Overcoming Addiction

The Pain of Poor Choices

August 1, 2012

One of the truths (for many, at least) is that you have to experience pain before you’re willing to make a change. Just knowing that something is right—like a particular diet or an active life—doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll do it…unless you experience consequences. Starting Saturday night and continuing into today I am experiencing the consequences [...]

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Are you exacerbating your ADD?

June 20, 2012

Many people joke that they are ADD. It’s not really a joke. Most people are. Some people are even diagnosed with it and take drugs for it. I don’t believe in ADD. If there is a such a thing, only the smallest of a percent are truly affected. The rest just need to modify their [...]

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How and Why to Reform Your Eating and Drinking Habits

May 2, 2012

One way of looking at habits is that they are repeated actions that get executed unconsciously. In this post I’m addressing eating and drinking habits. What you eat and drink is extremely important. Reforming your eating and drinking habits creates real health transformations occur. Habits Gone Awry The other day, I noticed someone with a [...]

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Rationalizations, the Nefarious Friend of Addictions

April 2, 2012

You probably know how frustrating it is when you’re trying to change your behavior and this little voice within convinces you to do something you want to avoid. Just try quitting coffee. Or smoking. Or soda. Sooner or later that voice speaks up, telling you to indulge. Sometimes you don’t really hear the voice. You [...]

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Exorcise Vs. Exercise

February 12, 2012

Hey, I’ve wrestled with addiction. That’s why I can spot addiction a mile away. Let me tell you a secret: Many people are addicted to exercise. Just like someone might be addicted to drinking, many people have to get in their exercise fix, or else. For these people I’ve reserved a special term: exorcise. Exorcise [...]

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Working on My Food Addiction

January 28, 2012

Went to restaurants under glass tonight at the Mitchell Park domes (a local Milwaukee, Wisconsin event). There was a large crowd of people and long lines and I was hungry. I’ve overcome alcohol addiction and have subsequently been working on other addictions as I’m becoming aware of them. Now I’m really seeing how I’m addicted [...]

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How to Avoid Overtraining

January 13, 2012

I know several fitness people who are frequently sick or run down because they exercise too much (i.e. they overtrain). These are people who want to be fit, yet the activity they’ve chosen to make them fit, exercise, is actually making them sick. There are limits to what your body can recover from. If you [...]

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Addiction’s Dangerous Thought Bombs

January 7, 2012

The ever-dangerous thought bombs. You have an addiction. Or a compulsion. You’re trying to eliminate it. You don’t want to experience your addiction or compulsion any longer. You’re doing well. Making progress. Then, something reminds you of your addiction or compulsion. You have your guard down. You’re not fully aware. You start imagining the addiction [...]

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Take the Caffeine Challenge!

January 4, 2012

This four step challenge will make you more conscious of your caffeine habit. It’ll also be a chance to flex your self-discipline muscles—always a good thing to do. Caffeine Challenge Step 1 How much caffeine do you drink? Count your sodas, coffees, and energy drinks. What’s the number? Write it down. Caffeine Challenge Step 2 [...]

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Weight Loss: Two Key Dietary Changes

December 21, 2011

In 2004, I bought a book called Sugar Blues. The book spends 256 pages railing on sugar. If you need a reminder for how bad sugar is, you should buy the book and read it. If you already know that sugar is bad, are you still eating it? Most likely you are, whether you want [...]

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