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[StuckinLA]

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Thanks Sam.

Clipped, yeah this forum is pretty good for what you're looking for. There's also Baclofen for Alcoholism and Other Addictions - Baclofen for Alcoholism and Other Addictions

[StuckinLA]

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Clipped Wings;1555531 wrote: Everyday of my life is built around alcohol ie: exercising, relaxing, romance, socializing and any other activity I engage in.

P.S. Sounds like you're doing great, though. Everyday my life was built around just drinking.

[Juan BH]

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There is no "e" in O'douls. This has been bothering me for some time now. I had to say something.:nutso:

[spacebebe01]

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Okay thanks for letting me know what it is, knowing stuck though it could have meant anything

[StuckinLA]

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Peeeeeeeeeeps. What's up? I am bored out my damned mind right now, just realized it's Sunday, didn't watch any football today, and cleaned my whole apartment. That part was OK, but the problem is in an effort to make better use of my time I packed away my Xbox like deep in my closet, back there in parts I may never see again until I move out of here. So now WTF am I supposed to do?

There's like 3 shows I want to watch on Netflix, but I'm too unmotivated and not sure I can commit to anything requiring as much attention as TV. Sucks. Haven't heard from my one friend since she sent naughty picture messages and sexy-time texted me 2 days ago, and the other friend I slept with in August, I Skyped with her until she fell asleep and that was great but now, well, now she's asleep so that does me no good whatsoever.

NA-beer is fun and all, but I've already downed like 5 of them and still feel sober, which is unfortunate--I must be building a tolerance or something... And Henry Rollins is annoying me a little on the radio. It feels like every day is like this. Ugh. What on earth do people do for kicks around here?

[spacebebe01]

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Arrg I just typed out a whole post to you and lost it because of this crap brand new laptop Im now stuck with because the shop wont change it.

I cant say it all again but know that it was super great, funny, charming and flattering.

I don't have any answers Im probably one of the worst people for that on here as I don't even work. One thing that I do think tho is do you have to have sex with all your friends, maybe try one that you don't fancy and you don't know where that might lead. As for things to do surely there must be something going on, you live in LA for fucks sake. Maybe I only see the tv version of it and the real version is different, tell me about it Id love that. Have you ever been horse riding, its good fun, outdoors healthy and a pretty exciting when you get better at it.

Why have you put the x box away, and why didn't you watch the football. Full marks tho on the cleaning Im still not getting there on that one.

Is this just a Sunday thing, if so its easier to do something about it than a whole life thing. Im starting to get up earlier, not having to rush does get the day off to a better start. Also I try to have a shower, even if Im not going out, that's also helps me feel better and I then feel like going out even if I didn't intend to.

Im in the same boat stuck so maybe we could do one of those 30 day challenge things tha I see on here, I don't know what, eating more healthy, taking some exercise, I cant run tho so if you like you can go for a run and I will go for a walk, every day for 30 days. Something like that if you feel like it and we can see where we are at the end of it.

You are amazing, I couldn't believe the way you where struggling so much with the drink then just stopped and stayed stopped. I know its tough now and its the place I always fall over, I seem to have a 6 month thing, Im ok for the first 6 months then start wanting to drink again so I know its time to change all that and change my lifestyle more, don't forget the baby steps that make the big difference in the end tho.

Let me know about the challenge, it doesn't have to be the running it can be anything you want, well with exceptions you do have some very different hobbies than me so I don't want to take up having sex every day, you are on your own with that one (well hopefully not literally) but its always an idea for you.

space x

[spacebebe01]

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Me again, I just read something on holistic,(yes I am venturing out of the meds threads to holistic a bit nowadays, and I have found something called the 5 Tibetans, its 5 yoga excercises to do every morning, do you fancy joining me for 10 minutes a day for 30 days. I intend to start today although it will have to be a bit later on as Ive just eaten a bacon sandwich. (Ive yet to start on the healthy eating properly).

[StuckinLA]

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Space you crack me up and are always charming.

Sure, I'll do yoga with you in the mornings. 30 days. Sign me up.

And I'll take one of those bacon sandwiches, too, while we're at it.

[spiritwolf333]

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Bacon sandwich with mayo and early am fries? Lol.

[spacebebe01]

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Ok then its a date, check out the 5 Tibetans on you tube, do that then the yummy bacon sandwich, do you like tomato sauce, not mayo for me tho. Each to there own I say, lets be democratic about the bacon, you could even have it Panini style. BLT you name it I will cook it for you, I will have to find out about super super speedy delivery tho, going to google it now:H

ps, is concord still going??

pps, I seriously started the yoga today, 10 minutes, don't worry if your not good and bendy Im pathetic but trying my best.

[spacebebe01]

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I am keeping my eye on you stuck, do not think that you can get out of the yoga just by not posting on here, I will seek you out and find you, then I will have to punish you. Ummm what method will I choose

space x

[StuckinLA]

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Hello Space, I've posted on the topa thread so the yoga punishment can be over there. :b&d:

Well so not much going on here, or at least it doesn't feel like much going on. Those may not be the same thing. I've gotten into a pretty good routine of writing in the mornings, and then usually wasting most of the rest of the day while getting only a little bit of reading done. So I definitely need to work more and work harder, but in terms of small steps I'm doing pretty well, I think. And even though I need to turn in 30 pages at the end of the month that I haven't even started on, I'm (at least right now) pretty confident that I should be able to make it all work out, somehow.

Night panics are in full swing the past week or so, which is kind of bullsh*t and annoying, but I think I can fairly rule out social anxiety more or less. Sure, I feel pretty awkward and self-conscious most of the time, but I am a charming, witty motherf**ker. Take today, for example, when I went to happy hour and then for a coffee with this school friend who I used to sleep with once in a drunken-while. Had you been there, you wouldn't've believed how funny and charming and awesome I was. And then later with the bartender, the same thing: my wit and amazing conversation-skills were so killer. I rock sober.

OK anyway, I think I might really like this girl from back home. Not sure why, exactly. I mean, I kind of know why--she's cool. She watches football and tailgates hard and plays video games, and is not a girly-girl but I'm totally going to dress her up in lingerie before Christmas. She's fun to hang out with and curses like a sailor, and we've been good friends--though not all that close--for over a decade. And suddenly after sex just one time things got all switched up in my head and I don't know any more, it's like there are feelings n' whatnot and I want to like date her or something.

This is most likely very bad. I'm a rebound for her and for me she's sex in new-sobriety. It's not going to go well. But like they say in Pirates of the Caribbean: "Take what you can." Or something like that. Maybe they weren't meaning that as relationship advice. Whatevs, right?

[StuckinLA]

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T-minus 7 days to the major first chapter f**k-*ss deadline and I am no longer confident this is all going to work out OK. I have written 4 crap pages out of what's supposed to be 30, I'm staring at hundreds of pages of research that only points to hundreds more pages I haven't even looked at yet, and there is just no way to wrap my head around what all is supposed to happen between now and next Monday.

Let's not bullsh*t, I've accomplished more in the last 4 1/2 months of sobriety than I have in the last 2 or so years here. In terms of writing, I've probably produced somewhere around 100 pages of various things (none of which are done, granted, but still), and have gotten into a routine where I know I can continue to produce pages. But holy God in Heaven above, I pray to you, Higher Power, to finally once and for all make me the instrument of your Will, just so long as your almighty Will is that this wretched chapter draft be done by next week. 'Cause I don't know how the Christ this is going to happen otherwise.

Um, anybody else feel that way?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyhaTQseKTQ

[treetops]

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Stuck - I know where you are at with the writing frustration. Just keep at it and even if it's not perfect get it done. Procrastination is the writer's enemy. Whatever being AF is the best thing for this. When I first quit this last time 11 and a half mths ago I thought I would never write again and that I was condemned to the creative desert. That's not proved to be so at all. AL may give writers temporary energy and buzzes but as you know often what's written is indulgent crap.
No one ever claimed that writing a thesis is easy. It's one of the most lonely, boring and frustrating things you can do. But do it you will. It's worth it.
And it's only the beginning....

[skullbabyland]

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Good luck, mate- you've got a big task ahead of you for sure. I don't have any advice to share that you wouldn't know already. I'm sure you're fully capable of getting it done in such a short time, but however far you get or don't get, it's good that you recognize that you've accomplished something far more valuable-- so much sober time. Keep that up, and all the rest of the good things will surely follow.