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Do it ironically posted:cigarettes for sure, they allowed it at the rehab and people were constantly at the designated smoke spot Most rehabs here ban smoking, as do most psych wards now. It leads to a lot of people walking out who really need to be there and who would otherwise stay.
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RagnarokAngel posted:I had to goto an AA meeting as part of a substance abuse class in grad school. They all did The Lord's Prayer at the end and I politely walked out and they all looked at me like I was the devil but it was cause I'm a Jew. Welp that's my story op. lol
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Yeah.... yeah I am. it's okay though buddy I am too! And so are plenty of others.
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Sep 14, 2017 00:38
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Keep up the good work Isaac.
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Love how every time someone posts about AA a bunch of loving dorks have to come in and argue about religion. Maybe you should just support someone that's trying to make a positive turn around in their goddamn lives. Most goons really are the worst shitheels.
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I forgot i had a doctors appointment on the orher side of town. I hope im back in time for sports
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Rasta_Al posted:Love how every time someone posts about AA a bunch of loving dorks have to come in and argue about religion. Maybe you should just support someone that's trying to make a positive turn around in their goddamn lives. Drinking is a choice and religion has nothing to do with it.
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Sep 14, 2017 01:27
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Stop being an alcoholic op and become a drunk. Alcoholics have to go to those stupid meetings.
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Ive choseb to stop drinking because it seems like a wise choice for me, personally
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Navin Johnson posted:Stop being an alcoholic op and become a drunk. Alcoholics have to go to those stupid meetings. lol wacky!! hey is that available on a tshirt i can wear while drinking????? i always kinda wanted to go to an aa meeting for some reason. my weird uncle was in aa for many years but then he killed himself. Isaac posted:Ive choseb to stop drinking because it seems like a wise choice for me, personally good on you dude, irl.
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Ya just kidding Isaac. If it works for you then ok. Shirt? I dunno. Make one and get rich I guess?
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Rasta_Al posted:Love how every time someone posts about AA a bunch of loving dorks have to come in and argue about religion. Maybe you should just support someone that's trying to make a positive turn around in their goddamn lives. I'm an addict and I'm bare knuckling through my poo poo like a man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vOErEHGgi8
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I believe in you Isaac
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i dont think there's anything wrong with group meetings and you should do what works best for you but i thought AA was really cultish and odd YMMV
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poverty goat posted:I'm an addict and I'm bare knuckling through my poo poo like a man Good for you bro. You do you. I mean it when I say best of luck, and I hope you succeed in kicking your habit.
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NA is a big part of what helped me get clean four years ago. Went to a shitload of different meetings and none were in churches or anything, always community centers and whatnot. The religion thing bothered me for a while but when you have alienated anything and everything that was positive in your life you will take any help you can get.
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im on natty daddy #4 and you shoiuld tell them, its a "substane use hobby" not a substance use problm they love that. aks them about cool bars in the area, thyey orth som good tips
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i rode my bike vigorously for an hour so im going to enjoy three (3) beers
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Yeah.... yeah I am. Sup mess buddy gently caress it
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I wish you the best OP. Im in the program too and one big thing that helped me was the realization that alcoholism has almost nothing to do with alcohol (or drugs, im personally a dopehead) Drugs and alcohol were the solution to my problems and whenever I tried to get sober on my own my life got much worse, until I could not take one more day of sobriety and felt like my only options were to get high or I was going to go kill myself. I am what the big book describes as the hopeless variety of alcoholic, someone who is naturally restless, irritable and discontent, filled with anxiety and fear over having to live life without some sort of crutch to deal with my problems. This is what, I think, the book means when they talk about the powerlessness over our decision to drink (or get high or whatever) Ultimately yes I made the decision to get high that first time and maybe there was some point where I could have stopped without sending my life into a downward spiral of horrible depression, anxiety, isolation and hopelessness but once you do it for so long you become trapped in a state of self-delusion where it becomes almost impossible to see yourself living without your drug of choice. Remember nobody can diagnose your alcoholism but yourself. But I will encourage you to be completely honest with yourself and others and to keep an open mind, especially if you tried but were unable to stop or moderate on the basis of self-will alone. Find something constructive to give meaning to your life and never miss your chance to be helpful to someone in need.
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Supreme Allah posted:and you get a tiny buzz if it's been a while Tiny buzz? I pity the fool who has never experienced a nicotine rush.
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numberoneposter posted:i rode my bike vigorously for an hour so im going to enjoy three (3) beers i never got this. I've spent portions of my life as a work-out nut but to me I could never 'undo' the drat painful exersice I just did, by eating some pizza. I'd settle for egg whites and baked beans or something just to not un-do my hard work.
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dsf posted:I wish you the best OP. Im in the program too and one big thing that helped me was the realization that alcoholism has almost nothing to do with alcohol (or drugs, im personally a dopehead) Drugs and alcohol were the solution to my problems and whenever I tried to get sober on my own my life got much worse, until I could not take one more day of sobriety and felt like my only options were to get high or I was going to go kill myself. I am what the big book describes as the hopeless variety of alcoholic, someone who is naturally restless, irritable and discontent, filled with anxiety and fear over having to live life without some sort of crutch to deal with my problems. This is what, I think, the book means when they talk about the powerlessness over our decision to drink (or get high or whatever) Ultimately yes I made the decision to get high that first time and maybe there was some point where I could have stopped without sending my life into a downward spiral of horrible depression, anxiety, isolation and hopelessness but once you do it for so long you become trapped in a state of self-delusion where it becomes almost impossible to see yourself living without your drug of choice. This is a very good description of how it works. Thanks for posting
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I missed sports. I tyink they did some kind of pushup competition and im glad i wasnt there cause criminals can usually do shitloads of pushups
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I've been clean for seven years now and I probably wouldn't have made it through the first two or three of them without going to meetings. Some of it is kinda silly so I dunno, I just ignore it. They say the Lord's prayer. I don't. Some of them pray. I just think about stuff. I'm not being a dick about it though. And no one has ever tried to talk to me about Jesus so we're cool. Some groups are bad. Some are great. And that shouldn't come as a surprise, they're all ran by a bunch of drunks and addicts. Of course some of them are batshit crazy. But I've learnt valuable stuff from even the craziest of them. What kept me coming back was the opportunity to not be alone with my poo poo. My old friends and my family will never understand what detox is like. Or an od. Or how insanely good it is to talk to people about wanting to shoot up without them immediately having a panic attack because you might relapse. So I make plans for Christmas with my mom, play d&d with my nerdfriends and I make jokes about choking on my own vomit at the meetings. I share some hard earned experience and learn from people who knows what I'm going through. To each their own, but it works for me. Even if I have to ignore some bits about god now and again. I'm happy for you op and I hope you're happy for you too. You're doing good and your posts make me smile. Even though I loving hated sports day.
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The Dennis System posted:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/
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The Dennis System posted:https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/ username post combo lol
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HatJudge posted:I've been clean for seven years now and I probably wouldn't have made it through the first two or three of them without going to meetings. This was my experience as well.
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HatJudge posted:What kept me coming back was the opportunity to not be alone with my poo poo. This is a big problem for me. I no longer have any friends. I moved away to Seattle for 7 years and when I got back home my friends had families and moved away. I'm 100% disabled so I don't work. I live alone and isolate myself all the time. I'd be great to have a group of people to talk to. Iakona posted:it's okay though buddy I am too! And so are plenty of others. GRINDCORE MEGGIDO posted:Sup mess buddy   I hope you're doing well today Issac.
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Im at rehab. I accidentally brought my phone in so im posting secretly while making GBS threads on the disabled toilet
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I didnt take my reflux pills now im getting reflux
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I thought you were out of rehab Isaac
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Occasionally, at some point after having mindfulness, serenity, and acceptance (etc...) drilled into your skull for maybe a year straight, something inside your brain will click and suddenly it occurs to you that all the lovely habits and terrible memories you have serve a purpose and shaped you into what you are today, and why we do the things we do. Take it one day at a time, friend. You only need to be sober today. We'll worry about tomorrow when it comes.
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Candlelight Virgil posted:I thought you were out of rehab Isaac I did 8 weeks residential now im doing 4 weeks day program
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Another thing that is hard is in rehab you have this super structured schedule and every minute of your day is planned out so you can just release and go along with the program but once you get out it's just on your own so I do see why AA is appealing, you're leaving this familiar cozy place where you made friends and going into the real world again sober and you spent a lifetime working on your addiction but only 1-3 months in recovery
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Do it ironically posted:Another thing that is hard is in rehab you have this super structured schedule and every minute of your day is planned out so you can just release and go along with the program but once you get out it's just on your own so I do see why AA is appealing, you're leaving this familiar cozy place where you made friends and going into the real world again sober and you spent a lifetime working on your addiction but only 1-3 months in recovery That's why people keep going and keep talking to the people you met there, it's a really good way to keep yourself in check. It's super easy to make friends with people with that the only thing you may have in common with is a hosed up addiction. I don't really know though I've relapsed like a billion times.
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Sep 15, 2017 05:48
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One of the staff wanted to have a serious talk to me about cryptocurrency. I left early
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Sep 15, 2017 05:52
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Take up a new hobby, one that you don't associate with boozing. Boredom is probably the number one thing that always gets me back to binging, but having sober hobbies helps when I have the urge to drink.
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Isaac posted:Yea im pretty freakin bored im thinking of drnking heaviily right now even more so. i starte bc i was bored. being sick on goon is at least an adventure; recovery is something to put in my to do list.
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