the thread about nothing...

For the last couple years I have been struggling with addiction. I started drinking to much, doing pills and even dabbled with a few harder things. I was in a bad place internally and I eased my pain with drugs. During this time in my life I lost my grandpa completely unexpectedly. That just made my addictions worse. I was a mess staying drunk and or high morning to night until I passed out. I got fat from drinking and that made me even more depressed. I tricked myself into thinking i was fine because i had a good job so what i was doing wasnt bad. Ok you get the picture. I have a wonderful girlfriend that somehow stuck by my side through all of this and she is the reason I had to change. She was going to leave me.
I had to change, so I did. 
I am now 6 months clean, working out and I feel awesome.
Last week i was lying in bed trying to sleep and my mind was wondering and the movie Yes man (yes the Jim Carey movie)popped into my head. I decided to start saying YES more. I'm not taking it as extreme as in the movie but have just decided to start saying yes to more things. I HIGHLY suggest trying this. This weekend was one of the best I have had in years. Went hiking, drove up to Louisville on a whim to go shopping, eat and just enjoy the city, went to a football game and a local festival. The old me would have just sat around all weened and not done jack sheeit. Next weekend if my girlfriend can get off work we are going to go to Chicago for the weekend. I just came up with this idea yesterday but why not? Life is short so have fun and just say YES!

Point is I am the happiest I've ever been and things are only getting better. I'm high on life and it feels great.

congrats bro. im happy for you.

i am you 6 months ago except my addiction is alcohol. good to know theres hope.
 
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this mother ****** just made another one !


I think thats 3 in less than a day
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congrats bro. im happy for you.

i am you 6 months ago except my addiction is alcohol. good to know theres hope.

Thanks man.
I didn't drink much up until I turned 21. My dad was an alcoholic all my life. Never abusive, always had a great job, always there for me and is the biggest role model in my life but he drank every night. I swore I would never be like that but I ended up becoming a spitting image. The alcohol just lead to harder things and I hope you don't follow the same path.
Looking back now I did not want to change at first. It was fun until I felt like I needed it to move day to day.
I knew I was better then that. I could do better and I wanted to do better. Thankfully I didn't have to quite hit rock bottom(still have a job,some $ in the bank and a great girl)but I was damn near rock bottom. If you want to talk PM me man. I know it is hard but it gets better every day! I promise.
 
For the last couple years I have been struggling with addiction. I started drinking to much, doing pills and even dabbled with a few harder things. I was in a bad place internally and I eased my pain with drugs. During this time in my life I lost my grandpa completely unexpectedly. That just made my addictions worse. I was a mess staying drunk and or high morning to night until I passed out. I got fat from drinking and that made me even more depressed. I tricked myself into thinking i was fine because i had a good job so what i was doing wasnt bad. Ok you get the picture. I have a wonderful girlfriend that somehow stuck by my side through all of this and she is the reason I had to change. She was going to leave me.
I had to change, so I did. 
I am now 6 months clean, working out and I feel awesome.
Last week i was lying in bed trying to sleep and my mind was wondering and the movie Yes man (yes the Jim Carey movie)popped into my head. I decided to start saying YES more. I'm not taking it as extreme as in the movie but have just decided to start saying yes to more things. I HIGHLY suggest trying this. This weekend was one of the best I have had in years. Went hiking, drove up to Louisville on a whim to go shopping, eat and just enjoy the city, went to a football game and a local festival. The old me would have just sat around all weened and not done jack sheeit. Next weekend if my girlfriend can get off work we are going to go to Chicago for the weekend. I just came up with this idea yesterday but why not? Life is short so have fun and just say YES!

Point is I am the happiest I've ever been and things are only getting better. I'm high on life and it feels great.
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For the last couple years I have been struggling with addiction. I started drinking to much, doing pills and even dabbled with a few harder things. I was in a bad place internally and I eased my pain with drugs. During this time in my life I lost my grandpa completely unexpectedly. That just made my addictions worse. I was a mess staying drunk and or high morning to night until I passed out. I got fat from drinking and that made me even more depressed. I tricked myself into thinking i was fine because i had a good job so what i was doing wasnt bad. Ok you get the picture. I have a wonderful girlfriend that somehow stuck by my side through all of this and she is the reason I had to change. She was going to leave me.
I had to change, so I did. 
I am now 6 months clean, working out and I feel awesome.
Last week i was lying in bed trying to sleep and my mind was wondering and the movie Yes man (yes the Jim Carey movie)popped into my head. I decided to start saying YES more. I'm not taking it as extreme as in the movie but have just decided to start saying yes to more things. I HIGHLY suggest trying this. This weekend was one of the best I have had in years. Went hiking, drove up to Louisville on a whim to go shopping, eat and just enjoy the city, went to a football game and a local festival. The old me would have just sat around all weened and not done jack sheeit. Next weekend if my girlfriend can get off work we are going to go to Chicago for the weekend. I just came up with this idea yesterday but why not? Life is short so have fun and just say YES!

Point is I am the happiest I've ever been and things are only getting better. I'm high on life and it feels great.

Congrats bro, that is good to hear. I struggled with addiction for so long. I just got a job last week, but was sober for quite some time before that. I was on dope, drink, n pills. My Gramma passed in December, n it just compounded my struggle with alcoholism. I began popping more pills n sniffing meth. I began losing track of time n before I knew it, months had passed. It took some time, but I am completely sober now n on my way to living out my dreams. You serve as an inspiration n a n example of what can happen with the right outlook on life :smokin
 
Congrats bro, that is good to hear. I struggled with addiction for so long. I just got a job last week, but was sober for quite some time before that. I was on dope, drink, n pills. My Gramma passed in December, n it just compounded my struggle with alcoholism. I began popping more pills n sniffing meth. I began losing track of time n before I knew it, months had passed. It took some time, but I am completely sober now n on my way to living out my dreams. You serve as an inspiration n a n example of what can happen with the right outlook on life :smokin

We have damn near the same story. Same drugs I messed with, problems, deaths. You are also an inspiration my friend. I never thought meth would be something I'd ever see in my life let alone try it. It made me feel great in a bad time. I had a decent amount of $$ in the bank so I stayed high. The first time I didn't have it I layed in bed crying for no reason. Thinking my life was awful and I just wanted it to end. It could never get better. But it did. Yes I relapsed a couple times but always came back to my senses. I cleaned up with no help, no counseling and just quit cold turkey. My family doesn't even know I had any struggles, I kept everything hidden inside. The only reason my girlfriend knew about anything is because we live together and she only thinks I had a drinking problem. She doesn't know about the pills and dope. That's my deep dark secret. This is the first time I've ever told anyone about the dope. It feels nice to get it out.
I am proud of myself, I can say I did this by myself and nobody can take that away from me.
There is always light at the end of the tunnel. It may be dim or you might not even be able to see it but it's there. I know from experience.
 
Bird flew right at my front door window while I was looking at it. **** was kinda weird, that never happened before
 
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I wonder what would happen if there were no "official" threads.


The pace of general would pick up 10 fold.


People think TAN is the reason General is slow, but it's the compartmentalization that's slowing it down. Instead of posting new threads, people keep bumping "OFFICIAL" or "APPRECIATION" threads and new individual threads die out in a matter of hours.
 
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Well, went up to my supervisor and blatantly asked "Whens my last day here?" He told me he'd get back to me on that before the day was over with, lo and behold at around 3:30 he comes to my position and hands me the letter. I could tell he felt bad handing me that letter, even in his voice since he really didn't want to have to let me go. Criticized the new company that bought us and their policies, but it is what it is. Came home and the first thing I did was ask my cousin the deal with this new job, he told me they hold classes periodically throughout the year (just so happens that they hold one in October, and my last day of work is 9/28/2014 :hat). Can't front, this job taught me how to really communicate with people, and be assertive when enforcing safety procedures, etc. 10.50 an hour and AC here I come :evil
 
Well, went up to my supervisor and blatantly asked "Whens my last day here?" He told me he'd get back to me on that before the day was over with, lo and behold at around 3:30 he comes to my position and hands me the letter. I could tell he felt bad handing me that letter, even in his voice since he really didn't want to have to let me go. Criticized the new company that bought us and their policies, but it is what it is. Came home and the first thing I did was ask my cousin the deal with this new job, he told me they hold classes periodically throughout the year (just so happens that they hold one in October, and my last day of work is 9/28/2014
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). Can't front, this job taught me how to really communicate with people, and be assertive when enforcing safety procedures, etc. 10.50 an hour and AC here I come
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flourish young one
 
Well, went up to my supervisor and blatantly asked "Whens my last day here?" He told me he'd get back to me on that before the day was over with, lo and behold at around 3:30 he comes to my position and hands me the letter. I could tell he felt bad handing me that letter, even in his voice since he really didn't want to have to let me go. Criticized the new company that bought us and their policies, but it is what it is. Came home and the first thing I did was ask my cousin the deal with this new job, he told me they hold classes periodically throughout the year (just so happens that they hold one in October, and my last day of work is 9/28/2014 :hat ). Can't front, this job taught me how to really communicate with people, and be assertive when enforcing safety procedures, etc. 10.50 an hour and AC here I come :evil
flourish young one
Doing my best. Also on the female situation, she's talking marriage, instantly :lol & I know the ending will not be pretty between the two of them. Basically gonna coast, sit back and watch it all crumble.
 
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Well, went up to my supervisor and blatantly asked "Whens my last day here?" He told me he'd get back to me on that before the day was over with, lo and behold at around 3:30 he comes to my position and hands me the letter. I could tell he felt bad handing me that letter, even in his voice since he really didn't want to have to let me go. Criticized the new company that bought us and their policies, but it is what it is. Came home and the first thing I did was ask my cousin the deal with this new job, he told me they hold classes periodically throughout the year (just so happens that they hold one in October, and my last day of work is 9/28/2014
pimp.gif
). Can't front, this job taught me how to really communicate with people, and be assertive when enforcing safety procedures, etc. 10.50 an hour and AC here I come
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flourish young one
Doing my best. Also on the female situation, she's talking marriage, instantly
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& I know the ending will not be pretty between the two of them. Basically gonna coast, sit back and watch it all crumble.
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I'm not surprised.

All you have to do is read dudes replies and attitude toward women and you know these dudes ain't never held hands before.

one of my favorite things about this site is how completely oblivious some of these ****** are :lol
 
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