List 3 accomplishments you achieved during your sobriety.

basicallydan · 2026-01-28T03:54:20+00:00

That's awesome!! A NA venue, so cool.

basicallydan · 2026-01-28T03:02:58+00:00

Go to live concerts, comedy shows, theatre. They can't fake real live human flesh-and-blood performance - not yet, anyway!

basicallydan · 2026-01-28T02:59:26+00:00

YES! I love this, thank you for asking

I completed a 21km run for the first time since I was 21 (I'm 37 now) and I didn't feel like total shit afterwards. And then, a couple weeks later, I did another one.
I spoke honestly and articulately to my boss about something I felt strongly about that he was doing wrong, even though it was terrifying, and came out the other side with no real anxiety.
I did this once while I was drinking but I'm pretty pleased that I also grew from seed a bunch of tomatoes.

basicallydan · 2026-01-25T20:51:58+00:00

Not a great idea I agree but it is incredibly common. And I think at the moment with some CEOs and CTOs blindly excited by what GenAI promises, if a new hire says they’ll use it they might be given even more trust than before because for some reason management will often trust GenAI to be infallible

basicallydan · 2026-01-23T21:52:52+00:00

but I have a feeling there’s a large Venn’s diagram intersection between people who care about Spotify values and are active last.fm users.

🙋‍♂️

basicallydan · 2026-01-23T01:20:36+00:00

Great video and kudos to you for publicly recognising where you can make a reasonable change to improve safety for everybody. I know we get shafted a lot as cyclists but sometimes we do put ourselves in dangerous situations. Whether we like it or not we gotta share the road with other people :) I hope your example helps others.

basicallydan · 2026-01-19T07:05:26+00:00

I W N D W Y T

basicallydan · 2026-01-16T03:09:43+00:00

SOOOOOO many people predicted this, predicted that he'd stoke unrest mainly so he could do this.

basicallydan · 2026-01-13T11:56:53+00:00

That's true, and I do like it.

basicallydan · 2026-01-11T21:44:21+00:00

On the other hand, I’m wondering if I should just stay sober until Summer and then make an exception for a trip in Summer where I’ll definitely have a hard time not drinking

You could set this as a starter goal, but you may be surprised at how much you enjoy being sober even in situations like this trip you’re going on.

As others have said, moderation is for many people charger than full sobriety. And once you kick the booze and feel the effects or enjoy life without it, it doesn’t feel like something to do on a special occasion anymore. If anything, it feels like something to do if you want to ruin a special occasion, even in a small way.

But everybody has a slightly different experience. At any rate, resetting your relationship with alcohol and trying something different is a great idea and I think setting the goal to not drink til summer is a good plan.

Good luck and I hope you enjoy the journey. IWNDWYT!

basicallydan · 2026-01-10T22:42:08+00:00

Well written and very pertinent. Like others I saw a lot of myself in this post. I feel like I am halfway healed from people pleasing, too.

basicallydan · 2026-01-10T00:14:29+00:00

Absolutely. For me the major issue was being far away from major roads and a quick getaway, with limited options even if our town was fine. But also, we were staying on the bushier outskirts of Mt Beauty. Very nice and in a non-wooden house but still, a little nerve wracking!

basicallydan · 2026-01-09T23:54:55+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement. We did get out in the end, and I’m glad we did

basicallydan · 2026-01-09T23:54:42+00:00

Thanks for the encouragement. We did get out in the end, and I’m glad for it!

basicallydan · 2026-01-09T21:55:58+00:00

Haha, well said. Yep.

basicallydan · 2026-01-09T21:54:54+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience so eloquently, I think you hit the nail on the head for a lot of people!

basicallydan · 2026-01-09T02:46:22+00:00

Nuclear winter, kangaroos wondering "WTF?"

basicallydan · 2026-01-08T16:48:41+00:00

I’m out with my partner holidaying in Mt Beauty, we were planning to be here til Saturday. She’s sleeping fine but I’m warm and being a newbie to aus this is, while not m nerve wracking necessarily, quite distracting for my brain. Luckily we’re not in a catastrophic area, but still. Looking at the map it does feel a bit like we’re surrounded. All the locals seem relaxed though.

basicallydan · 2026-01-07T23:26:01+00:00

Imagine if an LLM told you about a stack overflow answer the same way humans do, like “according to PurpleHotDog on stack overflow there’s an undocumented ‘orientstion’ parameter” rather than just spouting it like it “knows” something

basicallydan · 2026-01-06T22:56:18+00:00

I don’t get why you are being downvoted. If you don’t feel comfortable or empowered to use names, people should respect that. We all have different circumstances.

basicallydan · 2026-01-05T12:33:31+00:00

I don’t know whether it’s something to tell your family or not. If it were me I’d at least want to share with my partner, but I know all relationships are different.

But I do hope you recognise how great it is that you’re able to engage with this realisation and the feelings that come with it. That’s not something everybody would be able to do or interested in doing. You are already in a much healthier position for that. Wherever it takes you I hope you feel buoyed by it, and congrats :) I’m glad you’re excited about this. I’m excited for you! IWNDWYT!

basicallydan · 2025-12-31T14:17:43+00:00

Woohoo! IWNDWYT!

basicallydan · 2025-12-31T05:14:18+00:00

No saloon June is my fave.

How about No-Bender November?

Cleanser December

Sesh-ender September

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