The best way to make the most of your efforts when trying to break that addiction is to have a great support team. It is not always possible for people to have good support teams because some people simply do not have the support they need. Some people could be short on friends or family members.

This is why forums like this are very popular and positive for everyone. These are the places where you can get that much needed support you may be looking for. If only from one or two people.

Support is key to try and go it alone makes the task so much more difficult, I am always willing to listen and discuss as I'm sure all of the users here are

The mere fact that people can anonymously freely tell about their problems and what they are going through in forums such as this already a big relief. The people here that are so willing to help is just an added plus.

I think it all started with me wanting to break my addiction. I really didn't have any one to support me but I felt that it all started with myself you know. If I didn't want it then it wouldn't matter who else wanted it for me.

Too when you are able to talk about it, then that generally means that you are ready for change to take place. For some people the realization that they have a problem is too big of a burden to bare. But for others it takes some drastic to happen in order to realize what is really going on.

It's relevant for all of us:

Stages of change is a cycle that can be left or entered or re entered in any phase of making change.

The first point is to make the descision to change then to prepair to change, Then that leads to making the change and the hardest part is maintaining the change.. Relapse can happen at any time but you can re-enter the cycle at any point

Cymru Am Byth wrote
It's relevant for all of us:
Stages of change is a cycle that can be left or entered or re entered in any phase of making change.
The first point is to make the descision to change then to prepair to change, Then that leads to making the change and the hardest part is maintaining the change.. Relapse can happen at any time but you can re-enter the cycle at any point

This is so very true. You have to acknowledge the problem, make the decision to change and then act upon that decision. Without all three elements you are not going to be very successful in your recovery. Thank you all so very much for responding and putting your input into this thread.

Please keep responding and adding what you think will help all of us.

That is so true you have to know that you have a problem. You have to tell yourself this to ever get and or find progress in your challenge of changing. First step is admittance.

I think that often those who are not in the predicament do not fully understand what a person can be going through, but even if you experience is not the same it could have made you have the same feelings as another person. I often think as well that those who need the help often forget we are human and that you can be forgiven and that you can change if you want to. changing for someone else or because they want you too will not work. You have to do it because you want to.

I'm detoxing my body at this time and it is very hard to stop doing things that you used to do everyday. It makes my day go by so slow because all I think about is what I used to do. I want to become alot more healthier so I have to force myself to break my body down and break my habits.

randle wrote
I'm detoxing my body at this time and it is very hard to stop doing things that you used to do everyday. It makes my day go by so slow because all I think about is what I used to do. I want to become alot more healthier so I have to force myself to break my body down and break my habits.

I could not agree with you more, some of the minor things that some people do not consider addictions such as soda and the like are something that need to be stopped and once you achieve that you then need to detox your body. I too am in that same process and it is very hard to give up what you are used to. being healthy is the key and you are taking the right steps in order to do this.

I have been doing this as well and have noticed a change in the texture of my skin. Caffeine dries out the skin and robs your body from all the fluid those organs need. I was drinking it like water at one point, therefore not getting what the skin needed to keep is soft looking. But now that it all changing.

Good luck on your healthier you and congrats for taking the steps needed to recognize and do it.

Soda and sweets have to be stoped they also kill us but we don't like to admit to it , we have to try and be healthy and live a better life

Thats true! Luckily there are forums like this that exist in cyberspace. It's also a great way to find support, encouragement and inspiration especially for those people that dont have families or friends that can give them support.

I think that a forum also gives those that want a sense of secrecy about their problem the ability to talk to strangers and be honest. Sometimes our own family and friends do us more harm than good.