Bad habits
Vapes may be more effective than patches and gum at helping people stop smoking, but the research comes with a warning.
Even for patients who have tried and failed with patches and gum, doctors in many nations are still reluctant to suggest e-cigarettes as a means of quitting. The common justification is that the evidence is too conflicting to provide a definitive conclusion, rather than safety. After re-examining the data and classifying it according to quality, a multinational team of researchers discovered something different.
By Francis Dami5 months ago in Confessions
Cheating Men Don't Like Open Relationships. Content Warning.
Men are Men even when it comes to relationships. There are Faithful Men who are committed to their relationships or marriages. Unfaithful men that can't even commit or keep their d*ck in their pants. Usually, I would say: if you are not happy with your relationships, just be honest and leave, or better be with someone who wants an open relationship, or better yet, a poly-relationship. But here's the problem? CHEATING MEN DON'T OPEN RELATIONSHIPS!!!!!
By Gladys W. Muturi5 months ago in Confessions
Why We Can't Unplug. AI-Generated.
It’s a Sunday morning, maybe ten years ago. My phone is on the kitchen counter, face-down, battery at sixty percent. I’m sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee and a paperback novel. Outside, the light is gray and soft—perfect reading weather. I read for two hours without interruption. When I finish a chapter, I stare out the window. I think about nothing in particular. My mind drifts like a piece of paper on a slow tide.
By Elhassan Errezzaki5 months ago in Confessions
I Saw Myself in Twisha Sharma. Content Warning.
A case all over the internet these days — the Twisha Sharma case. A bold, beautiful, educated, and ambitious woman. The kind of woman people describe as “beauty with brains.” She was an MBA graduate, an actress, financially independent, confident, and strong enough to speak for herself. A woman who seemed to have everything society admires — intelligence, grace, talent, and courage. Yet despite all of that, she lost her life in the cruelest way possible.
By Selenooo5 months ago in Confessions
Confessions of a Former Alcoholic Part 38
Almost three months have passed since my last post. I feel much calmer and more peaceful these days. I recently learned that my father had a heart attack. As I wrote in previous chapters, I can say that I haven't felt emotionally distressed by the problems I've been through.
By TheNaeth5 months ago in Confessions
It’s These Damn Phones! How Modern Technology May Be Hurting Our Youth
The Paradox of Connection I recently watched a TikTok video from someone in the education field expressing an immediate and noticeable decline among the youth in the academic space. Quite frankly, I can agree! While technological advancement has delivered great benefits, a growing number of educators are raising concerns about its impact on the youth. They are observing an increasing concern that the disadvantages of digital immersion are beginning to outweigh its benefits. A concern not merely a generational gap in understanding, but an unusual epidemic impacting the cognitive abilities, social skills, and mental health of the next generation.
By Nozomi Rose5 months ago in Confessions
Ways To Nourish The Soul
No one matters. Children or young people out there, you will learn this later, but it's better to learn this now, is self-confidence. It does not matter what anyone thinks of you. What does matter is what your parents think of you, what your best friend only thinks of you, what your siblings think of you, and what you think of yourself. There's maybe like five people on that list. No one matters. Your happiness is in your own hands. You cannot get it from anywhere else. Only you have the power. Remember to be kind. Be the one that is the savior of the bullies. Be the one that is confident to go without makeup somewhere or didn't get time to dress up and go to a party. Enjoy the moment. Don't care about what you're wearing and who thinks what you are because I swear to God when you're older, you'll be like, what was I doing? You have your whole life to be a grown-up. Enjoy being young. Enjoy being silly. Enjoy not getting dressed and makeup. Spend time in nature. Take up a sport. You must play a sport, an instrument, and teach the adults who have missed out on that life because your adults did live that life, but they've also gotten into this Insta life and this like technological life. So you kids remind your parents, hey, come on, let's go to the beach. Let's go to the mountains. Let's do some nature activities. Go spend time in charities. Give your time to charity. Go to SOS village. Go give your time to underprivileged kids. These are all really nourishing for your soul and you will be so happy that you did this because at the end, peace and happiness is all you want. So find that within yourself and never care about what anyone thinks of you. Be kind, be honest, and have fun.
By Ibrahim Shah 5 months ago in Confessions
