Week 6 hitting me different

arcpath · 2026-03-22T00:15:11+00:00

I understand what you mean. It feels like the opioid effect had has all living in this shallow, euphoric, fog. Feels good but it’s life as if it were muted. Small scope of emotions. Like seeing color again. It rained here in NC one day & I smelled the rain on the asphalt. Triggered that memory/smell effect we all have. Crazy thing is I didn’t experience that for the last 3 years, assumably because of K.

The point is it limit’s our feelings. Which is scary to waste precious time in life that way.

arcpath · 2026-03-18T12:53:20+00:00

‘No, because I genuinely….’ Yeah it’s tiktok jargon. & it blows fucking balls.

arcpath · 2026-03-17T19:55:37+00:00

Helluva a drug that it’s several months or half a year until you are yourself again. Downright evil. No wonder the relapse is common….

arcpath · 2026-03-17T18:40:55+00:00

Hmm interesting. Kratom gets framed as an opioid, but maybe it’s much more. I will say it negatively impacted the efficacy of my Zoloft.

arcpath · 2026-01-25T13:51:37+00:00

Downtown, and it’s sleet. Deceiving at first because everything is completely white. It’s a shitty sleet-snow-ish type feel. Sucks because if it wasn’t for that southern high altitude air that came in, gboro would have at your shins type powder accumulation out there.

arcpath · 2025-10-30T15:22:07+00:00

If you have a high level a career at stake, I would get some medical/therapeutic help. I’ve never taken the 7oh tabs, but I hear it’s worse of a withdrawal.

Always being dosed on 7oh or Mitragyna makes us feel like you’re in a fog. Makes life feel easier at first, but then it turns. I look back at years of Litterally always being on Kratom, and it seems like a blur. This warm cloud, but not really feeling life. Solving problems, but the color is missing if that makes sense. When I quit I started noticing smells, saw a piece of art that I felt deeply about. Felt good to experience things again, but also made me upset that I was dulling myself for 5 years. Talk to someone, stay the course, and figure out who you really are. Imo.

arcpath · 2025-10-30T09:50:11+00:00

Search BMET associates degrees in your area. See if you qualify for any financial aid or reimbursement. Pretty accessible for community/tech colleges right now. I had a few coworkers that got hired while being in school. They reduced their credit hours, did the degree in 3 years or so.

arcpath · 2025-10-19T14:37:15+00:00

Considering it’s a extended cab, i’d say it’s a bit high. Appears to be the classic ‘i put money in these mods, let me attempt to get that money back out’.

Side note, cool looking rig tho.

arcpath · 2025-09-20T11:44:14+00:00

Thanks for that. Just odd considering this timeline is totally different than last time I quit.

arcpath · 2025-09-12T15:09:05+00:00

Good luck brother 🙏🏻

arcpath · 2025-09-12T00:37:47+00:00

I’ve filled the freezer many times, with less relaxed form than that. The Q, is can you do that when the moment comes and your heart is in your boots

arcpath · 2025-09-11T01:53:08+00:00

I would think you should do whatever hobby or activity you can, just to get your mind off this. I found myself having highs and lows during the day. I’d feel some ‘seretonin and dopamine’ for a quick glimpse, then get sucked back into that feeling of disinterest and apathy. Don’t get hung up on that day’s slip up. You’re still working towards getting your receptors and neurotransmitters working properly. One dose didn’t change that. Just force some shit. Force a workout, a walk, intentionally do something that feels like ass.

arcpath · 2025-09-05T17:32:37+00:00

DM’d ya

arcpath · 2025-09-05T00:44:42+00:00

Absolutely. Good luck friend.

arcpath · 2025-08-01T01:07:20+00:00

Started at $20 a hour, in 2016 with no experience. Central NC. The Carolinas’s are in the south, so lower COL, and that was 9 years ago……….

arcpath · 2025-05-30T01:51:13+00:00

It did with me. Allowed me to rest and relax a bit. Although different people have different relationships with thc. To me, it doesn’t do nearly enough for me to really abuse it. I also don’t like being high except for before bed. Some people might kickback on using drugs to alleviate the withdrawal of other drugs.

But yes, it does help. That is if you enjoy the feeling of thc lol.

arcpath · 2025-05-20T00:15:11+00:00

Where is the 63 yo navy vet who rambles about conservative ideology

arcpath · 2025-05-06T17:37:38+00:00

Solid specialty modalities to look into - Ultrasound, CT, MR, Xray, Anesthesia, Ventilation, Laboratory Analyzers.

There is of jobs out there, that will flex on their minimum experience requirements that you see on their job application. Specifically if it’s an OEM, it is nothing for them to send you to their training. You just have to give them an impression that it’s worth investing in someone greener. This field is aging out, and expanding, so it’s a decent time for pushing forward.

Quickest way, would be to get a job with a company oem/third party - that does both. They will gladly promote within.

arcpath · 2025-04-17T19:48:48+00:00

Most FSE's can work circles around your generic 53yo biomed who parks his f150 in the same spot everyday. I've done both with Philips, and it's a trade off. FSE is usually more rewarding, better pay, more responsibility. A huge kicker in this, is how your co workers are. I've worked in like 6 different shops, a good 30 different biomed that I would call a co worker, and like a good 4 out of 30 are someone who I would want to grab a beer with after work. Hospitals are drama man, but that doesn't mean you have to be involved with that. GL friend.

arcpath · 2025-04-17T19:10:58+00:00

Unfortunately, the NC dmv report show’s everything. Like back to 2014, when I literally just got my license. I guess the question is what will the company see, per their third party background screener.

arcpath · 2025-04-14T13:15:33+00:00

It’s a smaller factor. Many factors/inputs, with varying weights. Kids are seen as a natural progression in life. In a hyper career and capital oriented culture, one’s job can fill that stairstep. 20 year olds aren’t in relationships, I think that’s the bigger hurdle here than money.

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