This is Insane

[Anchal]

Ok so i was a Pepsi freak
all i did was drink it day and night
24 cans in one week is just at home
not to mention the additional 3-4 cans gulped down at work

Plus the all the empty calories

So i said to myself, I am gonna quit this whole pepsi business in Ramzan
and I did

However I have become addicted to Gummy bears as a result
all i eat is gummy bears
At iftari, I drink a glass of water, run off to offer namaz and then feast on gummy bears

At sehri its the same
all day is spent, thinking bout the soft chewy, rang barangay, furity fruity gummy bears

So what is this all
In order to get over one addiction you get addicted to another thing

Same thing happened when i quit smoking
I picked up chewing gum
it was gum at night, gum in the morning, gum in the evening
if i didnt have gum i got a headache

anybody else have such an experience
when you quit one thing only to pick up another one ?

[Degas]

I dont like soft drinks....never was fan of them.....like water.....it may seem stupid but i think our thinking is effected by what we eat...i dont want aritificial things like coke or pepsi........but now i drink juice

[cat-woman]

Anchal I'm getting slightly worried here, you know what they say when you start getting these 'cravings'. and you did find that baby on gupshup adorably cute, so tell us kia silsala hai?

[2bornot2b]

After giving up heroin (the cold turkey treatment), I am now addicted to Rooh Afza - don't you just hate it when this happens....

[Umer]

Anchal: Maybe this might be helpful to help you getting rid of that addiction. As far as I know gummy bears are haram, because they use Gelatine to produce them. And that contains some pork fat.

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Umer, the Pakistani Brain of Austria

[Dopey]

I finally gave up chocolate. Ahhhhhhh the memories.

[ammarr]

give up choclate.... me is never giving up chocolate... i am obsessed with roohafza too tho...!

[BLaDeGirL911]

Gummy bears are Haram cuz they have
Gelatin(excuse the spelling error) in it!!


hope that helps

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Na Kabah mai na Be-tullah na dewaroun key sayoun mai, Namaz-e-Haq ada hotien hain Talwaroun key sayoun main

[Anchal]

Cat tum mughay faisal say qatal karwao gi
He said no more bacha wacha and he is the man

So gummy bears are haram?
Sure ...even those without any gelatin welatin
I went and read the pack
and like no gelatin welatin
I got them from this Pak store where i get my jelly ?

Dammit its like giving one thing up only to be addicted to another one

waisay one thing is ok
the stupid pepsi cost me around thirty bucks a week
and gummy bears cost me just around five bucks

I think that and feel a bit OK

[Eros]

Anchal....pepsi....that is *brown sugar water*..

gummy bears...don't know what the heck is that...no interested in knowing either...

smoking....if I were a woman, maybe (if french woman, definitely)....for men, its so unstylish (unless you want to get your marijuana dose )

[Pristine]

Actually taking Pepsi or Grummy bear (Halal), in itself is not a problem... It is the excessive use which is bad. Try doing something productive....

like, staying away from the computer for some time, and doing some reading or watch some TV, or play with Anam and Choti, or stop thinking of qatal by Faisal or or or .... The possibilities are endless.

In any case, if you are bent upon being an addict on "something", try water. Drink as much as you want. Insha Allah no side effect. You can drink as many as 16 glasses a day - perfect for health.

If you are beauty concious (which I know you are), then take slightly warm water. 15-20 glasses a day and you will feel and look even more wonderful.

[Anchal]

Pristine
umm thanks for the brotherly advice
right now I find you irritating as i would my brother if he would have been the exact same stuff http://www3.pak.org/gupshup/smilies/hehe.gif

I am addicted to water
forget 16 glasses Its 2 glasses of water every hour so multiply that by 12 and that makes 24

seriously water is very good for the skin, it helps flush out all the impurities waghera waghera

But this addiciton is not becuase i have nothing to do
its just giving up one and picking up another

dunno bout sitting beekar all day
cause I dont ....I have a busy day with work, kids, ghar bhar, and aid adad mian

lets see what happens ...so far gummy bears arent that bad for you
i have read somewhere that they actually are good for you
dunno where

[Pristine]

Thats nice to know...

Anyway, I am always suspicious when any artificial thing is called 'good for health'. Invariably after 5-10 years a reasearch comes through saying that this thing causes cancer or any other aweful disease.

Only the natural things are one which are, hopefully, free from such miserable side-effects.

In any case, it is good news that you are saving 25 bucks every month. Now you can have a ball with your savings....



[This message has been edited by Pristine (edited December 09, 2000).]

[X_Communist]

cravings eh?

well, i used to be addicted to "kachhay chawal" (raw rice) the year before last. ate em all teh time!!!....then i switched to crushed ice with lots of rooh afza......ate that till my brain went numb...nothing these days....

as far as gummy bears being haram, well, when i was a litttle kid, they were haram...maybe the ingredients have enhanced adn they have become halal,,,,,but plz do check to make sure....and if they are haram, correct those paki retailers/wholesalers