You left out poker.

:banghead:LMAO:clap:

We should form a ChiefsPlanet Posters Anonymous group. We'll meet here and post....wait a minute.....

This isn't what I do for a living of course, but I would guess that you will have to figure that one out before you are able to conquer this entirely bud. Look deep and try to do just that. You may have to seek help to figure it out too.

I tried that - took up coffee to try to cut back on soda. I just ended up drinking the same amount of soda AND additional coffee. :rolleyes:

Now I just figure the soda is fairly mild, as vices go (though it is getting expensive).

what's this quiting? quiting is for losers....

I didn't. Al Davis fired me. / L. Kiffin

No, seriously dude. To quit something you really have to want to do it for yourself. Good luck.

Sounds exactly like what Endelt would say.

Iv'e had an addiction for a long long time, just can't break it. Years of madness of highs and lows sweat and tears. Makes me happy makes me sad I will never break my addiction though...

Chiefs Football is in my blood :arrow:

Damn SR...sorry to hear about your issues...

Had troubles once with Rx pain killers. Had to seek professional help.

Yeah, but at least you guys have those topless barista places up there. I might lay down ten bucks for a cup of coffee with too much sugar in it, too.

Cold fuggin turkey.


Everytime.

This comment made me LOL. However, it's fairly resonant in your instance SR. Make this place, and this thread specifically, your resource when you're craving, losing hope, etc. I'm a newbie here, but the subject is something that transcends well past this board, and certainly applies to many more people.

Personally, I have my reservations about my own behavior. I don't smoke or drink-- until the weekend. And then, for whatever reason, it's a near guarantee that I'm going to end up drinking in excess (Friday nights especially), swear off drinking the next day, and reluctantly going out (peer pressure) Saturday evening and repeating. It's truly a drain on my body, and my wallet. That might be what eventually knocks the habit.

The truly strangest thing is, I'm the guy that all smokers hate: the drinking smoker. I rarely, if ever, have any inclination towards cigs during the week-- the smell actually disgusts me-- yet, get me in the mindset of partying, and I crave to no end. I literally smoke as much in a couple hours as some do in a day. Mind-boggling. But it does lead me to believe that everything is related to will-power and mind-over-matter behavior. I'm trying to curb this behavior, since drinking in moderation isn't apparently in my nature-- but I don't want to risk losing my best friends in the world, who center most of their actions on activities involving alcohol. It'll be tough, but it's got to happen. Something's gotta give: health or my "fun" Fridays.

I think those smoking commercials ("Become an Ex") are the absolute truth: if you can re-learn to do certain simple tasks without alcohol, cigs, drugs- whatever your vice-- you can re-learn to do anything. My personal goal is drinking IN MODERATION (the litmus being no hangover), and not smoking again. Ever.

So, best of luck to you, SR and DP. Use this thread ad nausea to vent, or whatever. Know that we're behind you, and we, for whatever it's worth, expect you to keep up with this.

Move. Do something drastic to get out of your routine. Go somewhere where your drinking buddies can't find you - preferably 1 block away from YMCA and/or your new church. Get a new routine and change your lifestyle.