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Detoxing

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illmatic

09:45 / 08.09.04

Some fuckers just brought a giant bag of Reese's Pieces into the office.

My will is like iron.

Like iron, I tell you.

Persephone

10:00 / 08.09.04

Can you still eat pretzels? Because I'll tell you what's really good, pretzels and almonds together. The pretzel makes the almond taste really good & the almond makes the pretzel taste really good. Almonds are a superfood, too.

illmatic

10:05 / 08.09.04

I think pretzels pass under the bar. Got a big bag of almonds back home as well. Mmmm... thanks for the tip.

Loomis

10:07 / 08.09.04

Persephone, are you meant to put the pretzel and almond in your mouth at the same time, or alternate?

pointless and uncalled for

10:10 / 08.09.04

Pretzels = wheat-based glutinous product coated in salt.

Persephone

10:16 / 08.09.04

Loomis: Pretzel, almond, pretzel, almond, etc.

SK: Not the unsalted ones.

Persephone

10:19 / 08.09.04

I eat pretzels for the danger.

Loomis

10:19 / 08.09.04

Aha! Cheers, shall give it a try. I do like pretzels, and us vegans live on gluten doncha know. Wheaty goodness.

pointless and uncalled for

10:28 / 08.09.04

Fair enough but gluten is still a nasty toxin binder.

illmatic

10:43 / 08.09.04

SK: Gimme a break man, a lickle Pretzels not that out of order, that bag of Reese's Pieces is staring at me.

I feel like Odysseus, bound to the mast, sailing past a island full of saucy, scantily clad, peanut-butter-and-chocolate sirens.

pointless and uncalled for

10:49 / 08.09.04

Point well taken.

Have you been reading my latest book "Moral backsliding for fun & profit"?

At least the pretzel is the less of two weasels.

Kit-Cat Club

11:18 / 08.09.04

You could buy a pot of those Food Doctor seed mixes they're promoting in Planet Organic and various other health food shops. They come in all sorts of lovely flavours (fennel and something or other, coriander and cumin, salt and vinegar... er...) and aren't overpriced at all, oh no. Guaranteed to keep your mind of the chocolatey, nutty delights of Reese's Pieces.

I just had a chocolate chip biscuit. Mmm-mmm.

ghadis

11:51 / 08.09.04

I'm gone Smoothie mad. None of those little Innocent bottles though. Proper smoothies. I've been throwing everything i can into the blender. This mornings was great. Strawberries, Melon, Blackberries, Banana, Kiwi, Greek Yogurt, Orange juice and a dash of soya milk. Smoothietastic!! More please!!

Although i suspect that at some point they're gonna give me the shits...

No booze going well although as i'm not working at the moment i've just been for a walk round Stoke Newington for a couple of hours and the temptation to go and spend the afternoon in a beer garden drinking cheap lager and reading a good book almost did for me. The thought of a cheese sandwich and a smootie saved me. Well that and the fact that i'm skint.

Axolotl

12:19 / 08.09.04

I am not doing too well in my quest for moderation. I ended up going to the pub last night, drinking a few pints, having a an argument about reason versus faith and then smoking myself silly when I got home. However I have managed in general (just not last night) to cut down the amount of weed I smoke, so it's not all bad.

ghadis

12:24 / 08.09.04

You really should have faith in yourself Phyrephox...

illmatic

11:41 / 29.09.04

Well, that was interesting. I made it through to whenever I started the thread to Monday night - about 3 and a half weeks. The main effect was just a general feeling of clearheadness, nothing really amazing.

The most interesting bit was the couple of times slipped up and strayed from the beaten path (so it wasn't a proper detox in that regard). I had a bar of Green and Blacks chocolate and when completely insanely off my head, tremendously excited about everything for about an hour or so. On another occasion I had a 5 or six biscuits all in one go - when I took the brake of the "indulge" gear, I pigged out - result. Headache, and massive mood crash about a hour later. I've noticed that boozing again really disrupts my sleep as well, though I haven't been as hopelessly drunk as I thought I was going to be. Probably do another one in January, I think. I'm going to endeavour to stay off the shite snacks and junk food in the meantime though.

Haus of Mystery

11:59 / 29.09.04

Good to have you back off the wagon old son.

Tryphena Absent

14:38 / 29.09.04

I had a bar of Green and Blacks chocolate and when completely insanely off my head

This is the kind of thing that truly worries me about chocolate addiction. I can't remember a day when I've gone without, I'm sure if I went cold turkey I'd spiral in to a deep and slightly hysterical depression.

My life just feels like the existence of someone managing their drug intake. I think that's probably as normal as humanity gets... abstinence is so wrong.

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