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This sub seems to have activity sporadically and not much recently. Figured I'd just throw out a "hang in there, man" for anyone who needs it.

It's cliche but true - it does get easier, things do get better.

This sub seems to have activity sporadically and not much recently. Figured I'd just throw out a "hang in there, man" for anyone who needs it. It's cliche but true - it does get easier, things do get better.

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[–] • 3 pts

I fell off. Drank because I needed to turn on the charm for an important work event. It works so well sometimes, if I can just drink enough to turn off my own inner monologue, stop thinking relentless thoughts of self-centered criticism and doubt, and just let the words flow, I can really talk to people. And it worked. It worked really well.

But now I have to stop drinking. I have to go back to my sober house and take a drug test tomorrow, which will test for ETG, a metabolite of ethanol, and hope I don't piss positive. So I'm gonna stay up all night, and chug water and drink coffee in the morning and pray that I piss it all out because the success I had at my job will mean nothing if shit hits the fan at the sober house.

Fucking Hell.

[–] • 2 pts

You need to get yourself some of this for such occasions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8080935/#:~:text=l%2Dtheanine%20(%CE%B3%2Dglutamylethylamide,theanine%20is%20effective%20are%20unclear.

Lot's of people use L-Theanine when getting clean, I remembered once I read that the guy getting off meth used it and it helped him a lot.

It basically kill stress and anxiety with almost no side effects, and works even better if you take it with coffee.

[–] • 1 pt

Def been there done that. You become so used to leaning on the drink you have to relearn how to socialize without it.

It can and does happen.

Hope your UA goes your way. Whatever happens though you can always start again. Until you die you can always start again.

[–] • 1 pt

Thanks bro. Im back to square one recently. a back injury had me mad depressed but I did a ton of yoga today and that seemed to fill the need somewhat. Back on my meds today too after visiting the doctor so that's a win.

[–] • 0 pt

Depression is a bitch and was a big part of my boozin' days. Exercise helps. A had more than one wagon fall off when I had things that kept me from my exercise routine, If yoga does it for you become the freakin' king of yoga, that type thing really does help when you go all in for it. Most of us who are natural booze hounds are in part because we do nothing half-assed. If we're gonna drink dammit we're gonna drink. You probably have that for other things too though, so if you're gonna gonna yoga, frickin' yoga, man.

[–] • 0 pt

Yeah that's me to a T man, I always say I go hard with whatever I do, whether it's weight lifting or drinking or whatever. I have no middle ground, zero or 100.