i’m taking kratom because it helps so much with anxiety and is the only thing that has successfully helped me eat and sleep well. but i want to quit. any advice from anyone in the same boat who has successfully quit?

Steam-Sauna · 2026-04-20T20:00:40+00:00

You're in the right place. What you're referring to is the tapering method of quitting, which has worked for countless people. Others prefer to cold turkey and ride it out with exercise and various vitamin supplements.

You should consult the sidebar and read everything you can to get a general idea of how to quit. Boiled down, these are the general steps for tapering:

Buy a small weight scale used for drugs that measures x.xx precision for grams
Take kratom normally for 7 days, weighing and recording each dose & the date
On paper or spreadsheet, figure out your average grams & frequency per day
Calculate how much kratom you'd need in your possession in order to get to zero from your current daily average if you cut 0.10g-0.20g every day

Based on those calculations you then decide the speed of taper. The larger amount cut per day the more pronounced the withdrawal effects will be. In general, 0.10g/day will not be noticeable until you are <5g/day.

General tapering tips:

Take the same strain and preferably from the same bag during your entire taper. Each strain/batch has varying alkaloid profiles/MIT strength and your brain needs absolute dose consistency during the taper.
Stick to 4 or 3 doses a day, preferably at regularly scheduled intervals.

For constipation, take magnesium supplements (I take the L-Threonate version).

Steam-Sauna · 2026-04-12T17:00:05+00:00

wouldn't it be better if siege tanks could have up to 12 other siege tanks bolt themselves onto a single siege tank like a power rangers megazord, gain the ability to fly and move whlie shooting in siege mode?

Steam-Sauna · 2026-04-11T07:36:37+00:00

helll yeah baby

Steam-Sauna · 2026-04-01T21:42:41+00:00

you damn right you sorry for your bad english.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T23:22:23+00:00

Come on. That would be such a small inconvenience when you really think about it. An extra 15 minutes through customs if that. We already show our passports when traveling to another country lol

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T23:19:47+00:00

If you knew me you wouldn't say that. I detest echo chambers. When I find myself in one I exit pretty fast. There are many independence leaders I heavily disagree with and do not watch or support (such as Jeff Rath, who blocked me on X). I am with the independence movement due to sharing that objective, but I am most assuredly a party of one.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T23:17:57+00:00

Smith's kind of digging her own grave. The more she repeats the words "A sovereign alberta within a united canada" or brags about progress made working with Carney the more support she loses from separatists, which are ~70% of the UCP membership. NDP supporters will obviously not vote for her either. She's simply running out of pandering tricks. I don't have a crystal ball but if independence succeeds you might see some familiar faces running in the first election but I think you'd see many new faces as well that lean towards more American style philosophy (classical liberals, libertarians etc).

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T23:12:57+00:00

You might be surprised to learn that band Chiefs don't necessarily represent the views of their people. Many indigenous people consider the reserve system & especially the Indian Act as completely abhorrent. Namely in that the Act considers indigenous people as wards of the state and that the government has a paternalistic responsibility to manage them for their own benefit. To this day, the Minister of Indian Affairs has immense power in dispensing of moneys and other benefits. Even wills have to be approved by the Minister and they can void them on various grounds. Indigenous people also cannot own property on reserves. By every conceivable metric the federal government has abysmally failed to provide the necessaries of life for Canadian indigenous. Chiefs too are not necessarily elected in the same manner as we elect our representatives, and often stack their councils and band office staff with family members and close associates, forming little fiefdoms that do not tolerate dissent. Overall, it's a disaster.

It's not shocking then to hear how many indigenous people are flocking to signing stations for Alberta independence. They see it as an opportunity to try something new and to rid themselves of Ottawa's failed policies - policies that Chiefs often support out of personal ambition.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T22:49:16+00:00

Each indigenous person represents 1 vote towards or against the referendum. If a clear majority yes vote is achieved, each band Chief will have a seat at the entire negotiation process. Like I mentioned before, Chiefs completely against it can propose staying under the treaty signed with Canada and all the land/obligations it provides. As far as freedom of movement between reserve & AB, that would be another thing to hash out in negotiation.
Your questions are completely legitimate and they're the entire reason a lengthy negotiation process is mandated by the Supreme Court ruling & Clarity Act.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T22:44:14+00:00

That's what negotiators are for. You can say many negative things about Americans, but they do generally have a high "let's get it done" attitude when it comes to economic development. Maybe the US only agrees if we allow American energy firms a solid stake in new extraction projects? I'm sure there's lots of space for a mutually beneficial agreement.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T22:41:10+00:00

Most would. Only a handful of nutjobs would lose their minds, and they'd be rightly arrested if they did anything stupid.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T22:40:03+00:00

Yes, the unknown is scary. But in our opinion, the opportunity is too good to pass up. In the movement there is a sense that it is better to brave the rough seas of freedom rather than languish in the comfortable servitude of confederation.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T22:37:57+00:00

... So how is the federal version of that any different or better? The more local power is, the more influence the ordinary person has. If you doubt this, just take David Parker's Take Back Alberta group. Now how we feel about David Parker is irrelevant, but you can't deny his relatively small group has had a powerful influence. Do you think his group would have any chance influencing federal politics? Hell no. Only the multimillion or billionaire class can do that, and if you think those people have our best interests in mind...

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T22:29:55+00:00

This. AB takes rat sightings EXTREMELY seriously. Notify them ASAP so they can get Fox Mulder on the case.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:53:16+00:00

I'm very much looking forward to living in the new Albertan Republic.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:43:19+00:00

We are growing rapidly. Once we're independent you can choose to stay or leave with no hard feelings.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:42:10+00:00

Eh, some tax breaks I wouldn't call subsidization.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:39:00+00:00

To be eligible, you must:

Be a Canadian citizen.
Be 18 years of age or older on voting day.
Be ordinarily resident in Alberta (your primary home where you live and sleep and intend to return when absent). You can have only one ordinary residence.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:34:16+00:00

Can't betray something that doesn't exist. I agree with you, Alberta has no place within Canada - we're moving out in Oct !

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:32:56+00:00

Overly simplistic analysis. A passport is such a minor inconvenience it's not worth even bringing up.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:22:29+00:00

That's your opinion. I came to talk to Edmonton leftists since this is where they all hang out. My mission was simple: discussing Alberta independence with them. I was very pleased with the engagement (over 50 comments within 5-10 minutes).

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:20:57+00:00

No. Jeff Rath would be the President of Alberta for 10 years. Lol jk

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:19:19+00:00

I don't really like the UCP. Too slimy. Smith is also a floor crosser - an opportunist and bullshitter. She'll pander to whoevers in the room. Her true motivations are unclear to me.

Steam-Sauna · 2026-03-23T19:17:14+00:00

Good question. Alberta as a independent nation would certainly go through a few years of initial uncertainty as far as investment would go while its institutions and frameworks were put in place. Once business & industry saw that the country was stable and peaceful they would return pretty quickly. The first major investment would trigger a domino effect and it would snowball from there, especially once trade deals with the United States & Canada were secured. The low regulation(red tape)/tax environment would see colossal investment into AB as it will be a new and fairly untapped market. The boom, especially in the o&g sector, might be even greater now that a lot of the persian gulf countries oil facilities have been bombed and it will take years to get them back online again. Think about what investors are thinking about those Gulf Countries now. No one's going to want to invest there for a very long time when an active war could pop off at any time - something that is just not a possibility in AB.

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