>>22939616As a man that has been addicted to Milk since I was thirteen, and being almost 27 now, it is a hard thing to stop. It is really the only drug that I have ever been addicted to and have had serious issues trying to stop.
I cannot find the article now, but I read a couple years ago that people who have been consuming milk from a young age find vast trouble quitting, and is on par with a nicotine or cocaine addiction. I am being very serious, there are forums out there with people admitting and talking about milk addiction and how terrible it is. I myself have tried quitting numerous times and after about 2-3 days I get very irritable and have an insatiable need for it, it can be the only thing I think about. When I eventually relapse I can consume an entire gallon in half a day, albeit my normal consumption is usually a gallon roughly ever day and a half. The reason for this is that cow milk increases the level of naturally occurring opiates in your brain by about four to seven percent. This may seem minuscule, but if your brain is used to that level of operation over the course of many years, then it is highly noticeable.
Milk to me is something that I do not need, is unnecessary, and is a dumb part of my diet. As a man that drinks as much as I do it vastly increases the risk for prostate cancer, it also contributes to weight gain to a large degree, and is simply not healthy. My grandfather told me that he stopped drinking milk cold turkey in his thirties and that just from that ALONE, and no other changes in his diet, he lost fifteen pounds in a month.
Now I may love Milk, in terms of it keeping my opiate levels at an accustomed level, and also just it's texture and taste, but I know it is not good for me.
I hope that someday soon I can overcome it and quit forever. I am going to be trying again this week.
