Bite my fingernails. It looks awful and it’s embarrassing and I chew them so far back it HURTS, but I keep doing it. I know what addiction feels like, because even considering the idea of having fingernails makes me shudder.
I used to, too. I was probably drinking the equivalent of 12 - 15 cans a day. After my doctor complained about my blood pressure I switched from caffeinated to caffeine-free – gradually, and with no withdrawal headaches. Initially, I I cut my caffeine consumption in half by alternating regular diet with caffeine-free diet. Then, every 2 or 3 days I would reduce my caffeine intake by 1 can. Eventually, I got to where I was only drinking one regular diet Pepsi a day. When I eliminated that last can, I had no side effects.
Of course, I was still drinking as many caffeine-free cans as I used to drink regular diet. Then I went deaf in my right ear. My ENT doctor said that, while the evidence isn’t definitive yet, there is a small chance that all the aspartame from the diet soda was the cause. (I now drink no diet soda at all.)
So there can be health consequences…
J.
Heh. IMO, it’s probably a mistake to entertain the notion that giving up smoking consists of more than one step.
I consume too much caffeine and sugar. I have cut down on soda to the point of allowing myself one can of Coke per week, but replaced it with iced coffee and/or iced tea. I also love dark chocolate and Merlot, even though I know both give me migraines.
Other things I do even though I know they’re bad for me is sleep too little and spend too much time at the computer. I should be getting ready for bed right now, but I just have to check my LiveJournal first…
Procrastination is the bad habit from which most of my life problems derive
Not doing my work in a timely fashion, even though I have a lot of it and doing it later only makes it more stressful and annoying.
Speaking of work… <hits submit and closes browser>
I constantly compare myself to people who are younger than I but who are much more successful financially; I drive myself insane wondering where, when and why I went wrong.
I don’t deal well with stress; my method of coping is to develop raging incapacitating migraines. Nothing I’ve ever tried will stop them except codeine and I love codeine; I have a history of codeine abuse but I have learned to not abuse it. I take it only when I need it and not when I want it. But it isn’t easy.
I drink far too much Coca-Cola but I refuse to cut down, much less stop.
I have problems with authority and always have.
I’m an emotional wreck.