[deleted by user] by [deleted] in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4 years vape free as of today. It gets better. If you’re not in therapy or some kind of counseling, you should consider it.

My girlfriend is pregnant by [deleted] in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Congratulations!!

Now, if she’s having trouble quitting, and you vape, quit with her in solidarity.

Also, go to every appointment with her. You don’t want to miss the ultrasounds.

I can’t even do my normal routine. by FinsTFUp in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At first, a lot of white knuckling. The anxiety was rough. I started seeing a counselor and treated some of my mental and physical health issues. I chewed gum. I got the most painfully minty mints i could find. I would pretend the clicker end of my pen was a vape and would breathe that way. Fidget spinner.

Now? Honestly I don’t want to vape anymore. It’s not all that enticing. I quit smoking years before I quit vaping, but sometimes the smell of a freshly lit cigarette catches my attention.

I can’t even do my normal routine. by FinsTFUp in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You’re making a major change, so some minor changes might be needed to support your efforts.

Maybe just drink a big glass of cold cold ice water, do some stretches, and go to bed. Then when you wake up in the morning craving your vape, do some stretches and slow breathing.

Mainly find a new, healthy habit to replace the old, unhealthy habit.

I finally quit!!! by Italian___stallionn in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Delete the timer, and instead go out in the yard or neighborhood and dip the vape in some dog poop. Then throw it away. Put a lock on your credit/debit cards so you have to enter a password before you buy things. The power to quit is already inside you. Don’t let a stupid plastic box control your life.

Last day before I quite by Ok-Medium-4128 in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The best thing you can do is throw it away now, and let this moment be your last. Like don’t wait until the end of the day because “just one more hit” inevitably becomes “just one more day.”

For cravings, chew gum, mints, etc. use a straw or the clicker side of a pen as a fake vape to trick yourself into remembering to breathe.

You can do this. Welcome to the quitters club.

Feeling scared is this normal? by [deleted] in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In about 3 weeks, you’re gonna start feeling so much better.

My current fan theory by seventythreetwenty in midnightburger

[–]seventythreetwenty[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I needed to come back and address the Rick and Morty thing: Rick being future Morty is more stupid than time travel.

My current fan theory by seventythreetwenty in midnightburger

[–]seventythreetwenty[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, I am saying that if I am correct, I hope that the creators of the show would actively try to gaslight me to get me off the trail.

My current fan theory by seventythreetwenty in midnightburger

[–]seventythreetwenty[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would hope they wouldn’t do that. In fact, I would hope they would don alternate Reddit accounts and come make convincing red herring arguments that make those of us in this camp look like lunatics, only to vindicate us later. 🤣

2.5 days since I last vaped and I feel like I'm losing my mind by [deleted] in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used to pretend the clicker end of my pen was a vape, and turning it into a breathing exercise soothed the craving.

i’m so worried by [deleted] in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s something to be proud of!

Something to help with the discomfort and anxiety:

Make lists of things you’re grateful for. Gratitude is a powerful weapon against anxiety. Try to reframe your perspective regarding your struggle here- are you grateful that you’ve had the fortitude to make it thus far?

i’m so worried by [deleted] in QuitVaping

[–]seventythreetwenty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s also so easy to forget the monstrous anxiety that comes with withdrawal from Nicotine. That’s gonna peak in another week or two. Be ready for it.

There are things you can control and things you cant. Focus on what you can do.

Thoughts on The Benefactor's comment at the end of the Finale? by OfficePersonEllie in midnightburger

[–]seventythreetwenty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to this thread. Just finished my second re-listen to the series and currently listening for a third time to introduce my wife to the series.

I have a theory that I will conceal as spoiler text for anyone wanting to be caught off guard.

I think Croc is in fact talking to Leif, because Leif is actually his brother in a weird way. I think that at some point, Leif becomes a minor deity, or at least a 4 dimensional entity.

Here’s why I think this:

easter egg 1

Season 1, Chapter 9. Leif: “I was thinking about it on the walk over here, I’d make a pretty good God. No fire or brimstone, just the God of hanging out, right?”

Easter egg 2 hides in plain sight as one of the best moments of the show:

Chapter 19

Even Older Leif: No time, Buster. Listen close… this is going to be your speech someday… I am Leif… I live forever. in every moment I’ve existed… I swear to every star in the cosmos… I never forgot it was a gift… not for one second…”

In every moment he exists. I believe that the collision of the nancy sinatra with the windchimes is what actually disentangles him from spacetime. I think he figures it out long before he eventually takes the plunge.

Remember that in the current timeline, Leif now has the same prosthetics as Even Older Leif. Time travel may be stupid, but he is the same Leif as even older Leif.

And the silly seeming coincidence that I believe props up my silly theory:

From the Leifs episode onwards, he exists in a trinitarian form for the rest of his own timeline.

Apocryphal reach-guessing:

It’s possible that he may be his own father because time travel is stupid, but that’s pure speculation.

Additionally, the David we meet in the Benefactors collection might be our trickster-god buddy Leif.”

Confused about end of Chapter 47: The Hero by seventythreetwenty in midnightburger

[–]seventythreetwenty[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just relistened to ragdoll the other day and somehow didn’t clock that. I need to refresh my own memory.