Why not nicotine gum? Or the patches?

(Asking as someone who grew up around smokers, dippers, and chawers - and now I’m incredibly grossed out by tobacco spit)

It’s not the same (obviously) but it depends.

If I buy a bag of jelly belly candy, I will eat the whole bag until I have a stomach ache, and then eat until the bag is empty. So I buy smaller amounts.

But other sugary snacks? I went cold turkey and cut out all sugar and it was all I could focus on, I craved sugar to the point of being miserable. I bought a bag of chocolates, told myself I could have one a day (like a mini snickers) - what happened will shock!

I ate one a day, and sometimes not even that. Just knowing it was there as an option took away the obsession and I ate overall a lot healthier.

So, yeah, I could do sugar in moderation with chocolate, but not with those tiny jelly beans.

Whatever your addiction is, only you know if you can really do moderation or not.

I know of other people that kept a pack of smokes or a pint of whiskey in the back of a cabinet. Knowing it’s there is enough, and they just keep putting off partaking until suddenly they realize it’s been a year or more and they haven’t thought about it in ages.

This person weaned off instead of cold turkey for the same outcome: cessation.

Moderation would be if they still smoked 2 cigarettes a day or a couple times a week instead of 2 packs every day.

The screenshot misses the additional attribute of “rich”

Trump has literally said $5 million will buy a gold card through US immigration. (In place of a green card)

Which means everyone is at risk of being turned away, detained, deported. The odds are just higher for certain skin tones.

If the boyfriend was coming in on a private jet, and had no public facing leftish views, he’d have no problems, I’d bet.

Someone, not a therapist, told me pain isn’t a competition. I don’t have to wait for my pain to be worse than the pain of the people around me before I go get help for myself.

In this case, I had physical pain I put off getting checked because it wasn’t worse than what why partner deals with daily. Turned out I needed antibiotics for a bad infection.

Same!! I replaced the rollers in 2019 and it’s been working great. We got it used in 2001.

What are the ads for? Who’s paying for them? Is NY and fed buying these ads? Or a PAC? Or someone selling insurance?

We are a big country and Florida Keys to Maine is about 1800 miles, Wilmington NC to Barstow CA is about 2500 miles

Seems like up and down should count too sometimes. But we need a better word than across, especially if it can’t be safely driven in a single day by a single driver without stopping to sleep.

(San Fran to SeaTac is about 800 miles)

Thank you! I understand now.

I don’t know how it works there. Was Pierre running in two races?

Would there have a special election for this seat if he had won both?

What are the odds he loses support and goes quiet after losing both, especially his backup incumbent election? (Knowing hard losses used to discourage people, but not always now)

Cat.

I don’t have pics, but after my two were fixed, I had borrowed one of these crates to keep them in for a few hours while they recovered fully from the anesthesia.

One was loopy and just wanted to nap. The other was loopy and in bat mode like the one in this pic. I was afraid bat cat would pop her stitches or fall on her sister.

We ended up carrying bat cat in our arms until the drugs wore off while nap cat slept it off.

Yes, all the time. What if something unwanted goes into my mouth while it’s undefended?

Muzan is actually smart though.

Roflmao

Maybe I should upgrade…

The portable one is my rec too. I have a rechargeable one. I refill it with warm or cool water depending on my preference and then bippity boppity.

I like it because it’s also easier to aim and control.

If I was going to get one to hook to the toilet, I’d get the type that’s like a kitchen sprayer attached to hose.

I have a handheld that I fill at the sink with warm or slightly cool water.

I’ve got female parts so I angle from the front between my legs, so that everything flows front to back and then down.

I change the angle and shift a bit to get the backend bits so it doesn’t splatter the front bits.

The handheld bidet water stream is more like a water pick than a shower sprayer, so you can be pretty exact with this one.

Ask about propranolol - it’s a beta blocker.

It was prescribed to a family member for stage fright that was causing physical symptoms.

The nervousness is still there, but the control of the body came back.

Imagine trying to play drums or something and your hands shaking so bad you can’t hold the drumsticks…

If the xanax is messing with your thinking or energy, and you are medically cleared, a beta-blocker might help.

Wow, so this is basically the technique I started when a close family member was dying of cancer.

“But if you’re at dinner, then you’re at dinner and you enjoy that”

I just want to add to this, give yourself permission to fully enjoy it and be happy in the moment. Don’t beat yourself up for feeling joy when you know others are still in crisis.

Make a list on paper or digital and let all the problems wait while you enjoy the moment. It’s okay to enjoy the moment.

I do.

But I have vegan and lactose intolerant family and friends. So I try to keep shelf stable options on hand for when they visit.

After they leave, I use what’s left so it’s not wasted, and would prefer an option that I like too.