I Am Not An Addict, But I Still Cannot Stop.
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I welcome you to my blog and another wonderful edition of the Hive Learners' featured post. If we are to tell ourselves the truth, we all have one or two things that we indulge in that deep within us we know are wrong, but somehow we cannot find a way to stop them. We know somehow if we continue on that track we will have to pay the consequences, and it will be bad, but we still go ahead and do them anyway. Some might say it is an addiction, but I don't think it is because we can control when we drink or eat those things; we can cut down on them, but stopping them completely is the problem, as we don't know how to do that.
While addiction means whatever it is that you are addicted to takes control of you, it decides when you take it and how you take it, but it is not so for those things we cannot stop; we still have full control but just cannot stop them completely. Our case is completely different from addiction because we still have control. A friend of mine once said even if he becomes a reverend father tomorrow, he will still be drinking beer whether it is supported that he does it or not; he is not leaving beer for anybody or for any reason.
We all know the implications that come with too much intake of alcohol, but we have people like him too who still take it anyway, and no matter how much they preach against it and talk about the implications, they are not stopping anytime soon and don't think the time will ever come where they stop taking those things they take, knowing fully well at some point it might come back to haunt them. Even those who smoke tobacco who are not addicts—sometimes I wonder if they are blind because it says on the cartoon smokers are liable to die young, and they still go ahead and pay for it; even the image of the damaged lungs on the cartoon or packet does not scare them.
For me, one thing I am guilty of and sometimes stay away from just to avoid it coming back to haunt me is sugar. I consume so much sugar; I know it, and I don't need anyone else to tell me, but I cannot stop it completely. Sometimes I try to go weeks without taking beverages like tea or carbonated drinks just to cut down on sugar intake, but it is funny how the day I finally decide to take them again, I take enough to cover for the weeks I was trying to abstain. I feel guilty when making tea sometimes because of the amount of sugar and other ingredients I add to it, but I just cannot help it; if it is not sugary enough, I cannot take it.
Sugar is bad for the health. I have seen what too much intake of it does, and it scares me, but I still cannot just stop completely; I always find my way back to it, and when I take it, it covers for the few days I was away.
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Too much of sugar is not good for the body or even or health. Mine is pressing my phone late at night. You're right, some people will take quiet long before they stop their habit because it has become their habit or addiction.
Oh excess sugar intake isn't okay enough and I hope you can really control how you take it. Thinking about your health would help you out
This is a really honest and relatable post! 👏 I love how you explore human habits without judgment. 🤔 How do you personally manage when you feel guilty about sugar or other indulgences?
It's sad how we know the consequences of some of those acts yet can't stop them. Excess sugar intake is something a lot of people are struggling with, it's not that they don't want to stop and it's not that they are addicted but somehow, they just won't stop.
However, I think we are not doing ourselves good if all we do is keep saying "we are trying" when the act is still left unchecked.
This is where discipline should come in, we need to set rigid boundaries and be strict with them, our health is wealth, if we don't care for it by paying the necessary price to keep it safe now, a time will come whereby we would terribly regret it.
Yeah. Once alcohol gets a grip on someone is not easy to let go and you can still hear that person say that he or she is not an addict. Too much sugar too is bad and needs to be cut down. It took me time to do that and I am glad today because I did.
Well, just like the saying that old habits die hard, it is indeed difficult to stop some things even when their consequences are clear
We are almost in the same shoes, but in my case not taking sugar directly like you. Mine is drinking soda but I'm getting to reduce it. I hope you can also reduce yours gradually