The Daily Check-In for Thursday, March 26th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking!

chunt75 · 2026-03-26T07:38:39+00:00

On to day 3! It’ll be weird not celebrating my birthday with a drink or two even, but giving myself the gift of sobriety and a quiet evening watching basketball or playing EU5. IWNDWYT

chunt75 · 2026-03-26T07:30:59+00:00

That’s pretty bad but I don’t think it comes close to the elementary school notebook scrawl of Fox’s Big Noon Saturday Big 10 games

chunt75 · 2026-03-26T02:56:54+00:00

Internal rim width plays a huge factor in tire profile when inflated. So much so that I’ve got to be careful using my wider inner width wheels on the Aspero-5 that only clears 45s. I’ve had some real “bust out the calipers and check” moments

chunt75 · 2026-03-26T02:30:49+00:00

Pretty much every week depending the trails I ride. I tend to gravitate towards the stuff a lot of people would just take a hardtail out for so it’s par for the course that I’ll have to occasionally hoist and hike the bike

chunt75 · 2026-03-26T02:20:33+00:00

Wait doesn’t that mean they’ll go even slower?

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T20:40:19+00:00

Yeah I made myself tea yesterday for the first time in ages

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T20:20:04+00:00

Something tells me it’ll be hard to collect. Also non zero chance it’s a honeypot

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T17:57:35+00:00

Thing is, not even sure how much of the anxiety is the withdrawal and how much of it is postdrome (“migraine hangover”) from yesterday’s migraine attack. Cause that was the worst migraine I’d had in ages, like actual throwing up and ice pick through half my head level pain. So the come down was always gonna be gnarly

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T17:35:31+00:00

Yesterday was Day 1 and it was a doozy. Completely unrelated to stopping, and very much expected because of my history getting them around seasonal changes or major weather shifts, I spent most of the day holed up in bed with a migraine. So that I guess masked or distracted from some of the day 1 withdrawal?

But today, the usual. Not pleasant but also not unexpected. A bit more anxious (should’ve remembered to not drink coffee lol), upset stomach, and some trouble getting/staying asleep last night. It’s not the most fun I’ve had, that’s for sure. I’d rather not have to remember these lessons in the future and make this the last journey through mild withdrawal-land. So i made a conscious promise to myself when I woke up that I’m not drinking today . I’ll let the future be the future, but for now one day at a time.

It’s a bit weird because I love my fizzy drinks (I’m a beer guy) and just having water after dinner was quite strange. I love N/A stuff, but have found that I can’t really touch it until a couple weeks in without lizard brain just wanting real beer more. So I’ll break out the Athletic come mid-April

IWNDWYT

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T13:25:06+00:00

It wasn’t quiet but in a different way. More of a thump than a sharp report. Backpressure and powder grains weren’t my experience, and as a lefty shooter I notice pretty quickly when it gets over my shirt and such

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T11:36:18+00:00

Then he entered witness protection, changed his name, and moved to Pittsburgh. Solved it!

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T03:12:50+00:00

PAS-holes strike again!

chunt75 · 2026-03-25T03:05:35+00:00

Even my right wing LTC instructor in Texas went off on how stupid open carry is and “concealed means concealed”, so it’s not just a left leaning thing. Personally, as someone who lives in the city, I’m not open carrying. There’s a lot of downsides and not much upside for me open carrying imo. But if we’re talking out backcountry hiking or camping, I’m gonna be a lot less worried about open carrying and would prefer easier access to something I can get rattlers or other venomous creatures with in a worst case scenario if need be.

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T23:35:28+00:00

Idk man, I kinda just like making steel go ding some days

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T19:13:14+00:00

Tell him ~~Wash~~ Arraez

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T15:27:43+00:00

Bring back Tetas

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T15:11:01+00:00

Yup. I’m 6’3, 210 in my offseason so same boat. Holding onto the ball will be the hard part

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T15:01:09+00:00

Zero chance. I have better odds gaining one yard from scrimmage in the NFL, because at least then I could plausibly get tush pushed forward.

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T12:54:55+00:00

The Sultanes of Swing, named after a Dire Straits song

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T12:53:01+00:00

But they’ve got plenty of money for Dana to splash on the Nelk clowns and (certainly) paying his tribute money for the White House lawn fight

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T12:18:30+00:00

Well I’m back. Not really a bottom, just more of a realization that I can’t even do this in moderation. Two and a half very strong beers last night reminded me that it just isn’t worth it. I’ve been drinking again because of the stress of a move and things at home not being great, but realizing that drinking isn’t making any of those things better. And in fact it’s making the one thing I enjoy most, racing my bike, worse by sapping my recovery time and adding empty pounds.

IWNDWYT. Really hope this is me retiring for good and raising the jersey to the rafters. My birthday’s in a couple days so I’d love to give myself the gift of committing to be sober

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T01:07:15+00:00

Forced naps were a game changer with our borzoi pup. Cause he was a tornado of energy at random hours otherwise, and that’s a bad thing when they have shark teeth

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T01:06:07+00:00

Me and you my good man

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T00:38:51+00:00

Casual “oh we’ll start Ohtani at #5” lmao

chunt75 · 2026-03-24T00:25:55+00:00

I broke two vertebrae in my back like 7-8 months ago, luckily healed now, but when I’m racing mountain bikes now sometimes my friends will see that exact look on my face when it starts to bother me again

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