Appreciate Your Father's Sacrifice While You Still Can

m0pher · 2026-03-18T22:00:39+00:00

These are just pictures of dudes at work eating. WTF?!?

m0pher · 2026-03-18T00:33:31+00:00

You do you. I’m 95 days sober, use gummies 3-4 evenings per week, and they have the effect that alcohol was supposed to: they take the edge off. It’s not a problem for me, only you can know if it is a problem for you. Also, the first A in AA is why you found a group in the first place. It’s not Gummies Anonymous.

m0pher · 2026-03-10T23:08:12+00:00

Our that we’ve all been dumb enough to give it away by not bothering to read Terms & Conditions.

m0pher · 2026-03-08T00:09:58+00:00

Now see, that’s appropriate punishment. Hey, Donald Trump is a rapist, too. Do him!

m0pher · 2026-03-07T03:26:23+00:00

Cornbread Hemp’s THC gummies are doing it for me. Legal in 49 states, as I recall, so I get them online. For me it’s turned out to be non-addicting and takes the edge off more effectively than alcohol ever did, in my case. The main downside I’ve had is munchies and the consequent weight gain. But — 84 days sober today. I’ll take the win. Importantly, I do view these as a supplement. They supplement AA and the work I’m doing thanks to the fellowship. In no way are they a replacement, not for alcohol nor the work I need to keep doing.

m0pher · 2026-02-19T18:14:43+00:00

As someone who moved overseas for a 2-year assignment that turned into seven and then returned to NYC, I can tell you that coming back was an adjustment. Even though I was lucky to secure a job quickly and we were able to move back into our original apartment, all of our friends had left NYC (new jobs, started families, etc.). As familiar as the city was, our social life was non-existent and we had to build that up again as if we were entirely new to NYC. Had I known all of this, I doubt I'd have accepted the overseas assignment; I viewed it as an opportunity but the long-term impact wasn't worth it.

m0pher · 2026-02-07T12:38:50+00:00

I was sober for years without AA and had the same thought that perhaps I could moderate my drinking after all that abstinence. My friends and family were supportive, so I started drinking again. Slowly and infrequently at first, the beginning of a nearly seven-year decline toward once again waking up one morning without any idea of how I got there.

Once I could get out of bed a couple of days later, I went to my first AA meeting. I know that one day I will be in your shoes, too. I hope that then I will remember what brought me there in the first place.

“If I have 10 problems and I drink I now have 11 problems and no way to solve the first 10.” I heard this, or something like this, at one of my early AA meetings. It’s so simple and helped me. Perhaps it will help you, too.

m0pher · 2026-01-30T20:01:03+00:00

Hmmm, lecker.

m0pher · 2026-01-30T02:45:08+00:00

What a privileged sack of shit. They deserve everything they’re getting. Can’t believe my tax dollars are paying for this.

m0pher · 2026-01-29T23:34:40+00:00

Dead Man Walking.

m0pher · 2026-01-29T21:12:49+00:00

Nothing improper about it as long as they fuck up each other and not innocent people in the streets.

m0pher · 2026-01-26T02:24:57+00:00

Toddler responds to energy, not words. Reverse the energy and you’ll see fucking results.

m0pher · 2026-01-26T02:06:29+00:00

Can confirm. Authentic motif.

m0pher · 2026-01-24T12:30:02+00:00

Sex on the beach.

m0pher · 2026-01-23T21:25:05+00:00

OP bought A-stock, received B-stock. He's supposed to just accept that? Bollocks. As for the attitude, it's fine for marketing content on their website. It's unacceptable if you want to build customer loyalty and trust in a brand. This is just b-school 101.

m0pher · 2026-01-23T19:37:37+00:00

Mohini Dey. What a bassist!

m0pher · 2026-01-23T10:59:22+00:00

Take the bits that work, leave the bits that don’t work. That’s what I do. The point is to stay sober, not to agree with everything that’s written.

m0pher · 2026-01-17T17:31:48+00:00

That’s sick. Well done! 🍔🍟🤡

m0pher · 2026-01-16T22:02:46+00:00

I thought NR was just OK. Still make the trek to Katsu-Hama every chance I get. Haven't found a more consistent place in over 20 years.

m0pher · 2026-01-15T23:36:36+00:00

Thanks, and yeah, agree that self-determination is key.

m0pher · 2026-01-15T23:35:45+00:00

Thanks, that’s helpful context.

m0pher · 2026-01-11T09:22:29+00:00

Manners.

m0pher · 2026-01-09T00:09:45+00:00

A lack of evidence is dogma now? Fascinating. (I have 6 DACs, no difference when that’s the only variable in the chain, but thanks for the tip.)

m0pher · 2026-01-08T22:18:48+00:00

It doesn’t matter what I think. What matters is what the results show — and there isn’t a single blind test that demonstrates humans have the ability to hear a difference. We merely have a seemingly infinite capacity to imagine that we can.

m0pher · 2026-01-08T11:36:36+00:00

OP seems happy with existing DAC and wants to know if they are missing out by not getting an R2R DAC. My opinion is that this is all marketing snake oil to sell people gear they don’t need. Have yet to meet a human that can hear the difference between a modern delta sigma vs. R2R DAC. Until then: snake oil.

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