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Hey everyone. I don’t usually share personal things like this, but I feel like I owe it to someone out there who might need to hear it.
It’s been 4 years since I broke free from chronic porn and masturbation addiction. Four whole years. And honestly? Life is just so beautiful than I can put into words.
I see so many young people on here frustrated, exhausted, ashamed  trying to stop porn and masturbation and failing over and over again. I was exactly that person. I was addicted to porn for 9 years am now 27 years. So let me share what worked for me, because nothing else had.
For me, it started with something traditional. I combined Himalayan salt, garlic, and a local herb called Chuuna, blended them together, poured hot water over the mixture, let it steep, then used it as a bath before bed for 7 nights straight. Warning, you’ll experience scary dreams around day 4 or 5 but don’t worry. By day 6, something shifts. A heaviness lifts. The urge that used to feel uncontrollable just… quiets down.
After that, I focused on rebuilding. Ashwagandha and black seed oil, taken daily for 30 days. My mood stabilized, my energy came back, my confidence returned. I felt like myself again maybe for the first time in years.
I’m not a doctor. I’m just someone who was drowning and found something that pulled me out. Porn is designed to keep you stuck, keep you small, keep you consuming. You deserve better than that.
If you’re struggling and want to talk, my inbox is open. No judgment. Share this if you think someone needs it  you never know whose life you might change.

Perhaps, someone who has obtained Ghanaian citizenship via descent can help me on how to get started with the process since I'm STILL waiting for the embassy in US to respond to my emails.

Ok, I am a US-born citizen of a Ghanaian-born father with dual Ghanaian-US citizenship and a US-born mother. According to the information that I received from the embassy's chat feature, I'm technically am a Ghanaian citizen since my father was born in Ghana and still has maintained his citizenship. From the limited information that I received, to start the process, I would need to register my Ghanaian citizenship. However, this is where things get a little tricky for me. For one of the forms to register your citizenship if you are living abroad, one would need to provide your birth certificate and/or national card. However, how can can one acquire these items if you weren't born in Ghana?

So if anyone has obtained Ghanaian citizenship as a child of a Ghanaian parent in the last few years (or has established citizenship for their children born outside of Ghana), I would love to hear how you did it. Any and all suggestions would be extremely helpful.

Just in case someone brings this up. I'm trying to establish citizenship because my father who is in his late 70s is moving back to Ghana very soon to live out the rest of his years. I was thinking that it might be useful to establish citizenship to handle necessary paperwork when he unfortunately passes on into the afterlife...which I hope will not be for a while. I also figure that it might be easier to start this process while he is in the States (since I'll probably need

So I’m visiting Ghana specifically Kumasi, and so far all the clubs I’ve been to are boring. People are usually on their phones or are too busy looking cool to actually party/ dance. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good club that actually parties like we’re in the ‘90s

Are people aware that the cheaper foams made from latex rubber are safer than the conventional foam made from petroleum products. The government is raiding these chinese industrial areas producing these rubber matresses because it seems their activities are not regularised. Why is there this general conclusion that these latex rubber mattresses are inferior and pose some health risk when in actual fact, the foam matresses we know rather pose higher chemical exposure risk. It looks like in Ghana, we just jump on any trend and refuse to think through issues ourselves with our own functioning brains. When did getting cheaper offers become a crime?

Let’s look at before the 4th republic

1982-1991: PNDC

1979-1981: “House Cleaning”

1972-1978 (National Redemption Council/Supreme Military Council)

1966-1972 (National Liberation Council/Progress Party)

1951-1966 (Nkrumah Era)

1946-1951 (The start of the fight for independence)

1939-1945 (WW2)

I’m British Ghanaian and getting married in Ghana. I’d love to know how the fellow shy brides that aren’t great dancers and aren’t into performing for the crowd managed their traditional wedding? Any suggestions on how to keep things cool, demure and less overwhelming?

Guys I need my passport renewed by next week Friday.

Does the express option really take 7 days?

Hypothetically speaking, what are some good items (traditional, amended-traditional, humorously famous, etc) food each region will present?

Hi everyone, what have you guys noticed price wise shoot up in the past 6 months? My egg lady is now charging 8 cedis for egg and pepper! It was 3 cedis back in February. Let's not even talk about tomatoes. Do you think recession is coming soon?

I recently got diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and as a result of that I have a scheduled fortnightly appointment with a psychologist at a clinic that is a bit far from where I work. Both times I've visited the psychologist I literally had to sneak out of the office to do so( the psychologist only come to the clinic at 2pm on Thursdays).

The session can range from 1 -2 hours and adding the time i take to get there and back, I'm spending about 3-4 hours out of the office. I currently wondering if I should disclose to my boss so that I can see the psychologist with guilt and constantly checking the time.

If I do disclose I run the risk of being outed and my career being stymied but on the flip side, not disclosing might get me fired for leaving the office during work hours.

Hello everyone I've been an iPhone user for the past 10 years, my phone was recently stolen and I'm looking at buying a Samsung phone (the s24+ to be specific) and I'm considering investing in their ecosystem and maybe get a watch, and probably their air pods, I want to know locally if anyone has invested in their ecosystem and if it's worth it and yes any tips on which particular watch to get, will be appreciated, their specs are all over the place, I'm even confused

My mom (RIP) always used to tell me:

“There’s a difference between busyness and business and most of it is knowing where your money goes.”

I understood that more recently when I helped an aunty who owns a small perfume shop look for a simple app to manage sales and stock from her phone since she lost a lot of money because she wasn't able to track her sales and cash flow.

We tried a bunch of apps, but honestly most felt overwhelming. Too many features, too many menus, too much going on for someone who just wants to run their shop peacefully.

It made me wonder if there’s a disconnect between the people building these apps and the people actually using them.

A lot of small business owners in Ghana aren’t looking for complicated systems. They just want something simple, clear, and reliable.

So now I’m curious:

1. If you own a shop or small business in Ghana, what’s the most stressful or frustrating part of managing it daily?
2. Are there things you still prefer doing manually because apps make them harder instead of easier?
3. Is there any part of your daily work you wish an app could solve? I’m just trying to understand the real problems people face before attempting to build anything.

Today I am starting to read Arthur Japin's novel "The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi".

The true story of Kwesi Boakye is interesting, also because it is one of those hidden histories . Boakye was a prince, the son of the Asantehene (King of Asante), Kwaku Dua himself.

You see, as early as the mid-1740s, the Asantehene (King of Asante) Opoku Ware had expressed his interest in the Asante receiving a European education and had sent twelve boys and two girls to the Dutch in Elmina to be educated in Holland, for which he gave ten ivory tusks.However, this did not come to pass, as the Dutch explained that the payment could only cover the tuition fees if they studied in Elmina, but not the costs of studying in Holland.

In the early part of the reign of Kwaku Dua I, which is in or about 1836 four princes, Owusu Ansa, Owusu Nkwantabisa, Kwame Poku and Kwasi Boakye were permitted to leave for Europe for purpose of schooling.

Kwasi Boakye, was sent for education in Holland, a child of nine years. After schooling in Amsterdam he studied mining engineering and went to Surabaja in Java, Indonesia as mountain engineer, became director of mines at Java and according to Ivor Wilks, by the 1870s had turned to coffee planting. ‘It seems Kwasi Boakye never returned to his homeland’.

This obscure story could be the first example of “brain drain” and its effects on Asante in present-day southern Ghana. As in in the case of Kwasi Boakye, a man of many talents and energy who chose to follow a career as a mining engineer and planter in the West Indies showed the problems with the programme itself , which is according to Ivor Wilks, ‘that of the loss to the nation of those who through the very fact of their education found themselves with new and attractive options outside Asante”.

Could be anything !

Please, I need a letter of recommendation from any company that has IT staff and a solid online presence for a UK student visa application. Someone who will confirm that I work with them when they call. I have no corporate working experience. I have always worked freelance. They will pick the number from Google, hence the Google number should be intact. Can anyone please help?

How long does it take IC Wealth to execute trades for you?

It’s been almost three weeks now.