Step by Step, but not the 12 Steps
Think lip balm addiction isn’t a serious problem in our schools and with our kids? Think again.
Hi, I’m 15 and have been gradually getting more addicted to lip balms for the last 10 years. It has come to the point where I can no longer go 20 minutes with out the need to apply lip balm. I find your site very supportive, however there is no advise on how to quit lip balms. Please could you post a step by step method on how to stop, opposed to your current 12 step program that does not help the user stop their addiction.
Thank you for the help the LBA has already given me and I hope I will be able to post my story when I quit in the optimistic future.
Yours sincerely, Alfie S. (addict)
Our Recovery page lists three methods: Cold Turkey, Weaning, and the 12 Steps. The first two don’t really lend themselves to the step method you’re asking for.
- Cold Turkey Step One: Stop using
- Cold Turkey Step Two: there is no step two.
Weaning inherently has a step process, but this will differ quite a bit from person to person.
There’s a reason by the 12 Steps exist. For some people that’s the only way to overcome their addictions to lip balm. It doesn’t work for everyone, though, which is why we do mention these other techniques. If you have any other ideas, just leave a comment below.
Has anyone found themselves addicted to Savex? I remember when I had to take a medication several years ago, and the doctor told me my lips would dry out very rapidly; the only product which seemed to counteract the dryness was Savex. I have not seem this anywhere in stores since then, but I remember it always made my lips feel so good during the time. I was never without a tin!
THIS IS THE MOST FREAKIN STUPID SITE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN USING LIPBALM SINCE I WAS YOUNG AND I USE IT WHEN I WANT TO AND DON’T WHEN I DON’T!!!!!!!!!!! THIS SITE IS SIMPLY BUILT BY CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS TRYING TO ROPE IN MORE FOLLOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S GOOD TO RIGHT YOUR WRONGS, BUT DOESN’T IT KIND OF DEFEAT THE PURPOSE WHEN YOU DO IT FOR YOUR OWN GOOD?!?!?!?!?! ANYONE WHO LET’S THESE PEOPLE TRICK THEM INTO BELIEVING THIS CRAP IS MORE STUPID THAN I THOUGHT POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
If OMG, who shouted at us and used as many exclamation points as a 15 year old girl writing a note, thinks this is the most stupid site on the net, then OMG has not looked at the net very much. I have three relatives who use tons of lip balms. I use none. They admit to feeling a kind of addiction to the stuff. It doesn’t cause them to lead strange lives, lose jobs, or commit crimes so it’s not like being addicted to heroin. I think they feel a little weird being hooked on something though. I think that it’s kind of interesting when someone like OMG goes all loony tunes over something they clearly know nothing about.