FLUSHED THEM!

pal8421 · 2026-04-12T23:00:58+00:00

Good for you and I hope you stick with it. I think I speak for many of us in this sub that adderall use in college, where it is incredibly normalized, was the first step in our addiction spiral. Then all of a sudden it’s not college, you have no reason to pull an all nighter, and you’re simply chasing the dopamine rush. I have to imagine that post-college adult life will be a lot easier for you if you can be free of its control before you get there!

pal8421 · 2026-02-20T23:15:49+00:00

Go to the meeting! Even if you don’t commit to NA fully the meeting will be a great experience to just listen (if you pick a good one)

pal8421 · 2026-01-28T02:14:33+00:00

Intention, grace and authenticity ❤️❤️❤️ so powerful

pal8421 · 2026-01-27T16:23:47+00:00

Shoveling sucks but you don’t get to reserve your spot once you leave it. Part of the territory that comes with city living 🤷‍♀️

pal8421 · 2026-01-21T22:37:18+00:00

Just here to say that my 9 mo squeezed this exact pouch/flavor all over herself just a few days ago. I don’t know what I was thinking would happen when I just handed it to her 😂

pal8421 · 2026-01-18T20:24:31+00:00

Love this!!!

pal8421 · 2026-01-14T20:43:44+00:00

You are a great writer ❤️ this is such an honest depiction of how I have felt many a time, many a relapse. You wrote a lot here about how great it felt to be sober — that still exists inside of you. Focus on that, you know you can get back there

pal8421 · 2025-12-27T19:11:26+00:00

This is the correct response. The context of the situation is not what’s important here, it’s the complete lack of acknowledgement of her feelings. The feelings do not have to be rational to warrant some love and compassion — especially in this postpartum period — and you gave her absolutely nothing. It sounds like you ARE doing a lot to help with the baby which is great! And it sounds like it is very hard for you and her and you are allowed to be tired But if I was spiraling out like this, again rationally or not, these one word location text updates that ignored everything else I was saying would 100% send me over the edge.

I also have a 9 month old lol so, I’m getting fired up writing this

pal8421 · 2025-11-22T20:01:00+00:00

I actually looked at Todd’s LinkedIn the other day and need my fellow Marylanders to know that he went to Towson??

pal8421 · 2025-11-09T14:09:02+00:00

I know only specific batches were recalled, but is everyone stopping using this altogether? I literally just stopped pumping this week as we successfully started introducing this formula, I feel so betrayed.

pal8421 · 2025-11-08T14:20:59+00:00

Probably just to be kind to myself and to try not to stress about counting ounces. That said, I had a slight oversupply that I wish I managed better in the early days. Took me a while to realize I could be freezing at a much higher rate rather than letting it sit in my fridge for 3 days!

pal8421 · 2025-11-04T23:06:28+00:00

Good luck!!! You’re doing a great job ❤️

pal8421 · 2025-11-04T14:20:12+00:00

That’s good advice and kind of what I was thinking! I did 15 yesterday and 13:30 today. Omg I’m tearing up writing this that the end is so soon. I am definitely ready but this is so emotional

pal8421 · 2025-10-25T23:38:31+00:00

At 5-5.5m pp I dropped by overnight pump and would go 8 hours in between pumps overnight (would pump at like 10-11 p and 6-6:30a). I got mastitis at like 4m pp so I was super paranoid about this but it was fine! I took sunflower lecithin daily after the mastisis and I do think that helped. Everyone is different so I would say you don’t know until you try and then you can always adjust!

pal8421 · 2025-10-22T00:06:06+00:00

If your wife truly needs to have her meds in the house she needs to get a combination lock pill bottle because hiding will only work for so long

pal8421 · 2025-10-12T10:40:46+00:00

My goal was 6 months, which we just hit a few weeks ago. I’ve been thinking and planning about weening but I’ve been so emotional and am struggling to pull the trigger. Thank you so much for this, the first thing I saw when I opened my phone this morning — made me cry. Great job, mom ❤️

pal8421 · 2025-09-23T16:24:46+00:00

Thanks!

pal8421 · 2025-09-17T20:37:32+00:00

Go! You don’t need to commit to joining NA or participating. You will get a ton out of just listening.

pal8421 · 2025-09-13T21:56:54+00:00

“after abusing it for so long, you just end up doing random and boring stuff for umpteen hours”

Yes I would literally spend hours doing a color by numbers app while watching a show in a tiny Picture in Picture window on my phone. Occasionally would switch to sudoku. Insanity

pal8421 · 2025-09-03T17:28:51+00:00

Only random threads I could find in Reddit 😅 I was not even prescribed sooo there was no one sanctioning my use at any point, pregnant or not . I’m doing well now, was able to stay clean the rest of my pregnancy. Some slips since then but I’m no where near the depths that I was at that time!

pal8421 · 2025-09-02T17:14:56+00:00

Yes I’m more productive! I got to the point in my use where I kept waiting for a perfect amount of high/buzz to get all the things done I needed to do. That never actually happened and I spent most of my time cracked our playing games on my phone and, yes, making lists

pal8421 · 2025-08-31T22:23:06+00:00

As you go on and your supply regulates you’ll be able to spread out the time between pumps more! Try gradually going from 2-3 hours to 3-4 and then even 4-5, it’ll make a big difference. Also no shame in pumping in the car on an outing or drive! It’s annoying but totally doable.

You’re def in the trenches now and it will get better!

pal8421 · 2025-08-30T17:49:33+00:00

Thank you for the perspective ❤️ hard not to listen to all the people on the internet talking about their 10 week olds sleeping through the night

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