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I didn’t do a good job explaining how i feel but i dont want to 

Actually I’m gonna take my dog for a walk 

The new avatar has potential, but really needs a good cropping if it's to showcase it's strengths at this scale. It's otherwise too big, so the resize hides most of it (feel free to use them, the links for each can be clicked for): 

god dammit I didn't take my meds again last night lol 

I keep falling asleep without taking them and then boom it's the next day 

edit: I took them a while ago and god they start kicking in and making me so damn tired 

like I can actually feel my eyes starting to droop and my posture changing as I change internally and my mind goes quiet 

it's really interesting. I go from like super alert to like, asleep 

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i rlly needed to take them because the hyper ness just gets worse and worse and its not like a beneficial energy its an insane and unfocused energy 

I don’t enjloy it either its like torture cuz I genuinely cant calm down.

and a lot of bad things can result of not taking them, but this time what was cropping up was the ocd weirdness 

like as a result of my hyper ness and inability to focus i cant stop doing weird things over and over and over and like, the shit i am focused on in my mind is way off from what i normally would be thinking about and focused on 

I’m glad the meds work tho so i can be normal 

but yeah i caved and took them pretty fast because the repetitious behavior was actually driving me fucking insane. 

I guess if you prefer the avatar like that, then, it just seems worse to me when it's all big like that. 

Very interesting

Turncoat said: 

Sug Reveal of Tryp Behind The Scenes: 1, 2, 3 Edit: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (Tryp wtf dude?)

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The way Tryp treats his 'sisters' is  bordering on  incestuous Edit: and unapologetically doubling down and trying to cover in really sloppy gaslight what the fuck gross how many people has he done this at? 

This is most definitely an expression of pain. 

It was a very sloppy cover up for sure. 

Say Yes to Your Life: Daily Meditations for Alcoholics and Addicts https://www.amazon.com/dp/0757307647/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_KjI.EbF6QCWCD 

"We are none of us infallible-not even the youngest among us." - W. H. Thompson 

When I was younger, I did not want to listen to older people because I felt they did not understand me.Through hindsight, I realize I did not want to hear what they were saying about my lifestyle. Now that I am a mature adult with some time in sobriety, I must avoid having the same attitude toward the young-that is, not listening to them because I think they are too young or do not understand! I must not repeat, in reverse, yesterday's mistakes! None of us is infallible.We are not God.We can learn from each other if we have the patience to listen. Often, I need to seek the meaning behind the words. High power, teach me to listen with the ear of understanding and patience. 

Checking in with Other Members

Beyond Belief: Agnostic Musings for 12 Step Life, July 2

"If you have to talk to more than three people about the same problem, you don't want help, you want attention." - Heard around the rooms

Checking in with other members is a key to mitigating stinking thinking. Ideas sound different when we say them out loud. In some fellowship circles, this is called "getting current." More often than not, we determine our best course of action just by hearing ourselves articulate the problem out loud. It feels good to relieve the tension. "A problem shared is a problem halved" is a reminder given at the end of some meetings, encouraging newcomers to talk to someone. Sometimes, someone we never suspected would be helpful to us has a relevant experience that gives us insight.

Lone wolves who get to meetings just as they start and dart away the moment they end can expand their comfort zones by finding running mates in the rooms. Like us, they are going to meetings, focusing on getting well and learning sober strategies for living. It's good to be authentic with these people. Engaging with the fellowship helps many of us get and stay clean and sober.

Today's quip reminds us that sharing a problem doesn't solve the problem - it just relieves the tension. We should be honest with ourselves about why we are opening our mouths. Do we want to understand, solve a problem, self-justify, elicit sympathy or hear ourselves talk? sharing is one tool in the recovery toolbox. There is also Step work and/or therapy, reading, solitary time, journaling and/or meditating. Some of us love to share and some of us don't. Some of us can grow by passing once in a while, even when we have an urge to be heard; sharing the time is a form of sharing, too. For some of us, learning to be vulnerable by letting others know us better helps us feel worthy. Those of us who are reluctant to speak up can remember that we never know who we might help by sharing.

What does "living in the solution" mean to me when it comes to sharing with others?