I have to say that Danny has totally won me over in EVERY way this season. When he did his stripper dance? I about lost my shit.
I've never seen the show, but I just liked her gif.. maybe I start watching it? lol
I may be biased, but watch the show! Mindy Kaling is hilarious. I think I like it even better than The New Girl. MH doesn't hate it either, which is a compliment.
I understand addiction. I smoked for years. I quit when it started hurting my lungs to breathe. I just don't understand how people can put addiction above their health/family/ etc.
housecarder are you able to put your family before depression or mania?!?
Tell me more...
Yes I have sought out help and medication. I'm not saying it's not hard and I'm not saying people are awful for struggling. I'm sorry that you struggled in the past icequeen but you obviously got help as well. I guess my point is that if loosing part of a lung or needing a trach isn't a wake up call I don't know what is. And it's frustrating for patients to get upset at me when I tell them they can't smoke their e-cigs int he hospital.
This is striking me really hard, because I've struggled with addiction for over a decade. I gave up so much, a medical degree, lost so many friends, boyfriends, even my relationship with my own dad due to the choices I made. You might claim to understand addiction, but you obviously don't understand mental illness.
I completely understand mental illness. I have bipolar disorder, and have struggled with addiction. I just also have seen people get help and overcome addiction.
Ok. I find it very hard to believe that in the deepest and darkest moments of your illness you were able to put your family ahead of your addiction. Addiction is a compulsive behavior that cannot be controlled, rather, the addiction controls you. The way that you are addressing this very personal issue is flippant and dismissive. As Julia said, some people who are struggling cannot simply "go get help". Some go get help, relapse, go get help again, relapse, and die. I have seen it. It is absolutely possible for people with mental illness and addictions to be cured, but it is a lifelong battle, and more often than not, people lose.
I completely understand mental illness. I have bipolar disorder, and have struggled with addiction. I just also have seen people get help and overcome addiction.
Ok. I find it very hard to believe that in the deepest and darkest moments of your illness you were able to put your family ahead of your addiction. Addiction is a compulsive behavior that cannot be controlled, rather, the addiction controls you. The way that you are addressing this very personal issue is flippant and dismissive. As Julia said, some people who are struggling cannot simply "go get help". Some go get help, relapse, go get help again, relapse, and die. I have seen it. It is absolutely possible for people with mental illness and addictions to be cured, but it is a lifelong battle, and more often than not, people lose.
Yes exactly.....my dad is an alcoholic and has fallen off a few times. If it was that simple he would be done but it's not. I "get" it but I don't like it and wish it wasn't that way.
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Also....finally made it all the way through. Considering this is 17 pages I'm surprised there isn't more hot topics than there is.
I can't think of any UO's currently because I'm lame but......
No to ecigs if "normal" smoking is banned. candy/soda have sales tax on them here but milk, bread, etc do not because they are considered more necessary food items and they qualify for WIC/food stamps/other assistance programs not listed.
Also I love peanut butter and could eatvit all the time.
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I completely understand mental illness. I have bipolar disorder, and have struggled with addiction. I just also have seen people get help and overcome addiction.
Ok. I find it very hard to believe that in the deepest and darkest moments of your illness you were able to put your family ahead of your addiction. Addiction is a compulsive behavior that cannot be controlled, rather, the addiction controls you. The way that you are addressing this very personal issue is flippant and dismissive. As Julia said, some people who are struggling cannot simply "go get help". Some go get help, relapse, go get help again, relapse, and die. I have seen it. It is absolutely possible for people with mental illness and addictions to be cured, but it is a lifelong battle, and more often than not, people lose.
I apologize if I am coming off as flippant. That was not my intention. I was just commenting on a specific scenario of e-cigs on a pulmonary floor in the hospital. My comments that followed were to say that I do have personal experience with both mental illness and addiction both in myself and my family. It wasn't an attack on anyone here.
Also....finally made it all the way through. Considering this is 17 pages I'm surprised there isn't more hot topics than there is.
I can't think of any UO's currently because I'm lame but......
No to ecigs if "normal" smoking is banned. candy/soda have sales tax on them here but milk, bread, etc do not because they are considered more necessary food items and they qualify for WIC/food stamps/other assistance programs not listed.
Also I love peanut butter and could eatvit all the time.
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Also....finally made it all the way through. Considering this is 17 pages I'm surprised there isn't more hot topics than there is.
I can't think of any UO's currently because I'm lame but......
No to ecigs if "normal" smoking is banned. candy/soda have sales tax on them here but milk, bread, etc do not because they are considered more necessary food items and they qualify for WIC/food stamps/other assistance programs not listed.
Also I love peanut butter and could eatvit all the time.
You can buy candy and soda with food stamps.
I foresee a Skittles for the poor debate in 3..2..1..
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I understand addiction. I smoked for years. I quit when it started hurting my lungs to breathe. I just don't understand how people can put addiction above their health/family/ etc.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
Now that you have realized you can't understand what would drive someone to smoke, gamble, and abuse themselves to the point of ruination take some time to read a few blogs, autobiographies, and books on the subject.
Let's talk about mental illness, and start trying to understand it, instead of sweeping it under the rug.. Does this sound like a plan?
I have read several books on the subject. I have studied it in depth. I have taken classes on psychology and the biology of mental illness. I still would love to know more so if you have any specific recommendations I would love to hear them. Maybe I should have phrased it differently. My statement of "I don't understand how people can put addiction above their health and family" was specific to my original comment of e-cigs and the lung issue. I completely agree that not everyone has access to therapy/medication and often it doesn't work. I'm am only referring to someone who had access to ways to quit smoking and refused. I by no means want to sweep mental illness under the rug. I'm sure in this context with no reference to who I am as a person I came off as flippant and uneducated but that is not the case. If I offended anyone I apologize sincerely. I am a huge advocate for care of mentally ill patients and the stigma even in the healthcare system.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
Now that you have realized you can't understand what would drive someone to smoke, gamble, and abuse themselves to the point of ruination take some time to read a few blogs, autobiographies, and books on the subject.
Let's talk about mental illness, and start trying to understand it, instead of sweeping it under the rug.. Does this sound like a plan?
I have read several books on the subject. I have studied it in depth. I have taken classes on psychology and the biology of mental illness. I still would love to know more so if you have any specific recommendations I would love to hear them. Maybe I should have phrased it differently. My statement of "I don't understand how people can put addiction above their health and family" was specific to my original comment of e-cigs and the lung issue. I completely agree that not everyone has access to therapy/medication and often it doesn't work. I'm am only referring to someone who had access to ways to quit smoking and refused. I by no means want to sweep mental illness under the rug. I'm sure in this context with no reference to who I am as a person I came off as flippant and uneducated but that is not the case. If I offended anyone I apologize sincerely. I am a huge advocate for care of mentally ill patients and the stigma even in the healthcare system.
Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
Now that you have realized you can't understand what would drive someone to smoke, gamble, and abuse themselves to the point of ruination take some time to read a few blogs, autobiographies, and books on the subject.
Let's talk about mental illness, and start trying to understand it, instead of sweeping it under the rug.. Does this sound like a plan?
I have read several books on the subject. I have studied it in depth. I have taken classes on psychology and the biology of mental illness. I still would love to know more so if you have any specific recommendations I would love to hear them. Maybe I should have phrased it differently. My statement of "I don't understand how people can put addiction above their health and family" was specific to my original comment of e-cigs and the lung issue. I completely agree that not everyone has access to therapy/medication and often it doesn't work. I'm am only referring to someone who had access to ways to quit smoking and refused. I by no means want to sweep mental illness under the rug. I'm sure in this context with no reference to who I am as a person I came off as flippant and uneducated but that is not the case. If I offended anyone I apologize sincerely. I am a huge advocate for care of mentally ill patients and the stigma even in the healthcare system.
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I'll admit that the line I'm drawing is arbitrary. But in my mind most processed foods have at least some nutritional value other than sugar.
I mean, I guess, but its hard to find the redemptive quality of, say, Hot Pockets. And most cereal is basically candy...even if it is "packed with whole grain goodness!"
It becomes really dicey, really fast.
And again, its nobody's business what I choose to eat. Penalizing me via taxes just sucks, particularly when a lot of mainstream nutritional "wisdom" is out of date and counterintuitive. For example, margarine being touted as the healthy option. On what fraking planet?
All fair points. But the general idea wasn't meant to be "People shouldn't eat candy or drink soda, so let's tax the shit out of it". It was "fuck, we need more revenue or we have to cut these social programs. What's a minor change we can make that will bring in some more cash and impact the least number of people?"
I, personally, was OK with it because in my mind candy isn't a grocery item anyway, so why give it a grocery exemption?
Skittles green apple is the worst change to a candy ever. I want lime back!
DH was so upset about this that he called customer service and complained. He said he bough the "original" skittles expecting lime and got green apple which is not "original" I was laughing my ass off the whole time and DH was completely serious. I felt bad for the poor customer service rep.
MY asthma is pretty bad when it comes to cigarette smoke and nicotine. I have issues with the e-cigs, too. It bugs me when people have this attitude of "well, it's my right to smoke." The e-cig people are the worst. I've been told that it's just a vapor, so there couldn't possibly be anything in it to trigger my asthma. Therefore, they can continue to "smoke" it in restaurants.
I think it is incredibly rude and gross when people vape or e-cig indoors where smoking isn't allowed. It gets me so ragey. There is one guy that walks around our office doing it.
The guy in front of me in the cutting line at Joann's was smoking an ecig the other day. I was rude to him when him and his wife were asking about one of the bolts I was getting cut.
WTF. It pissed me off soooooooo bad! I was planning on asking him to stop the next time he took it out but by then I was done. Ugh.
I mean, I guess, but its hard to find the redemptive quality of, say, Hot Pockets. And most cereal is basically candy...even if it is "packed with whole grain goodness!"
It becomes really dicey, really fast.
And again, its nobody's business what I choose to eat. Penalizing me via taxes just sucks, particularly when a lot of mainstream nutritional "wisdom" is out of date and counterintuitive. For example, margarine being touted as the healthy option. On what fraking planet?
All fair points. But the general idea wasn't meant to be "People shouldn't eat candy or drink soda, so let's tax the shit out of it". It was "fuck, we need more revenue or we have to cut these social programs. What's a minor change we can make that will bring in some more cash and impact the least number of people?"
I, personally, was OK with it because in my mind candy isn't a grocery item anyway, so why give it a grocery exemption?
There is no minimal nutritional designation on foods. Technically most baking ingredients should be taxed by that theory.
Also....finally made it all the way through. Considering this is 17 pages I'm surprised there isn't more hot topics than there is.
I can't think of any UO's currently because I'm lame but......
No to ecigs if "normal" smoking is banned. candy/soda have sales tax on them here but milk, bread, etc do not because they are considered more necessary food items and they qualify for WIC/food stamps/other assistance programs not listed.
Also I love peanut butter and could eatvit all the time.
You can buy candy and soda with food stamps.
Oops, shit, I retract my previous statements about this, then. I could have sworn we removed that in our state, but I look it up and turns out I was wrong.
And my whole line of reasoning just went out the damn window.
Skittles green apple is the worst change to a candy ever. I want lime back!
DH was so upset about this that he called customer service and complained. He said he bough the "original" skittles expecting lime and got green apple which is not "original" I was laughing my ass off the whole time and DH was completely serious. I felt bad for the poor customer service rep.
The Dark Side bag has lime in it. I just want to propose a trade of Green Apple to the Dark Side and Lime back to the Original team.
Oops, shit, I retract my previous statements about this, then. I could have sworn we removed that in our state, but I look it up and turns out I was wrong.
And my whole line of reasoning just went out the damn window.
That's a federal list. Your state can't make that designation.
Oops, shit, I retract my previous statements about this, then. I could have sworn we removed that in our state, but I look it up and turns out I was wrong.
And my whole line of reasoning just went out the damn window.
That's a federal list. Your state can't make that designation.
Yea, I'm realizing that now. I remember a big controversy about it a few years ago and apparently misremembered the outcome of it.
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