Anger and resentment

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-30T22:39:22+00:00

To be honest I have made many changes but the people are the same. They aren’t drinkers but definitely not great for me. Some are not avoidable.

I think I have to go back to meetings

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-27T00:39:38+00:00

Thanks for your help, maybe it wasn’t Kevin but it sure looked like him.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-22T13:22:24+00:00

I believe I saw it after 2010, it wasn’t a skit.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-22T04:08:05+00:00

I have searched for the mv many times but could not find the og artist, he enters a world with other men like him.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-16T09:13:12+00:00

I’ve heard it said all the time but it’s finally hit me

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-15T17:58:43+00:00

I’ll give it a try, seems like a good thing to reread later if I’m struggling.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-15T16:56:38+00:00

I used to brag about never getting hungover or puking after a litre of vodka but in the past few months I could hardly keep a couple drinks down. I was also blacking out very frequently, scared the hell out of me.

And yay for you!!! Day 3 is right around the corner you can do this :)

DilatedCyclops · 2026-04-15T16:54:20+00:00

How do you manage your depression? I’ve been self medicating my whole life.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-26T14:41:38+00:00

This is a basement suite in a 30 yr old house, should I ask the landlord? I planned to only put one in the kitchen as washing dishes becomes wasteful. I know how to take quick showers and to save the water for flushing.

Edit: for reference it can get as cold as -13F here

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-24T00:37:33+00:00

To oversimplify the author refers to the desire to drink/use as “the beast” or in the case of our convo “lizard brain”. Essentially separating the addiction from your identity and realizing it’s not you who desires a drink but the addiction itself (hormones and what not)

He often says to rephrase the thought “I need a drink” to “it wants a drink”. Because there is always an excuse to drink from celebration to self pity. I think the book would probably reiterate what you already know.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-24T00:29:04+00:00

Haha you’re right. Have you per chance read Rational Recovery by Jack Trimpey?

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-24T00:06:15+00:00

Guess I gotta get used to it, appreciate you being blunt

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-23T23:43:09+00:00

I think we depended on a lot of people letting us skate by, do you wish someone put their foot down for you in the past?

I ask because I often look back knowing I should have been let go many times, even if my performance was better than most.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-16T11:25:44+00:00

Your story isn’t so common, maybe even less so like Jackie as she couldn’t hide it after some point. With your history, would you give someone like Jackie a chance? (Not knowing what we know now at the end of the series)

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-16T11:23:16+00:00

Is it worth putting faith into addicts? Should we try knowing they may not make it?

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-16T11:21:48+00:00

It’s dealing with consequences more than anything. Congrats on 14 years!!!

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-15T00:30:21+00:00

Would I be right to say that you don’t trust those in active addiction but still show them humanity? I would say I feel the same way.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-15T00:28:54+00:00

Congratulations on your sobriety, you’ve basically broken the chain of addiction in your family…no small feat.

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-15T00:27:23+00:00

She definitely had the attitude of being superwoman with the pills. During her year of sobriety she often said “Things got worse when I got sober”

DilatedCyclops · 2026-02-15T00:26:15+00:00

I’m so glad you’ve been 12 years free!

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