I have been meaning to post this for a while, I came across a site a while ago now, which had on it many suggestions for quick-fix remedies for all the other Vamps on here as I know it is not always possible to get blood when you need it...
So post here anything you use or know of to quench your thirst or look through and try some of the suggestions and tell us what you think... I will be adding some as soon as I find the list...
*Pheonix

Instead of blood intake at a full? I'm guessing you mean that if we were to be stuck here on the earth without anything to sustain ourselves, what would we use... hmm... I'd say it's a good thing to use some sort of wine, a fake that looks like the real thing. Something to fool the mind possibly.

I had a crave today, no blood but mine arround, and it was gym class, so I jsut ran arround like crazy trying to sustain myself :D

oh man i hate when i get cravings for blood....i usually try to do something like get hyper to get my mind off of it...

If you can't get human blood go for animal . . pig or cow; doesn't taste good at all but its blood nad it kills the craving.

If you are trying to stay away from the blood all together then tomato juice may help.

Two words: medium rare

heh . . .I agree. :lol:

lol, i've even done raw before... cant say i enjoyed the texture of raw beef at all, nor the taste of it or the blood... but hell it worked.... better than going out and killing someone for it..... well..depending on how you look at it *evil grin* MUWAHAHAHA... lol

peace be with you

So gentle ReVamp, so gentle.

Medium rare in my opinion is much better tasting then tomato juice.

Medatation works... I have gone two months so far, pisses you off a bit when you can't get it, but I just listen to my breathing and picture myself somewhere peacefull and quiet. Try it, if that doesn't work.... rare is good.

I usually just bite on the inside of my mouth, it works good for me! Don't bite too hard, just sort of nibble near one of the corners of the inside of your mouth, then when you have pieced the the skin & I son't just mean make a small area, bite off the skin from a large area, then suck the blood out, it gives you lots of flavor :icon12: (I've been doing this since I was 5)

:banana00: :banana00: Oh yes at long last I have found the list, and there are quite a lot here too.

hmmm
Hows about we start with the basics... Blood Wine.

This is simply as the name suggests. blood + wine... red wine tastes better.
Add 1-2 teaspoons of blood to roughly 1/2L of wine...
There is no exact measure of how much blood but as you know more blood means better taste. it's still just Your blood.. so no need for some major bleeding ... it's a quick fix.. nothing more nothing less.

If I crave, I go and find someone on the net and "bite" them in a chat. Yup, imaginary blood.... It kills the craving, and I don't hurt anyone/anything. Win/win situation for me.

I just use my own..... not quite as satisfying but blood is blood. Tomatoe juice? To each his own I guess.... It never helped me, or animal blood for that matter...... everyone's different I guess.

Ah actually tomato juice is often used as many find it satisfying to their hunger at times...
This is another fix I have heard used.
"Tomato juice mixed with warm water and a veggie stock cube….I like the saltiness and the temperature is good too (body temp of course)"

Or maby, "2 tomatoes, 2 oranges and a pineapple juice mixed together"

...or "orange, lime and a tomato + 1 iron pill and 500mg vitamin C powder"

The list is endless just experiment and see what works for you.

hehe, i'll prick myself before i go through THAT much trouble! i'm lazy, i know.....

can't say I like tomato juice

A few more wierd ideas.

--Red Bull with tomato juice + pepper + vitamin C

--chocolate and salty food of any kind
also soda (pepsi or cherry cola) vitamin C and fresh orange juice mix
or a glass of tomato juice and vitamin C mixed with 1/2 ts. of pepper and salt

--milk, choclate and strawberry syurp.
put some choclate syurp in the milke,but a lot more strawberry. Taste, not stronge enough, add more starwberry syurp. Then warm it up, that will give it a major boost.
It has a more sweet than bitter taste. Not exactally like blood, but close. Exspecailly if your tastes a bit bitter-sweet.

--Blood pudding

--... of course bloody stake or red meat.............

And another... This one used to be a particular favourite of mine as i discovered it, enjoy.
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VERY VERY STRONG coffee... and lots of it... It can kind of screw you up, but it is not permanent, although if done right will last for hours.
And here is one which I like, and it contains no compulsory ingredients which can be damaging (the coffee and alcohol are optional but I do suggest it).

1: banana blended or sieved
2: 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3: 2-4 teaspoons ground coffee (NOT DECAF)
4: 1-teaspoon honey (+food colouring if you wish)
5: 2-3 tablespoons vodka or strong alcoholic drink of preference.
6: milk and water to top up glass... roughy 1/4pt if I remember correctly.

There is one more thing, Black Blood, but I will not go into this, as it can make you ill and evan I only drink it when I am extremely depressed and can not really taste it... Depending on your taste it can be rather vile too.

This might sound weird but I chew on ice when i get a bloody craving.

-Necurata

I usually just cook myself a nice rare to medium rare steak. Had one yesterday actually when i went out to eat, it was quite delicious. I dont know about tamato juice soothing bloodlust but i like V8. And yes if you know i am a psi-vamp but doesnt mean ill turn down blood if its offered to me.

Just lately I have been takeing Meditation classes and it does help but sooner or later I need fresh, warm blood.

A technique that I use is, when in class, and with a pair of scissors handy, I hide my hands under the desk and press the blade on my fingerpads. It draws a lot of blood, and you can suck on it. It hurts alot and leaves a big mark, though.

I really liked this thread, thank you guys for your contributions.
We need better threads like this amongst modern vampires.

Thanx Vampiress its nice to know.

"If you are trying to stay away from the blood all together then tomato juice may help. "

Damn do I love tomato juice. It's got a unique "bite" to it. When it sits in my mouth and I swish it around in a weird little way...damn it's good stuff.

I prefer to just eat some nice steak... cooked ot just this side of being safe... or not safe. But it has to be hot. Or you can bite your lips or your cheek. I've tried tomato juice... it only dulls it a little for me unless I drink tons of it. If I'm realy bad off I can drink large amounts of something red with lots of sugar in it to distract me.

[/QUOTE] "I prefer to just eat some nice steak... cooked ot just this side of being safe... or not safe. But it has to be hot." [QUOTE]

Yea thats called 'blue'.

I have no qualms about pain. If I cannot get blood, I draw a razor across my arm and recycle. It fools my body into thinking it is a fresh supply of blood, and the cravings cease.

I always use razors. The blade is small and you can control how deep and long you make the cut. If used under the correct conditions you can avoid scarring. I do not do this often as I do not wish to be labelled a self harmer.

Heh heh I'm a self harmer and that's exactly what I use. I shouldn't laugh. It's not funny. I'm sorry, it's just so ironic though!!

i thought blood was vital to vampires and that they physically require it. if this blood craving is simply satisfied by this...



... then is it not purely psychological?


i know what you mean, ironic :p

XFireflyX

i've been around lets say for about 200 years or so but anyways,if you can't get any blood don't do anything stupid don't even try to get away from the craving. try and find anyone willing to give some but only trust the ones that you can trust on not telling a soul if you cant find anyine after that then i recommend biting you feel better just dont get caught. take it from me, i had to bite the vampires in storiess did back when i was made in the 1700's.

Nice

Hey I dunno if this thread is dead or what but if it isnt then what do you suggest apart form tomato juce, cos I hate the suff.

I use the, "Bite your lip technique" But I am looking for something more...undisturbing if someone should see as I am quite messy with the "Bite your lip" technique.

P.S. I love the Blood Wine one, its more stuff like that, that im thinking of!