Quitting pot (and alcohol) for good - II
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Hi guys - I'm alive ! I was out at the lake for a few days at my sisters. No internet there. Still moving forward here - one day at a time ! It was really nice to get away and see new places. Back to work today, but that's OK - one day closer to my goal of selling and moving. Great to see everyone is doing well - really good job everyone !
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Originally Posted by brazilian 
Hey Stoogy, how are you doing!
No, not the lack of caffeine is making me feel low... it's just life I guess.
I'm feeling better today
hope you are ok too. Have a nice day my friend.
Day 110
No, not the lack of caffeine is making me feel low... it's just life I guess.
I'm feeling better today
hope you are ok too. Have a nice day my friend.Day 110
Good to see you are feeling a bit better today my friend, low days are just life I suppose I get them too. I didn't ever really feel that way when I was drinking (that I can remember) but I probably was just numb to most things back then.
Good to see Grubby has joined us👍
Catch ya later.
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happy memorial day guys.
truding through the monotony of sobriety here lately. every day is kinda meh it.
one thing i can see is how many things i need to accomplish and how im actually planning them in my head for the next few years. i'm slowly getting started on planning.
never been a planning kind of guy. must be a side effect of reality.
hope u are all doing well. we are all still sober. thats always a good thing. coming up on 4 months soon.
truding through the monotony of sobriety here lately. every day is kinda meh it.
one thing i can see is how many things i need to accomplish and how im actually planning them in my head for the next few years. i'm slowly getting started on planning.
never been a planning kind of guy. must be a side effect of reality.
hope u are all doing well. we are all still sober. thats always a good thing. coming up on 4 months soon.
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Originally Posted by krete77
happy memorial day guys.
truding through the monotony of sobriety here lately. every day is kinda meh it.
one thing i can see is how many things i need to accomplish and how im actually planning them in my head for the next few years. i'm slowly getting started on planning.
never been a planning kind of guy. must be a side effect of reality.
hope u are all doing well. we are all still sober. thats always a good thing. coming up on 4 months soon.
truding through the monotony of sobriety here lately. every day is kinda meh it.
one thing i can see is how many things i need to accomplish and how im actually planning them in my head for the next few years. i'm slowly getting started on planning.
never been a planning kind of guy. must be a side effect of reality.
hope u are all doing well. we are all still sober. thats always a good thing. coming up on 4 months soon.
Yeah I never planned anything ever, well apart from my next drinking session that is! And we are ALL still sober which is mega cool indeed.
What's the plan for 4 months anniversary then?
Have a good one Krete.
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no plan for 4 month anniversary. not until i hit a year do i feel like i've truly accomplish something. 6 months is still to short in sobriety in my opinion because i've done 6 months before only to relapse. so yea, nothing planned. i've done this a thousand times before but never had a support system in place. this is why i truly feel i might have a shot at the long term sobriety.
i had a craving s night just to have one beer..since it was right in front of me. all i gotta do is ask and its that simple but i know better. regardless i had a dream last night that i drank that one beer, and woke up feeling guilty as usual. but when i realized it was a dream, i relaxed a little bit.
moral of the story is i know how i'll feel after i drink so thats a huge motivating factor for me to not drink.
if i didnt feel guilty after a night of drinking, i would just drink. i never really got outta control drunk, and i always maintained my responsibilities but its the major guilt trip that i lay on my self the next day that always gets me. and i was sick of feeling that way.
i had a craving s night just to have one beer..since it was right in front of me. all i gotta do is ask and its that simple but i know better. regardless i had a dream last night that i drank that one beer, and woke up feeling guilty as usual. but when i realized it was a dream, i relaxed a little bit.
moral of the story is i know how i'll feel after i drink so thats a huge motivating factor for me to not drink.
if i didnt feel guilty after a night of drinking, i would just drink. i never really got outta control drunk, and i always maintained my responsibilities but its the major guilt trip that i lay on my self the next day that always gets me. and i was sick of feeling that way.
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Originally Posted by happycampers
Hi guys - I'm alive ! I was out at the lake for a few days at my sisters. No internet there. Still moving forward here - one day at a time ! It was really nice to get away and see new places. Back to work today, but that's OK - one day closer to my goal of selling and moving. Great to see everyone is doing well - really good job everyone !
Excellent to see you again HC.
Glad all is good with you.
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Something I've found helps a lot is trying to "go back" mentally to the time before all this crap started. Lately I've been repeating to myself over and over and over again "it's 2009 all over again, it's 2009 all over again, it's 2009 all over again".......... seems to calm me down a little, I just pretend that I am suddenly back there.
Similar to how on a computer you do a simple "system restore" to go back to a certain date before the virus took over and wreaked havoc on your PC, I think trying to do the same with our minds is a good idea.
Similar to how on a computer you do a simple "system restore" to go back to a certain date before the virus took over and wreaked havoc on your PC, I think trying to do the same with our minds is a good idea.
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Originally Posted by brazilian
Day 111
Today I drank a cup of coffee in this cold morning. Not bad
Today I drank a cup of coffee in this cold morning. Not bad
Hope you are doing good today buddy?
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Originally Posted by Stoogy
Hey Brazilian, a coffee on a cold day is kinda like a cold beer on a warm day- really tempting.
Hope you are doing good today buddy?
Hope you are doing good today buddy?
Personally, I have a large black coffee every single morning around 7 or 8 am......... doesnt seem to effect my sleep much when i go turn in between 9:30 pm to 11 pm. Sometimes i have a small green tea cup around 10 am for an extra boost, but that's it.
I've observed that as long as the coffee stays within the "morning" time-frame or window, it doesn't affect sleep much.......... if at all.
Coffee (black, no extra crap like sugar or flavoring added) is a productivity-booster and gives me that initial "momentum" to get my day rolling and off to a good start, i see myself being a life-time user
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Originally Posted by grubby
Not sure what all the hate surrounding coffee is all about, but that's neither here nor there.........
Personally, I have a large black coffee every single morning around 7 or 8 am......... doesnt seem to effect my sleep much when i go turn in between 9:30 pm to 11 pm. Sometimes i have a small green tea cup around 10 am for an extra boost, but that's it.
I've observed that as long as the coffee stays within the "morning" time-frame or window, it doesn't affect sleep much.......... if at all.
Coffee (black, no extra crap like sugar or flavoring added) is a productivity-booster and gives me that initial "momentum" to get my day rolling and off to a good start, i see myself being a life-time user
Personally, I have a large black coffee every single morning around 7 or 8 am......... doesnt seem to effect my sleep much when i go turn in between 9:30 pm to 11 pm. Sometimes i have a small green tea cup around 10 am for an extra boost, but that's it.
I've observed that as long as the coffee stays within the "morning" time-frame or window, it doesn't affect sleep much.......... if at all.
Coffee (black, no extra crap like sugar or flavoring added) is a productivity-booster and gives me that initial "momentum" to get my day rolling and off to a good start, i see myself being a life-time user
Apologies Grubby for the confusion, just something we are trying out to see if it improves any other aspects of our life's, we keep trying👍
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Originally Posted by grubby
Not sure what all the hate surrounding coffee is all about, but that's neither here nor there.........
Personally, I have a large black coffee every single morning around 7 or 8 am......... doesnt seem to effect my sleep much when i go turn in between 9:30 pm to 11 pm. Sometimes i have a small green tea cup around 10 am for an extra boost, but that's it.
I've observed that as long as the coffee stays within the "morning" time-frame or window, it doesn't affect sleep much.......... if at all.
Coffee (black, no extra crap like sugar or flavoring added) is a productivity-booster and gives me that initial "momentum" to get my day rolling and off to a good start, i see myself being a life-time user
Personally, I have a large black coffee every single morning around 7 or 8 am......... doesnt seem to effect my sleep much when i go turn in between 9:30 pm to 11 pm. Sometimes i have a small green tea cup around 10 am for an extra boost, but that's it.
I've observed that as long as the coffee stays within the "morning" time-frame or window, it doesn't affect sleep much.......... if at all.
Coffee (black, no extra crap like sugar or flavoring added) is a productivity-booster and gives me that initial "momentum" to get my day rolling and off to a good start, i see myself being a life-time user
however if youre like me, you dont do anything in moderation. rather, you woof down a large coffee in the morning, drink 2 monsters later in the day and finish off the day with a diet mt dew.
600mg of caffeine throughout the day..for years and years and years.
that's where my hate lies.
right smack in the middle of addiction.
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About coffee, I'm like Krete, I tend to abuse it.
But coffee in moderation is nice.
Today I drank one cup, felt like drinking one more, but didn't.
I don't like the idea of NEEDING to have coffee in order to be productive.
So I fight this.
But coffee in moderation is nice.
Today I drank one cup, felt like drinking one more, but didn't.
I don't like the idea of NEEDING to have coffee in order to be productive.
So I fight this.
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Originally Posted by brazilian
About coffee, I'm like Krete, I tend to abuse it.
But coffee in moderation is nice.
Today I drank one cup, felt like drinking one more, but didn't.
I don't like the idea of NEEDING to have coffee in order to be productive.
So I fight this.
But coffee in moderation is nice.
Today I drank one cup, felt like drinking one more, but didn't.
I don't like the idea of NEEDING to have coffee in order to be productive.
So I fight this.
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Sorry for your job, Stoogy. It really is tough. Hope you find soon another job on a good company. Surely drinking will not help you on this.
Hang in there bud. Hope you feel better soon. Depression is a terrible thing, don't let it take control. Try to see the bright side of things, although the situation is hard.
We have to learn to be thankfull to the thing we have/ had, the things we learn, instead of focusing on the pain we feel. Easier said than done, I know. Life on Earth is a tough school. But we are doing fine, I guess.
Hang in there bud. Hope you feel better soon. Depression is a terrible thing, don't let it take control. Try to see the bright side of things, although the situation is hard.
We have to learn to be thankfull to the thing we have/ had, the things we learn, instead of focusing on the pain we feel. Easier said than done, I know. Life on Earth is a tough school. But we are doing fine, I guess.
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