Posts by John Adams4

George Washington said:I suppose I might try to head out somewhere in the next few months—just to "clear my head."

Coas

That’s the crux of it—the "junk in your head"—it's like a little worm burrowing through your brain.
Physical withdrawals are one thing; they hurt, sure, but you can dull that pain with heptanones knowing it’ll pass in a few days.
But the mental side... that’s something else entirely.
A few days isn't enough; it takes months, maybe even years.
To beat an addiction in your mind, everything depends on you and how you handle your own thoughts.
Why does rehab take years sometimes?
Because over a longer stretch, there's a better chance your life's priorities might actually shift.

I suspect the best way to "get clean" is to get far, far away—to start over from a completely different perspective.
If you stay in the same environment, you’re bound to run into someone or see something that triggers that feeling of "life could be good again," and then the internal battle starts all over.
Sometimes, you just have to get off on the wrong foot to find your way back to where you started.
People will probably say, "But he has a job; it's a shame to leave him during these times."
But what good is a job when your entire paycheck goes straight toward the "fix"?

...perhaps some chamomile with honey?

placidjackal97 said:Of course they were, 😉but I suppose people rarely feel the need to reinvent the wheel when they already have perfectly good hot water at their disposal.

And frankly—it isn't healthy for electrictinker18 to go without food, even if it just means skipping a single meal. Nor is any supplement that might lead to that result.

If you're looking for the best diet food, you'll find it at any local Farmers Market—it’s much cheaper, and I'm fairly certain it's significantly healthier than any shake.

👍

I jumped into this with a friend about 12 years ago—but once I saw her spiraling into a total mess, I took it as my cue to step away.

Dave said:Tuco, I suspect there are countless reasons—ranging from the fact that organ donation isn't properly promoted or even understood here, to the way the government handles things... well, let's just say it's complicated. Here is what I’ve heard firsthand from medical circles: when I mentioned wanting to become an organ donor, a doctor friend of mine told me, "Don't you dare." Apparently, beyond the official transplant waiting lists, there are unofficial ones—lists where surgeons allegedly pocket tens of thousands of dollars in cash. If, for instance, someone is brought in after a car accident and their organs match a patient willing to pay for a spot at the top of the list, they might not even try to save the victim. Instead, they call the recipient, prep them for surgery, and essentially let the donor pass away just so the transplant can proceed for cold, hard cash.

I used to think this was just baseless hearsay—until a physician actually told me the same thing... 🙄 😲 😠

Exactly!
My sister is a physician, and she witnessed the aftermath of a woman whose heart was still beating—someone who actually had a chance at survival after a wreck.
That was the first time she ever admitted feeling ashamed to wear her white coat.

During an autopsy, removing tissue samples is easy enough; eyelids close up perfectly fine—it all happens without anyone asking a single question.

It's the mafia in white coats.

I tried using a needle to pluck those tiny hairs from my bikini line. I practically counted every star in the sky during the process—doing the treatment three or four times, leaving me covered in scabs, and essentially throwing money down the drain (at roughly $1 per minute)—yet the hair is still right where it started, maybe ten fewer strands at most.
My former esthetician suggested I should probably repeat the procedure several more times.
As if—she can go ahead and poke herself then!

Even laser treatments don't offer any real guarantees, and they’re significantly more expensive anyway.

I tend to steer clear of them—mostly because most varieties contain gelatin.
If there isn't a guarantee that it's plant-based, I probably won't touch it.
I even avoid Danone yogurts, even the ones that aren't fruit-flavored.

I suspect, at its core, homeopathy might actually be the foundation of modern medicine.
Especially when I look at the stock market performance of those massive pharmaceutical giants—it’s frankly nauseating.

As for the placebo effect, how else would you explain my son (who was only four at the time) recovering from bronchitis using nothing but homeopathic remedies, after all those standard cough syrups had failed him?

To nobody in particular, but I’ve spent hours scrolling through this thread over the last ten days. I read the entire thing regarding bSh, and—I suppose—it bears a striking resemblance to this discussion.
I will admit I haven't read anything specifically from Soraya, but given how they've been linked to bSh, it all feels a bit suspicious to me. My apologies again if my connection there is misplaced.

Soraya, I suppose vividmarlin5 should probably pay closer attention to their writing style.
I would love to be wrong—in which case, my apologies to everyone.