[–] 1 point 6 hours ago (1 child)

Did you have a hard time waking your digestive tract from its hibernation afterwards?

I did a 5 day fast once and it took me a week more before I could poop again. These days if I fast longer than a day, I eat one large raw carrot each morning, it's caloric value when raw is basically nothing because the body has to spend so much energy breaking it down, but the fibre in it keeps my digestive tract ticking over just enough so it doesn't hibernate.

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago*

    I project past the first drink, past the 20th drink where I feel so sick I can't move without puking, two weeks into the future, where everything is once again unravelling in my life and I've abandoned every friendship because they are barriers to my drinking, 2 years into the future, where I'm either dead or wishing I was. I have been these places before, and I know it's a certainty that I'll be there again if I pick up. I ask myself if this is the future I want for myself.

    Then I eat a big ol' bag of candy and watch a comfort show while I put off doing an inventory.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago

    Assign heads yes, tails no. Flip a coin, catch it, cover it. Ask yourself if you're hoping to see heads or tails. Don't look at the coin flip result. Do what you were hoping for.

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  • [–] 8 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    It's grim that it comes to that but vego meals can be way cheaper and also much easier to prepare. Prep equipment can just be rinsed off with water mostly, and veg is much more tolerant of being undercooked and overcooked so you can save heaps of time and effort compared to regular meat meals.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    My previous car, a big ugly van, was the car of my dreams while I owned it. When my circumstances changed, I bought a tiny 4WD and that is now the car of my dreams. Would I trade it for a lambo? Of course, but then I'd sell the lambo, buy my lil 4wd back, and pocket the difference

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