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Top_Dollar said:
Movies are mostly goyslop these days but I am going to get back into watching cinema as a way to pass the time and stay sober. This year I am going to spend a lot of time either outside camping, or inside watching movies that I've missed over the years.
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Just don't watch mainstream shit and don't watch trailers and avoid reviews. There's plenty of decent movies coming out regularly.
 
Top_Dollar said:
This year I am going to spend a lot of time either outside camping
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Camping is great because you've removed the option of "just going to the store", but I just went on my first sober camp (not my first ever, but definitely for a long while) and was actually anxious about not having the option. I got through it, and I would do it again tomorrow, but it's something to be aware of.
Maybe I'm lucky (or it's normal and I just haven't heard about it ), but I have no desire to drink any more, but I was still a bit edgy about being alone in the bush.
All the best though! It's totally worth it to wake up in nature with a clear head and a glad heart.
 
Frostnipped Todger said:
Camping is great because you've removed the option of "just going to the store", but I just went on my first sober camp (not my first ever, but definitely for a long while) and was actually anxious about not having the option. I got through it, and I would do it again tomorrow, but it's something to be aware of.
Maybe I'm lucky (or it's normal and I just haven't heard about it ), but I have no desire to drink any more, but I was still a bit edgy about being alone in the bush.
All the best though! It's totally worth it to wake up in nature with a clear head and a glad heart.
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Being alone with your thoughts when coming off booze is hard, we all have to go through it. Well Done :) Proud of you.
 
HairyBadger said:
Being alone with your thoughts when coming off booze is hard, we all have to go through it. Well Done :) Proud of you.
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Thanks mate. Im heading out again next weekend before my fag government decides that lockdowns are a good idea (again).
Also, in positive news, my wife quit drinking. I'm not sure if it's a permanent thing, but I'm really glad she's taking a break.
 
Congrats to both of you. I'm still going strong. Some days are more difficult than others, but they won't be as fucked up as long as I don't drink. To anyone who needs help, feel free to post here.
 
Hurtling towards 100 days (Thursday). I've had to deal with my mum in hospital, plane travel, and hanging out and doing a pub crawl with my old punk friends. Made it through ok.
Still miss my weekend mornings with whiskey, but other than that, it's been good.

Eta: Hope you guys are all doing well. Unless I shit the bed in the next few days, I'll check in on day 100.
 
Man.

There's an episode of Epicly Later'd where an aged pro skater, maybe Ali Boulala, said there are good days where you can get things done and then there are days where the goal is just to stay sober and not kill yourself. I wish that wasn't true but it is, for me anyway.

Some days I get more done by noon than most people do all day. Other days it's a struggle just to do nothing, and not beat myself up for it.

On the bright side, not knowing what kind of day tomorrow will be is forcing me to follow a dream of mine and start my own business where I can make my own schedule.

Oh well.
 
Well, it's bedtime on day 100. I made it through, so I guess now I'm aiming for a year. Bought myself a pub lunch today to celebrate.
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Frostnipped Todger said:
Camping is great because you've removed the option of "just going to the store", but I just went on my first sober camp (not my first ever, but definitely for a long while) and was actually anxious about not having the option. I got through it, and I would do it again tomorrow, but it's something to be aware of.
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Funny thing is, if I've anything planned, at all, I don't think about drinking at all. It's a last solution if I'm on "rough bottom" entertainment wise and have no plans. No games I wanna play, nothing to wake up to, no nothing. Then I drink, cause why not at least do that and be hungover the next day if I've nothing planned?

The obvious solution is to then plan something every single day, but not even normies do that. What, plan to drive to a castle ruin every god damn saturday? I spent last weekend at my parents' and I had no urge to drink cause I obviously couldn't, but now I'm at home with no plans, so I'm drinking.

I've come to realize that drinking means I either wanna play FPS games or shitpost ingame in an mmorpg. If I had neither of those games installed, my drinking experience would go from "Music and shitposting" to "Uhh, playing yakuza and chilling". I feel like the only real non-healthwise downside to drinking is when I'm doing it as a last resort. If I surrender to the thought and go "Yeah I'm gonna drink" ahead of time, I have no mental quarrels about it.

A friend randomly started sperging about archery and I've done that as a kid. I'd do it in a heartbeat if given the chance, and in extension of that: Sitting in a tower somewhere waiting for a deer to show up so you can puncture its lungs and end its life.. i'd skip drinking for that. Guess I should look into archery again, hm.
 
A lot of guys are like that where they need to fill their time with hobbies or work because it keeps them away from drinking. It's honestly not a bad idea since it gets them out and in the world. Idle hands are the devil's playthings and so on.
 
⋖ cørdion ⋗ said:
Funny thing is, if I've anything planned, at all, I don't think about drinking at all. It's a last solution if I'm on "rough bottom" entertainment wise and have no plans. No games I wanna play, nothing to wake up to, no nothing. Then I drink, cause why not at least do that and be hungover the next day if I've nothing planned?

The obvious solution is to then plan something every single day, but not even normies do that. What, plan to drive to a castle ruin every god damn saturday? I spent last weekend at my parents' and I had no urge to drink cause I obviously couldn't, but now I'm at home with no plans, so I'm drinking.

I've come to realize that drinking means I either wanna play FPS games or shitpost ingame in an mmorpg. If I had neither of those games installed, my drinking experience would go from "Music and shitposting" to "Uhh, playing yakuza and chilling". I feel like the only real non-healthwise downside to drinking is when I'm doing it as a last resort. If I surrender to the thought and go "Yeah I'm gonna drink" ahead of time, I have no mental quarrels about it.

A friend randomly started sperging about archery and I've done that as a kid. I'd do it in a heartbeat if given the chance, and in extension of that: Sitting in a tower somewhere waiting for a deer to show up so you can puncture its lungs and end its life.. i'd skip drinking for that. Guess I should look into archery again, hm.
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That's probably the difference between being an alcoholic or not.
I would drink, wake up hungover, still do whatever I had planned, drink whilst doing it to assuage my hangover, and then celebrate that evening by getting drunk. The only thing that ever moderated my drinking was if I had to drive, because I didnt want to lose my licence, and working construction, because I didnt want to die.
There is not a single activity I can think of that I haven't been drunk for. My entire holidays were drinking holidays if I was in a country where I didn't need to drive.
 
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