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Old 12-22-2009, 09:49 AM
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I agree, work on one thing at a time, for now it sounds best to focus on your sobriety. It's pretty common to cross-addict or use another addiction as a crutch in nearly recovery.

I quit chewing tobacco a couple months before I quit drinking, during that time my drinking nearly tripled. When I gave up the alcohol I started eating like crazy. When I started dieting and exercising I looked for other ways to vent my addictions.

It's taken time to work through so many of these things, but with devotion and commitment to recovery, I'm slowly learning to be OK with just being...me.
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