It's the time of the year again, the time where you place a stack of books in front of you and attempt to make some sort of plan to finish reading them, the time where you haunt coffee joints all over the island in an effort to get away from the guy in the next block who screams vulgarities at the oddest hours, the renovation works going on downstairs etc. The time of the year where you realise that all the knowledge in your books and files actually provide a way out in case you ever think of self-destruction.
For example. I realised in most of my social work lectures, the lecturers mentioned some form or another of successful suicide methods (detailed plans that should set alarm bells off), all of which I dutifully copied down. I think the lecturers assume that most if not all of the people attending social work lectures are mentally and socially well-adjusted enough not to be tempted to try out their very feasible suicide methods.
The drugs module this semester says it's alright to smoke marijuana because there's little withdrawal symptoms, similarly for cocaine. And if you want to take cocaine, you get a quicker high from smoking it then from snorting it.
If you really can't stop smoking (normal cigarettes), keep puffing until you feel nauseous enough to stop - aversion therapy will do its mojo.
If you want to make your muscles burn fat instead of glucose stores, drink caffeine - helps you lose weight too, plus withdrawal symptoms are (apparently) minimal depending on the individual.
Information leads to informed decisions. I suppose that's a good thing. Prevents you from touching alcohol before the exams because brain cells are short in supply, high in demand, and cannot be regenerated so they cannot be allowed to die.
