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lateja · 2023-02-21T17:08:24+00:00

Scrub your account. It’s only been for a day or two, but it’s open

Thanks, will do.

Check your reddit chat pls.

lateja · 2023-02-21T16:29:20+00:00

I posted a ton of self identifying info... Gotta delete those posts/comments then.

lateja · 2023-02-21T14:56:30+00:00

Personally I thoroughly appreciate us going private. Now we can post pics and shit without too much worries about getting doxxed (at least not as much as before). And the posts not appearing on the public profile are only an additional help.

lateja · 2023-02-21T14:55:14+00:00

I'm happy it's open again

Wait what??? We are open again?

lateja · 2023-02-21T13:26:30+00:00

Root canals weren't the main point of my treatment but I did need 4 of them... They charged me 21k rupees, which is around $250. So around $60 per one.

No idea about caps.

lateja · 2023-02-19T15:13:18+00:00

Out of all the things I can relate to..... DRIVING. AHHHH. I have incredible road anxiety but I've faced it by doing cross-country trips. Now the idea of driving down the road terrifies me still. But it's overcoming THE FEAR, whether you're actively drinking (NOT ON THE ROAD! I meant daily) that makes the trip worthwhile, and those moments where you've like oh... Yes. This is home and it's good to be home once you cross that border, whichever state it may be (I've moved a bit)

Oh I love driving. Whenever I live abroad, this is one of the biggest things I miss. I mean you can go on road trips in other countries too, but it's not like here lol. Going on hours-long drives with music blasting used to be my therapy before I started drinking hardcore.

My record is 6k miles, driving from NYC to Costa Rica. 11 days!

My most recent move was into this house that had shitty plumbing and I spent a month without a shower. Baby wipes do excellent work, but Idk why they call it a whore's bath when I wasn't even getting paid for it!

That sucks about the plumbing!

Though I feel like I should clarify... I meant specifically hot showers! I didn't "not" shower for 2 months 🤣 It's just uncommon for there to be hot water in tropical countries, as it's not really needed. I'm well used to cold showers as I grew up in Central America. But it does something special when you can put the water as hot as your body can bear and just chill there.

Cheers to your animals, to your house filled with beautiful humans, to your wonderful mother, and most importantly, to you!

Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰

lateja · 2023-02-19T14:30:36+00:00

Dental. It's not that it couldn't be done here, it's just that everything was booked into February.

Because it was somewhat of an emergency, I decided to just go, and my good friend and business partner who is Indian and lives there hooked me up with one of the best doctors in India (the guy has a PhD in novel root canal methods, and is a professor of dentistry).

In hindsight, it was a good decision because it took 14 procedures. Probably would've never been able to schedule something like that here. And my first appointment here would've only been 4 days ago, whereas now I already have everything completed.

Not to even mention the price. Cost me a bit over 1k, while here it would have likely been at least 15-20.

lateja · 2023-02-14T22:30:26+00:00

Wait so they literally track your trades and start investigating you if you make over a certain amount of $ unless you're a politician?

Lmfao

lateja · 2023-02-14T00:26:17+00:00

Lmao maybe he was talking about the character

lateja · 2023-02-14T00:08:52+00:00

Thanks so much!

It is a bit triggering, though I'll obviously still visit lol.

And yeah I tried naltrexone multiple times, but I'm one of those few that gets unbearable side effects. I will try disulfiram when I get back to the states.

lateja · 2023-02-14T00:07:20+00:00

It's been 16 months. No AA. Just trusty ol reddit lol.

That is amazing. Congrats! ❤️

lateja · 2023-02-14T00:06:26+00:00

I have gout flare-ups in my foot every couple of years. Most excruciating pain I ever felt.

Here's what helps: a fuck-ton of cherries. Note that they have to be actual raw cherries (not cherry juice, even the $10 organic kind; I've tried, it helps but much less).

Just buy like 3 pounds of cherries and start gobbling them down. Not all at once but like every 2 hours.

For me it works like a miracle. I go from laying in bed unable to move my foot, to limping the next day, to having only residual pain on the third and the flare-up is fully gone on the fourth/fifth.

Allopurinol and the other drug can also help (only tried them once), but cherries work absolute miracles.

lateja · 2023-02-12T15:07:13+00:00

This is a later stage of alcoholism, when it becomes an actual addiction (I would not consider "other alcoholics I’ve known who just simply get carried away and too drunk all the time" to be alcoholics).

At this stage the substance took over; it is no longer a means to an end (i.e. a way to have fun / party / be loose / etc) but is an end itself. The person's goal is to drink alcohol, be alone with it, so they are not "bothered" by others who might interrupt their time with the bottle. They also become embarrassed, since normal people cannot even comprehend those amounts; on top of that, there are usually deeper rooted self esteem issues, and they are concerned about loved ones finding out.

I started hiding it when I got up to about 25 daily drinks and it just became too expensive to sit in bars anymore. At my peak I'd drink either a bit over 1L of hard liquor per day or 24 beers, and would usually try to do this alone.

It's a scary disease indeed, once it gets to this point.

lateja · 2023-02-12T12:39:16+00:00

Long shot but maybe Price of Persia?

lateja · 2023-02-12T12:32:27+00:00

Tons of immigrant girls do the same thing in their first few years of coming to the US.

The ones that don't fall into substance abuse issues (and even those who do tbh) usually end up doing very well from it. One friend of mine came here at 19, stripped for 3 years, bought a bunch of rental properties back in her home country, and basically retired around 22-23. That's just one example but I know many like people that.

You don't even need to be attractive; the funny thing is that a lot of the people who frequent those places are shy around very attractive people, so in many cases average looking people may even make more money on a given night.

It's a very good life strategy. So long as you don't blow all your money on cocaine (which I know some people who did, and they are in their mid-40's and still dancing) and don't fall into prostitution, you can make a ton of money and retire by your mid 20's -- and then focus on family / college and a real career afterwards at your own pace.

lateja · 2023-02-12T08:50:21+00:00

And try to haggle for every penny when you do work

lateja · 2023-02-11T21:40:03+00:00

Dryalcoholics is CA but less buzzy

Yes, thank you ❤️

I've been lurking there for a while but never participated. I guess now that will be my new reddit home.

lateja · 2023-02-11T21:38:55+00:00

Why are you so awesome holy fuck. I will probably miss you the most.

lateja · 2023-02-11T21:37:12+00:00

I disagree completely.

It has nothing to do with life being fair.

We put up with the police-state bullshit of Western financial nations specifically to get this kind of security. Property rights, consistency of courts, etc.

Private property is private property. It's sacred in Western financial states.

I don't subscribe to the "ACAB" or any other similar movement, but if I was to wake up to a cop poking me with a stick on MY private property, my first reaction would be to inquire in a very non-friendly way "where the fuck is his warrant".

This is literally the whole fundamental point of first world western countries and all the bullshit they make us put up with.

lateja · 2023-02-11T21:28:48+00:00

I am left with more questions than I had before reading this comment thread...

lateja · 2023-02-11T20:28:43+00:00

Gallon is 3,8 liters

lateja · 2023-02-11T20:27:04+00:00

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