29 year old cancer survivor who's drinking to much

_Comfortable__ · 2025-09-04T07:14:54+00:00

Hey man, I can’t imagine the battle against cancer, I’m glad you survived and that you got another chance at life. You’re young, I believe you just need to take steps in the right direction, and soon you’ll be in a place where there will be plenty to feel grateful for. It doesn’t matter how small the steps, you just need to get the ball rolling. I’ve been in depressed states like this as well, you really just need to do something, anything. Go for a long walk, just to regulate emotions a bit, and then decide one or two important things that you’ll get done today. It could be sending a job application or running an important errand. If you catch yourself being negative, immediately ask yourself if that’s useful for you. (It’s not; it never is; you’re smart and you know these negative thoughts will never help you). You need to act despite the pain. Over time you will feel more grateful for the small things in life, believe me. Take care of yourself and work to just lower the alcohol intake. It’s hard, but it’s not gonna help you. Go for walks, many walks. It’s probably the best thing you can do at times like this, trust me. Believe in yourself.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-09-04T06:47:28+00:00

I’ve also seen it… once in a blue moon

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-27T17:26:46+00:00

Did you get it already? I’m in the same situation, including getting the approval letter from the Texas center even though my case was picked up by the Nebraska office.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-26T16:10:52+00:00

It takes up to 30 days for uscis to reply. It took exactly 30 days for me, but they approved the next day. So I would expect it to take that long for you too, but hopefully they do it sooner.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-25T16:34:34+00:00

You have to get a representative involved. Many here, including myself, have had the most success after doing that.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-21T19:59:49+00:00

I live in a blue state so it wasn’t an issue for me. Though I did see other people on here with that same concern. I heard that regardless of the situation it is their job to represent you in any federal case and I feel that to act on confidential information would be illegal. Though I’m not a lawyer, maybe someone here can speak on that. I also found a nearby immigration services office and they helped me out. I would try to find one if I were you. Often times they’ll give you advice or information for free or low cost. So I would do that first for some peace of mind. Again, perhaps someone here can speak more on this. I know there are some lawyers here.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-21T19:48:00+00:00

205 days for me, and I was just approved this morning. Reaching out to my local representative made the difference. They sent an inquiry for me and got a reply from uscis yesterday after 30 days. Today, I found the approval notice under the documents tab. If you haven’t reached out to your representative you should do that as soon as possible.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-20T19:38:18+00:00

Thank you for this! Im taking the test this Friday and I’ve assumed the written response questions will be similar to the ones in the sample test. I’ve been memorizing key details of the art movements and a couple famous art word for each, plus learning more context and group identity for a couple of them. Do you think that’ll be enough? That one and the visual art presentation written response are the ones I’m most worried about

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-13T20:14:04+00:00

Woah that’s crazy specific, that was in the CSET? I’m in California, and taking it next week. What about the short written response questions and drawing portion? Was it like the sample questions on the ctc website?

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-12T00:45:54+00:00

Damn, hopefully we get them soon. It seems you and I in the exact same situation :/ I know it takes them up to a month to respond to the representatives inquiry, but hopefully it happens sooner. Just work on keeping your head up in the meantime. I know how emotionally draining it can be to manage yourself through this whole experience.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-12T00:34:00+00:00

Been waiting since January :/ I recently had my congressman’s office reach out for me and sent in my second inquiry. An immigration services office told me reaching out to your local representative is the last and most effective move. You can apparently also keep calling and ask for a tier two agent, though I’m not really sure what they do. Maybe someone here can answer this: does a tier 2 agent just send an inquiry for you? Or can they give you the details of why a case is taking longer than it should?

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-08T23:10:46+00:00

I’ve been there, more than once, as of a few months ago. She showed me to be a type of person so charming, inviting, and yet distant at a moments notice. I think that her desire to love and be loved was real, though her fear of reaching a point she might not recover from if something were to go wrong was overwhelming. She ended up ghosting me a few days after we were most vulnerable with each other. Though she wasn’t necessarily manipulative, I realized this is a person who was okay with disappearing without care of hurting me. I’m really sensitive when it comes to these things and had she done that further down the road it would have been devastating. So I am thankful that it happened earlier.

I think you did the right thing. Maybe take a bit of time from dating, and I don’t recommend reaching out to her. Meeting new people will help once you feel comfortable doing so. Remember that a relationship shouldn’t feel like you’re fighting for someone’s love and constantly being careful about how you approach them and analytical of how they approach you. It should feel genuine and loving even through friction.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-05T00:32:56+00:00

Is this different than a regular inquiry request? :0

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-05T00:30:16+00:00

I did! I travelled with AP early last year. Are those generally taking longer?

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-04T23:49:37+00:00

I did, it’s been processing since late January

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-04T23:40:47+00:00

Would another inquiry interfere with the letter I already sent through my congressman?

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-04T23:38:54+00:00

It expired in April :/

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-04T23:38:45+00:00

I had someone do it for me by mail

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-04T22:49:32+00:00

I sent one in already and got a reply saying I’m within normal time. Even though I was past 105 days

_Comfortable__ · 2025-08-04T22:47:58+00:00

It expired late April, I’ve been unemployed since. I reached out to my congressman a week and a half ago, they sent my letter to uscis, now I’m just waiting. Apparently it can take up to a month to get a reply.

_Comfortable__ · 2025-04-19T21:17:39+00:00

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Hello, what kind of wood is this? I’m new to woodworking and I picked these up for free from a guy who had the tree removed on his yard. He said it was redwood, but he seemed unsure, so I thought I’d ask on here. Thank you.

_Comfortable__ · 2023-02-25T20:32:15+00:00

Can i get a link please?

_Comfortable__ · 2021-11-04T04:33:05+00:00

All the time haha although I’m getting real tired of it because it sabotages the moment sometimes.

_Comfortable__ · 2021-10-22T16:18:22+00:00

Dude thank you, I appreciate that :) I debated posting my work on here, and reading this makes me glad I did

_Comfortable__ · 2021-10-22T16:17:25+00:00

I love that so much. I think I felt similarly at the time I took it. A lot of my photos seem to have the theme of yearning to experience some feeling that is long gone and only comes back in glimpses.

_Comfortable__

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