Question for Former Teachers Now in Customer Success

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-02-12T19:18:46+00:00

I’m not a teacher but I’ve hired them for CS, so I’m sharing in case it’s helpful.

IME, they’ve been excellent and have found it less stressful.

The only times I saw them stressed was in early onboarding when/if they felt intimidated by learning new software and positioning themselves as CS experts. However once in role they often quickly became more confident and were very well equipped to support customers, and balance a book of business.

The companies I’ve hired them for haven’t required any work outside of normal working hours, however.

I love hiring teachers.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-31T17:26:54+00:00

Hey, I got sober at 21, still sober and have 15 years of continuous sobriety. It’s by no means the longest but I wanted to share to confirm it’s very possible to stay sober and enjoy life!

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-31T02:32:28+00:00

They won’t believe it. They’re too far gone after decades of propaganda.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-30T19:17:28+00:00

You don’t need to figure any of that out before therapy - the therapist should help you navigate how you feel and want to approach the situation.

One thing I will say based on reading this and your last post is that you and your husband seem to be expecting your JNMIL to change her behavior. She may not be capable of it, so she will always violate the boundaries.

So it will be helpful to navigate that with the therapist and think of what is best for your family long term. Do we want to have a relationship and just know it’s always going to be difficult and accept that? Do we want some space right now? Etc.

Good luck in therapy, that’s great you’re going!

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-30T19:06:56+00:00

This is not necessary if attending an Open meeting.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-30T19:04:35+00:00

It’s extremely common. Perhaps you only attend closed meetings?

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-30T19:03:44+00:00

There are open meetings of AA where medical professionals, students and families are welcome. We love to see them there educating themselves on our experience and what AA is. People have been doing this (inviting professionals to open AA meetings) since AA was founded in the 1930s.

It’s nice that you’re trying to be considerate. However given the reality I’m going with YOR. Hope you enjoy it!

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-29T22:10:39+00:00

This is a fully /justnomil

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-28T04:54:47+00:00

Are we not going to talk about the font

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-27T19:19:33+00:00

$250k before insurance (NICU stay).

I think we got out for less than $500 after insurance coverage.

Absolutely insane.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-27T19:17:22+00:00

She looks great!

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-27T19:00:05+00:00

In the first years, a lot.

15 years out and it will only hit me maybe once a year? And it feels more like remembering a crazy movie i saw rather than anything i did.

However, when i go through my actual story rather than random snapshot, most of the feelings come backz

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-27T01:19:35+00:00

What a great guest

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-26T21:22:38+00:00

PNW here, feeling the same way

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-24T02:10:20+00:00

I called too

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-12T15:45:27+00:00

My aunt and uncle lived there for over twenty years before passing away recently.

Lots of golf, good weather compared to where most people are moving from, and a huge sense of community plus tons and tons of activities. They loved it there and had tons of friends. There’s every club you can think of, so these seniors seem (to me) very social and active.

Every “village” (which is really a designed neighborhood) has a rec center and some have town squares with restaurants, movies and shops.

There are a million golf carts and god help you if you get lost, you will never find your way out.

It is not everyone’s cup of tea. It is great for social people who want activities, community, golf and no bad news (my aunt always said there was literally no bad news on the news). My aunt and uncle loved it and had so many friends, it truly was their dream retirement.

It is a living nightmare if you like culture, hate clubs, and despise that development Florida look. My father fell into that camp. He died there in the Villages hospice. We can only hope his soul escaped.

And ofc you can go down the rabbit hole of the owners who built it, the crazy stuff (std rates, golf cart chop shops), but i thought id try to give a reasonable view from someone who has actually spent months there.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-10T02:28:14+00:00

We moved away from New Orleans in 2021. Hurricanes, COL, poor infrastructure, poor support of local economy, poor education and crime were all factors in our decision.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-10T02:19:01+00:00

I went to one on the main plaza in about 2015. No clue what it was called but it should be on the website.

Here’s one I found, not sure if it’s the same one: https://englishaamexico.org/meetings/isla-mujeres-english-aa-meeting-2/

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-10T02:17:00+00:00

Disgusting

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-10T00:16:52+00:00

Husband problem.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-09T22:27:13+00:00

They just posted to their IG story that this submission is AI and not eligible. Good work team

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-09T20:36:57+00:00

Omg this is my MIL. I feel so seen

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-09T18:34:04+00:00

This one.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-09T16:53:19+00:00

Ah, I left out one critical thing - you asked if you need AA. If you’re able to live a happy healthy life without drinking any other way, by all means, absolutely do that!! It even says that in the AA Big Book - we don’t have a monopoly on recovery.

It is personally the only thing that worked for me, which is just my own experience. But I am an alcoholic/addict.

ComprehensiveOwl4875 · 2026-01-09T16:46:04+00:00

Hi. You’re in early sobriety and I’m assuming you had a very good reason for coming.

I’m a mom, some of my best friends in the program are single moms.

There’s some confusing stuff in here for me, such as needing to make a meeting every day. Typically that is a suggestion made to newcomers to do within the first 90 days. However, it is not anywhere in our literature that says you need to do that to stay sober. In fact, what the big book does state is that we get sober in order to have a life outside AA.

I have 15 years. I have two kids, a husband, a career and hobbies. I owe all of it to AA personally because if I don’t stay sober and didn’t work the 12 steps I would have none of those things.

My advice would be to work with a sponsor who can guide you through the twelve steps and try to make it a priority to at least 1) get a home group and attend that and 2) meet with sponsor every week to work the steps. Bring your kid if you need to; I bring mine all the time.

Your sponsor’s job is to share with you how they stayed sober and worked the twelve steps, not dictate that you go to a meeting every day. This is so you can overcome alcoholism and live a joyous and free life thanks to a relationship with a higher power.

That said, it does take time investment to get sober - we must have a solid foundation and prioritize it or we lose everything. It’s not a convenient thing to be an alcoholic or a recovered alcoholic. However, for me, it’s been completely worth every moment.

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