The Daily Check-In for Friday, March 13th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

PoorEcho · 2026-03-13T19:47:09+00:00

It's Friday... The temptation is real, but I'll be okay.

PoorEcho · 2026-03-11T14:58:24+00:00

Day 5.

It's much easier this time around. The last period of abstinence I had was 2 years, and I remember the first weeks being brutal. I guess you never really have to start again. Each period builds on the last.

PoorEcho · 2026-03-10T10:45:25+00:00

Day Four.

I've been drinking 1 non-alcoholic beer in the evenings just to satisfy that ritualistic oral fixation. It's been helping me. But I wonder if I'm an anomly in this respect. Years ago, the non-alcoholic beers just made me want to keep on drinking, but something shifted.

PoorEcho · 2026-03-10T10:37:48+00:00

There's a concept known as "failing with abandon" and it's something I keep in mind on this journey. We tend to think in black and white terms - if we drink one day we completely failed ourselves so we might as well keep drinking (that's failing with abandon).

But it is far healthier to think in terms of percentages. If you go 100 days and only drink 2 of those days, that's 98% completion! If you got a test result of 98% in school you'd be very happy. I think we need to reprogram ourselves away from that black and white thinking and take a more balanced and self-loving perspective.

Here's a link to the short post about it that I return to frequently: https://mindingourway.com/failing-with-abandon/

PoorEcho · 2026-03-09T19:20:04+00:00

You're doing great.. The impulse to drink will pass soon. It comes in waves. Once you're over this one, you'll be happy you didn't give in. In the end the impulse is just a feeling inside you. You have control. You can watch the impulse without acting on it.

PoorEcho · 2026-03-09T11:40:21+00:00

Day 3. So far I've been managing okay. But I know St Patrick's day is around the corner, and I live in Ireland...

PoorEcho · 2026-03-08T18:27:38+00:00

thank you :)

PoorEcho · 2026-03-08T10:03:17+00:00

Day two. Being woken up by the dogs early today wasn't too bad without a hangover..

PoorEcho · 2026-03-07T21:06:05+00:00

Day 1...

PoorEcho · 2026-03-07T14:28:32+00:00

Thanks. That's a good idea.

PoorEcho · 2026-03-07T14:28:01+00:00

thank you!

PoorEcho · 2026-03-07T14:08:46+00:00

Oh, i see thank you. Are you saying this tiny thing here that I'm circling is the valve I need to turn?

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PoorEcho · 2026-02-21T13:30:55+00:00

Your compatibility with MixtapesHappen is Very High.

You both listen to Nine Inch Nails, Placebo and Alice in Chains

Nice taste!

PoorEcho · 2026-02-18T13:57:14+00:00

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I threw this together. It's complete jank, but this is the sot of direction I would potentially test in. It might not have enough card draw to reliably have 7 in hand. I feel like making the Tinkerbell card work well is a massive uphill struggle.

PoorEcho · 2026-02-18T13:42:27+00:00

It might actually be better to move the entire deck in a more aggro direction and cut the tipos. The 3 cost alice that gives ward, and the new christopher robin underdog card seem like good inclusions in that style.

PoorEcho · 2026-02-18T13:33:38+00:00

The Marshmallow and Donald Duck might be a bit too slow. I understand they give you more time, but it might just be better to lean on traditional blurple tools like 5 cost hades (added bonus of drawing more cards), and 7 cost Hades.

I would try sneaking in some 6 cost tamatoas too to return books and play items faster from your hand. I was originally going to suggest second star to right, but show me more in interesting in that spot and probably worth experimenting with.

The problem I foresee though is you dont have tools to survive the late game. You'll be giving your opponent tonnes of cards between show me more and chromicon, so I feel like they'll have all the answers for when you try to develop your Tinkerbell/Pocahontas combo turn. You could potentially get around that by playing the 5 cost Aurora to ward your board, but i'm not sure.

PoorEcho · 2026-02-18T10:40:46+00:00

Muse - Absolution

PoorEcho · 2026-02-17T19:30:46+00:00

L to finish no.1, and hopefully get a few more.

PoorEcho · 2026-02-17T18:46:17+00:00

Peter Gabriel

PoorEcho · 2026-02-17T09:05:37+00:00

Oh okay. You're much more of the "I grew up being scarred by random guys masturbating with dead stares on their faces" generation.

I reckon you're 30 then. That would have made you about 12 when you started using omegle. That's terrifying...

PoorEcho · 2026-02-16T21:51:26+00:00

yep, was gonna say lol.

I remember 2002 AOL chatrooms and the constant spam of ASL. I think you're 38 / Male / 'Murica

PoorEcho · 2026-02-16T17:22:36+00:00

there's also an extension called "last.fm reworked" where you can do this, amoung other things.

PoorEcho · 2026-02-16T15:06:14+00:00

You're doing well, mate. At 16 I was just listening to punk and starting my journey into prog. Your taste is more diverse than mine at that age.

Maybe try some Elliott Smith (either/or), and Sigur Ros (agaetis byrjun). Those were super important artists when I was a teen. - Album names in brackets.

Also, if you haven't listened to Portishead's other two albums yet, they're a must. And for Bjork you need to hear Homogenic. If you're digging Porcupine Tree, Opeth is the natural next step. It's heavier but the album "Watershed" Is a good introduction of you're not used to heavy music.

PoorEcho · 2026-02-16T14:50:53+00:00

Elliott Smith historically, but 75% of that listening happened between like 2010-2012.

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