Quitting smoking is the hardest fucking thing I've ever done. Nicotine is fucking evil, and I'm tired of being beholden to it's whims.
This is it, I'm done. This shit sucks in every aspect.
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2024
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Good luck, you got this. I managed to quit by drinking bitter green tea. Instead of having a smoke, I'd make a cuppa and let it steep for too long. After a while I associated the cravings with bitter tea and they somehow went away.
that's very clever
After many, many unsuccessful attempts I had my old GP suggest something like this. After 2 weeks or so, the nicotine addiction becomes psychological and not physical. Just had to trick my brain really.
Very good luck to you! Itโs totally worth it.
It took me a hundred goes but I got there.
It's tough to do! One craving at a time. The space between gets bigger, and eventually it's not your all consuming thought. 11 years quit this week for me, and I still very very occasionally want one, but I'm not having one!
I support your quitting endeavour. You can do it!
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Thank you for the encouragement and motivation to quit, I appreciate the support immensely and sincerely ๐ญ๐๐
For those who asked: I use patches and an inhalator. Today, I signed up for QuitMail and cried to Quitline and made a proper plan to follow.
Again, seriously, thank you. I'm so grateful to be a part of this community, full of all of you beautiful humans ๐๐๐
We're all here rooting for you. ๐
You can do it!!!
I found the patches helpful. And the Quit app. If I can do it, you can too!
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Flat has entered the 21st century ๐
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So pretty
I went to IKEA for the first time today. My good it's a bloody hoot! I love it. I got the Swedish meatballs with jam and a blahaj (I've wanted one for yearrrrssss)
Baku โฅ๏ธ IKEA
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As I was sayingโฆ
What a beautiful manager you have. ๐๐โโฌ
He is gorgeous, but currently inconvenient
I've had 5 hours sleep. Brain is not working properly. Time to head to the bedroom and negotiate a small space for myself on the bed
That bed looks very occupied to me... access denied.
Last night was ridiculous. I barely had enough room to lay on my side, yet she gets 3/4s of the bed. She's 1/20th my size!!!
But as with all cats, her attitude is much larger than her mortal body ๐ฝ
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Vic gov inquiry into Women's pain now open: https://go.vic.gov.au/3Tzwi5F
Danke! Completed ๐ thanks for linking this!
All smoky from planned burns over in the next valley.
Small quarter pounder meal, add on lettuce tomato bacon and mayo, with a medium coke please
What's something that's popular but you've never done?
I've never been in an uber.
I've never eaten quinoa or at least I don't think I have. I've certainly never cooked it.
Never worn Ugg boots
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I wish I'd stop switching between hobbies/projects as fast as I do, I feel like I end up wasting so much money. I start working on a project, order some of the stuff I need, spend hours researching it, and then by the next month I'm already in another hobby hole and start ordering things for that. It's an absolute curse. I've got so much crap I got specifically for a project just lying around
It's not even because I properly lose interest in them, it's because I find something else I want to do and being more recent it sits further up in my mind. The net result is rather than having 5 completed projects I've got 25 only barely started ones
It's normal to have many projects on the go at the same and at all different levels of completion. NORMAL.
Work on the ones you feel inspired to work on that day.
Fuck where does this expectation and guilt about art come from? School probably.
But every artist I know has lotsa stuff on the go all the time.
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Have a great day everyone โค๏ธ
Breakfast ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅญ๐๐ฅฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅจ๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ชผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅฎ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐ต๐บ๐ถ๐ฅค๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ๐ธ๐น๐ง๐
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The "never have I ever" comments got me thinking.. for the people who have never tried cannabis: would you consider trying it if it were legal for recreational use, and you could just go to a shop and buy it in any form.. smoke, vape, edibles?
No. Living with someone who has used daily since they were in their teens, hell no. It's not as harmless as people think, especially long term use.
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Starting Cyberpunk 2077.
That game is perfectly suited to pressing my "happy chemical" buttons.
I had to delete it in the end. I was dreaming about it lol
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Ugh, woke up at 7:30am with a headache, so what did I do, stay in bed until 2pm (!!!) on my phone ending with Veritasium videos on youtube which clearly was not going to help. I'm out of bed now but feel like total rubbish, unsurprisingly! The day would be mostly a writeoff except I have to meet a friend at 6pm nearby for a walk. Which will probably be good. But first, something to eat... why do I do this to myself...
mild coffee at 8 pm? yes, please, I need to shake this coffee headache
Did someone spike the chocolate with stupid pills?
I have had so many people this week who are either unable to comprehend basic information, dispute stated facts with irrefutable evidence or just donโt fucking read.
These are people who I dealt with last week who were cogent, alert and knew exactly what was happening and how things worked.
I can understand it happening on Tuesday when everyone came back to work and were still in holiday mode, but it is now three days later.
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The Mrs car smells like farts with the heater on. Still unclear how sheโs screwed me outta both my pride and joy Impreza AND its replacement new suv inside 12 months, but here we are.
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Work pet peeve - placeholder managers.
We have a director away for a few months and someone else is covering for them. The acting director is very particular in doing things, which is quite different to our normal way of working.
Adds 2-3 days of additional work to, an already convoluted, approval process for the benefit of absolutely no one.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Winter has really hit, hasn't it? It's like Autumn slept through March and has stuffed all its weather into April to make up for it
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