Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med Subject: Re: Re: expecting father & nutrasweet Message-ID: <19@unc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 23:04:26 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.19 Posted: Wed Jul 24 23:04:26 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jul-85 03:52:39 EDT References: <771@burl.UUCP> <787@mtuxo.UUCP> <193@omen.UUCP> <15@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 24 Xref: watmath net.kids:1539 net.med:1801 >>>Sugar is not physically addicting, either, as far as I know. Frank Silbermann: >>Neither are coffee and cigarettes physically addictive. Sugar, like caffeine >>and nicotine IS habit forming. And all three are unnecessary. William Ingogly: >True about the habit forming qualities of these drugs, but both caffein >(sp?) and nicotine (sp?) are also physically addictive. When I was a >heavy smoker and quit, I had a number of unpleasant physical reactions >including the jitters and headaches. Same thing when I quit coffee >after drinking it heavily: I suffered from headaches and extreme >fatigue. These sort of physical reactions are quite common among >people who quit these drugs 'cold turkey.' > >It IS true that the behavioral patterns involved in using these drugs >are much harder to deal with when giving them up than withdrawal >symptoms. It is my impression that physicians consider a substance addictive only if quitting it cold turkey has the potential to kill you. only half :-) Frank Silbermann