How To Quit Drugs

 
The first step in abandoning the habit is to learn how to quit drugs.
 
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How To Quit Drugs

 

You may not know it, but you are more than likely a drug addict.  Sure, while you may not be buying smack on a street corner, or you couldn't tell the difference between crack and rock salt, there's a fairly good chance you still have an addiction to some type of drugs.  Even if they may not be fatal, learning how to quit these drugs can help lead you to a longer, happier and healthier life. 

The most common drugs used throughout the world are widely available and consumed by many, most of the time in broad daylight, on the street corner or even in the cubicle next to you.  Right now, I'm talking about caffeine.  Caffeine is the most widely used drug in the world, and it is also one of the most socially accepted.  It is part of many people's daily ritual, whether it's having a Coke at lunch, your morning cup of coffee or a steamy cup after you've finished dinner. 

How To Quit Drugs

You may be reading this and thinking it sounds crazy, but 100 mg. of caffeine starts a series of events that effect the activity of the brain, and just to put that to scale, a cup of coffee has about 75 mg. of caffeine.  That means if you have two cups of coffee in the morning will effect your thought patterns when you start the day. 

Caffeine can be found naturally in coffee beans, and also in cocoa plants, making coffe, soda, pills, tea and chocolate all sources, and while most people will only consider a direct source of caffeine to be from coffee, you can develop a caffeine dependency from any of these sources.  The typical person can injest around 200 to 300 mg. of caffeine a day safely, but if that amount goes over 350 mg. a day, a dependency can develop.  A toxic build-up can begin to develop in the body if a person consistently injests over 650 mg. a day, which can lead to adverse health symptoms.

 

Effects Of Caffeine

Since caffeine is a drug, it has certain effects on the body when a certain level of intake is reached.  At 100 mg., the brains activity is effected, leading to headaches, jitters, an increase in heart rate,, convulsions and delirium, with these effects becoming more likely as a person reaches the 300 mg. to 350 mg. levels.  When a person hits around 650 mg. of caffeine a day, the toxicity of the substance will start to build in the body, leading to insomnia, depression, anxiety, and even the possibility of developing ulcers.  While there are several drugs out there that will have the end result of death, caffeine has a far less likelihood of that event, especially since it take 5,000 mg. of caffeine to equal a fatal dose.  The lowest recorded level of caffeine to cause death is around 3,500 mg, which was the result of an accidental injection and ingestion.  Just to put that into perspective, 5,000 mg. of caffeine is about 40 or so cups of regular coffee.

 

How To Quit The Drug

Quitting caffeine is a simple process, just limit your injestion to under 300 mg. a day.  This will take careful watching, since most people don't take into consideration everything that has caffeine in it.  That means limiting soda, chocolate and coffee, not just cutting down to a cup of joe in the morning.  Quitting the drug known as caffeine for many people means completely leaving caffeine behind.  That means no more coffee, soda, chocolate or tea.

To make it better, the withdrawal effects of caffeine are also hard to deal with. While they may not be as devastating as say the effects of heroin withdrawal, they are still enough to get a person to go back to the habit.  Headaches, irritability, difficulty working and concentrating, restlessness, nerveousness, and an overall tired feeling can result when you quit using caffeine, even if your body hasn't developed a full fledged dependence.  In more severe cases, nausea and vomiting can come along with the withdrawal symptoms of caffeine.  Luckily, you will only have to deal with them for about a week, as long as no other caffeine is taken, and should you steer back ontu the path, it will only prolong the symptoms until the body's tolerance lowers back to a normal level.

 

Benefits Of Quitting

Should you quit caffeine, you will notice a considerable drop in weight.  If you think about it, you can no longer drink soda or eat chocolate, both of which are unhealthy as sin, and you should start dropping a little weight within the first month or two.  Diet soda or calorie free soda still do contain caffeine, in case you were wondering.  You will also notice an ability to sleep better, and an overall better disposition on life. Quitting caffeine may be the best decision you've ever made.

If there is another drug you'd like to quit, try the links at the top of the page for advice on how to quit marijuana, heroin, cocaine and prescription meds.

 
 


Add Your Comments about How To Quit Drugs:

Name: KEVIN Date: Thursday, Apr 28 2011

IF UR A DRUGIST . IT IS NOT GUD . IT MEANS U DONT WANT TO LIVE. MIGHT BE U WILL LEAVE DRUGS IN FUTURE SO WHATS THE PROBLEM DOING IT NOW . THE BEST WAY TO LEAVE DRUGS .
MAKE URSELF STRONG..........


Name: Drew Date: Saturday, Jan 15 2011

Chocolate is not "unhealthy as sin." Although milk chocolate generally contains a lot of sugar and more fat, dark chocolate has been shown to be quite health-beneficial.

* Cacao, the source of chocolate, contains antibacterial agents that fight tooth decay. Of course, this is counteracted by the high sugar content of milk chocolate.
* The smell of chocolate may increase theta brain waves, resulting in relaxation.
* Chocolate contains phenyl ethylamine, a mild mood elevator.
* The cocoa butter in chocolate contains oleic acid, a mono-unsaturated fat which may raise good cholesterol.
* Drinking a cup of hot chocolate before meals may actually diminish appetite.
* Men who eat chocolate live a year longer than those who don't.
* The flavanoids in chocolate may help keep blood vessels elastic.
* Chocolate increases antioxidant levels in the blood.
* Mexican healers use chocolate to treat bronchitis and insect bites.
* The carbohydrates in chocolate raise serotonin levels in the brain, resulting in a sense of well-being.

* Studies show that chocolate is not a causative factor in acne.
* Cacao contains the stimulants caffeine and bromine, but in such small quantities that they don't cause nervous excitability.
* Chocolate is not addictive.
* Chocolate contains stearic acid, a neutral fat which doesn't raise bad cholesterol.
* Chocolate doesn't make you 'high'. You'd need to eat a huge quantity (about 25 pounds at one sitting) to feel any noticeable effect.


Name: Drew Date: Saturday, Jan 08 2011

I'm 20 years old and I've been using drugs since I was about 16. It started with weed then I tried ecstasy and thought all this was cool and alternative.then when I was about 18 I started using cocaine. I spent about 500 pounds on it in a month then realised how bad it is. I carried on smoking weed and recently I started using cocaine again and on a couple of ocassions pills(supposedly MDMA) and cocaine. So that's my story. I think of myself as I guy who just dabbles with drugs but I don't want to do any shit. I always feel theres a door to an alternative life where a jog everyday go to the gym try harder at university be a nicer person and I so want to open this door but everytime I go out I keep thinking about drugs like its part of who I am, its going to make me have a good time. I think I really need help but really I just need to take responsibility for my life because drugs are no good. I really want to stop and just forget about them but I don't know how.I'm not blaming this on addiction to drugs but my own responsibilities and will power. Obviously this long post is drug fuelled but I always feel like this.


Name: Dishonoured Date: Tuesday, Dec 21 2010

Drugs have brought me to an all time low. I have to quit taking this shit. I had my parents call the cops on me today and they questioned me when I was high. It was the worst day of my life. After that I had to go for a psychiatric evaluation. Never again. Do not let your children take this shit.


Name: Josh Date: Sunday, Oct 31 2010

I'm a dope smoker and its wrecked my life.
I lost my kids and fiance because it rules me, and keeps me from them, hunting it all the time.So any 1 out there that reads this i need help and so im glad there is some help out there! I wish the world was drug free too.


Name: Robert Grey Date: Saturday, Sep 25 2010

I drink a half gallon ever two days, go through a half ounce of weed a week, smoke a pack of ciggarettes a day, snort an oxycontin every week or so, do crack, acid, shrooms ecstacy every month or so, drink 10 cups of espresso made as coffee every morning before work, and inhale 80 nitrous chargers every week.

I also get up every day and work harder than anyone there, support my girlfriend and raised her 2 year old kid from birth, help the homeless when they ask for food, clean my house every day, have great hygene, walk and only drive if im going more than 2 miles, and am going to college for physics.

You can do all the drugs in the world, and im not saying its good for your health or your pocket, but as long as your spirit is weak, you will be weak wherever you go; it does not matter what drugs you do or what body type you have.

Take responsibility for your actions and stop blaming drugs for your and others actions and problems just because they do them. That's not how it works.


Name: sweetheart Date: Monday, Aug 23 2010

lets do it man..... say No to Drugs ... say yes to life..


Name: iboga Date: Saturday, Aug 21 2010

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Thanks


Name: iboga Date: Tuesday, Aug 10 2010

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Name: annalisa Date: Tuesday, Aug 10 2010

Ensenada Ibogaine Program

www.ibogaine-treatment.com

Imagine a more ideal medication to treat drug addiction and dependence. The requirements for such a medication would include the ability to reduce withdrawal symptoms as well as to reduce post-treatment cravings. Such a medication currently exists, and it is called ibogaine. I

Ibogaine therapy is the most effective and humane detox available for drug addiction.


Name: jake Date: Thursday, Jun 17 2010

i hop peaple would stop drugs


Name: Ronald Date: Sunday, Jun 06 2010

I use cocaine for 2 years ...I use it once every 3 months lets say,I don't crave for it ..I go in a club and maybe do a couple of lines..I don't think i have a problem.Drugs are fucked up..if you start using them you must be a strong person to put a limit on yourself.


Name: Kyle&Jerome Date: Friday, May 28 2010

Drugs make me feel sick i dont understand how people can take then


Name: jade Date: Thursday, May 27 2010

Don't do drugs


Name: emo kid Date: Tuesday, May 18 2010

drugs are awsome


Name: michael Date: Sunday, May 16 2010

You want to see your life going down the drain. You want to see your spirits broken into a million parts and spread in the wind? how would it feel to be really all alone, no safe haven, and find yourself out in the open, uncovered with all your faults and mistakes hanging out? How about never having another chance?
be with god, quit drugs, make a choice - for in the end, it really is your choice.


Name: michael Date: Friday, Apr 23 2010

Stop doing drugs!!! Then this world will be better!


Name: warren Date: Tuesday, Apr 06 2010

i need help quiting this new drug mephedrone mkat?? help me before its to late


Name: warren Date: Tuesday, Mar 23 2010

hey luke! Drugs are bad for you!


Name: warren Date: Thursday, Mar 11 2010

When talking of a cure, cut the small talk.
It's not about you. Or is it?


Name: luke Date: Wednesday, Feb 24 2010

drugs are good


Name: luke Date: Monday, Jan 11 2010

i wish EVERYONE could quit drugs!


Name: paul Date: Saturday, Oct 17 2009

At least there is a howtoquitdrugs.com!!!


Name: Travis Date: Friday, Jun 19 2009

man...I wish everyone would quit drugs    =]