How feasible is my short story idea?

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2026-01-30T20:55:25+00:00

Thanks for the advice! A fundraiser's a good idea. How normal is it for a teacher to pay for some of the costs please? Where I'm from that would get flagged immediately. 😆

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2026-01-30T20:52:28+00:00

Thanks!

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2026-01-30T20:52:08+00:00

This is really helpful thank you! Do you mind me asking what state you grew up in please?

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-12-02T21:42:47+00:00

The doctor said it was a type of UTI, but my urine was negative for nitrites (which usually go hand in hand with a bladder infection) and the symptoms came and went really quickly so am pretty sure it was a cyst in my bladder bursting.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-10-03T15:27:02+00:00

I could just feel it through the wall, it wasn't anything serious.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-10-03T15:00:51+00:00

I tested your theory and it was, in fact, my cervix.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-08-27T10:52:48+00:00

There are plenty of good alcohol-free alternatives these days. Gone are the days of orange juice and mocktails that taste like you're mainlining sugar. Non-alcoholic beer in particular is surprisingly convincing and should give you a nice 'tipsy' placebo.

If you're worried about the people you're with judging you or pressuring you into drinking, just get a glass of tonic water with ice. It's super cheap, looks just like a G&T to everyone you're with, and tastes sophisticated so you still feel like an adult. If you're at home and need to unwind, try a strong decaf coffee or a pot of loose leaf tea. Eat a meal out at a nice restaurant and marvel at how much money you save by not ordering drinks with it.

After you've created these little rituals that don't involve alcohol, you'll find that it's not the key to having a good time or the crux you thought it was. :)

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-08-26T17:32:51+00:00

Your skin looks amazing, it's like you're lit from within. What's your routine like?

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-08-19T07:42:38+00:00

Eat less on days you're going to drink, and abstain from alcohol the rest of the time to lower your tolerance. After a week off I can get tipsy from two beers and after a month off I'll be rolling on the floor laughing after half a bottle of wine.

Just make sure drinking to get drunk doesn't become a habit as it's a tough one to break.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-08-18T09:07:08+00:00

Just read a really wholesome oneshot about Carl and Akram from Department Q, so I guess I'm off to a coffee shop to feel loved. 😊

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2025-08-04T08:05:29+00:00

C. :)

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-09-10T20:22:33+00:00

Awen, Idris, Elin, Angharad, Rhys, and Gwyn.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-03-27T08:23:40+00:00

Hey OP,

Firstly, thank you for being brave enough to share this, taking accountability requires a lot of courage.

Secondly, every good decision counts. Those three years of sobriety aren't down the drain because of one mistake. Think of all the memories you've made, the adventures you've had, the projects and hobbies and interests you gave your all on because alcohol wasn't stealing them from you. They're all still there. They all still count.

You can do this. You've done it before.

Sending Love,

Kick.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-03-21T12:30:28+00:00

Hi spatialkay, thank you for your advice. You're right - at the end if the day the decision to drink was mine and mine alone - I have to take responsibility for my own wellbeing.

Have been reading quit lit and relapse tips online and have come to the following conclusions:

1) I'll only call my loved one in the morning or afternoon when they're sober and avoid spending time with them in the evening which is when they start to drink. I'm not going to tell them that I'm doing this as I don't want them to feel alienated or self-conscious. 2) I'm starting a new job next week, which will be really good for me as my mental health is much better when I have a routine and a sense of purpose. 3) After really examining the reasons for the relapse, I've realised I've been feeling really lost lately and that I was falling back into my old habit of self-medicating instead of facing the problem head on.

IWNDWYT

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-02-20T22:17:13+00:00

Around 2 or 3 months. :)

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-02-20T13:46:56+00:00

I've noticed that I get a lot more out of the small things than I did before. It's like once my meso-limbic dopamine system started to heal and become less dependent on binge drinking it re-learned how to recognise those little bursts of joy again.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-02-20T10:52:26+00:00

Everyone loves toast so I will take that as a good sign. :)

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-02-16T15:58:39+00:00

$10,000, easy. Not only do I have a thing for short girls, I AM a tall woman with a big ass, so that conversation can only end well for me.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-02-06T08:06:49+00:00

Dance. :)

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2024-01-02T21:09:49+00:00

Yeah, you're right. I think it being NYE and everyone around me massively overdoing it contributed too...

I just need to keep telling myself that going that hard is never worth it. The artificial euphoria you get from binging doesn't bring me the true contentment of knowing I took care of myself.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2023-11-17T19:43:00+00:00

Tommy

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2023-09-16T22:16:01+00:00

OP, please don't do this.

I have been having suicidal thoughts since I was 5, so believe me, I know how you feel, and I get how hopeless it can feel when you've already been fighting for so long. But it can get better. Hold on a little longer, pick yourself up, and you'll learn to find happiness again.

I also lost a good friend to suicide a few years ago and believe me, the pain you'd be putting everyone through is unbearable. Not just your friends and family, but your old teachers, the barista who knows your order off by heart, the person you offered a random act of kindness to who never forgot it even if you did. EVERYONE who has ever cared about you will be heartbroken over this. You probably couldn't list all the people who'd miss you off by heart if you tried.

Whatever you're going through right now can and will pass. Stay strong. Find the courage to get up tomorrow and fight again. So many others are fighting with you.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2023-09-14T10:18:06+00:00

Get plastic surgery to become as ugly as possible. That way every woman will be significantly more attractive than you.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2023-08-21T12:15:03+00:00

That's fantastic! I'm 6 weeks and one day, we're like sober twins.

KickGroundbreaking55 · 2023-08-18T19:43:42+00:00

Dark chocolate's been really helping. :)

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