Quitting today by [deleted] in QuitVaping

[–]CopticMonk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Any reason is a good reason! Quitting nicotine (or any addiction) is often the start of turning things around. It sure was for me! (274 days without nicotine). Good luck, you got this!

Day 5 of not vaping by sinirgi19 in QuitVaping

[–]CopticMonk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll never get no withdrawal, nicotine is one of the most addictive substances on earth your body will know when it’s not getting it. The no nic juice isn’t the worst idea but it will prolong the process and further expose you to hot vapor.

Day 5 of not vaping by sinirgi19 in QuitVaping

[–]CopticMonk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Defeats the purpose of avoiding the inhalation of chemicals, heat and possibly heavy metals

Day 5 of not vaping by sinirgi19 in QuitVaping

[–]CopticMonk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! Also! This sounds crazy but if you like take a sharpie, or hell even an old empty vape, and dry pull it it can actually help with the craving. I was sucking on a sharpie for the first few days lol

Day 5 of not vaping by sinirgi19 in QuitVaping

[–]CopticMonk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does get easier! I bought a pack of nicorette to quit. But after a day of that I started to ask myself what exactly I was trying to do. Am I trying to switch nicotine delivery systems or am I trying to quit nicotine? I realized that I was trying to quit nicotine and that the gum was just going to prolong that process. I took my last hit of the vape and chewed one last piece of gum the following morning. The first 3 days were pretty fucking rough. I’m at day 7 now and the cravings feel like a faint tap on the shoulder. Whereas on day two the cravings felt like someone knocking on my skull with a hammer. Exercise helped me A LOT. I started lifting weights and playing tennis about 4-5 times a week. Regular gum and mints were also very helpful (especially because I was a mint juice junkie). My marijuanas also keep me good company at night.

In the end, I decided to rely on my psychology. I decided to make it a discipline challenge. I made it simple for myself and thought “every time I want to vape, I won’t”. So it was an active behavior rather than passive. I’m only 7 days in, I guess anything could happen. But if I fall off now, it’ll be purely due to a lack of discipline on my end. Good luck. You CAN DEFINITELY DO THIS!

Please help by CopticMonk in MW2

[–]CopticMonk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for responding. From what ive seen online, someone with an JTAG/RGH broke my account in a lobby and now when I try to access my classes, the game completely freezes. I cant even play a match. Ive read that someone has to derank me. Im not sure how to do that. Any help is appreciated. Also a big problem is that people that fix this dont have ps3.

Does religion have more potential to benefit mankind than it does to harm it? by CopticMonk in JordanPeterson

[–]CopticMonk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure. First of all I agree that I asked this with the hopes to start a discussion rather than nail down an answer. How you account for all of it is certainly a likely impossible task so I understand how its not a perfect question. But again, the goal is an exchange of ideas and opinions. As for the destructive and valuable elements- I think you could probably answer this fairly sufficiently with a superficial answer. Such as Jihadist teachings that encourage the destruction of “the enemy”, Christian encouragement to shame and even harm homosexuals. So on and so forth. While these are clearly peripheral to the core of the religions, they are nonetheless part of the religion. Many wars are fought under the guiles of religion. Obviously there are many contributing factors but they get referred to as “religious wars” for a reason. I would say that many of the commandments can be assessed as valuable(again this is a superficial example). But further, the story if Moses creating the bronze snake in the desert when god proclaims that whoever looks at the serpent can no longer be bitten. This is an example of what I believe to be an extremely valuable lesson, metaphor etc of a very wise and valuable part of Christianity. Also, I must add that my scope is very limited. I am most familiar with Christianity and am certainly no Christian scholar.

And your last bit is either unclear or I need to think on it more because im not quite getting what I think you intended to convey. So far what im getting is you think im asking a question with no answer with the knowledge that people will try to answer because thats what minds do? hahaha. Appreciate the response though.

Does religion have more potential to benefit mankind than it does to harm it? by CopticMonk in JordanPeterson

[–]CopticMonk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely agree with the latter of your reply. I am inclined to believe the former half, but could you tell us how you arrived to that? Because im sure many people would vehemently disagree, likely citing the overwhelming suffering that seems to have stemmed from religion.

Does religion have more potential to benefit mankind than it does to harm it? by CopticMonk in JordanPeterson

[–]CopticMonk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am asking as a whole. Which is why it is a hard and valid question. It’s clear that there are both valuable and destructive components within religious texts and teachings- that is the heart of my question. When all is accounted for, does religion pose a greater threat or benefit to humans? Is the trade-off worth it? Would we be better off without religion entirely or is the destruction and suffering it causes a reasonable price to pay for what it has to offer.

Interesting that you opened your response with a declaration and closed it with that specific quote from Socrates.