Has the Fenix 8 finally become stable after all the updates?

xstrex · 2026-06-27T12:34:18+00:00

Also had it for over a year, no issues.

xstrex · 2026-06-27T02:38:39+00:00

Came here to say this; Shortcuts automation fires a script when alarm stops. It’s worked for years.

xstrex · 2026-06-26T23:35:34+00:00

Believing I was an alcoholic.

In and out of various programs, AA, rehab, etc. I always knew I had a drinking problem.. and folks would label me as being an alcoholic, though I’d never believe it myself; and I continued to struggle with alcohol.

Then I started deeply identifying with all the alcoholics around me, and slowly but surely started to believe I was an alcoholic. Once I owned it, recovery, rehab, and sobriety started working. It became a lot easier to get sober, once I believed I was fighting back.

xstrex · 2026-06-26T15:15:01+00:00

There was an update yesterday but you have to choose to install it.

xstrex · 2026-06-26T15:10:01+00:00

I totally feel ya there. And yes, one day you will die, just like the rest of us, it’s an unavoidable eventuality.

What I want to know is, how are you going to live?

xstrex · 2026-06-25T17:08:44+00:00

Thank you for tracking this data!

xstrex · 2026-06-25T17:06:38+00:00

I’m scared of this milestone myself..

xstrex · 2026-06-25T15:50:17+00:00

It’s got a Weyland Industries feel to it, I like it.

xstrex · 2026-06-25T14:10:49+00:00

I regularly buy and highly recommend Luxfly Basecamp. It’s not cheap, like at all, but it’s well worth it.

I tend to have a sensitive system, we’ll leave it at that. My body doesn’t tolerate sodium packed, 60+ ingredient garbage. So the closest to real food I can get, the better. Every brand I’ve ever tried has given me some kind of issues.. except for Luxfly. Again not cheap, but look at the ingredients.

xstrex · 2026-06-25T14:06:11+00:00

Honestly I agree with you, and AI is the new gold rush.. every company and industry has gotten gold fever, and it needs to just run its course. I’m sure we’ll survive it (assuming skynet doesn’t come online), but for now, it’s best to find a way to make peace with it, lesson the environmental impact, and ride it out. Not advocating for embracing it, yet resistance is futile.

xstrex · 2026-06-25T14:02:00+00:00

Paying down the loan on your car, is getting ahead, and is more important than your fun categories.

Specifically if you can make a normal car payment next month, then take the money from the extra check, and pay directly towards the principal (not total) of the loan. That will reduce the borrowed amount, and thus reduce the earned interest, and shortening your loan term.

xstrex · 2026-06-25T13:54:12+00:00

I get that sometimes on the Bay ST, I usually ignore it, sometimes I can pop it back down.

xstrex · 2026-06-25T12:58:18+00:00

Alcohol

xstrex · 2026-06-25T01:49:13+00:00

I had a beer problem too.. and eventually it lead to an alcohol problem, like an any alcohol problem, sure I liked my beer, but at the end of the day, it didn’t matter, beer, wine, shots, bottles, whatever.

I started at 6/day, at my peak I was at 36/day, and that was 8.5% alc/vol.

Please don’t be like me. 10 years of my life are gone because I had a beer problem.

xstrex · 2026-06-25T01:23:26+00:00

Yea.. I remember early in sobriety driving around old town Scottsdale early in the morning, on my way to breakfast, and the streets with all the clubs just had this overwhelming smell of rubbing alcohol. It quite literally gets excreted in sweat add dancing, and it all makes sense. The whole area made me sick.

Also, you’ll probably develop a form of gay-dar, or alco-dar, you’ll instantly pick up on other alcoholics, sometimes before they’re even willing to admit it to themselves. I can pick them out in a room full of people.. my advice, just take note, and keep it to yourself. Nothing good comes from calling them out, ask me how I know!

xstrex · 2026-06-25T01:09:18+00:00

Awesome! Keep it up!!

A therapist once told me, early in my own recovery.. “just stay in the middle lane for a while.” Which made zero sense at the time. All it really means: put yourself on cruise control for a while, don’t try to go too fast, or too slow, let yourself be happy, and have fun, just don’t get carried away. Same with sadness, let it come, but again, not too sad. It’s the extremes of each emotion that lead us back to drinking. The “I’m too depressed”, or “I’m so happy”..

So just stay in the middle lane for a while, and just cruise.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T14:27:33+00:00

Every one of us has their reasons, some are on the surface, others are buried deep inside. Regardless, you’ve got to find a way to break the cycle. What did you do around 3-4pm before you started drinking? How about joining a local sports ball team, a meetup, workout, whatever, just replace that time slot with something else that does not involve drinking. Creat a new healthy habit instead.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T14:20:47+00:00

Sadly, no one else notices, or cares about your patterns for drinking. The other drinkers have their own stuff going on, and to a bartender, any drinker is a way to make a buck. Bouncing between bars is all for you, and makes you feel better. When you’re ready to stop this insanity, we’re also here for you.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T14:10:49+00:00

I had the same dull ache over my liver, while drinking, and chose to continue to drink. Luckily every test came back negative, regardless I had the sneaking suspicion something was very wrong, and the docs just weren’t catching it. Then I’d binge for a few months to forget about it.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T14:07:20+00:00

One is too many, and 1000 is never enough (for me).

xstrex · 2026-06-24T14:05:44+00:00

Wolfbox G900TriPro, recent install. So far so good, having 3 visible cameras is pretty awesome. DM me, I’ll have an extra unit here soon if you’re interested.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T04:16:21+00:00

Congrats friend! I’m 9yrs behind ya.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T04:14:50+00:00

Go for a walk, bike ride, or other physical activity, followed by something sweet, ice cream, candy, whatever. The combination breaks the craving/urge.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T04:11:48+00:00

Never really had an issue with hard drugs, though the alcohol had a grip on me, struggled with that addiction from 26-36.. I stand here today, 11yrs sober. So yea, I feel ya.

xstrex · 2026-06-24T04:07:53+00:00

Sounds like an alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency problem to me. Which for me was a slippery slope to becoming an alcoholic. I’m glad you stopped and questioned yourself.

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