The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[KF0002]

Well thank you for your help! I followed the manual instructions but I suspect the manual doesn’t account for climate and ours is similar to yours—temperate rainforest.

Yw! I look forward to seeing your chicks hatch!

 

[KF0002]

I’m amazed you guys are considered tropical or subtropical or whatever. To me, tropical is like… Hawaii or even Florida. LOL

It certainly feels "swampy" and humid in Kentucky in summer. Hotter than blue blazes and high ambient humidity. Rainy in spring, rainy in fall. Winter here can be bizarre, and we can have all 4 seasons in winter. lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

It certainly feels "swampy" and humid in Kentucky in summer. Hotter than blue blazes and high ambient humidity. Rainy in spring, rainy in fall. Winter here can be bizarre, and we can have all 4 seasons in winter. lol

Oh wow I wouldn’t have guessed!

 

[KF0002]

Yeah, mine makes my anxiety so much worse too!!!!!!!! And my anxiety is already really bad LOL I need to wean myself off of it too. I started again HARD immediately after getting out of the hospital on the 26th of February so it’s been like a week and a half but I am already fully addicted again and tried going without yesterday and got a killer headache lol SO I guess I either have to go slowly or just go cold turkey and deal with the headaches. But the latter is hard to do when I have to be in a PHP and paying attention/focusing. LOL so idk. But it’s also insanely expensive so I might just go cold turkey LOL

And thank you!!!!!!!!! I try!!!!!!!! LOL I think I will ask about getting off of it.

I have a couple other meds I want to get off of for various other reasons not because they are addictive though lol

So yeah.

I had weaned myself to one 20 oz Mt. Dew Zero a day, and I'm right back up to like 3!!! Way too many for my poor heart and anxiety. We can support each other as we try to wean down, and then hopefully off of caffeine.

 

[KF0002]

Oh wow I wouldn’t have guessed!

Our neighbors lived in California and Arizona previously, and after our arctic blizzard thing we had over winter, then our tornado warnings, and soon to be blistering heat in summer, I think they are about to put their house on the market.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I had weaned myself to one 20 oz Mt. Dew Zero a day, and I'm right back up to like 3!!! Way too many for my poor heart and anxiety. We can support each other as we try to wean down, and then hopefully off of caffeine.

Yeah I have been having 3-4 regular ones a day or I just got two Zeros today for tomorrow. More caffeine but no sugar. Yesterday and today though I literally had three 20 oz bottles AND a large Dunkin refresher so 405mg caffeine plus however much sugar. IM SO STUPID. Way WAY too much for me. Even one or two is too much for me LOL let alone that much. I might just go cold turkey after tomorrow.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Our neighbors lived in California and Arizona previously, and after our arctic blizzard thing we had over winter, then our tornado warnings, and soon to be blistering heat in summer, I think they are about to put their house on the market.

Oh gosh

 

[KF0002]

Yeah I have been having 3-4 regular ones a day or I just got two Zeros today for tomorrow. More caffeine but no sugar. Yesterday and today though I literally had three 20 oz bottles AND a large Dunkin refresher so 405mg caffeine plus however much sugar. IM SO STUPID. Way WAY too much for me. Even one or two is too much for me LOL let alone that much. I might just go cold turkey after tomorrow.

I may try to go cold turkey on my next set of nights off work. I have to have a few days to go through the horrible caffeine withdrawal. I have easily put away 400-500mg of caffeine a night back when I used to drink Monster energy drinks plus the Mt. Dew Zeros when I first went back to nightshift in like 2023. My son is now drinking Sprite zero because of his braces (no colored pop, no sugar drinks), so I may just take the plunge and start drinking it too.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Yeah I have been having 3-4 regular ones a day or I just got two Zeros today for tomorrow. More caffeine but no sugar. Yesterday and today though I literally had three 20 oz bottles AND a large Dunkin refresher so 405mg caffeine plus however much sugar. IM SO STUPID. Way WAY too much for me. Even one or two is too much for me LOL let alone that much. I might just go cold turkey after tomorrow.

Have you tried mushroom coffee? It’s not coffee but some of them have a bit of caffeine and it can replace the habit. I use it to flavor my coffee so I’m no help with quitting but I know some people use it as a replacement

 

[ShrekDawg]

I may try to go cold turkey on my next set of nights off work. I have to have a few days to go through the horrible caffeine withdrawal. I have easily put away 400-500mg of caffeine a night back when I used to drink Monster energy drinks plus the Mt. Dew Zeros when I first went back to nightshift in like 2023. My son is now drinking Sprite zero because of his braces (no colored pop, no sugar drinks), so I may just take the plunge and start drinking it too.

You don’t have to do cold turkey just cause of me lol unless you want to. But yeah. It is BAD.

Especially considering I’m purposely self sabotaging.

I really feel like cold turkey is the way to go for ME, unfortunately, only because one turns to four VERY fast and if it is in the house, I WILL drink it so I can’t even save any for the next day. Unless I’ve already hit around 400mg. Like tonight. So the Zeros are safe. LOL but yeah.