Spa's, Addiction & Rehab

An interesting article on the sciencealert.com website... The main thrust of the article/study is that if you smoke and manage to quit by the age of 35 y/o, there is negligible damage later in life. However, if you quit at a later date, there is damage, but even then, the earlier and sooner you quit matters. "Cigarette smokers who quit before age 35 have similar death rates within a given time period to those who have never smoked at all, a large study suggests. Those who stopped smoking at later ages still saw substantial benefits, the research found, but their death rates exceeded those who quit before they reached 35 years old. For example, former s…

Today I am five years clean. If you see a BWG (Big White Guy) today walking about with a grin that can be seen from space, that'd be me. Yes, I know, "Pride Goeth..." and "Ex-smokers are the WORST...", yada yada yada; today I don't give a Rat's Ass, I am proud of myself and don't care who knows it. I thought that I'd write it up in the hope that a current smoker, or vaper, sees this and makes the decision to quit; if I am able to influence even one person, I'd be happy as hell. How did I do it? The first step, and the key to it all, is the decision to quit. Every smoker, and I was one for decades, knows that they should quit, but always wheedles the …

My name is Shade_Wilder and I am an addict. Okay, I thought that I would get that out of the way. I was a long-term smoker and quit just over four years ago (best thing I ever did in my life!), but I am one of those unfortunates who will be at risk of re-starting forever. I quit 'cold turkey' and it worked for me, but I have always been interested in the addiction issue, and even more so in people who talk about vaping as an alternative. Please note; I say 'alternative' as my experience has been that people who switch to vaping don't always quit smoking, they just vape instead. I must confess; I don't get this idea. If you are going to quit smoking, I …

Hi there, I'm a 60 yo bisexual male I enjoy a gay massage from time to time. I will be returning to Thailand shortly after a 3 year break. Does anyone know if the pre Covid massage shops in the Pattaya - Jomtien are open for business again. Thanks.

I am approaching five years smoke-free and am fiercely proud of myself; when I was a smoker, I really didn't believe that I'd ever quit. I thought that I'd offer up some thoughts, especially to the smokers out there, in the hope that it'll assist you in quitting; please note that I said "assist", if you want to quit, you have to do it yourself. (Full disclosure; I was a heavy smoker for several decades.) I am not going to bother with all the medical reasons for quitting; if you don't know them, it is because you don't want to know them and I can't help you with that. I can only say that sticking your head in the sand like the proverbial ostrich isn't a productive app…

hei any sauna lovers here? as am from cold country, in winter times i was in sauna up to 5 times a week. even summer time, still couple of sessions of sauna was always something that i looked forward to after long day. better sleep and even better vitaliyzed mornings. here in Thailand not so much sauna time over last half a decade. living in CM i used to visit CR every now and then and there stayed at pimaninn hotel. they have fitness and pool center there and a little sauna for cheap. In CM i have been some resorts and spas with saunas but nothing too great for atmosphere or price wise.. Hows your sauna experience here?…

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Today is my nine year anniversary since I gave up smoking cigarettes and it was one the best decisions of my life. Back in May 2012 I became ill with influenza and had to go to bed for several days to recover and during this time I was unable to smoke, which actually helped me to give up. I had tried several times over 15 years to stop smoking and always failed even going back onto cigarettes after three and a half years. Sure it’s never easy to stop smoking and after all of the failures I finally succeeded “Do not give up on giving up Cigarettes”

The NZ government is introducing a fascinating law to put an end to smoking, and knowing how governments work, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't copied widely. The basic idea (see news articles) is to outlaw the selling of cigarettes' to young people and progressively raise the age limit so that eventually no one can legally buy them. "Under proposed new legislation, the legal age of 18 for buying tobacco will be raised progressively, Associate Health Minister Dr. Ayesha Verrall said at a news conference Thursday. "We want to make sure young people never start smoking so we will make it an offence to sell or supply smoked tobacco products to new cohorts of you…