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what are some good ways to recover from alcoholism
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:09 PM Author: Excitant amethyst brethren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155615) |
Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:11 PM Author: Rough-skinned nowag (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155626) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:12 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse become a religious zealot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155633) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:13 PM Author: Adventurous internet-worthy meetinghouse Megapoasting (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155637) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:17 PM Author: Rusted quadroon 1) Cold Turkey 2) AA 3) Rehab either followed by AA or not
Ways that are not good: 1) Moderation 2) Naltrexone 3) Antabuse 4) Taking breaks, such as Dry January
The singular difference between real alcoholics and heavy drinkers is that alcoholics can, over any length of time, drink zero or drink more. A heavy drinker can, over time, drink zero, drink less, drink the same, or drink more. |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:18 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse this is low level AA thinking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155657) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:19 PM Author: Rusted quadroon Among people who have serious problems I’ve seen them successfully recover only by the first three methods. Just quit; quit with help from AA; go to rehab and choose to do AA or not do AA (in other words the only options are cold turkey or AA and rehab just helps you get started on that.). What are some other methods you’ve seen where the person actually stays sober for five years or more?
I’ve never seen long term sobriety achieved through drugs alone. |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:21 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse Yes because this is what they teach in AA and you are clearly an AA cultist. There is no categorical difference between an alcoholic and a heavy drinker. that's a made up distinction. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155665) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:22 PM Author: Rusted quadroon Are you saying there’s no difference between a heavy drinker who can stop and a heavy drinker who can’t stop? Because alcoholics can’t stop - that’s the defining characteristic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155673) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:23 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse i don't know what "can't stop" means. Do you mean they continue to drink? So the difference between an alcoholic and a heavy drinker is the former continues to drink and the latter doesn't? If that's true, then the latter is not a heavy drinker, since they don't continue. Your distinction is a fraud. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155681) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:25 PM Author: Rusted quadroon No, the difference is the compulsion. It happens all the time that a heavy drinker gets a DWI and stops drinking until they’re off probation. The alcoholic gets a DWI and continues to drink, even when they don’t want to. There are lots of alcoholics with five or more DWIs - they cannot stop themselves.
The heavy drinker can start up again and then quit again. |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:29 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse Not buying it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155705) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:26 PM Author: Rusted quadroon Can’t stop means continued use even in the face of known adverse consequences coupled with a desire to stop. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155694) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:30 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse Meh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155711) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:41 PM Author: Alcoholic awkward gas station clown thats just poor decisionmaking and lack of willpower. as if they dont have control over their movements to get in the car and go get more alcohol. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155766) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:17 PM Author: Rusted quadroon That’s what addiction is — lack of power (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155940) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:19 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse no its just a desire for a thing. don't over complicate it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155954) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:24 PM Author: Rusted quadroon It’s a set of competing desires (drink, not drink) where the substance always wins out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155980) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:29 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse Yeah that's clearly true and should be the basis of any further thinking about "substance" "use" "disorder" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155997) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 5:56 PM Author: Primrose zippy goal in life pervert You shld ease off (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156563) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:40 PM Author: Alcoholic awkward gas station clown the only difference is the heavy drinker who can't stop actually can stop they just lack the willpower that the heavy drinker who can stop has. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155762) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:41 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse Or they like alcohol more. Or they hate their life more.
There are simple explanations that don't hand wave at "compulsions" |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:52 PM Author: Alcoholic awkward gas station clown AA teaches them to internalize the compulsion theory (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155806) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:52 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse AA is dumb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155808) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 11:01 AM Author: black kitchen boltzmann (Naltrexone sales rep) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48158476) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:24 PM Author: Alcoholic awkward gas station clown why not the medications? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155685) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:18 PM Author: Rusted quadroon With Antabuse you just ween yourself off for a few days and with naltrexone you just drink more. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155947) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 5:01 PM Author: Aquamarine piazza messiness so if i take breaks(doing “dry january” is backwards and satanic btw) and never get worse when i start again i’m not an alcoholic? phew. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156337) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 7:21 PM Author: Heady base police squad im glad aa exists and can convince some people to stop drinking but this distinction is ridiculous.
i doubt many, if anyone, drank progressively more every single day before declaring themselves an alcoholic and never drinking again. did you? im sure before going to as you had attempts at tapering or taking a break that were somewhat successful. you certainly didn't consume more ethanol in an unbroken upward trend until you quit.
what happens when an alcoholic relpases? they don't consume the most alcohol they've ever consumed before and continue that trend until they quit again. |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:17 PM Author: well-lubricated stag film community account Jail (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155655) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:21 PM Author: Rusted quadroon Death (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155666) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:30 PM Author: sepia friendly grandma Worked for me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155713) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:00 PM Author: Self-absorbed hairraiser trust fund resort Jail I can see but supposedly there’s plenty of booze in prison. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155840) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:23 PM Author: Rusted quadroon It’s one of the most expensive things though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155976) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 6:01 PM Author: Self-absorbed hairraiser trust fund resort Some fellas have a credit card with an unlimited balance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156579) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:20 PM Author: maniacal house selfie whining about it to lawyers online (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155662) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:21 PM Author: cerebral degenerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155671) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:34 PM Author: Excitant amethyst brethren 🤨 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155730) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:54 PM Author: Painfully honest razzmatazz trailer park Part of the fun imo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155809) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:21 PM Author: Hot electric hell Mushrooms are good at wiping away any addiction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155667) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:25 PM Author: cerebral degenerate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155688) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:41 PM Author: Violet chad Meditation and shrooms stopped my moderate drinking completely. This wasn’t really the objective but happened accidentally. Improved emotional regulation and the equanimity that both tend to cultivate will diminish most desires. And yes, that’s preferable to normal existence. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155767) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:10 PM Author: maniacal house selfie should i give mushrooms to my "tweens" to settle them down
or just black market ritalin |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:19 PM Author: Painfully honest razzmatazz trailer park (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155958) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:20 PM Author: Painfully honest razzmatazz trailer park Well nothing is wrong so give them whatever you please gratis friend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155964) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:21 PM Author: Cocky tank space heroin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155669) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:33 PM Author: Ruby twisted genital piercing Ibogaine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155726) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:16 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse I'd rather see .5% of these people die and 80% of them become psychedellia cultists than see them go into AA and develop a narrow minded alcohol is poison attitude to compensate for their ruinous life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155922) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:19 PM Author: Rusted quadroon Why so mad at AA? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155953) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:20 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse it is intellectually deficient and not a coherent worldview (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155959) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:22 PM Author: Rusted quadroon So? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155969) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:30 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse So it's a cult basically (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156003) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 11:00 AM Author: onyx bull headed faggotry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48158468) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 7:22 PM Author: Heady base police squad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48160761) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 11:00 AM Author: onyx bull headed faggotry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48158472) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:45 PM Author: Painfully honest razzmatazz trailer park Have another drink On the house |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 2:46 PM Author: provocative office get addicted to something else less bad. like nicotine or caffeine.
become a fitnessmo and workout every morning. tough to do when youre hungover. |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:01 PM Author: Khaki Big Liquid Oxygen Don’t have it in the house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155852) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:03 PM Author: Painfully honest razzmatazz trailer park Have it *on* the house instead *hands you a refreshing quaff* |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:22 PM Author: Rusted quadroon From the big book of AA: Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, NEVER HAVING IT IN THE HOUSE, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums - we could increase the list ad infinitum. -p. 34 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155967) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:25 PM Author: Alcoholic awkward gas station clown so what is the solution of AA if none of those things work? attend meetings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155987) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:25 PM Author: Concupiscible dun station stain ever heard of the twelve steps? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155988) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:27 PM Author: Rusted quadroon The 12 steps are basically ego deflation, confession, restitution and service work. Plus faith in a power greater than yourself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155993) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:29 PM Author: provocative office AA is BS. most people just grow out of the addiction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156002) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:29 PM Author: mentally impaired galvanic associate Lol I tried probably 70% of those. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48155999) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 3:30 PM Author: Concupiscible dun station stain how was the switch from scotch to brandy? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156006) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 4:32 PM Author: Bespoke Church Faggot Firefighter “Alcoholism” and other addictions become problems because they take over your life. The best way to get over an addiction is to get back to a disciplined way of life where you’re focused on setting and attaining goals and other things in your life than the addiction. The worst way is to just obsess about the it and go down some hate spiral. Once you have a balanced life you don’t even want it anymore and wonder how the addiction even happened. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156221) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 4:34 PM Author: Excitant amethyst brethren What are some good goals to have (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156227) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 4:50 PM Author: Bespoke Church Faggot Firefighter Doesn’t even have to be goals, just something other than the addiction. Obsessively harping on an addiction is counterproductive. The problem with the addiction is it is taking over your life. The solution isn’t to pour even more energy into it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156288) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 12:01 PM Author: mentally impaired galvanic associate Bussy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48158748) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 4:35 PM Author: Razzle Deep Crackhouse what size are your square toed shoes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156233) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 4:52 PM Author: Laughsome Dragon Turdskin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156297) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 4:35 PM Author: zombie-like irradiated nursing home circlehead U gotta distract urself at all times for months (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156236) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 4:46 PM Author: Laughsome Dragon Turdskin get back in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156277) |
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Date: October 2nd, 2024 5:59 PM Author: Sticky Sienna Weed Whacker Marketing Idea niggerthreading (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5605275&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310684",#48156570) |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 10:59 AM Author: fuchsia tattoo field You have to decide.
Then cold turkey.
Find a new hobby. |
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Date: October 3rd, 2024 11:27 AM Author: Misunderstood site beats me
been battling it for around 15 years
have had stretches of sobriety, but i always go back
life is better, yet seems so boring, without it
my current gf is a heavy drinker, which doesn't help at all
i try to stick to light beer only, which makes the withdrawals easier to get through, but i've gained almost 20 lbs in 4 months from it
trying to go nodrink today. so far, so good after about 12 straight days of drinking & cutting down the last 2 days
need to lose the weight and get back to my exercise routine. drinking ruins both
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