Founder Goes On Addiction Quitting Spree

I have been on a path of quitting addictions. You know, those annoying but sometimes fun addictions like overeating? I'm not doing it for the coming New Year. I rarely do a New Years resolution. I'm doing it for my health, and frankly some of those Woohoo fun addictions are making me miserable.

The first thing I quit was a long term medication I've been on. It was for a serious neck injury that happened in my thritys. Spine and neck injuries are so painful, and the struggle to recovery from or live with them can make a person depressed. After dealing with the injury for a few years I came upon a Doctor that really did give me the magic pill. He said it was safe to use for years and years, practically forever! To me it was the wonder drug.

 Amitriptyline helped the suffering I was in, almost disappear. Yep, I loved it. Yet as the years went by so did the misconceptions of this drug. I attempted to wean myself off it many times, but I found that I could not sleep. I'd be up for days without much sleep, because Ami as one Doctor once told me was Benadryl. Hmm, that's an antihistamine, how can that be what I use for spine pain? (Long term use of this drug can have serious side effects, like a type of early dementia)

So I worked with my Doctor and stepped down off of it, as you can't go cold turkey because you can have seizures. This time I did it. Yeah, I'm having some trouble sleeping and a bit of neck pain flare ups, oh well. Over time I'm sure chamomile and other natural sedatives will ease my sleeplessness and some strength training will help my neck muscles!

The next addiction I quit was chewing tobacco. Yep, this crazy old lady woman founder dipped! Kind of a weird. Totally gross. I started the damn crap for a serious reason, but it was a stupid choice. One of my brothers was murdered and I wanted a cigarette.

Love This Can From The Quit.org

I had smoked years before and for some reason, all the desire came back to me upon my brothers death. My husband dipped and I grabbed his can and stuck it in my mouth. Done! Addiction started. I have quit this many times in the past. I do hope this time is my final quit, and that I do not get oral cancer from my poor decision. 

That's two and I have more. : - ) For now, I'm scared. I do not want to return to those addictions, as they do me no good. They only destroy me. Addictions are crazy, they make no sense. At least the bad ones don't. Why put something in your body that hurts you in the long run? Yet many of us do it over and over. 

I have a few more to conquer, I'll post them in the future. For now all you startup addicts like me, keep building great startups, that's one positive addiction, no reason to quit it!