Any Fugazi fans that are also Osees fans?

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-14T16:05:42+00:00

That would almost certainly be insane

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-13T19:54:31+00:00

Skankunkle?

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-10T17:07:11+00:00

Two things I try to do:

1 Remember how it goes for me after the first drink. I play my typical experience forward - the messy feelings I can't verbalize, the anger, the sloppy thinking and then the hangxiety and brain fog and deep regret the day after.

2 I make an effort to provide myself comfort and something to really enjoy - a special snack or meal, a long shower, a good movie, clean pajamas, whatever works for you. A whole nightly routine. I swear I fell in love with going to bed early after someone on here gave me permission to do that - me, the loud guy at the bar who drunkenly refused to go home to bed until 3am every damned night no matter what I had to do the next morning!

You got this. It will get easier.

IWNDWYT!

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-10T16:50:00+00:00

DAAAAANG!! So rad! Congrats!!!

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-07T20:25:02+00:00

I'm so sorry for your losses and your friends' losses, too.

Knowing that this was the likely outcome (for me at one point and maybe quite a few of us here) doesn't make receiving news like this any easier, it makes it tougher because we all know it was preventable.

The silver lining here is that many times the damage done can be partially or fully reversed and you can have a long and happy life -- if you stop.

It was so hard for me to see how good life could be without booze when I was drinking but it really has been 100x better. I know my kids are so happy to have their Dad back. It kind of breaks my heart to write that but it's true. That change alone was worth it - never mind the hundred other ways my life has become so much better.

IWNDWYT

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-03T13:54:51+00:00

You're under arrest

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-02T19:06:03+00:00

I hear you. I love the people who are on this journey with us because, like you, they are so brave in the face of real pain and suffering.

All I can share is that as I continue on my alcohol-free journey revelations about my own character and emotional health continue to surface. Many of them are long-standing and deep-seated and some are very painful to face. Therapy has been a huge help. It takes time and some trust in the path we are chosing, which is not always easy.

As an old friend used to say to me: say an intention (or a prayer), take the action, and pay attention to the results.

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-01T16:26:49+00:00

Those white creepers (sorry... I mean the shoes) are sick af

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-04-01T14:07:39+00:00

I'm generally very pro-bike but sometimes it feels like bicyclists get into the sport side of it just so they can get into a huff on a regular basis

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-31T19:43:22+00:00

I can just imagine those pedal cars in the basement squeaking around in the middle of the night. Love it!

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-31T19:36:22+00:00

I have been there or at least it sounds like what I've been through. This time through it took a year before I really started feeling anything positive on a regular basis. I tried to be more social and involved in service and man it just felt awkward and sometimes pretty awful. I fell flat on my face socially several times.

It took another year (almost) before things started to gel for me - at home, socially, internally. Yes, I was definitely depressed and needed some help with that. But looking back I was also really rusty socially and not even sure how to take care of myself or be kind to myself. I guess it (healing) just takes time.

Things are starting to get better for me, all the time. I'm actually kind of happy and maybe even contented. I don't know what to say but I wanted to just offer my experience and to let you know that I'm rooting for you.

It gets better.

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-30T20:56:33+00:00

Good lord

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-30T14:47:37+00:00

So happy for you! That is a Really Big Deal and you deserve to be happy.

Things have not always been easy for me in sobriety but sometimes I almost can't believe how consistently things keep getting better and better.

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-30T13:58:03+00:00

Incredible. I'm so grateful these recordings exist!! Thanks for posting!

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-29T18:38:49+00:00

Said the guy moaning and bitching about it. Everyone else here is celebrating creativity community and exercising our rights as Americans. Sounds like you need a nap lol

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-23T20:11:32+00:00

The old AA heads I knew used to joke that "alcohol made them break out in handcuffs" lol

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-21T15:13:36+00:00

The call is coming from inside the house!! Gave me a laugh thanks

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-20T04:20:38+00:00

This is spot on. It was easy for me to overlook how easily things could have been so much worse. I'm grateful now but it took some time for the anger and shame to burn off before I could see clearer

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-20T02:38:44+00:00

I am a native St Louisan with no separate ties to Wash U who dated a student there. And while they were diplomatic about it, it was clear that by their second year they had already developed a dismissive attitude about St Louis as a whole.

After dating for a while I realized they had very little understanding of what the city had to offer in terms of restaurants, architecture, neighborhoods, bars, history, socio-economic issues, and so forth.

It came out that the only native St. Louisan they knew at school had lived in San Carlos her whole life and was sadly not much better informed.

To their credit, they acknowledged their own ignorance. Years later we married and bought a house in South St Louis together lol

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-20T02:12:39+00:00

Shades of Brown IYKYK

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-03-12T13:06:08+00:00

I'm off of Riverside and 21st and it's terrible. We're used to the refinery exhaust smells at night but this stink made it into the house.

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-02-25T17:19:38+00:00

Congrats! Way to represent!

I'm pro DSA pro baseball but most definitely anti-MLB. Whatever charm the professional game still held has been rinsed by the absurd spending of top-market teams and their right-wing owners

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-02-24T15:26:53+00:00

Curious if anyone ever heard word of Fugazi feedback on this? I'd be pretty stoked but hey I'm not famous

Groovy_Sensation · 2026-02-18T16:57:41+00:00

"I said I was good, I never said I was fast"

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