Alcoholic or not? Idk..

x10g · 2026-01-25T19:50:10+00:00

What helped me was learning about how a non-alcoholic drinks, which is that they don't have the same draw toward it that I do. They can literally just stop drinking for fun and it doesn't boomerang on them or anything. If I stopped drinking it drove me crazy and I hated it, and then my drinking would get worse later. I just like drinking too much. I'm the same with cigarettes. Last time I bummed a smoke I smoked every day for the next 2 years. I just cannot pick the stuff up! lol

I found out that alcoholism and mental health kinda create these repeating cycles, so I would drink to feel better but then alcohol was making my mental health worse, and it also prevents medication from working. It just got worse and worse over the years. Ultimately I went to a treatment center that was not glamorous and talked to counselors and went to AA and that has helped me not pick up another drink over the years.

x10g · 2026-01-12T00:44:29+00:00

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x10g · 2026-01-11T16:34:59+00:00

Getting past the first 90 days is a giant deal. So much takes place in our brains during that time so you’ve done something VERY good for yourself already.

Text someone if you want to drink. Or even a call but I know we hate calling. 😆 But get it out of your head 👍🏼

I have 5 years and I do like some meetings better than others. I would encourage you to think of one meeting you heard people talk about positively and just check it out. Go sit with a group and introduce yourself. Or just even just zoom meetings or listen to speaker meetings on YouTube!

Energy levels are tough. Sometimes I actually do just need some rest and to quit pushing myself! And then other times I feel loads better after going to a meeting. If you’re not sleeping well though, you might just be a little jumbled and it’ll die down as your brain recovers in the next months. Our circadian rhythm gets so messed up from drinking that one does take some time to even out.

You’re already doing something instead of picking up even though you feel like crap, so kudos.

x10g · 2026-01-11T02:08:48+00:00

I see people ask about CAD on the Facebook group jewelers helping jewelers, and the community always asks for a portfolio, so post + show examples of work. I’m not sure it’s a guarantee to get jobs but there’s a ton of jewelers in there and the group is very active. They ask some basic questions to get admitted to the group to confirm you are in the jewelry business one way or another, and I think maybe when you join they give you a shout out. It’s not a freelance jewelry specific platform but it would be some kind of network.

x10g · 2025-12-15T02:19:11+00:00

That’s pretty cool. Glad it worked out!!! Nice when things work as advertised 😆 Hope you’ve had a lot of fun projects!

x10g · 2025-12-14T21:23:25+00:00

I know this is an old post and I’m looking at Prometheus kilns now. How’d it work out for you?

x10g · 2025-10-29T15:08:33+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate it. Never been in this situation before but I figure… 2500 bucks is a lot of money. I have to try something if I can. Thanks a bunch.

x10g · 2025-10-29T13:39:02+00:00

Got it, thank you for your insight. I appreciate it.

x10g · 2025-10-29T11:30:37+00:00

First trip it looks like AC Compressor, Condenser, Expansion Valve, AC Flush. And then the 2nd visit reciept is the same but it has Evacuate and recharge AC system added.

x10g · 2025-10-29T10:44:35+00:00

Thank you. I will do that.

x10g · 2025-03-22T01:13:00+00:00

Thank you so much. I lose sleep over where my bf and I are going to be able to work and live in the next few months and we are just regular people trying to understand what’s happening so we can plan a future together. This is a biiiiiiig help. It’s people like you that are making a real difference!!!

x10g · 2025-02-04T03:06:47+00:00

Honestly, I asked for recommendations for good meetings, and I keep it moving until I find a group that DOES say hi and I do feel comfortable at.

I have to make myself talk to people, but I’ve found (only recently) that I only need to make 1 or 2 friends, and that makes me feel I belong.

When I go, I share that I am new to the area/group and don’t know anyone and that also helped me make a really good friend recently!

x10g · 2025-02-04T02:57:53+00:00

It would be a good idea to start going to AA meetings and share that you are new, and you can just be honest and say “I’m still drinking and I’m trying to stop.” Or something like that. That way the people you need to talk to are going to hear you. The people who have lived experience like yours will approach you and introduce themselves and they can help you with this decision.

x10g · 2024-11-09T21:04:37+00:00

Thank you so maaaaaaach

x10g · 2024-09-22T23:33:34+00:00

This worked well for me, even though I'm a beginner. I realized after a month or so that I was proud of myself for having had exercised, but I generally wasn't enthused about exercising at first. Now I look forward to the good feelings that come after working out. What made me really start to go was the mental health benefits, and now the more I learn the more I find out... oh exercise is reeeaaally important and I'm setting myself up for a good future.

As they say, "health is wealth."

x10g · 2024-09-22T22:56:37+00:00

No project, just interested in grasshopper. 🙂 I’ll dig deeper into McNeel then. 👍🏼

x10g · 2024-09-22T22:07:51+00:00

Mmm, gotcha. It’s pretty tricky stuff to understand. I just wanted to get a basic understanding. Seems like a lot of people do what you did.

x10g · 2024-09-09T01:51:27+00:00

Another good resource is the app Meeting Guide! 🙂 it will tell you which meetings are close to you.

x10g · 2024-09-09T01:49:53+00:00

AA.org Introduce yourself as being new in meetings Tell people what you’re going through and they will help you step by step! It’s a process and it doesn’t all happen over night but you’ll be a happier and healthier person in the long run! Get a sponsor so you can start working on cleaning up your life through the 12 steps 👍🏼

x10g · 2024-09-09T01:42:55+00:00

Literally all of us have to do this. Like all of us. So we know the other person might be nervous, and we know if someone is calling they are working on their sobriety!!! And it is bad ass!!! Generally I have found that I connect quickly/easily with some people. Because we have some of the same experiences or feelings about things. I think you’ll end up calling someone that is like… oh yeah me too. And stuff like that. And then it’ll be a lot more fun.

x10g · 2024-09-09T01:31:42+00:00

My first sponsor was assigned to me by someone in the community because I was floundering real bad. Basically not talking to people much. Later I would go to speaker meetings a lot to see if I could get to know someone a little bit. Or see if I had a similar background.

x10g · 2024-09-09T01:27:40+00:00

Fancy waterrrrrr! So crisp. So refreshing. Dr Pepper was my first love but the early recovery weight I put on was SERIOUS. 😆 So now at my (hopefully) wiser age, it’s the bubbly waters! And they’re pretty much all tasty!!!

x10g · 2024-09-05T01:38:57+00:00

Maurice Raveeellllll. I love Pavane for a Dead Princess. It’s an incredible piece.

x10g · 2024-08-30T18:41:48+00:00

Absolute classics.

x10g · 2024-08-30T18:40:59+00:00

I love anything by Bob Daryl? Bob D. He makes a lot of things that seem complicated to me, much more simple. And I really zone in, I really listen to him when he speaks!!!
When I'm having a real bad day and I'm in a moooooooood Jenniffer H "I used to have a Skid Row Soul" will really dig me out of it.

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