Submitted 6 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Thank you for the encouragement and motivation to quit, I appreciate the support immensely and sincerely 😭💜💜
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 💜💜💜
You can do it!!!
We’re all here rooting for you. 😐
I found the patches helpful. And the Quit app. If I can do it, you can too!
You can do it!
You can do it!
If you’re ever finding it near impossible: you can buy a cheap vape and very gradually dilute the nicotine solution down until you’re weaned off. I’m aware the media is very anti-vape now but the dangers are from particular things (especially in black market vapes). With care taken I got off the cigs and then quit the juice.
Doctors may still prescribe nicotine for the purpose of quitting.
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 ♥️ IKEA
It’s a great time, and you get some decent, cheap food to boot.
So pretty
As I was saying…
What a beautiful manager you have. 💖🐈⬛
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!!!
Vic gov inquiry into Women’s pain now open: go.vic.gov.au/3Tzwi5F
Danke! Completed 💜 thanks for linking this!
oh look my first ever job application rejection
Oh mate sorry. And welcome to the infinite club.
Thanks! That one was something I’m wildly overqualified for. Going to apply for one actually relevant tomorrow. I’m pretty much applying for anything that looks reasonable :P
Small quarter pounder meal, add on lettuce tomato bacon and mayo, with a medium coke pleaae
A McWhopper from when I used to work at maccas.
🍔
Would that have worked? Asking a cashier for a “McWhopper”? I know they don’t exist any longer.
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 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.
My problem with this is having things come up and not getting back to them for a while, which then just never happens. I don’t get to work on things enough to make a habit and get momentum
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
It’s certainly pretty cool so far.
You are in for a treat! I love that game so much!!
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.
No. Not only is cannabis not good for migraineurs it’s also bad for people who have had cptsd with disassociation. Psychiatrists have told me.
I’m not a never, but a not in over 20 years. Don’t care for the smell and can’t be bothered with the shenanigans of illegality. Would 100% try some sort of pain/sleep gummy.
I’m in the same category… wouldn’t mind gummies for the same reason
I’d try it to see how it works with my crazy brain as long I don’t need to jump through hoops and I also don’t have to smoke or inhale it. Can’t be that much worse than alcohol (which I don’t have much of either because it doesn’t do much for me, but might have a glass or two socially). I mean if it could help my mental health or I could use it to safely relax after stressful days I’d certainly want to try it
Weed was absolutely a gateway drug for me. People who say otherwise have a very narrow and pampered view of that world.
I don’t think I’d get anything done. Having it readily available to everyone would probably have our streets a bit more quieter but on the other hand teenagers would be doing more dumb dumb things in stolen automobiles.
it’s bad for teenagers, proof of link with schizophrenia
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.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Have a great day everyone ❤️
mild coffee at 8 pm? yes, please, I need to shake this coffee headache
While I was eating my wicked wings this popped into my head
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 don’t 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.
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…
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
The Mrs car smells like farts with the heater on. Still unclear how she’s screwed me outta both my pride and joy Impreza AND its replacement new suv inside 12 months, but here we are.
I feel better after the walk and having a late lunch of pasta with zucchini, basil pesto and tinned salmon, but I still feel a bit like a ton of bricks has landed on me…
I need to start looking at cars this weekend and have nothing lined up yet. Ugh I better wake up feeling better tomorrow. Going to force myself out of bed before 9
A year since moving house and we’re still unpacking things from the non-essentials. I just found a ‘cat self-groomer’, brand new still in its box…must have been a gift from someone. It has a compartment to put catnip in! Waiting for lazy cat to wake up and give it a try :)
I’ve never used recreational drugs I’ve never had a tattoo I’ve never voted Liberal I’ve never been to Africa, South America or done more than a stop over in Asia.
Couldn’t sleep last night. I have insomnia but take a sleeping pill, yet that wasn’t enough. Urghhh.
Went for the most amazing drive down Glenburnie Road last night. A hill climb, a massive dip, a sudden roundabout which lead to a twisting descent.
And the fog, it caught people’s high beams as they would come up crests in front of you. Such a great drive
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
There’s some rumours going around that a Brewery might buy the Bendigo Hotel.
But which one, given that quite a few are going broke. Where are the tanks gonna go as well? Sacrifice the merch desk area, or beer garden.
I am looking for a new laptop - posted in Aus Technology but I don’t know how populated that is, so if anyone has any suggestions want to pop over there and help me out? aussie.zone/post/8581847
StudChud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
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.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 6 months ago
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.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
that’s very clever
Eagle@aussie.zone 6 months ago
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!
tone212_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I support your quitting endeavour. You can do it!
dumblederp@aussie.zone 6 months ago
It took me a hundred goes but I got there.
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Very good luck to you! It’s totally worth it.
Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Do you/did you use any cessation aides or methods in particular? I’m close to trying to quit - the rolling tobacco I used to get for about five quid back in the UK (around $10 aud) is now over $90 here for a smaller pouch. Vaping isn’t for me I don’t think. Anyway, good luck with it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
you can do this 💪
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I quit smoking pretty successfully… But I’ve been addicted to the nicotine lozenges for like 2 years now 🫠
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 6 months ago
You can do it! It took me a few goes, and the thing that finally worked was cutting down the strength until they tasted too disgusting to smoke.