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Old 09-26-2016, 12:14 PM
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DolAndel
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Thanks for sharing this with us. You'll always have friends here, although I know it doesn't completely fill the need for meaningful f2f relationships.

I felt like the longer I drank and smoked the worse my eye contact got in social situations to the point it made it really hard to make friends. I think I thought ppl wouldn't notice how stoned I was if I wasn't engaging them in eye contact.

As I am working on being more social myself, I'm trying to do a better job of "smiling with my eyes" to seem more approachable. I always hated hearing that phrase as I've usually heard it from manipulative middle managers, but I do think eye contact plays a huge part in coming off warm and inviting to others.

Good luck!
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