PITOFZOMBIES
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I'm fairly sure I posted how to do it on the previous page...
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Once I log in though it says you are only able to watch movies in the US
How do you get around that?
I don't think I ever logged in to use it... maybe that's where the problem lays?
I'm not entirely sure what the solution is...
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Use candles. Their light is almost hypnotic. Some of my best relaxing is done with a few candles lighting the room. No electricity needed, plus if and when your power goes out, you'll be ready to roll. They're dirt cheap, too.
#noromanceneeded
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if your shower takes longer than you'd like to heat up, run water out of the tub faucet first. It usually purges the cold water quicker...
fairly obvious, but it came to my attention that not everyone knows this.
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Y'all folks in on the Hola extension for Chrome?
Allows you to switch your region and watch other countries' Netflix offerings.
Considerable amount of different movies to watch... for free.
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Kinda had a feeling you might be back at it, Lugr. Sorry to hear that. But shit man, don't ever feel like you shouldn't be sharing in this thread. A big part of what helps people learn is seeing what causes others to relapse and how they handle their drinking after having spent some time sober. Sounds like it's true, that we can't ever control our drinking. Not to make you feel like some fucking guinea pig, or a test subject, but our sobriety was relatively parallel from early on, and seeing what might happen if I had decided to drink again is pretty interesting... it hits close to home. With that said, I'm really sorry shit went south for you dude. You can always turn it around again. You had a lot of insight from the get-go, and now you have even more. I know you're a smart dude. I hope you're able figure out what you need to do to thrive. Holler if you need anything.
To whoever was asking about the GF-while-getting-sober predicament, I was in that situation. It was pretty risky, looking back on it, but while the relationship failed, my sobriety stayed in tact without any scares. The girl i was with was definitely supportive of it, and we linked up about 1-2 months after my last drink. Clearly a dumb decision... but I guess i got lucky. If you end up with someone who doesn't "get it", you're treading on dangerous ground for sure. If you deal with breakups poorly, well shit, you might not ever get sober if you're dating all the while. I was still figuring out a lot about myself and how i functioned without drinking, and I wasn't able to put as much into the relationship as a result. They come and go. Generally I'd say "no dating while early in sobriety" is a good rule to follow... but having a supportive partner can definitely help you maintain.
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pretty much all of that hits home, Injury. I don't get to have any of that drunk, goofy friendliness anymore either, of course. Generally misanthropic these days, though I feel like it's not without reason.
And amen to minimal friends. I do fine without a flock around me. Had a chat with my lady and and another girl the other day about growing up an only child. Homegirl was raised in Alaska, no less, and we were talking about hitting that breaking point at social gatherings and needing to just be alone. Being sober has amplified this need. Actually, drinking helped me cope with being places i didn't naturally want to be, but that my 'friends' were at.
I'm sleepy... sorry for any incoherence.
Stay up, Mort, Inj... and all of the fixtures of this thread... Sword, you too. take care of yourself.
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I fully grasp your feelings. Pdx is a breeding ground for this shit. Living here has definitely opened my eyes to how unoriginal and fuckin whack people are. Im so glad the skateboard scene is relatively untainted with trend hoppers up here. Shitty spots and not many parks minimizes it for sure. And not having any use for bars anymore definitely helps avoid these tools.
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& WHILE IM SPOUTING MY SELF REALIZED SAGE-ICAL SHIT. FOR ANY NEWBIES/YOUNGER DRINKERS, THE DAYS YOU START WAKING UP & HAVING THAT FIRST DRINK JUST TO STAY FUCKN SANE, NEVER MIND THE SHAKES, IS THE DAY THE MADNESS STARTS ITS HOMERUN, & THEN ONLY YOU CAN GET YOURSELF OUT.
KNOW WHERE YOUR GOING....AND JUST FUCKN GO THERE.
This right here. Two years later and this still rings true as ever.
I hope you folks are doing well. Going to Hawaii for a pair of weeks tomorrow. Don't imagine it'll pose any problems, but it is a place where i furthered my drinking career significantly. I've been stressed out lately and I'm hoping it calms me down.
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Pretty unfortunate.
From what I understand, he was at a charity fundraiser, which makes it a little depressing. Supposedly he was pretty generous in terms of charity and similar causes.
He had a house near my hometown. Friends who worked at restaurants would see him come in somewhat regularly. Everyone who encountered him had only good things to say, which I feel is rare in terms of celebrities and the like.
Can't really knock that. He provided me with, while painfully corny at times, a pretty consistently entertaining movie franchise.
RIP bud.
I'll try not to laugh so hard at the cheap taillights and other car modifications your movies helped inspire over that past decade+
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Thanks for posting.
Dao is, as usual, playing instigator.
Sharing an experience that most of us have not and will not have is hardly bragging. I think the majority of us appreciate the perspective.
It never stops fascinating me that people live in such conditions. The geography alone is unfathomable to me in terms of viability as a home... not to mention the daily traumas of a war-torn country.
Thanks again.
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I have more or less quit stealing shit in sobriety. Ethically, i see no problem stealing from massive chain stores. Racking overpriced clothes from Nordstom, or bullshit from Walgreens... I don't feel bad for taking from them.
But when you get popped and (hopefully) cut loose, don't be hella bitter about the court dates in your future and start drinking out of spite.
If you're serious about getting sober, you'll be cautious with all your decisions. Because you even have to ask, and expressed concerns about it, I'd say gather up a solid 6 months and then re-evaluate the situation. You might find your desire to rack has waned, even if just a little.
I will add that I made some risky judgment calls early in my sobriety. Went on a road trip with new people to SF, where my problem started. It worked out though... and there ended up not being any close calls either.
Congrats on the 55 days nonetheless... that's a solid chunk. Keep at it. Good luck
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whenever i jack off i think of a certain staircase in the parking garage at the mall. idk why.
i have a lot of things like that with various locations.
locations and words also get stuck in my head the same as songs.
I have this one sort of arbitrary memory of driving down this street in my hometown with my mom when i was very young. I don't think anything particularly traumatic (or even memorable) happened that day. I suppose it was one of the many flashes of moments as i became self-aware, though i do recall more cohesive memories before that.
I think about it at least every couple days... more frequently lately as introspection has become more common in my life.
Also: I lost the remote door locker to my car, so i have to lock it manually as I'm getting out. The only problem is, I'm very adamant about my car not being left unlocked, so unless I consciously lock the door, i almost invariably have to go back and check it. Borderline, if not entirely a symptom of OCD... I am very good at rationalizing it, too. The couple of instances of finding my car unlocked each year are enough to justify running back outside to double check.
My boy getting his car stolen a few months back has served to worsen the situation, too.
I have a million more idiosyncrasies since i quit drinking... they're piling up.
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Penny using it in his part only makes it that much better.
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i have it. It lowered my auto insurance to add it to the bundle, so i only pay about 7 bucks a month for it. security blanket if nothing else.
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Too old, too cold.
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Are we somehow guilty for being us?
Regarding the thread:
Ignorant, impulsive idiots to think they were pulling a fast one by loading up. Watch these broke idiots go hungry after they burn through the food and end up paying out of their future benefits and/or prized tax refund. Bunch of blind fucking savages.
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One more game, Cards.... please finish off LA...
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Two years ago yesterday i stumbled down to the closest AA meeting i could find. Maybe a ten minute walk from my door. I was definitely scared. I had to step out for a moment in the middle of the meeting when i felt like i was going to vomit. But i began soaking up the wisdom offered by the regulars and got some foundation built for my sobriety. After a month and a few weeks, i felt the need to distance myself from the meetings and ended up never going back. My life continued to improve as sobriety became a solid and tangible facet of my personality. At this point I've plateaued in terms of improvement when compared to my time drinking. For the better part of that first year, every damn day felt better than the one before it. It was great. Now i feel normal for the most part. i'm used to not drinking, to not being hungover. Now stomach aches from gorging myself with food are the worst i feel, physically. The endorphins from skateboarding give me much of the same high i used to find with liquor. Anxiety comes and goes. I don't fully understand the point of most social functions anymore. I find that they often mirror high school hallways; just a place to be seen wearing your most recently purchased clothes and hold contrived conversations with people you are indifferent toward. I'm happy being something of a hermit, skateboarding as much as i can, and enjoying my work. I sometimes romanticize the drinking i used to do, which is really what pushed it to the point of becoming addiction, but i hit a low enough low that it's easy to bring myself back to reality with those awful memories. I'm not unlike someone who was attacked by a dog as a child, and who will never live down that ingrained fear.
Anyway, I hope you're all doing well. Be safe, Red. Good work protestor and the other folks at the beginning of, or contemplating the trip. Inj, super stoked to see you keeping at it dude. FR, i'm gonna shoot you a PM when i have more time regarding your counseling path and all that. I've been entertaining the idea of pursuing education in the substance abuse field.
here's to another year sober...
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Congrats.
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AA is a christian hustle.
The fact that they tell you that you have no power over yourself and to just shut off your brain and let "God" take over is probably more responsible for their failure rate than anything else.
Sometimes you're not a complete fucking idiot.
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This dude used "eclipsed" and "auburn" in the post.
He's in love.
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Kind of stupid, but insight is insight. It's pretty easy to see how the stresses of being in the spotlight could lead you toward alcoholism. Some of these folks are respectable humans despite pop culture being largely a joke.
Sober Celebrities
Also... been lurking reddit's sober subforum some... much like this, but more traffic.
http://www.reddit.com/r/stopdrinking/