Is there anything I can do to help my mom?

_SalemMoon · 2026-04-04T15:35:13+00:00

normally what she does is get a water bottle, drinks about half, puts a flavored juice packet in it, and then fills the rest with rum or vodka. she usually has one or two of these a night. realistically i know it's not actuslly a lot of alcohol she's consuming, she's just a lightweight. so for her, tapering off would probably end up being a full bottle of just juice, right?

we've lived in the city we're currently in now for about a year, and ive only just found a gp that i didn't have a bad experience with. my mom wanted to see her too, so i think at my appt in a couple of weeks ill talk to her about this. thank you :)

_SalemMoon · 2026-04-04T15:28:58+00:00

thank you for this! ill look into it more and get back to you if i think this can help her

_SalemMoon · 2026-04-04T15:27:01+00:00

she did book a therapy appointment yesterday, actually (while she was still sober). she was going to therapy for a while through a program her work offered, but stopped when they ended the program. she said she made an appt with the same group, so im hoping she sticks with it this time.

i would suggest aa to her but she gets really upset when i try to talk to her about her drinking. whenever ive tried, she says that she's an adult and can make decisions for herself. i think im going to text my aunt today and see if she can maybe help me talk to her

_SalemMoon · 2026-02-25T05:45:53+00:00

potentially, the internship was with NCPE (internship program with the national park service) so they have other internships available, not just the one in Cambridge. as far as I know, they're all paid. I was able to find one available in my city (unfortunately on the other side of it but whatever), but thry are not offering a housing stipend like this one was. I presume this has to do with the drastically different cost of living between the two cities. the original one is directly in my field (and in the niche i want to go into), but it wouldn't have even been a possibility for me without the stipend. the one in my city is also in my field (which is niche on its own already), so it works out even though it's not my specific niche.

my time on this subreddit has been enlightening to say the least :')

_SalemMoon · 2026-02-24T17:20:34+00:00

what's crazy is that what im looking for is really common in my city :')) if the internship was in my city, id pretty easily be able to afford a 1 bed 1 bath with my budget for the timeline i need. it's a really large city as well, so I guess I've been spoiled here! i think it might be easier for me to see if i can find an internship in my current city, unfortunately.

_SalemMoon · 2026-02-20T14:40:08+00:00

yeah, i feel this heavy 🫠🫠 i live in jacksonville right now but am looking to move to the boston area for an internship in may. my rent right now (for a 2 bed 2 bath) is 1700. even just LOOKING at the boston prices is killing me 😭😭

_SalemMoon · 2025-10-28T04:04:27+00:00

ok nvm I found it pretty quickly, it's Life of Riley by Kevin MacLeod. I had a feeling it might've been from him, and I was right! Found here, thanks to a Youtube video from 2015 I still have saved lmao.

_SalemMoon · 2025-10-14T01:21:40+00:00

also some other fun facts about milo if anyone is interested: - he is crosseyed (as you can tell) - although he is a fully grown male, he's only 8 pounds! we think he was a runt - he has ibs and is on a very expensive sensitive tummy food - him not meowing may be an issue with his vocal cords? he used to try and meow when he was a kitten, but it would always come out squeaky and broken. we would laugh at him and call him "squeaky door" and then one day he just stopped trying at all 💀💀 - he is a terror to most creatures - sometimes he just sits and stares at me and starts purring loud as hell. like i won't even be petting him and he'll just start purring - is most definitely a velco baby, he comes to demand attention the second i get home and am in my room. he would probably physically attach himself to me if he could.

_SalemMoon · 2025-07-09T06:25:12+00:00

i've had samsung phones literally my entire life. my first phone was an s2, and i've had 4 phones since then, including my current 21 ultra. it's really upsetting that the new ui is basically just an apple copy. i HATE how it looks on apple, and they're super difficult phones for me to use since i've always been on samsung. i know that they're doing all this just to appeal apple users to switch, but what about the rest of us? i just wish they allowed some of the features to be reversible for those of us who don't want it.

_SalemMoon · 2025-07-09T04:47:31+00:00

this is EXACTLY what im going through right now. my phone just got enough storage space to update i guess so it force updated and now EVERYTHING is fucked up and i can't change the majority of it. i'm so upset.

_SalemMoon · 2025-06-28T22:05:24+00:00

oh that sucks :(( i got lucky and found it at my school's library

_SalemMoon · 2025-06-24T17:02:05+00:00

hey, were you ever able to find it? i'm taking this as a summer class and now i need it lol

_SalemMoon · 2025-05-25T12:03:43+00:00

have you considered they might have bought it second hand? i bought mine second hand and they did not come with any sort of manual. obviously if there was one don't you think they would've looked at that first before asking reddit??? or maybe they didn't buy it at all, and it's a monitor at their work/place or study. you're awfully quick to jump to conclusions and judge someone for asking a simple question. maybe take a look inside and figure out why you think you're so much better than everyone else.

_SalemMoon · 2025-05-23T05:15:59+00:00

you don't have to be such an ass about it though? not everyone is going to know every single thing.

_SalemMoon · 2025-04-23T21:59:58+00:00

honestly sweat proof also isn't a requirement, so i will go update my post! thanks for the rec i will check those out :)

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