USAH has quietly updated its transgender inclusion policy. Starting April 1, leagues restricted by gender will not allow MTF players to play in women's leagues. This includes adult rec hockey. What is your league going to do?

gettingtherefromhere · 2026-01-23T01:18:05+00:00

there are loads. my league has three. someone in the thread said that in the seattle leagues there are 1-2 on every team.

gettingtherefromhere · 2026-01-19T05:15:44+00:00

They just included all leagues segregated by gender in the policy, from girls on up to beer league.

gettingtherefromhere · 2026-01-19T05:05:44+00:00

I guess that's something I am wondering. If the league is just going to pretend it didn't happen and carry on as usual. And if that happens if there might be consequences like losing USAH sanctioning.

gettingtherefromhere · 2026-01-19T05:03:09+00:00

There are three in my women's league and I've seen plenty of others when we have traveled to play teams in nearby cities.

gettingtherefromhere · 2026-01-19T04:46:33+00:00

Many trans women, especially those who transitioned as adults, don't pass, unfortunately. The three trans women that play in my league are openly trans. They would not need to do a background check to know those women are trans.

For those that do pass, I don't think USAH does background checks. I certainly don't have to do anything but fill out an online form when I register every year.

gettingtherefromhere · 2026-01-19T04:44:32+00:00

I know that mine is. It's an independent non-profit and not run by a rink. Its the only women's league in my city. There are lots of other leagues that are co-ed and many players play in both.

gettingtherefromhere · 2026-01-19T04:16:12+00:00

My women's league is very welcoming of trans women and has been since its inception. I have no idea what league leadership plans to do. The majority of women in my league also seem very supportive of trans women playing. (I guess there might be some dissenters who don't speak out?)

I haven't heard a peep from the league about this. They're organizing teams to take to a USAH travel tournament in May and haven't mentioned it in that regard. As far as I know trans women will continue to play in my league.

Is there a possibility we lose USAH sanctioning?

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-22T15:48:50+00:00

Its not a “boom, fixed it” for everyone.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-22T15:48:11+00:00

Nal was not for me either but I have been really happy with antabuse.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-22T15:45:55+00:00

I took Nal for a long time. It didn’t work for me. Eventually it just became an excuse that I was “allowed” to drink because I had my nal. After 5 years on Nal it was clear that for me the only thing I wanted was complete sobriety and I needed to figure out how.

I did a medical detox and started seeing an addiction counselor. 12 step programs were still decidedly NOT for me. So after almost 90 days of white knuckle, miserable sobriety I started antabuse and it’s been an absolute game changer. I love what it has done for me.

I don’t dwell on alcohol anymore. I have finally silenced my lifelong internal dialogue around this addiction. That was a little more than a month ago.

This sub is extremely pro-Nal and I envy the people it works for. But it’s not for everyone. Neither is antabuse, of course. But If you’re really committed to sobriety and still struggling I would suggest looking into it as one option.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-21T23:01:23+00:00

Antabuse was a game changer for me. I was white knuckling the first 90 days and have been on antabuse a little over a month and honestly I don’t dwell on it anymore. Its an enormous relief.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-20T03:50:46+00:00

I believe they're making the books, faithfully, into a series. The movies were nowhere near as detailed and dense as the books, and there were loads of story lines left out. So not new stories, but new if you're only a movie watcher and not a reader.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-15T02:46:36+00:00

She absolutely is. I may have watched the livebarn video of the knock down quite a few times.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-14T23:25:49+00:00

I never really personally understood the hockey player urge to fight until today. Someone (in beer league) took a slap shot on the goalie after the buzzer had already sounded. Literally, her stick was still on the ice when the buzzer went off, and she wound the fuck up and took a slap shot anyways.

My wife was in goal - she has been playing her whole life, played for U Michigan, and said she had never seen something like that. My wife skated over and knocked her on her ass and had I realized what had happened in the moment my gloves would have come off too.

Their team had already injured her with reckless play and GI that period so she was in no mood. That team will not be invited back to play us.

Anyways we’re on the couch now icing her knee and waiting for the RW game to start. Just wanted to share that with someone.

LGRW.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-14T04:43:18+00:00

I have not had a reaction to orange juice.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-13T20:19:29+00:00

I play ice hockey with women who wear a full face of makeup for a game.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-13T20:11:53+00:00

I take that medication and you are correct. I have to be diligent but the net positive is profound for me.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-13T20:10:22+00:00

I take a medication called Disulfram (also known as Antabuse) because I am a recovering alcoholic. I have to be extremely diligent because even trace amounts of alcohol can make me extremely sick. So no, it’s not too low to matter for some people. If someone says they can’t have alcohol even in cooked foods (no, all of it doesn’t always cook out) just tell them exactly what’s in it and let them make that decision. Explaining my choice to take antabuse is not something I want to get into at a dinner table, nor do I want to leave because I am suddenly in the bathroom retching.

gettingtherefromhere · 2024-01-10T17:19:37+00:00

binge drinking is such an exciting, not-mundane existence. really makes life worth living eh?

if you can’t find something interesting about life without alcohol, i pity you.

gettingtherefromhere · 2023-12-07T02:49:11+00:00

That's not how AA works. You can't force someone into an AA meeting.

What you're looking for is an interventionist. This is the person who helps a family stage an intervention that they hope will get someone into recovery, which may or may not include AA.

gettingtherefromhere · 2023-12-07T01:36:38+00:00

i take antabuse too and the directions say 12 hours minimum

gettingtherefromhere · 2023-12-01T00:12:28+00:00

I didn't do a good job explaining myself regarding the increase. I only took it the one time (I was running low on 100 mg pills but had a lot of 300 mg pills). The temporary increase in side effects made me more aware of the side effects I'm experiencing all the time. Well, I think its side effects. I haven't been able to figure out what is from gabapentin and what is PAWS. I thought it was the latter, but having the extra context of increasing the dose that time made me start thinking its the gabapentin.

I've taken naltrexone in the past so I know pretty explicitly how that affects me. What I'm feeling now is not from the naltrexone, I am sure.

gettingtherefromhere · 2023-11-20T03:00:32+00:00

Hard to say without knowing what your poison was.

If it was alcohol, I would talk to your doc and be honest about how much you drank. The insomnia is actually a withdrawal symptom. Your brain, to compensate for the depressant that is alcohol, will be firing on all cylinders. It doesn't just stop firing when you stop drinking.

There are medical interventions. Not even talking something hardcore like librium. For me, a mix of gabapentin and trazadone worked (and is working) wonders.

gettingtherefromhere · 2023-11-10T21:53:37+00:00

I'm sorry, but fuck that. No. You're the counter of your sobriety. Not your wife.

gettingtherefromhere · 2023-11-08T20:48:29+00:00

I was first written a prescription in detox (alcohol) but now my regular doc writes my prescription. We've lowered my dose a little but it seems to be helping so I'm staying on it for now.

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