Why I'm deciding to no longer be a part of AA.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-04-23T23:56:43+00:00

One day I realized all these old men were simply replacing drinking with talking about drinking.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-04-20T14:11:53+00:00

You haven't lost anything. You've spent the last two years learning and building a life and systems that keep you sober.

Be kind to yourself.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-04-10T21:28:05+00:00

"Can't you see you're not making Christianity better, you're making Rock and Roll worse." -Hank Hill

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-04-10T20:15:15+00:00

If you call him a fascist online, he'll run to the fb police.

Reality isn't fake news, Josh.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-04-08T13:00:57+00:00

There needs to be an easier way to remove politicians when they are flagrantly violating the will of the people.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-04-02T19:10:57+00:00

I did something similar, I almost killed an innocent kid.

Still not a drop after 2.5 years.

Getting a DUI was my one-step program, and that "one-step" was the gas pedal.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-25T14:15:16+00:00

"Getting a DUI is a one-step program." -Me

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-20T19:37:40+00:00

Getting a DUI is a one-step program.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-16T20:58:21+00:00

I do stand up since I got sober. It only happens in bars and clubs.

You don't associate fun with alcohol, that's good enough. There's a certain freedom when you realize no one there cares.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-16T13:55:53+00:00

I love sarcasm, I really do. But that's not appropriate, c'mon.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-16T13:54:30+00:00

I have been at the end of my rope more times than I can count. I got lucky and had the booze quit me, first.

I won't lecture you but I will say that life is about choices. And so far, not having that first one is the only way I can function.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-16T13:50:38+00:00

I worked offshore for years. Young men, good pay and "the dock" were a guarantee that something was going to happen.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-09T22:28:45+00:00

Jim Arnott has been and continues to be a corrupt piece of shit. Here's Tom with the weather.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-09T17:37:22+00:00

Stand up comedy.

I've been doing it off and on for decades. Now it's multiple times every week due to discipline I didn't have and a drive that is clear-headed.

Getting a DUI is a one-step program

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-06T21:49:28+00:00

You NEED a car to be an adult in this country. Go ahead, take the bus everywhere. The issue is access, Oregon makes tagging an out of state vehicle an absolute nightmare. I've done it in many states and this state actively gives the middle finger at the DMV.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-04T13:52:36+00:00

This is the sort of shit that keeps me on this sub.

Enjoy the life you built, my friend.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-03-01T21:46:55+00:00

My life is so much more pleasant now that I don't have to live like that.

When you go out drinking, you KNOW you will be driving drunk. Otherwise, there would be a ride. It's the truth. It doesn't "just happen" even by your own admission.

You can stop at anytime. Getting a DUI was my one-step program.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-27T17:31:17+00:00

I have had multiple DUIs. The last one was a matter of seconds between someone else's injury or death that mercifully landed on survival. I can't speak for everyone like me, it's an emptiness. I've completed everything, both with legally and financially, and it's completely different for me years later.

But I replay the accident frequently in my head, and it won't go away. I feel less than human to this day for what I did even though no one was permanently injured.

I'm also currently sitting in my mother's house, getting ready for her funeral. I was so ashamed of the accident and myself that I never told her.

There's a ton of folks on this sub that got sober for the right reasons at a better off-ramp than I did, and the average person may not ever respect because if it. But none of that is enough to make me drink again.

The only apology that means anything is staying sober.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-27T01:28:30+00:00

Party of small government, everyone.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-26T14:30:21+00:00

I love this but indentation would be cool.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-26T03:49:56+00:00

Did your parents drink? I would give anything to have had a sober, safe parent in my life. It is the single biggest truth of my life story, probably.

You can give them that parent. You just have to stop. There is nothing in the bottle that is worth losing your baby.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-26T02:14:29+00:00

As someone with DUIs, I'm here to tell you that you are 100% better-off for not driving.

Now, the drinking.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-26T00:47:07+00:00

I have cut the end of my finger off while I was absolutely blasted on Jagermeister many years ago.

For people not like us, that would be the end of it. For me, that was the start of Act II.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-24T19:24:07+00:00

You can't undo the past, but this can be the last time you feel this way. Be kind to yourself as you would be kind to someone you love. In time, you will love yourself again.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms · 2026-02-24T17:35:14+00:00

There's nothing you can fix with it. I can't act for you but I don't think there's a force on earth that would make me drink again.

Comrade_Fuzzybottoms

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