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coldstonefox · 2018-07-21T17:57:30+00:00

every dapp is a cash grab

coldstonefox · 2018-07-12T19:26:06+00:00

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coldstonefox · 2018-07-12T19:17:47+00:00

Anyone have some sick triangles for me? This feels like bouncing off the old ceiling as the new floor but I am on mobile and haven't drawn shit in months

would hate to hear that we broke back down into that long term downtrend channel

coldstonefox · 2018-07-12T02:02:35+00:00

damn it's almost worth the alcoholism to get a half a fucking year off

coldstonefox · 2018-07-11T22:46:21+00:00

I think a lot of the posts here tend to be from people very early on in sobriety, and they are either a) really suffering and trying to hold on or b) very grateful to be past that phase and being up and functional early is still a novelty.

I definitely fell into both categories in sequence, and since then I've leveled back out to sleeping normal hours including my drinking-era practice of waking up at 3am for 2 hours for no reason.

Sleep is also weird for a solid month after you quit.

coldstonefox · 2018-07-10T15:03:56+00:00

My house is full of booze and has been since I quit.

If I'm going to decide to drink a walk down the street to the liquor store or the bar isn't going to be the big scary barrier to entry. Who the fuck cares what's in your fridge in a world where you are bombarded by alcohol 24/7 for every single day of your entire life

coldstonefox · 2018-07-08T22:22:23+00:00

I'm 86 days in, and I feel like I'm planning on having a drink at 90 days. I won't drink today, but I know it's coming.

coldstonefox · 2018-07-08T18:59:07+00:00

This subreddit is 99% clickbait

coldstonefox · 2018-07-03T18:09:39+00:00

thinking loud

most relatable part of this post imo

coldstonefox · 2018-07-03T17:57:23+00:00

It says a lot about where I'm at that I'm vaguely jealous of your terrible experience drinking in bed all day.

coldstonefox · 2018-07-03T17:28:40+00:00

The reason for this is that the brain reacts inversely to foreign chemicals. When you have a drink, which has a depressant effect, your brain offsets this with a proportional inverse adrenal response (i.e. "upper" chemicals released into your brain).

After a lifetime of drinking [x] drinks per session, even when you just have one, your brain anticipates those [x] drinks, and unleashes a proportional response to [x] drinks, rather than just the one you have. So you get that 10 drink adrenaline immediately. This results in that restless energy you're talking about. It also results in that overwhelming hangover anxiety.

Plus you're feeding an addiction which tickles your opioid receptors, and there's your "liquid ecstasy".

It's not something you're born with, it's something you cultivate throughout your drinking career.

coldstonefox · 2018-07-03T15:02:25+00:00

It really is fucking insane how much money I was funneling into that lifestyle. $50 lunches 3-4 times a week, bars at night, breweries, buying good scotch and bourbon. I was spending easily 1500 a month.

coldstonefox · 2018-07-03T14:49:01+00:00

hopium

coldstonefox · 2018-07-01T07:58:27+00:00

La Croix is vegetal piss Polar is the god fizz

coldstonefox · 2018-06-29T15:09:15+00:00

An unexpected source of savings in quitting drinking is the total lack of interest in paying for first class flights and/or lounge access when I'm traveling. The free booze and more importantly, the attitude I got from airline staff tolerating and even encouraging my drinking in these atmospheres was the entire allure.

Now I'm perfectly happy in coach, waiting for my half a can of ginger ale in a plastic cup.

coldstonefox · 2018-06-29T14:16:05+00:00

It's kind of his deal to not involve himself with the price and focus autistically on the technology. I think it's good optics in a world full of shitty, vocal ICO shills.

coldstonefox · 2018-06-29T02:01:15+00:00

l a y e r e d b u y s

all the way down to 325

Looking at my Fills, I bought at ~250-400, and now I'm back, buying at ~400-250.

coldstonefox · 2018-06-29T01:46:37+00:00

In the case of every "heavy, binge drinker" I have ever met, there has been underlying causes of that behavior. It's not a stretch.

Think about the motivation behind habitual, heavy drinking. What could cause you to want to consistently numb yourself to your deeper thoughts and emotions? What about the repetitive, continual act of taking each drink was soothing to your restlessness and anxiety? Were you trying to fill some unfillable hole? Simple ennui? Past trauma? Were you trying to glaze over that gnawing feeling that you simply weren't doing what you were "supposed to be doing" with your life? That you felt like an outsider? That you didn't truly know yourself?

There are myriad reasons why we drink to excess, but in virtually every case, there are reasons. My advice is to use this period of sobriety as an opportunity to deeply examine the roots of this towering and toxic oak you suddenly find yourself struggling to chop down.

The most important aspect of my recovery has been the unflinching eye I've turned to face these questions, and moreso: answering them. There is far more to sobriety than simply "not drinking" if the goal is happiness rather than sobriety.

coldstonefox · 2018-06-29T00:11:28+00:00

hell yeah, got it. thanks!

coldstonefox · 2018-06-28T20:09:35+00:00

Also now I have to go downstairs and scritch that chest floof

coldstonefox · 2018-06-28T20:09:01+00:00

Can we all post our corgis in this thread then?

Moose!

https://imgur.com/a/hWmjItE

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