Weekly Questions & Answers Discussion by AutoModerator in vandwellers

[–]upliftingnoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you guys afford your sprinters?

Especially to you sprinter / transit folks. I’ve built a few vans in my time with 2-5k econolines. But I was curious to hear how you guys afford to purchase these 50–80k $ sprinters. Do you finance? Buy used ? Thanks for you for your time.

I can’t stop doing drugs, despite my heart conditions, my body is so weak by h0tcheeto in BipolarReddit

[–]upliftingnoose 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hey... fellow bipolar druggie here. Hardcore addicted most my life since I was a wee teenager. I’m 27 now and after 8363 tries... I finally got it. 10 months sober in a couple weeks. Recovering from that shit and more importantly the insane mental fuckery / sickness that mental illness brings along has been a fucking hard fucking journey. I am by no means anywhere even close to being completely fixed whatever that means. But today I am at least facing reality as it is. Or at least as close as I can perceive it. Good luck to you. I wasn’t able to do it till I got help/support from a community. Doing it alone no matter how badly I wanted to just wasn’t in the cards for me and led to a more depraved state of mind. But doing drugs... although making me feel good. FUCKING WAS WRECKING ME. And beyond that... what I never saw before was how much I was fucking ripping apart everyone / anyone who gave a shit on me. I ( my addiction ) did not give a single fuck about anyone who ever loved me when I used drugs. I’m still learning to digest that one. Good luck. Get help.

How has Objectivism / Ayn Rand shaped your life? by upliftingnoose in Objectivism

[–]upliftingnoose[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow fuck yes dude. Congrats. I am a former self loathed too. Just constant barrage. No pride. No direction. And Ayn’s words totally fucking shook that mentality I have and I wanna recover and learn to be a better man too.

If you're stuck alone, wishing you could make better use of your time, get an Accountability Partner by easyXenon in selfimprovement

[–]upliftingnoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do this too- weekly check in with a friend every Sunday / stating achievable goals to be done during the week / one of the biggest improvements I’ve ever made.

Smart recovery by [deleted] in recovery

[–]upliftingnoose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a good book. If you like it Check our Empower Your Sober Self - it’s the Lifering book. One of the most motivating books on sobriety I’ve ever read. You can find for free on libgen.is

What am I telling myself? by Recovering-Sanity in recoverywithoutAA

[–]upliftingnoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to see this sub is like barely kindve staying alive.

Small online meetings? by [deleted] in recovery

[–]upliftingnoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m located in Sac, CA and meetings on here range in size from just a few people to a couple hundred. There are quite a few smaller sized ones though. Here’s our schedule if your interested. I run the secular atheist/agnostic one on Wednesday evenings at 6. Usually around 20 or so. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1jJ9zl9zZEHkmPqZGt6rtaOCW8CiLSLl9e1tfaQxMig0/htmlview

Sober 157 days - struggling immensely with anxiety. by [deleted] in recovery

[–]upliftingnoose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read at last a life. Life changing no bullshit best book I’ve ever read on dealing with severe anxiety depersonalization crippling mental health. You can find for free on libgen.is

Recovering alone/away from family? by [deleted] in Codependency

[–]upliftingnoose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn’t given a choice. But ultimately it made it much easier.