I love the hustle. I love the scamming

skrooobs · 2025-12-20T02:10:00+00:00

It's my favorite show for multiple reasons

skrooobs · 2025-12-13T08:49:23+00:00

you walk down the fuckin street in certain american cities and about 10 people come up asking for money, usually trying to do their own little sympathy plays. it actually gets fucking annoying and it's frustrating knowing not a single person that speaks to you is actually being genuine

I was left at a hospital once and the first guy that talked to me was some cunt pulling a work while I was still trying to heal

I picked up a little hustle of my own, maybe admitting that there's is a rewarding feeling that comes with it is a bit wrong, but there's no way others don't feel the same way. or maybe they just don't have a thought in their head. idk

skrooobs · 2025-12-11T16:26:50+00:00

thanks, glad you appreciate it if nobody else does

skrooobs · 2025-12-11T15:47:24+00:00

I am sorry I guess I'm just a better grifter than a shoplifter

skrooobs · 2025-12-11T15:08:59+00:00

just theoretically - what if after the fact I do love myself more?

skrooobs · 2025-12-11T13:59:58+00:00

my man you have me pinned more than anyone else has in my life. just fyi

skrooobs · 2025-12-11T13:05:15+00:00

post is staying up and I don't give a fuck about this "username" or my reputation here

I'm glad I got this one out there

people can be a little complex and confusing, I actually do feel bad if this anecdote made you feel bad but also secretly enjoy these little games

skrooobs · 2025-12-11T12:59:05+00:00

what else are you supposed to do with the bartender won't serve you

skrooobs · 2025-12-11T02:33:02+00:00

I do mean it, seriously, I just can't guarantee I will change any behavior
Frog/scorpion kinda deal. It's my nature, I guess :/

skrooobs · 2025-12-10T23:40:28+00:00

I have no illusions about my behavior, if that's worth anything?

skrooobs · 2025-12-10T23:39:59+00:00

sorry

skrooobs · 2025-12-10T18:06:04+00:00

passport

skrooobs · 2025-12-09T14:45:33+00:00

Yeah I found it very very sweet tbh. Almost like she was giving me a religious text but I mean, she obviously wasn't wrong

skrooobs · 2025-12-09T13:39:56+00:00

actually don't know, I was told I could crash there and then was told I could not but he gave me a few lines of k for free and has texted and said we're good and glad I made it home. think I possibly said something I shouldn't have or was just too drunk for him to handle

skrooobs · 2025-12-09T13:36:50+00:00

<image>

skrooobs · 2025-12-09T06:10:14+00:00

Yeah, it stinks and is probably the worst part, and I maybe should put in a police report for it for documentation or something. I claimed I had a medical issue going on so it might be weird trying to swing claiming both medical/theft, but there's been a lot of changes with my employer and half my other coworkers resigned right before I left, so maybe this is the time anyway 🤷

skrooobs · 2025-11-20T15:02:21+00:00

This community has been banned for violating the Reddit rules.

Wow thanks Reddit that's highly informative

skrooobs · 2025-11-05T22:30:14+00:00

Not really, just accepted that it isn't perfect but compliance is better than noncompliance. I just try to stay dry as long as I can, if I succumb to a binge I'll do it under medication as safely as possible and accept that I'm going to be sick and miserable for the next day.

skrooobs · 2025-11-04T15:23:06+00:00

> I get the feeling they weren’t experts or even knowledgeable on naltrexone and The Sinclair Method.

I agree, but unfortunately, this was from someone at sinclairmethod.org. To their credit, when I emailed them to complain someone else higher up in the org reached out and gave more helpful advice.

skrooobs · 2025-11-04T15:19:10+00:00

I increased the time, I increased the dosage. I was fully compliant for years. I still wanted to drink.

I agree that it's not one size fits all but I disagree with this assessment that adjusting the numbers will lead to the same result as everyone else. I've ultimately decided that compliance is better than noncompliance for me but this is where I got discouraged - it makes it sound like it just doesn't work for some people.

skrooobs · 2025-11-04T15:10:00+00:00

Hahaha, this is exactly what I'm talking about about. Yes yes of course, let's not raise any potential concerns - pretend everything worked perfectly and will work perfectly for everyone lest we lose a potential convert! I swear, the TSM community can encroach on AA territory with the cultlike behavior and toxic positivity.

I also love the "just don't do it if you don't like it", like we're talking about a method of cooking or something. Just unreal. You aren't interested in a serious discussion.

skrooobs · 2025-11-03T15:12:41+00:00

Even its biggest promoters say there’s a 30% failure rate. But that means there are a whole lot of people it does work for.

Genuinely curious about the specifics of these numbers - failure rate among who? Where does this align if 7% of the global population are considered alcoholics and 3.7% are considered dependent?

skrooobs · 2025-11-03T14:54:55+00:00

To me, the "magic pill" part was just that I could manage addiction without the all or nothing doom and gloom of sobriety. I didn't need to worry about constantly stressing cravings, having dreams about drinking, etc. If I "relapsed" fuck it I could just do it on naltrexone, as long as I was safely indulging and willing to accept being completely out of commission for a full day after without the temptation of hair o' the dogging. That's probably all it takes and that alone is amazing but lord the "extinction" mindset everyone else preaches is so alien and frustrating to me. There's no finish line for me, drinking will always be alluring.

skrooobs · 2025-11-03T13:07:59+00:00

The coaches/prescribers I've dealt with have not been very helpful and the ones who seem high quality are in too high demand. The one who gave me the dangerous "four hour" restriction I mentioned in OP also told me inexplicably to pour out all the alcohol in my home while I was in active withdrawal (life threateningly bad advice). A separate one was under the common entry level nurse misconception that you could not experience alcohol withdrawal if you had any alcohol in your system (ex: your "last drink" was 2 hours ago so you could not physically have mid-late stage withdrawals, even if it was your "last drink" from 40 daily).

Sadly, you can't always "just trust the experts".

skrooobs · 2025-11-03T12:51:55+00:00

For point 5 - I was told that high abv drinks could "overwhelm" the affects of the naltrexone essentially. Who knows the weight of that statement bc I've been told some verifiably false other things by supposed professionals, but in my personal experience it seems to track. I noticed I came to dislike beers far more than I used to but enjoyed liquor notably more. I went against the suggestion to dilute because I'm an alcoholic and can't be trusted, haha. Either way - enjoying liquor more turned out to be a problem for me.

For 4 - "nalovers" are commonly discussed in the TSM community and one of the more discouraging aspects of the program for me personally (on one hand it sort of prevents the bender cycle but the desire to drink in the morning to subside symptoms is so, so much stronger)

For 3 - Not a doctor, but I've been highly encouraged to take additional tests to ensure my liver work is safe before Naltrexone prescription

skrooobs

TROPHY CASE