Photo by Giulia Ballestri on Unsplash I’ve smoked from the age of 16/17 years old where I used to think that it was cool and made me look hard to be puffing on a cigarette, especially while standing and holding the fag between my fingers a certain way. I can still remember my…
I’ve never been so organised, productive & busy yet still have the feeling that I’m failing Things have been building for at least the past 10 years and more and for all of that time I’ve been saying that “I’m getting there, slowly but surely, I’m getting there!” Well, I have been I am and…
I’m sick and tired of the changes that my mind goes through causing me to get depressed, overwhelmed, paranoid, vexed, stressed and anxious. Popping pills every bloody morning and night. I feel like a pill popper. I’ve tried coming off them to see if I can manage without and all that does is back fire…
Who am I? I’m a 55 year old man who should know better and I’ve been getting & going no where. Things have to change and so do I as this slump I’m in has been going on long enough. What I do… I go out when I have to as I don’t like going out…
Smoking is a killer in more ways than you might realise… …I stopped smoking and noticed how unaffected by the nicotine I was yesterday morning… …I’m doing an experiment involving nicotine and smoking tobacco. I have a bad addiction to smoking and we all know that that is because of the very addictive Nicotine that laces the…
I have an eating disorder and then learned that smoking tobacco is seriously affecting my appetite. I smoke like a trooper. It’s a bad habit, it’s disgusting yet it’s got me. Hook, line and sinker. Earlier on today I googled whether smoking tobacco could be the cause of me not eating anything through the day…
Turn off the phone, tune into yourself, and be productive when it counts Have you ever found yourself staring at your phone or laptop, mindlessly checking social media or going down an internet rabbit hole when you’re supposed to be doing something else? So have I. My name is Rob, and I’m addicted to information.…
The science behind hangovers — and what to do when you get one Most of us love to joke about hangovers. For example: What’s the best thing for a hangover? Drinking heavily the night before. But what is happening in our bodies is more serious than that — it’s alcohol withdrawal. Yes, the symptoms are less…
There’s definitely something to be said for old friends. The bonds between people can be so intense and real that they carry through time itself and know no bounds. Today I made contact with one of them. An old flame whose journey up till now has been fraught with hardship and devastation. And on a…
How weird is life? Over 20 years ago now I was diagnosed with having Bipolar. An emotional disorder due to the lack of neurotransmitters in my brain, and I was to take medications that would bridge these gaps in my neuro-pathways and make me better. That took a very long time, however, after…