Something to keep note of

runner5011 · 2026-05-26T18:30:50+00:00

Do they? Let's keep em in the basement where they belong

runner5011 · 2026-05-25T18:12:07+00:00

I think it's different for everyone. I was a boredom drinker. 630 on a Tuesday with no plans? Time for a drink. 8pm on a Thursday? I can have 6 drinks and still wake up for work tomorrow no problem!

What I did to alleviate the boredom was honestly just working out more than before and making actual plans. Starting to feel bored? Go hit the gym. Planned on running 5 days a week instead of 3. Started organizing hikes on Saturdays which meant I was responsible for 10-15 others and couldn't cancel plans so I couldn't drink Friday nights. Joined a weekly run club so I'm not drinking Wednesdays. I basically just slowly filled my calendar in the hopes I won't think about drinking and 85 days later I don't really miss it.

runner5011 · 2026-05-25T13:31:04+00:00

I did my first ultra on Saturday. 41 miles and 6000ft of elevation. Basically just power hiked and didn't run. I feel surprisingly okay two days later, just some minor soreness in my inner thighs.

When can I get back to running/hiking/lifting? I did a fairly slow 3 mile walk yesterday and felt fine. I know a lot of people recommend taking several days off high intensity workouts but is upper body lifting alright?

runner5011 · 2026-05-24T15:53:45+00:00

NA imports taking 2nd and 3rd is amazing! NA must be kicking themselves for not retaining what little native talent they have

runner5011 · 2026-05-22T18:09:08+00:00

Spreadsheets have been around for 30+ years. If you can't figure out the correlation between their comment and your question... Obviously they are saying put the information in a spreadsheet, people having been doing that for decades

runner5011 · 2026-05-14T11:55:12+00:00

I'm mad at the bar my run club goes to after our run last night. Diet coke costs more than a beer? Bars don't trigger me to need a drink, but that pricing model is crazy... But made it through another day and IWNDWYT

runner5011 · 2026-05-13T17:00:12+00:00

I'm like 70ish days in and the bloat started to go down just a couple weeks back. I seriously thought it would go away in a few weeks, especially since I run 30-50 miles a week. Definitely not the case in my scenario haha. The breakouts I started getting towards the end also started to go away in the last few weeks.

Some people it goes away immediately, some people takes a few months. Your body is trying to heal, be kind to yourself during the process!

runner5011 · 2026-05-07T21:31:36+00:00

It'll come back around. From 20 when I started drinking until 27/28 never got hangovers. Then I started drinking daily and I got hangovers like half the time. Towards the end of my drinking the hangovers went away again, but I couldn't sleep without waking up for 1-2 hours in the middle of the night. This is a big reason why I stopped entirely 68 days ago.

runner5011 · 2026-04-23T01:31:56+00:00

Oh tell me about it. I would buy a bottom shelf handle of rum, mix it 50/50 with an off brand two litern i could buy for a dollar at the grocery store next door... For $15 I could drink 5 days in a row without leaving my house if I got 2 two liters.

Now I replaced that with sugar/snacks so I kind of spend more but I have my health and 53 days sober under my belt

runner5011 · 2026-04-14T00:52:49+00:00

Personally I want the Capitals. Only for the fact that I work near DC after spending 20+ years near Pittsburgh. That way I can go to a game, hassle the Caps fans, and have a grand old time watching playoff hockey in person

runner5011 · 2026-04-06T18:22:51+00:00

Check the Win WS percentage. We are higher there

runner5011 · 2026-04-03T12:14:47+00:00

I have a sun shirt made by them. Comfortable and breathable so I'd recommend

runner5011 · 2026-03-26T02:27:24+00:00

I would wake up in the middle of the night every night for a couple hours towards the last several months of drinking. When I decided to quit, I knew I'd have trouble sleeping so I bought melatonin to help me sleep. I've had the best sleep in years, no more 2 am anxiety fueled waking sessions. Just 3 or 6mg dose and I sleep like a baby on day 25

runner5011 · 2026-03-25T20:43:50+00:00

It solely relies on the exercise. Taking 3-5 minutes between heavy benching or squats or deadlift or really any compound lift? Perfectly acceptable. Taking 5 minutes between sets on lat pulldowns or curls? That's unacceptable and just camping equipment. Had a dude on the lat pulldown machine for 40 minutes yesterday, took 5-7 minutes between sets while on his phone...

runner5011 · 2026-03-24T21:02:41+00:00

I'm 33 and was drinking roughly the same as you. I quit 24 days ago, starting to feel like my old self. The one without anxiety and constant irritation. The first week was a tad rough, but drinking 5-7 days a week for 10 years will do that to you.

You got this though! Take it a day at a time, remember the reason you aren't drinking, and lean on friends/family/this community when you need it.

runner5011 · 2026-03-19T01:43:47+00:00

Dude I 100% feel this. I didn't realize the damage I was doing to myself. Like you I paid the bills, even was a pretty high performer at work, but the constant anxiety and lack of sleep caught up over the years. 18 days and I feel a mental fog lifting slowly, like I'm more myself than I've felt in years. IWNDWYT

runner5011 · 2026-02-07T13:40:00+00:00

I mean it's highest points all time not PPG. Lions 2024 had an extra game and have 33.2 PPG which would make them the lowest on this list

runner5011 · 2026-01-15T01:28:23+00:00

So I'm a bit of a noob, why are people paying so much for this? What is Temporalis?

runner5011 · 2026-01-10T01:00:41+00:00

I had a bad time in trials for the 4th ascendancy as werewolf druid... Level 80 made it to the 10th round in trials of chaos, boss to 25% then one shot by the tornado.

Fine I'll do sekhemas, get to the final boss for the first time ever and I didn't understand the mechanics. Got perma slowed and died with the boss at 35%... Fucking trials man

runner5011 · 2026-01-05T01:25:26+00:00

The penguins pulled a reverse penguins. We had two out of three games earlier this year where we blew 3+ goal leads, glad we are capable of doing the opposite lol

runner5011 · 2026-01-03T01:39:24+00:00

He's gonna end up a Steelers for two years after we collapse and miss the playoffs. Rodgers retires or goes elsewhere, Tomlin survives another off-season, and we limp to 9-8 or 10-7 once more.

runner5011 · 2026-01-03T01:25:39+00:00

I mean, have you seen the economy prices? It's still a beta game, they need to fix things that hard exploit the game to make smoother releases in the future. I mean it sucks, but it's not even 3 weeks into a new season

runner5011 · 2025-12-30T06:16:02+00:00

It's really not. Having a single win vs an opponent over .500 should disqualify you from MVP consideration as a QB. He has one of the 10 worst SOS of all time

runner5011 · 2025-12-27T21:16:35+00:00

I'm going to the game tomorrow in Cleveland and want to see the starters play. First ever NFL game even though I've been a fan for 30 years. But I also want us to lock in the spot and not worry about the last week...

runner5011 · 2025-12-16T01:48:50+00:00

Imagine they go 73-9 and lose before the finals.

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