Posted: 7/1/2008 10:36:47 AM EDT
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I am. Have been for 12 years. If I go cold turkey, I'm afraid my lips will dry up, crack open and fall off my face. I suspect I'm not alone. I'd be willing to bet that the nice folks at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals know all about this. Anybody? I've tried a few other lip balms to help wean me off it. This last brand was like giving a hen a rim job.  
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I like it when they are vulnerable. Seriously, I know several men and women that have to use chapstick or else. So, use it!! |
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That is certainly an odd addiction. Although, I have heard others comment on their inability to stop using lip balm. I suppose it's like the folks who believe they need to wash their hands 4 or 5 times in a row; an obsessive compulsive disorder (if I may draw on my expertise derived from psych 101). 
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DPMMN and I were just discussing our OCD problems the other day  Can ye help us? |
| you do relize that the owner of burts bees is a tree hugging hippie, that bought up a rather large portion of northern maine hunting ground owned by farmer/hunters for generations and turned it into a game perserve. Good friend of the family had a camp for over 40 years and they took it. I wouldnt give that bitch piss to put out her flaming body let alone my money. |
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Shit. I'm addicted & have been since I was a little kid. I NEVER go anywhere w/o a chapstick. I've actually been on the way to work before & realized I forgot one - had to get off the interstate & go to a gas station to get one. I have "emergency" chapsticks stashed all over the place - even my desk @ work. I normally use red/cherry. Geez, this is one addiction I need to kick. Somebody told me that chapsticks actually have an abrasive in them that keeps you coming back for more. Others have told me it is some chemical that makes my lips quit moisturizing themselves - which forces me to keep using the chapstick. Any help in kicking the habit? I've thought about putting my "lube sessions" on a schedule & gradually phasing them out. Ugh. Ok, I'm done, I have to go put on chapstick. |
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It's all nasty stuff, but one of the compounds commonly in it actually is what causes you to need it. See, if you have chapped lips then using it will take off the outer, dried layer of skin. If you don't have chapped lips then it just takes off the healthy skin instead, causing you to need to use it more and more. If you'll be somewhere that actually means you'll NEED some lip protection (skiing, desert, etc...) then a simple petroleum jelly works best. It'll protect your lips from the drying influences of the environment but won't cause any more problems. |
Burts Bees for the win. After Burts, all that other stuff is just disgusting. I also find that in the winter months when I have to use some, I use it much less than I would say Chapstick, or some of those other brands. On that note however, I did love to make "chapstick guns" in elementary school. |