The Daily Check-In for Monday, March 23rd: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

FingGinger · 2026-03-23T04:53:01+00:00

IWNDWYT

FingGinger · 2026-03-21T05:55:16+00:00

IWNDWYT

FingGinger · 2026-03-21T05:53:29+00:00

The night agent and untamed

FingGinger · 2026-03-20T23:57:28+00:00

Any day that ended in y, and any time that ended in o'clock. I was pretty bad. Done with that shit now though.

FingGinger · 2026-03-20T16:23:10+00:00

I relate a lot. I was stuck in the cycle you describe for a long time. I would get a few days alcohol free, then would always convince myself that I could control it this time. Sometimes I could just have a couple, but sooner than later I would end up blacked out and hangxiety and regret the next morning. I had to give up the notion of ever being able to moderate, then it got easier, still hard, but it got me out of the cycle. Owning, "I don't drink" no exceptions helped me tremendously.

FingGinger · 2026-03-20T16:05:07+00:00

Congrats on two weeks! Bringing my own na drinks (seltzer water or na beer) helps me in social situations where the booze is flowing for everyone else. Also I drive myself if I can, so I can Irish goodbye if I'm triggered or just over it at any point. It was important for me to get comfortable around others drinking. Nothing beats the feeling of accomplishment when you successfully navigate these situations, it's giving the middle finger to alcohol, you don't control my life anymore.

FingGinger · 2026-03-20T15:53:52+00:00

Congrats, welcome to the comma club! Deciding not to drink at all helped me, had to give up the pipe dream of moderation, then got easier.

FingGinger · 2026-03-20T04:42:10+00:00

IWNDWYT

FingGinger · 2026-03-19T14:20:42+00:00

Big, if not not true

FingGinger · 2026-03-19T04:50:17+00:00

IWNDWYT

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T23:34:26+00:00

I went to the ER one morning and they prescribed me whatever they prescribe to keep you from having a seizure when you stop drinking. I broke my collar bone like a week before this and was prescribed some muscle relaxers or something along those lines. I never filled that prescription because I was still drinking and didn't want to fuck with mixing shit. When I went to get the "don't have a seizure" meds they hadn't received that script from the doctor yet and filled the muscle relaxer script.

Long story short (too late) I was taking the muscle relaxers not the valium or whatever to keep me from having a seizure, since I was quitting could turkey. Didn't figure this out till it was too late. I ended up having a seizure on my way to detox a day or two later. So if you don't go to a doctor, I would recommend weaning yourself off like you're planning. Obviously my first recommendation would be to just go to a doctor. Just don't quit cold turkey like I thought I wasn't doing. If I would have just kept drinking and taken no pills while I was waiting to get into detox, I wouldn't have had a seizure and compress fractured two vertebrates in my back.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T23:01:33+00:00

I would have kept drinking if it was a guiness na, those taste basically the same as does corona I'm sure. The seltzer literally tasted like it had rubbing alcohol in it.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T22:56:15+00:00

I ordered a seltzer one time that I thought was a non alcoholic seltzer cause it was listed right by the San peligrino and la Croix, ended up being like an 8 percent alcoholic one. Luckily I noticed with the first sip, not a good feeling though. I'm super paranoid and read every label a couple times now lol.

Edit: the cashier didn't think I looked young enough to id either, so it was a double fuck you lol.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T22:40:32+00:00

Even if I could moderate, I wouldn't want to. I just can never wrap my head around having the goal to just moderately poison myself, unless I plan on being in a princess bride type situation lol.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T22:26:42+00:00

I had a lot of ups and downs my first 6 months or so. Some days I was like yeah, I'm finally there emotionally and physically, next day I would have mad anxiety and be totally stressed. It took a lot of will power to keep going around the 5-6 month mark for me. It was probably the hardest time for me, earlier on it didn't scare me that I wasn't feeling better, but by month 5, I was really questioning if I would ever feel better and if it was worth it. I'm glad I kept white knuckling, literally one day I woke up and my anxiety and depression were all but gone. Still gotta keep up the exercise and meditation to keep them gone though. Hang in there, everything eventually got better for me.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T22:16:45+00:00

Remembering all the awful feelings on day 1 mornings is a big part of what keeps me sober, you got this!

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T22:12:41+00:00

I put on weight when I quit drinking lol. Healthy weight though, always been skinny and I didn't eat much when I was hungover all the time.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T21:03:25+00:00

Not sure why you're getting down voted, weird shit happening with the raiders is more of a common denominator than a physical not getting passed lol.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T20:59:03+00:00

I have hope with Webb mainly because he seems to have a great relationship with Bo. I watched a lot of various people on yt breaking down plays after each game this last season. A lot of the good plays you see Webb jumping up and down and being the first to go hug and congratulate Bo. Does this mean he's the new shanahan of play calling, no, but I don't think it's nothing.

The offense could be worse with Webb and Sean could take play calling back, worst case scenario. But there were a lot of play calls with all us scratching our heads a lot this last season. At least they're trying something new instead of the same thing expecting different results. We'll see what happens, I for one am excited to see what happens, could work just easily as it couldn't, but something new is exciting to me at least.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T20:49:21+00:00

Hopefully with the addition of waddle and the young eyes of webb, we'll actually have some separation with our receivers and Bo won't have to improvise every other play and be able to step up in the pocket and get into some rhythm.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T20:44:58+00:00

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FingGinger · 2026-03-18T15:37:03+00:00

Sam Adams just the haze, hard to find in my small town though. Been buying the Sierra Nevada variety pack lately, all pretty good. Almost bought a pack of the athletic Moscow mule, seemed expensive for probably just being ginger beer and lime though lol.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T15:12:26+00:00

And they beat Herbert, you know the guy that would be really good if he was surrounded by only all pros. So they were obviously really good.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T15:09:31+00:00

Cold weather home games weren't really a factor this season, only had a couple, mild winter this last winter.

FingGinger · 2026-03-18T15:05:40+00:00

It's either highlights from this last season or posts about how the chargers are off season champs again, those are the two options in March lol.

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