I tried to give up coffee and white sugar this week and failed. In my experience when I want to give something up I just do (done it with drugs and alcohol) so I take it to mean that I don’t really want to yet – timing is everything I think.

I do admire you though Elsa and I know how good it feels to stay in the light. When I think about not drinking I just can’t get the grin off my face!

I think a good deal of how you respond to Saturn probably depends on how well integrated and aspected it is in your natal chart. Yes, it can be a tough planet, but it’s probably being tough in your best interests most of the time.

Thanks for coming over to my blog earlier today, Elsa – and thanks for the intro to Astro Dispatch. It looks interesting – I’ll definitely be back here!

I admit I’ve spent far too much time paying attention to warnings about my personal habits being bad for me. I’m learning to give up that worrying, and the results are pretty good so far…

I was a Ringo girl.

I always loved Ringo’s songs – thanks for this little ditty, I had forgotten all about it. Okay, I am trying to give up obsessive/negative thinking. I have been having out-loud conversations with myself in order to quit it, and it is just a matter of time before someone calls the proper authorities to see if I need help

sugar and caffeine here. results have been so-so :X

Jennifer, I’m right with you lately. And also I have to quit being lazy.

Dina – Saturn

Soda.

Buying meals outside the house.

My NY resolution was to stop buying coffees from cafes and so far I’ve only broken that resolution about 5 times.

Doing something 5 times in 3 months instead of 5 times a week is essentially quitting for me. Hence I have 2 cigarettes a week and feel very much like a non-smoker.

I get bored with feeling addicted. Is that a Neptune/Mars thing???

My doctor told me last week that I had to stop drinking so much coffee. Aye yai yai… I’m putting it off until next Friday when my finals are complete. I bought some excedrine, and a pill splitter and I’m going to try to use that to wean myself down.

I don’t wanna!!!!

But, love the Ringo!

satori – I have this all or nothing complex that makes anything gradual, like weaning, absolutely the hardest thing for me to do or understand. I’m just terribly terrified of the withdrawal pain and headaches. I’m also afraid of missing my little black buddy… My Dr. said “switch to decaf, it tastes just the same and will satisfy your need for the ‘coffee.’” I had to restrain myself from saying “are you f*ing CRAZY? nuh-uh!!!!”

It’s like I have to give up everything I cling to. Coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, bad relationships, recreational drugs, exercising myself into the ground. Coffee is that last vice to go.