It's great when you're straight
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I’m reading Million Dollar Movie by Michael Powell, Petrarch’s Canzoniere and Believe in People: The Essential Karel Capek
DLaurent
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yyaldrin
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been sober four months now. quit alcohol and smoking at the same time. i've tried many times before and would always fall for temptations around the two months mark. so i'm proud and happy i've made it this far. i had many reasons to quit. terrible terrible extreme hangovers. memory blackouts, which then also triggered paranoia. who did i talk to? what did i said? what did i do? being lazy, missing deadlines or canceling appointments. and then i'd also have several small health problems. i'd often have headaches also on the days i didn't have hangovers. i had problems with my skin, eczema spots, scaly sin, nothing big, but still annoying and more or less chronic. and as they say, your skin is a reflection of your general health.
i do feel better now. the headaches are gone and my skin does actually feel better, softer, smoother. stool is looking perfect, that's something you usually notice when you start to live healthier. it's mad as well how much you are able to smell, i had read that before but did not expect the change to be that noticable. i started doing workouts at home every other day to channel my energy into something else than tobacco and alcohol. signed up for art classes to keep myself from getting bored. all of that helped i think. i did avoid certain social events, skipped a few birthdays for example because i knew it would be to difficult.
i do miss getting drunk from time to time. to go to the pub and drink liters and liters of beer and smoke one cigarette after the other, and to meet and talk to a lot of strangers, but it's not sustainable and i've proven time after time that i can't drink moderately. i went out to a concert with a friend last week and one thing i noticed is that both the lamps and the volume of the music was such that it was uncomfortable to me. the lights were too bright and the volume was too loud. and i was wondering if that was due to being sober. due to the senses being more alert? alcohol is like a comfortable veil that makes loud things softer and bright lights dimmer maybe?
anyway just wanted to write down my experiences.
i do feel better now. the headaches are gone and my skin does actually feel better, softer, smoother. stool is looking perfect, that's something you usually notice when you start to live healthier. it's mad as well how much you are able to smell, i had read that before but did not expect the change to be that noticable. i started doing workouts at home every other day to channel my energy into something else than tobacco and alcohol. signed up for art classes to keep myself from getting bored. all of that helped i think. i did avoid certain social events, skipped a few birthdays for example because i knew it would be to difficult.
i do miss getting drunk from time to time. to go to the pub and drink liters and liters of beer and smoke one cigarette after the other, and to meet and talk to a lot of strangers, but it's not sustainable and i've proven time after time that i can't drink moderately. i went out to a concert with a friend last week and one thing i noticed is that both the lamps and the volume of the music was such that it was uncomfortable to me. the lights were too bright and the volume was too loud. and i was wondering if that was due to being sober. due to the senses being more alert? alcohol is like a comfortable veil that makes loud things softer and bright lights dimmer maybe?
anyway just wanted to write down my experiences.
Benny Bunter
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"working" in a wine bar, while posting on dissensus, lol
Benny Bunter
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Yysldrins done 4 months and he's happy and proud, inspiration to us all.
vershy versh
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I'm a fan of booze.
Benny Bunter
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Well he says he's happier, healthier and better looking now and I'm willing to take his word for it.