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  • Papanca@lemmy.worldtopics@lemmy.worldCrow in Flight [OC]
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    1 year ago

    There was a crowbro community on reddit. You made me remember a community i kind of miss here. We take walks around the neighbourhood and i never leave without food for the crows, jackdaws and magpies. One jackdaw pair lives across our house and as soon as i leave the house, he will wait for me. If i overlook him, or am in a rush on my bike, he will cut me off by flying right before my wheel. He learned that i will stop and give him treats. Now, some of his kids have learned it too.

    There is also a crow who saw how we fed his parents. So, now, we have been feeding him for a couple of years too. He has a partner and when she notices us, she will call so that her partner knows there is food to be had.

    It’s great to walk around, knowing that you make so many birds happy, which makes us happy too.








  • I vaguely remember Allen Carr, but what helped was a small book that i found in a second hand bookstore in Paris, which was called: Comment S’arreter De Fumer En Cinq Jours. A quick search learns that apparently it was written by Dr J. Wayne Mcfarland and Elman J. Folkenberg. It was in french, but that didn’t stop me, it was a small book and very helpful.

    I was able to stop after trying to stop 7 times in two months. The 7th time worked. If i remember correctly i used breathing exercises and nicotine gum. I also avoided the couch where i would smoke after diner, instead doing something else.

    The most important thing that helped was to change how i was thinking. Every attempt failed because i lit up a cigarette and then thinking; i failed, might as well continue smoking. However, the 7th time it dawned on me that smoking 1 cigarette does not mean you failed. You can put it out and just continue to not smoke. It was just the mind tricking me in continuing with my addiction. Thankfully, hardly anyone around me smoked and that was a great help. I stopped 22 years ago and i had been quite a heavy smoker, a packet of cigarettes a day.