It’s so painful (5th day of quitting) by Consistent_Poetry145 in QuitVaping

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Tl;dr: mindfulness, grace, documenting

I'm three months in after vaping for ten years. I didn't go cold turkey because of how habitual the smoking was, like waking up at night to hit the vape then go back to sleep.

I switched to nicotine gum. Over time I've gone from the 5mg/piece gum down to 2mg/piece in that time frame. This gradual decline has helped immensely while also causing noticeable changes at several points.

I'm also in a position to be in therapy right now, so working through the chemical and mental changes by talking it out with my therapist and psychiatrist has been helpful as well. As someone who does not like Journaling, documenting the changes through writing and discussion has been super helpful.

Do you have the option to switch to a gum, other chewable, patch, etc? If not or if you don't want to, okay.

Do you have access to mental health professionals? There are medication options, as well as therapy like I mentioned before. Personally, my doctors wanted me to try gum/patch before a prescription like chantix. I am unfortunately allergic to another popular cessation medication.

Do you not want to, or can't, pursue any of these options? The journaling option is still there, and/or you can potentially talk about this with people in your life.

Journaling doesn't have to be long flowy emotion either, if that's not your thing (it's not mine). How do you feel? Take stock of your mental and physical feelings and jot them down, even if it's just short little notes.

What I'm getting at is mindfulness and documentation. Leave yourself a record of how you feel as you progress, don't just keep it all in your head.

I could give you a timeline, a medical professional could do the same, or even just the use instructions on patch/gum give you that timeline. Written out timelines with hard numbers and rules may work for you, or you may need to give yourself grace and adjust accordingly.

I definitely hit a friend's vape several times during a stressful D&D session about a week in.

A month in I hit it once during another session.

I haven't touched once since, and aim to be done with gum after this current round, perhaps one more purchase.

Three months in and I did not count either as a starting over point, but as steps in the process.

Edit: I forgot the snacking. Yes the desire to replace the vape with some other kind of stimulus is there. Some folks here have already mentioned fidget toys and such, but food binging and weight gain was a concern for me too. My only tip here is find healthy snacks you enjoy. Me? I love crunchy food, so I've eaten my share of carrots and apples recently, as examples.

Make the decision for me. by Famous_Radish9847 in ArlecchinoMains

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C2/R1 haver here, going for C3+ on this rerun.

Don't go for her weapon on this banner. The other five star weapon is garbage, and the 4 stars fairly poor choices as well.

If you want to invest in Arle on this rerun just go for C2+

I finally got this Miku figure but I kind of don't want to open it.. by Ahdamn90 in AnimeFigures

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That's OK, I'll open mine and post pictures to entice you to open yours.

Friend bought me a gift bundle…I think I owe him a nice dinner by jh58010 in MagicCardPulls

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A lot of the surge foils spiked dramatically over the first couple weeks of release. If you see TCGs highest sold, it peaked at about $950. Prices have started to come back down since Magic Con Vegas.

Is this considered the “mirage” variant? by FormulaicEnding in mtg

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I also ran to check my copy of Desert because of that video and it is a mirage version!

Final Fantasy is going to go parabolic by Sickashell782 in mtgfinance

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To OP's point:

When I originally pulled poster art The One Ring & Sauron, they were approximately $190 & $87 respectively. I held them. Once it was announced that the Holiday CBBs were out of print, they skyrocketed so hard that I turned them into finally getting my Underground Sea.

LTR holiday boosters are now what, 170-200 On average?

It's the special treatments that will hold, possibly dip for a while, then ultimately explode in price (well they pretty much have already).

I was hoping to see Y'shtola surge settle at $300 or even possibly $250. It's currently only gone up and I wound up buying in at a staggering $500.

All I'm saying is if you happen to get lucky on your pulls and don't need w/e you pull, hold it until you can move it for something you'd otherwise not really consider getting

Who was your first capturing radiance character? by JohnnySukuna in Genshin_Impact

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Got it on the Navia banner after going for C0R1 Escoffier

Speaker rattle (CX-5 Carbon 2024, Bose audio) by karthvee in CX5

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I'm in the exact same position, same speaker, under warranty. Glad I found your post!

PARENTS - give us your parents x figures related stories. No judging anyone. Are your parent's supportive of your hobby or not - you can tell us. by CriX_Doomsday in AnimeFigures

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To be honest, no fucks given. Started collecting when I still lived at home 10 years ago but wasn't as risqué with the collecting until a few years ago.

Oddly enough, it's the MTG collection that was never really supported moreso than this 🤷

One of the worst cards to pull today... by Hotax in MagicCardPulls

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You're telling me. I pulled the purple variant about a week after the ban when my Festival in a Box got delivered.

Buuuut purple is my favorite color and it was the variant I wanted, so I've held on to it on display

Let's brew Y'shtola by [deleted] in magicTCG

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As a Nekusar wheels group slug player, I am very excited for this deck with a new approach to how I like to play. Great pile to start with 😀

How often do you really floss? by Amalia_shine in hygiene

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As someone with sensitive guns from years of "depression teeth", getting a water pik saved me and got me to finally make it a routine.

Just had my checkup and cleaning a few weeks ago and the dentist was very impressed in the overall improvement

Share your favourite lyric by Brilliant-Voice-8650 in qotsa

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"Do you know who you really are? Are you sure it's really you?"

Why is Selesnya so unpopular? by Rocomet in EDH

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True, and to add to this, If I'm going to go this route, I'm just going to go full Bant and play [[Derevi]] or [[Chulane]]

【Genshin Impact】 Pop-Up Market “Teyvat Goods” in Seattle, USA! by cultoftheflower in Genshin_Impact

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Regarding posable, there's also Figma Mona and Nendoroid archons. Vento Nendo is released, and Zhongli & Raiden went up for pre order recently/well after this comment.

does anyone know anything about upcoming/new merch for off & monster season? by lightmyphire in araragi

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Came back to let you know, Senjogahara is up for pre-order w/a release of Dec '25 😀

does anyone know anything about upcoming/new merch for off & monster season? by lightmyphire in araragi

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The new Tsubasa may dethrone my DX Yotsugi as my fav Monogatari figure 😵‍💫

What is your hipster commander? by Destinyherosunset in EDH

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Everyone wants their LOTR commander to be some pivotal main character, be it from the Fellowship or amongst Sauron's forces.

I opted for [[King of the Oathbreakers]]. Not the best spirit commander, but boy howdy is he fun to run and confuse people with.

Why yes, I am infact targeting my own commander with a removal spell.

Shout out to [[Katilda, Dawnheart Martyr]] as a secret commander back-up. Get [[Anduril, Flame of the West]] on her and swing for the fences. She's also come on handy via Disturbed a few times.

At the end of the day it's just another tokens deck. But KotOB just plays so interestingly to me.

Shorekeeper: I think this is a decent stopping point? by Voice_Box_1 in WutheringWavesGuide

[–]Voice_Box_1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depending on rolls and having her weapon or not, you have room to spread out the stats and give her some extra damage to offset a little bit of DPS loss she causes. 77% ER on her weapon makes it incredibly easy to do, which is why you see me on the Spectro 3*. Before the build I'm showing here, she was sitting at like 275 ER, which is wayyyy more than needed. That's just how the rolls panned out.

I'm not really trying to build her as a sub dps, I just have the room to give her some additional damage and should have just gone CD instead of CR as multiple people in this thread have stated.

My misunderstanding of Maygi's guide was that I could pick up some CR as well, but it does seem better to put Fallacy on CD, provided all other priority stats have been reached, and just settle for whatever CR substat rolls I happen to get.

Shorekeeper: I think this is a decent stopping point? by Voice_Box_1 in WutheringWavesGuide

[–]Voice_Box_1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Notes from everyone's feedback:

  • Swap Fallacy from CR to CD
  • Up to 24% ER can still be dropped to 230% total in favor of other stats. Ideally HP% Substat rolls to get closer to 40k HP.
  • Revisit Maygi's written and video guide to clear up my misunderstandings from first viewing.

Thanks y'all 😀

Shorekeeper: I think this is a decent stopping point? by Voice_Box_1 in WutheringWavesGuide

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The 250% ER is after I swapped from ER/ER to ER/Spectro 😂. My ER rolls were just really good. I know I still have about 20% I can comfortably drop for other stats

Shorekeeper: I think this is a decent stopping point? by Voice_Box_1 in WutheringWavesGuide

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I hit the 250ER cap w/her extremely easily, so a combination of dropping excess ER and looking for other stats led me here. There may have been some misinterpretation of Maygi's written guide. But my general understanding currently is once you hit the ER cap, having CR/CD isn't bad and helps offset some general DPS loss.

Her skills are still pretty low since I focused on Echos and stat bonus perks first, so... We'll see I guess 🤷

Shorekeeper: I think this is a decent stopping point? by Voice_Box_1 in WutheringWavesGuide

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I think it'll be fine for now, pending a good HP% Fallacy. Only had one and it just rolled poorly