u/External_Week_3069

Yes, he's worse than Hendrickson. Yes, he's worse than Love. He's worse than Paco's abusive stepfather. He's worse than his own abusive parents.

Joe is without a doubt the most horrible person on the entire show. Any act of kindness is from a place of psychopathic narcissism. If the straight up murder isn't enough, it's how carelessly he ruined Ellie's life and Nadia's life. He is a stalker and a liar and a manipulator and calling him "not a rapist" is just toeing a fine line because not one of his girlfriends would have slept with him had they known the truth (except Love who did know the truth and matched his freak). He's a terrible father who does not care about his son at all, he just cares about what "being a good father" means for his own self image.

If Joe weren't played so charismatically or if we didn't get his inner monologue and instead sat in his long awkward silences this wouldn't be an unpopular opinion. Joe is a monster and the fact that there is any argument about that is the point of the show. Team Peach 🍑

Cons:

• Occasional cravings (mild)
• Smoking dreams

Pros:

• Better sleep and way cooler dreams
• Little to no anxiety
• Little to no depression
• Better poops (tmi but honestly)
• Better appetite / more meals fewer unhealthy snacks
• Reading more
• Writing more
• Going outside more
• Healthier lungs
• Higher libido
• More creativity
• Better memory
• Sense of pride!

Regular smoker for 10+ years, high potency vape cartridges for the last 5ish, going through about 1/2 a gram cart per day. Stopped after a very scary psychotic episode: first time that had ever happened to me.

I don't know if I'm quitting for good but each day I feel better so each day I feel less likely to go back. Honestly I feel like that incident just took all the joy out for me so even though it sucked I'm grateful that it happened.

NEGATIVE:

• Insomnia

POSITIVE:

• Better gut function
• Less anxious
• Actually using boredom to do creative things, read, exercise, do chores
• Better appetite, eating better (more meals fewer snacks, not fasting all day and eating one big dinner anymore)
• Better memory
• Better performance at work
• Not coughing up pleghm anymore
• Vivid dreams, fewer recurring stress dreams
• Self pride

Cravings have been okay, not intense. This is worth it.