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Re: I cant sleep :(
1/26/2008 2:57:12 PM princess2008
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Hi, I have the same problem and maybe you could try writing down what your thinking about so it helps clear your head a little and then take some really deep breaths to relax your body and then try and get back to sleep. Its really frustrating and the more you think about the worse it will be to get asleep.
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Am I addicted to the Internet?
1/26/2008 3:15:00 PM princess2008
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Hi all,



I am new to the forum and not had a great deal of time to read through all of the posts though I will do, but my question is am I addicted to the internet? well I seem to think so and though only recently realised it. I work online and so naturally I am online more hours in the day, when I am not working I am emailing friends, chatting online to my parents as they are in another country, staying in contact with friends etc and basically online all day, so I know everyone is thinking so am I, but what is worrying me is it has got to the point where I will leave the internet to eat my dinner and that is it, so really everyday activities that I would normally do are just no longer happening, I blamed it on the fact that I was in another country now and not my home so naturally I would want to be online more, but its got to the point where my fiance gets totally abandoned and sometimes I dont even acknowledge him, which is now causing arguments between us, if he needs to use the internet for something I get really cheesed off that I have to leave it, when hes on here I sit twiddling my thumbs desperate to get back on it. I have 2 days off in the week and rather than go out for a walk or do something different I get straight onto the internet, my family are saying I am addicted and that I need to just break the routine, but its not so easy. I stay online from the second I wake up, till when I finally go to bed and unfortunately only go to bed when my fiance is moaning at me to get off the internet. I have decided to try and create a 'normal' working schedule to reduce the time on the internet and actually step outside the house even for a little walk.
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Re: Weight Loss Pills should be banned
1/26/2008 3:33:09 PM princess2008
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Hi,



Though I agree there are some out there that probably do help, I am totally against them as a friend of mine ordered some online that were advertised on the radio and though she didnt get them so she could binge on food, she was really sick and had terrible side affects, it is a shame as she is obssessed with losing weight and would literally try anything and what she got was extremely ill. Not beneficial in the long run.
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Re: Kids huffing Gas
1/26/2008 3:38:09 PM princess2008
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Ah this is something I was actually watching the other night in my city, there were a group of kids all doing this and yep just going extremely dizzy and starting to feel extremely sick, what was even worse was one of them was actually driving and he was also doing it, it was sickening because whether he gets high or not from it, hes then driving his car around the city after inhaling it, they were also rubbing it across each others face!
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Re: Should I really be upset?
1/27/2008 4:38:55 AM princess2008
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Hi,

Of course you should get upset its your friend and you are watching what they are going through and so naturally you will be upset, you are wanting to help but you cant and so it will get to you. Unfortunately love can be a crazy thing and seems that he is not willing to let her go and see what she is doing to him, you just need to be there to support him and encourage him that life is too short and hopefully in time he will see that, is he trying to get her help for her drug usage?
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Re: Stop Meth Now
1/27/2008 4:47:39 AM princess2008
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Hi,

Thats great to hear because meth is a powerful, powerful drug and it definitely needs more recognisition. I remember watching a drama show like this and it was very emotional and I think it is a lot better than just someone standing there telling kids not to do drugs.
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Re: 24 ways to help you sleep
1/27/2008 12:52:37 PM princess2008
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Hi,



Thanks for the link had a read through and though I have tried the majority of these to help me sleep there are some I havent and so will definitely give it a go.
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Re: When do you have your first Cigarette ?
1/27/2008 12:57:00 PM princess2008
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Definitely the mornings are the worse and my friend used to say that you know you will have a hard time giving up if the first thing you do is light up when you wake up who knows if that is true but I always have a cigarette about 30 minutes after I have woken up with my coffee.
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Re: Cig addicts - Did your parents smoke, too?
1/27/2008 1:00:05 PM princess2008
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My parents are smokers and most of my family are, though my parents always educated me to not smoke and went crazy when they found out I was smoking, I smoke and still do now. Maybe if they hadn't smoked it would have helped but a few of my friends have parents that have never smoked and they got into smoking when at school and just continued from there.
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What was your motivation to quit?
1/27/2008 1:03:00 PM princess2008
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Hi,

We all know the health risks to smoking and yet that isn't always enough to quit, I know myself as a smoker and I also know the health risks and what I am doing to my body and yet I am still not motivated to quit smoking. I always tell myself that when I am pregnant I will quit smoking though thats an easy thing to say and maybe a terrible reason for continuing to smoke and then deciding to quit. A friend of mine lost her father to cancer and he was smoking at least 20 a day even so she still smokes. So what was your motivation to quit?
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Re: Chocolate
1/27/2008 1:32:01 PM princess2008
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I always eat chocolate when I am feeling down or having a bad day, people tell me I am addicted to chocolate, I dont eat it as much now but I did use to eat it every day and on the way to work in the morning I would grab a chocolate bar instead of having a proper breakfast.
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Re: is it harder?
1/27/2008 1:35:11 PM princess2008
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Though I agree that women are maybe more emotional - I think its pretty even really, just like at4101 says if your addicted, then your addicted whether you are a man or a woman. I actually know more men that have addictions than women though.
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Re: Revocering for the right reasons
1/27/2008 1:40:04 PM princess2008
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I think there needs to be a balance and you do need inspiration from others to recover, I know that I didnt want to do it for myself at first but it was for my family and for my partner after a while I realised how it had affected me and changed me and then I found I actually wanted to do it for myself. Of course if you dont do it for yourself then it can be short lived and temptation then follows to go back to any addiction you are trying to recover from but often we dont realise that we need to recover for ourselves until we are on that road to recovery. Hope that makes sense its hard to write it down!
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Re: Stop and Ask yourself
1/27/2008 1:45:01 PM princess2008
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Yeah too many times for myself as well and unfortunately it took a long time for that to happen, when it did I realised how many people I was hurting and affecting - thats when all of a sudden the reality hit and I realised I had to change things. I think for myself I would ask the question and never find the answers because I didnt want to see them or find them, it took a real long time to actually be able to respond and say to myself - you are the one doing this and you do need to stop.
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Re: Going Back Home
1/27/2008 1:48:55 PM princess2008
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I definitely agree on this one, often you need to get away to recover and find yourself especially if you are mixing in a group that are encouraging or are part of what you do either drugs or alcohol etc and then it makes it harder to stop, peer pressure or whatever else. I too had to get away but I also had to change my circle of friends and realise that no matter how much I loved them, in the long run they were damaging me and though it was tough it was for the better.
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Re: What is/was your preferred drink ?
1/28/2008 12:33:03 PM princess2008
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I'm not a big drinker anymore but my preferred drink is Malibu and Coke, I can have wine but always seems to give me a headache. When I was younger I was a sucker for Sambucca shots though!
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Re: Fast Food prices are on the rise but people are still buying
1/28/2008 12:46:33 PM princess2008
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Maybe the prices will stop people going but I doubt it, I love fast food and I am terrible for McDonalds no matter what the price will be I will still eat it, I think its just like smoking if you want to do it then you will pay for it.
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Take Outs - make them healthier
1/28/2008 12:49:00 PM princess2008
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I dont know whether I would say I am addicted to take-outs but I certainly love Chinese food and eat it a lot more than I should, maybe if I could afford it I would eat it more often! but I found an article today on how to make take-outs healthier, could just be of interest for those that are concerned about what they eat with take-out meals.

http://food.yahoo.com/blog/editorspicks/7112/make-take-out-healthier-dishes-to-order-and-avoid
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Re: Nobody wants to date someone who stinks of nicotine
1/29/2008 1:24:00 PM princess2008
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Exactly Leighdu - I am a smoker and fully aware of the health risks and everything else that comes with smoking, people that want to quit want help and support not thrown in their face that they stink or have yellow fingers and what not, I think smokers are the first to realise this anyway and if people are trying to quit then good on them. Stating the obvious isnt really a way of helping someone. I am trying to reduce how much I smoke, I then hope to quit for good but Im doing it for health reasons and my fiance is also a smoker so maybe when we kiss eachother we dont need to worry!
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Re: How many of your friends/relatives smoke?
1/29/2008 1:34:43 PM princess2008
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All of my friends smoke except for one and nearly all of my family smoke including my cousins, I think only my auntie has given up but I really dont have that many friends or family members that do not smoke. My fiance smokes and so does his father.
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Re: How much do you hate smokers who smoke near kids?
1/29/2008 1:39:00 PM princess2008
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Even as a smoker that is trying to quit, I do hate people that smoke in front of children or around children, one thing I never do is smoke near the children, if I am outside smoking as I wont smoke in the house and my niece comes running to me I will put it out, and my bestfriend is a smoker she has triplets and a new born baby and never has she smoked around them or even close to them, she will only have 1 or 2 cigarettes a day and that is when the kids go to bed.
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Re: Tonight I want to drink I feel liek it today
1/30/2008 12:09:46 PM princess2008
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I would suggest going for a walk to clear your head, I often feel like having a drink after a bad day and though they say one wont hurt you, if you are a recovering alcoholic it could be very damaging for your recovery process. If you are worried about becoming addicted again then I would say that you still need to control those urges until you feel confident that one drink after work will not put you back a step. Good luck and try some of the other options here like relaxation etc.
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Re: Nobody wants to date someone who stinks of nicotine
1/30/2008 12:18:37 PM princess2008
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Yep it is extremely hard to quit and I dont think non smokers realise just how hard it is. I am trying to cut down at the moment and I have been doing really well as in the last year I have been smoking a lot more than I used too. The last few days Ive literally cut my smoking in half. One thing I will say though is that a lot of smokers especially myself and friends are so aware of the smell etc that like me they carry plenty of mints and my bestfriend always cleans her teeth and sprays her clothes after a cigarette! It's just being able to quit it all together.
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Re: does drinking lead to drugs?
1/31/2008 6:24:46 AM princess2008
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I think people can be influenced more when in drink and I know a lot that have been too, but for myself I was never under the influence of alcohol when I experimented with anything I was actually sober! but I guess every individual is different but I do think that alcohol can lead into other things.
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Re: Turn it off at dinner
1/31/2008 6:36:39 AM princess2008
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My family always have the TV on whilst eating dinner for me it is actually quite nice because it is the only time I get to watch a bit of TV in the day! I think the only time my family do not watch TV at dinner time is when it is Christmas and we all sit round the table for Christmas dinner. Its not something that has ever annoyed me though, I would rather than that, then everyone sat in silence as they have nothing to say.
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