I just quit smoking! — Page 8

*sigh*

Leonardo said:

TOO LATE!!

Yes, get on with it!

By way of gentle persuasion I thought I'd mention my main domestic quest of the day.

The Chateau has a bay window and we use it to display various nik-naks.

Over Christmas I was given a few more bits of t..interest and in trying to find a spot for them I noticed that the window area needed a bit of a clean.

Today I took all the objects out of the window took down the blinds and washed them in the bath and scrubbed the window frame and the bay with bleach and water.

This is right behind where the better half sits and he isn't there all day, he does go to work and it's been about a year since I gave the area such a deep clean.

The bath water was orange.

And after cleaning the blinds and the window frame it looks like we have had decorators in.

The window is white not tangerine.

If that is one year's part time smoke imagine what the inside of a lung in such a situation is going to be like?

Hope that helps.

Leonardo said:

I've gone slightly off topic, haven't I? 

Yes, you need to go further.

Leonardo said:

alright, I'll go forth and have another cigarette!

No, that's not...*sigh*

Have you sampled the positive effect of negative ions?

The Eye Of Orion is good this time year, just the spot to shake up that Artronic Chakra. 

bkev said:

I'm starting to seriously consider getting a medical marijuana card. I've been really depressed lately, and for some reason smoking tends to motivate me - in other words, everything feels less hopeless and I remember I have a semblance of direction in my life. The only reservation I have is that I want to go into the field of education, which is technically a government job. Also, I might abuse it. I'd like to think I'm smart enough not to, but that's what I (falsely) said about alcohol.

Marijuana is generally not the best choice, as it tends to increase depression. Starting a depressant that you might likely abuse might be a bad choice.

If you're willing to get a card a go through a dispensary, perhaps you might be better off with something that treats depression.

TheBoost said:

bkev said:

I'm starting to seriously consider getting a medical marijuana card. I've been really depressed lately, and for some reason smoking tends to motivate me - in other words, everything feels less hopeless and I remember I have a semblance of direction in my life. The only reservation I have is that I want to go into the field of education, which is technically a government job. Also, I might abuse it. I'd like to think I'm smart enough not to, but that's what I (falsely) said about alcohol.

Marijuana is generally not the best choice, as it tends to increase depression. Starting a depressant that you might likely abuse might be a bad choice.

If you're willing to get a card a go through a dispensary, perhaps you might be better off with something that treats depression.

It depends, some doctors perscribe marijuana as an anti-depressant. This is what a school doctor perscribed to a friend of mine and it was fairly effective. A friend of mine self-medicates this way as well because she says it helps clear her mind and not focus on negative things. Like any medication for psychological issues, it's always case by case. To cure depression you usually have to try more than one drug until you find one right for you.

At the risk of stating the obvious there is a difference between clinical depression and feeling miserable.

If you have been diagnosed by a qualified doctor as being clinically depressed get someone who hasn't to walk you through the options.

If you are feeling miserable it's possibly for a reason that you can take direct action to resolve without flipping your brain chemistry around with pills and herbs.

The "happy thing" is over-rated and over sold.

To truly appreciate what should be rare moments of joy it's natural to feel unhappy for periods and rather indifferent for longer stretches.

People in a state of perpetual glee are A) insufferable to say the least and B) almost certainly insane.

If you are under a perpetual debilitating cloud which arrived without reason and refuses to lift even when it makes sense that it should, that is when you might need a mood stabiliser.

Perpetuity is the key. If your mood will not budge up or down regardless of what is happening to you, you probably have a problem of some kind.

But as I say get a Doctor or three to look into it but I wasn't fibbing about the negative ions.

They can work wonders.

Chilled Poultry?

Are you just giving up unaided?