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DNKYD
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Sober October
#18900235 - 09/27/13 07:36 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Sober October is a personal challenge to, obviously, stay sober for the entire month of October. If I like the way things go I may extend it for an indefinite period of time. No cigarettes, no caffeine, no booze, no cannabis.
After smoking about a pack to a pack and a half a day for the past 6 years, I finally quit cigarettes. It feels fucking phenomenal. It has only been about 2 weeks but I know this is it, I will never smoke a cigarette again. The thought of it disgusts me.
Caffeine is a tough one. I haven't been without a cup of coffee (but usually 3-4) a day for the past 10-11 years. I have been slowly tapering that down over the past week, replacing coffee with tea (caffeinated and non). Minor headaches throughout the week, but so far so good.
Booze isn't that hard, as I had already stopped my drinking habit of 2 handles of whiskey a week. I enjoy the occasional beer or Scotch, but its not something I'll miss for a month.
Cannabis isn't too hard either. The longest break from daily smoking I've had in the past 10 years was 2 weeks when I had to move to St. Louis for work and lived in hotel. Didn't take long to find the green with a head full of dreadlocks. At one point in my life I would have shuddered at the thought of not being able to toke up after work, or wake and bake on the weekends. For some reason it doesn't bother me now.
The only exception I am allowing is psychedelics. I see psychedelics as a tool rather than a destructive toxin or impediment to normal daily functions. Besides, I rarely take them and I just found a nice connect for Lucy. I'm dropping this weekend anyways so I don't think this will be an issue for the rest of the month.
This personal challenge is part of a greater plan that is moving my life in a more positive, productive direction. I will never fully turn my back on cannabis, but I realize right now is not the time in my life to be indulging.
As of Tuesday I will be free of all of these chemical amusements for the entire 31 days of October.
Discuss if you wish. I felt the need to get this out in writing after talking with a few people about it.
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st1llnox
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Re: Sober October [Re: DNKYD]
#18900249 - 09/27/13 07:38 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Why don't you not do psychedelics too and then Jedi flip to celebrate 30 days?
Be careful... a lot of people get super smart when sober. Watch out.
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Sham87
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Re: Sober October [Re: DNKYD]
#18900254 - 09/27/13 07:39 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Good luck man and stay strong! I would join you but my birthday is right in the middle.
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GreySatyr
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Re: Sober October [Re: Sham87]
#18900400 - 09/27/13 08:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Lol, super smart sober, huh?
Anyways, I will also be sober excluding caffeine. So I won't be completely sober.
-------------------- ...also, go to hell, huh?
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Enjoywho
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Wait what??
Halloween is in October no way!!
-------------------- "I don't give nothin' to nobody, I just pay the cost to do business." - Riley "Young Reezy"-Boondocks "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." "In the days of kings and queens I was a jester." "And then the great lord created bears... too many bears... shoulda really dialed back on the bears." Squidbillies "Can you start speaking words instead of your damn filthy lies!"- Louise "Bobs Burgers"
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st1llnox
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Quote:
GreyMorph said: Lol, super smart sober, huh?
Anyways, I will also be sober excluding caffeine. So I won't be completely sober.
Dude, you wouldn't/won't believe the difference it can make.
2 weeks into rehab and I was like WHOA. And they were like WHOA. And DNKYD was like WHOA!
Makes a big difference, especially with alcohol and weed.
Good luck on your sober-flavored month! You gun get smart yo!
-------------------- Back, bitches. st1lln0x: so i'm on weed, temazepam, adderall, dexedrine, dxm, dph, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, tryptophan, GABA, and kratom Cavemen_savemen: st1lln0x, do you feel like a robot yet? st1lln0x: I feel like a fucking Gundam Click to friend me on Steam for Counter-Strike
IS LIFE SKULLFUCKING YOU!? HAVE SOME FREE MORALE! Click if you want to feel you alone can do it! Click if you want to feel confident and beastly! Click if you want courage to let go and move on! And click the message if you need someone to talk to -- I'll understand, even if we "hate" each other on here
  
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GreySatyr
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Re: Sober October [Re: st1llnox]
#18900612 - 09/27/13 08:48 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well I've been sober since june and I know what you mean. (Sorta)
It's a different kind of smartness, I guess.
-------------------- ...also, go to hell, huh?
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Scarab74
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Re: Sober October [Re: Enjoywho]
#18900643 - 09/27/13 08:56 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
Enjoywho said: Wait what??
Halloween is in October no way!!
Agreed.
We're more likely to do Sober Mid-September to late-October to slim down for Halloween. After all, we celebrate Halloween for two weeks each year.
Good luck, OP!
-------------------- ~Scarab74 We are such stuff as dreams are made of. W. Shakespeare - The Tempest
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Sheekle
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Re: Sober October [Re: Scarab74]
#18900652 - 09/27/13 08:58 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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hi scarab74 ur so cool and awesome
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Scarab74
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Re: Sober October [Re: Sheekle]
#18900662 - 09/27/13 09:00 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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 Love you more!
-------------------- ~Scarab74 We are such stuff as dreams are made of. W. Shakespeare - The Tempest
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something super extreme
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Re: Sober October [Re: DNKYD] 1
#18900674 - 09/27/13 09:02 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah, fuck that noise.
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st1llnox
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GreyMorph said: Well I've been sober since june and I know what you mean. (Sorta)
It's a different kind of smartness, I guess.
Yeah man... it's a clarity more than anything.
Grats on the sobrietyness.
-------------------- Back, bitches. st1lln0x: so i'm on weed, temazepam, adderall, dexedrine, dxm, dph, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, tryptophan, GABA, and kratom Cavemen_savemen: st1lln0x, do you feel like a robot yet? st1lln0x: I feel like a fucking Gundam Click to friend me on Steam for Counter-Strike
IS LIFE SKULLFUCKING YOU!? HAVE SOME FREE MORALE! Click if you want to feel you alone can do it! Click if you want to feel confident and beastly! Click if you want courage to let go and move on! And click the message if you need someone to talk to -- I'll understand, even if we "hate" each other on here
  
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Gumby
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Re: Sober October [Re: DNKYD]
#18900755 - 09/27/13 09:21 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm down. I probably won't stop drinking 3-4 beer at a bar, because its a very social thing for me and it's where I meet up with most of my friends to bullshit after work. But I'll vow to quit drinking at home and stop smoking. I definitely have been drinking way too much lately so imma do this. No more drinking outside of social drinking and no more smoking once October starts.
I accept your challenge.
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jewunit
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Re: Sober October [Re: Gumby]
#18900772 - 09/27/13 09:24 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You sorta accept the challenge. Don't forget, no meth either.
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Gumby
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Re: Sober October [Re: jewunit]
#18900777 - 09/27/13 09:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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God damnit jewunit, meth was a one time thing.
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Enjoywho
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Re: Sober October [Re: Gumby]
#18900804 - 09/27/13 09:31 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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A likely story.
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Gumby
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Re: Sober October [Re: Enjoywho]
#18900815 - 09/27/13 09:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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You're all a bunch of fuckers, the whole lot of you.
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Enjoywho
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Re: Sober October [Re: Gumby]
#18900825 - 09/27/13 09:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Thats exactly what I'd expect from someone on meth. Tsk tsk. What are we to do with you Gumby?
-------------------- "I don't give nothin' to nobody, I just pay the cost to do business." - Riley "Young Reezy"-Boondocks "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." "In the days of kings and queens I was a jester." "And then the great lord created bears... too many bears... shoulda really dialed back on the bears." Squidbillies "Can you start speaking words instead of your damn filthy lies!"- Louise "Bobs Burgers"
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Gumby
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Re: Sober October [Re: Enjoywho]
#18900834 - 09/27/13 09:36 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Rehab, probably. Make sure it's one of those luxury places with iguanas and palm trees and shit.
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Enjoywho
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Re: Sober October [Re: Gumby]
#18900839 - 09/27/13 09:37 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hmm. I dunno I dont much trust iguanas. They sellin you dime bags?!?!?
-------------------- "I don't give nothin' to nobody, I just pay the cost to do business." - Riley "Young Reezy"-Boondocks "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." "In the days of kings and queens I was a jester." "And then the great lord created bears... too many bears... shoulda really dialed back on the bears." Squidbillies "Can you start speaking words instead of your damn filthy lies!"- Louise "Bobs Burgers"
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