everyone but it did for me.

That suggests that you weren't actually addicted then

[anunitu]

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This was full blown lost weekends and blackouts,waking up in strange place.

[gwynwas]

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Thanks for the responses all. It is a hard situation. Personally I have been able to quit my own addictions pretty easily when I put my mind to it, but for this person who is very close to me, she struggles and has a family history and comes from a Finnish lineage, so I think the addiction has a physiological component for her and she's gone back and forth but still struggles. She's tried AA but besides the religious stuff to AA she has low tolerance for trite answers.

[anunitu]

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As to physical addiction,I was most likely very close or addicted,because I did get the DT's and that was one reason I began to want to quit.

[Juniper]

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Seriously? "Just stop drinking"? "Drink water instead"? For a community which is usually pretty intelligent and understanding, you guys are really bloody stupid and ignorant when it comes to addiction.

Excuse me? I didn't see you post a better option. It's alright to disagree with what's been said but it's an entirely different thing to insult everyone that has posted here so far. I suggest you stop this particular attitude, very quickly.