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    HEALTHY addictions

    I just quit smoking and drinking a few weeks ago (and have gradually been eliminating all of my vices).

    I tend to switch addictions. Like, when I quit doing speed a few years ago, I started taking painkillers.

    Lately, I compensate by binging.

    I was reading that I should try to replace my harmful addictions with healthy ones.

    What healthy addictions do you have? I need ideas.

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    Fruit. I need lots of it and munch on it all the time.

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    Yogurt. Mmmmm

    Grooming myself is a healthy addiction that I have also.
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    Shopping!
    Oh wait... it's not that healthy and can put you in debt...

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    lol.....I quit my shopping habit to pay for drugs. I should really pick it up again. AND become a workaholic.

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    I totally do that, trade one vice for another. I wonder if there's a way to just stop doing bad stuff. I guess that would be willpower. And I apparently lack any (unless it's my will to do stuff I shouldn't be doing!).

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    Stripperweb!


    Promote yourself and earn more money! This is a business that is owned by strippers for strippers. Let's make that money!


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    peppermint tea
    vere chocolate bars (they are healthy to me)
    sprouts!

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    organic super dark chocolate
    trimming my cuticles (okay, this is bad, I overdo it)
    flossing (like ten times a day - I actually hide my flossing habit so people won't think I'm weird)
    q-tips: eargasms
    and masturbating

    I am trying to acquire a yoga habit.



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    Oh, that's right. I forgot to mention masturbating. Orgasms actually help your immune system.. so at least you are doing it for your health.

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    ^^^ my silver bullet died recently.

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    I know how you feel. I had this vibe with the strongest power I've ever felt anywhere. I'm talking, like, instant ecstasy. Make sure everybody leave and lock yourself in your room all day type happiness. And yes, it died. I couldn't fix it. I think a part of me died as well.
    Ok, maybe TMI, sorry.

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    ^^^ lol i have to get a new one asap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lena View Post
    organic super dark chocolate
    trimming my cuticles (okay, this is bad, I overdo it)
    flossing (like ten times a day - I actually hide my flossing habit so people won't think I'm weird)
    q-tips: eargasms
    and masturbating

    I am trying to acquire a yoga habit.

    I floss all the time too...lmao

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    get a cup of green tea when you feel like you are going to binge. it speeds up your metabolism too
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    I used to be addicted to fruits and veggies. I don't love them as much now, because I spent 8 months eating processed food... damn, that stuff really is addictive!

    I also used to be addicted to running. I didn't run fast, or terribly far, but if I didn't go run over the causeway between the mainland and the key every night I felt like I was missing something exciting. Nothing exciting ever happened, of course... it was just me, a few cars, some birds, sometimes a stingray in the water, a manatee.

    I've lost all my healthy addictions. All I like now is worrying and cigarettes.

    Oh wait I am addicted to handwashing. And cleaning whatever restaurant I happen to be working in. I'm addicted to the use of industrial degreaser. I'm not sure if that's good though.
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    Reading things on the Internets

    Cleaning

    Ramen Noodles (ha ha, just kidding. They are way fattening.)

    Yankee Candles (NO shit, I have one burning all the time.)

    Exercise

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    Foam rolling and foot massage thingamajigs.

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    Water...I actually start to feel panicky if the water level goes down past a certain point in the cup/bottle I'm drinking out of. This started....probably 3 or 4 years ago when I made a concentrated effort to lose about 15 lbs. Bonus: no more UTI's and clearer skin!

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    ^^ I'm the same way. I will not leave home without it. I will not walk around the city without it.

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    Ocd cleaning and making thing symmetrical, oh wait.... maybe thats just crazy.

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    I'm addicted to blogging and being crafty. Seriously, I constantly write blogs about everything. I keep one on MySpace and I keep another on the Despair Faction. As for crafts, this typically manifests itself by taking on insane hand-sewing projects such as whipping up a new outfit for every rave I go to specially crafted for that particular event. Pants, bikini tops, skirts, booty shorts, whatever I may want to wear.

    My worst healthy addiction though is edumacating myself. I am a hardcore CNN junkie (have been for almost a decade now, I watched Wolf Blitzer after school in middle school) and when I'm not looking at news sites, my nose is usually stuck in some book somewhere. Mostly I read about music history, with a little theory on the side from time to time.
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    yeah, sex addiction is what i have, masturbating can become compulsive and unhealthy. who'da figured?
    I am coming to terms with my addictive personality-thats a good step!

    i would recommend house cleaning, taking good care of oneself for good healthy habits. and exercise. and writing in a journal if you have lots of stressful thoughts.
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    ^ I used to masturbate AT LEAST 3 times a day. When I started taking speed, I became so horny that I'd take days off of school and just masturbate all day. Now that I'm off of it (and perpetually bloated), I can't even do it once a week.

    Journal writing is a good one though.

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    compulsive shower-taker
    lush
    good soup
    tanning lotion!
    house cleaning
    bottled water

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