alcohol, drugs and coffee addictions

[Guest guest]

Congrats Louise and Shari!!!

 

I am now 12 yrs alcohol and recreational drug free, but it was quitting the

coffee that was tough for me. It has been about 1 year...I don't even eat

desserts with coffee, Coffee Crisp choc bars, nothing.

 

I used to drink up to 15 cups a day - black. I still would love to have a

cup of coffee. Does that ever go away? I don't really miss the alcohol or drugs,

but oh, it's going to be a long time before I forget coffee. It's socially

acceptable to be addicted to coffee. It seems to be a tougher decision than

quitting the other two, though not less important.

Lacey

 

>>29 years alcohol and drug free here.

 

Louise

 

--- In _rawfood@rawf_ (rawfood ) , " SV "

<shavig wrote:

>

> Hey Bill, are you a friend of Bill's? I've not had any alcohol for

19 years and 8 months.

>

> Shari V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Yep, coffee is a big one. I still am drawn to it on Saturday mornings at a 6

a.m. meeting I attend. I go in spurts. Don't drink it at all for a few weeks

and then a cup creeps back in and I go another few weeks with two cups on

Saturdays. Then I stop, it's one of those cycles I'm having trouble breaking.

Especially living in Starbucks country! The owner of Starbucks used to sit in

front of us at the Sonic basketball games (he owned the team) and would be

forever giving out free vouchers. Guess I could have gifted someone, which I

did a lot, but not always............

 

Here's to eliminating the most prevelant drug on the planet from our bodies!!!

Cheers! Raising a glass of fresh apple/ginger juice.......

 

Shari

 

 

[Guest guest]

As soon as I realized that it was caffeine (coffee, really) that triggered my

migraines (which I didn't start getting until a couple years ago), I dropped it

cold turkey. And I would only have 2 cups of black a day! It's been about 6 or

7 months since I last drank any, so I don't miss drinking it at all anymore, BUT

I LOVE SMELLING FRESHLY GROUND COFFEE BEANS. That satisfies me and surprisingly

doesn't even make me want to drink any. Smelling it is enough!

Wine is so much harder to give up for me.

-Tiffany Lohr

 

SV <shavig wrote:

Yep, coffee is a big one. I still am drawn to it on Saturday mornings at a 6

a.m. meeting I attend. I go in spurts. Don't drink it at all for a few weeks and

then a cup creeps back in and I go another few weeks with two cups on Saturdays.

Then I stop, it's one of those cycles I'm having trouble breaking. Especially

living in Starbucks country! The owner of Starbucks used to sit in front of us

at the Sonic basketball games (he owned the team) and would be forever giving

out free vouchers. Guess I could have gifted someone, which I did a lot, but not

always............

Here's to eliminating the most prevelant drug on the planet from our bodies!!!

Cheers! Raising a glass of fresh apple/ginger juice.......

Shari

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Yup - that's a hard one alright. I went to Seattle to visit a friend

and came back with my coffee addiction. I was off it for 1 and half

years before the visit. Then I went off again for a year - came back

from Houston and now I have a cup a day! So not good.

 

Louise

 

rawfood , Tiffany <bluelairess wrote:

>

> As soon as I realized that it was caffeine (coffee, really) that

triggered my migraines (which I didn't start getting until a couple

years ago), I dropped it cold turkey. And I would only have 2 cups

of black a day! It's been about 6 or 7 months since I last drank

any, so I don't miss drinking it at all anymore, BUT I LOVE SMELLING

FRESHLY GROUND COFFEE BEANS. That satisfies me and surprisingly

doesn't even make me want to drink any. Smelling it is enough!

> Wine is so much harder to give up for me.

> -Tiffany Lohr

>

> SV <shavig wrote:

> Yep, coffee is a big one. I still am drawn to it on Saturday

mornings at a 6 a.m. meeting I attend. I go in spurts. Don't drink it

at all for a few weeks and then a cup creeps back in and I go another

few weeks with two cups on Saturdays. Then I stop, it's one of those

cycles I'm having trouble breaking. Especially living in Starbucks

country! The owner of Starbucks used to sit in front of us at the

Sonic basketball games (he owned the team) and would be forever

giving out free vouchers. Guess I could have gifted someone, which I

did a lot, but not always............

> Here's to eliminating the most prevelant drug on the planet from

our bodies!!! Cheers! Raising a glass of fresh apple/ginger

juice.......

> Shari

>

>

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[Guest guest]

There is quite a few of us recoverying alcoholics and addicts here

isn't there? Is it any wonder that some of us got to be cooked food

addicts too? Recovery just gears us toward the winners and more

natural. I think it is how deep we work our programs... what do you

think? Seems just a natural progression.

 

Louise

 

rawfood , laceapmom wrote:

>

>

> Congrats Louise and Shari!!!

>

> I am now 12 yrs alcohol and recreational drug free, but it was

quitting the

> coffee that was tough for me. It has been about 1 year...I don't

even eat

> desserts with coffee, Coffee Crisp choc bars, nothing.

>

> I used to drink up to 15 cups a day - black. I still would love to

have a

> cup of coffee. Does that ever go away? I don't really miss the

alcohol or drugs,

> but oh, it's going to be a long time before I forget coffee. It's

socially

> acceptable to be addicted to coffee. It seems to be a tougher

decision than

> quitting the other two, though not less important.

> Lacey

>

> >>29 years alcohol and drug free here.

>

> Louise

>

> --- In _rawfood@rawf_

(rawfood ) , " SV "

> <shavig@> wrote:

> >

> > Hey Bill, are you a friend of Bill's? I've not had any alcohol

for

> 19 years and 8 months.

> >

> > Shari V

 

[Guest guest]

I've been reading these posts about addiction. When I first started eating raw

almost 3 years ago I went through the first month or two white knuckling it -

cooked food, coffee, alcohol were out of my diet and I had no idea how to cope!

My health coach taught me his " Overcoming Addictions Without Willpower " program

and I have been able to stay 100% raw with no desire for anything else ever

since. Of course that's what I want for myself, too (to be 100% raw - not

everyone does). Anyway, he's still coaching and teaching it if anyone wants to

know about it, contact me off list.

 

Paula

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I agree, Louise. I think most of us have addictive personalities to some

degree, otherwise it wouldn't be hard to quit any kind of substance abuse.

Likewise, if we didn't have addictive personalities to some degree, I think it

would be a bit more difficult to get into the raw food habit at first.

-Tiffany Lohr

 

loulin3 <Joyloulin wrote:

There is quite a few of us recoverying alcoholics and addicts here isn't

there? Is it any wonder that some of us got to be cooked food addicts too?

Recovery just gears us toward the winners and more natural. I think it is how

deep we work our programs... what do you think? Seems just a natural

progression.

Louise

 

 

 

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