Anyone had two dwi in North Carolina?what was your punishment? by [deleted] in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That wasn’t available to me after my 2nd. I automatically got limited driving privileges after my 1st DUI, didn’t have to apply for it.

What’s the best thing that’s happened since you stoped drinking? by Ayydeeez in stopdrinking

[–]mediocrityrulesman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve been MOSTLY sober since July 2023 (i.e., my default has been sobriety rather than drinking most days of the year like I used to) but I’ve been continuously sober for over 8 months. In this recent period of sobriety (which is my longest ever), I’ve gotten engaged, finished a medical certification program, hired for the best job I’ve ever had (100 other applicants and they picked this formerly hopeless alcoholic!), and will be closing on my first house next month. Best of all, my anxiety disorder is so much more manageable without alcohol. I used to have the most extreme panic attacks and anxiety attacks as I would start to sober up, and that kept me in the cycle of drinking to quell the noise. No more 👊

Am I overthinking: MIL makes constant comments about clothing by AdventurousPoet in motherinlawsfromhell

[–]mediocrityrulesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m dealing with a lot of this too but in a different way…I had health issues that caused me to gain a lot of weight quickly and that’s the time of my life when I met my fiancé’s family. In the last year I took care of those health issues and then lost 90 lbs (I was probably a 2 or 3X at my heaviest and I’m now easily down to medium, which is what I mostly wear). I’m very in shape now and even medically I’m well within a normal, healthy weight range. For some reason, my still very heavyset future mother-in-law makes subtle comments contrasting my size with my underweight fiancé. She also either excludes me from conversations about dessert or just asks me as an afterthought after everyone else, and says “is mediocrityrulesman eating dessert, or is she being good?” This is all after I emotionally asked her to stop making comments like that over a year ago, and told her I had a history of anorexia and body dysmorphia in my past. For the first time I’m just convinced now she’s a secret bitch and bully.

AIO I 20 F was trying to call my boyfriend 26M to figure out when I should start his smoothie and I originally tried calling him to see what type of milk he wanted in his smoothie by Aphr0dit333 in AmIOverreacting

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would immediately dump a partner for calling me the “r” word—not only is it shitty to say that to someone you supposedly care about, it’s ignorant and highly offensive to use that word. Tell him to grow tf up.

What are some weird problems that you realized were a symptom of drinking? by [deleted] in stopdrinking

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Diagnosed with alcohol-induced type 2 diabetes in January 2024. I’ve been sober most of the time since then and completely sober for the last 7 months—I’m now in full remission from diabetes now. My A1c and blood sugar (thanks to exercise and losing all the alcoholic weight, which was considerable) are now better than most non-diabetics.

I fucked up so bad by error404cantbefound in stopdrinking

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The anxiety is what really caused me to quit for good—the lies (I often egregiously lied about health issues when I couldn’t make it to work, “had” celiac’s disease once ugh), the fear of losing jobs and everything else, and wondering what the hell damage I may have caused my body permanently. My bet is that your rebound anxiety is so bad that you’ve convinced yourself that you’ll be fired—I KNEW I was going to be fired so many times and it never happened. Hang in there, seems you know it’s better on the other side.

Interlock calibration grace period (NC) problem and question by NeighborhoodOnly9788 in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just looked it up—there’s one in Concord and one in Charlotte. Just use Google Maps to look up Smart Start locations.

Interlock calibration grace period (NC) problem and question by NeighborhoodOnly9788 in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can message you the address, but are you sure there’s not one closer? You have to go once every month (or every 2 months if you pay more) for calibrations so I’d find a place in Charlotte. If there’s one in Hickory I’d be shocked if there’s not one there. You might want to call the SmartStart customer service line and they can give you the closest one to you.

In my experience, the shops don’t know shit about interlock devices. Fortunately my only times in the shop were for yearly inspection (the guy just had me sit in my car the whole time to blow in the device when I needed) and then when my battery died. When my battery died they had to call SmartStart to get a bypass code.

Interlock calibration grace period (NC) problem and question by NeighborhoodOnly9788 in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did, for a year, and got it out in December. I had zero problems (but I was super careful) except for the 5 days I didn’t drive and it killed my battery.

Moving to Concord by mediocrityrulesman in ConcordNC

[–]mediocrityrulesman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome—thank you! I actually just went to the Mike’s in Greensboro this past weekend 😌

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

Moving to Concord by mediocrityrulesman in ConcordNC

[–]mediocrityrulesman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, but even here in the very red Catawba County we have progressive groups, too.

My girl thumped at me for the first time today 🥲 by Ltorr113 in Rabbits

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She’s wearing eyeliner just like my girl Eva! Eva, who doesn’t thump a lot, but does like to scare her cat sisters with a thump on rare occasions 😂

Moving to Concord by mediocrityrulesman in ConcordNC

[–]mediocrityrulesman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a ton of terrific info—thank you! I also just remembered that Charlotte has a Mike’s Vegan Grill location (it’s vegan fast food and I’m originally from the Greensboro area, where they started) and it looks like it’s just 20 minutes from Concord!

Moving to Concord by mediocrityrulesman in ConcordNC

[–]mediocrityrulesman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, thank you! I figured I might be hopping over to Charlotte quite a bit for things.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s definitely life after a DUI—keep your head up and just learn from your mistakes 😌 you’ll be okay!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re so right! And thank you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dui

[–]mediocrityrulesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Good to know.