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psi
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peace of mind 1 said: I'm great! I'm in recovery now, over 4 years. No more drugs for me. I had gotten into a bad heroin addiction and stopped posting back then, followed by arrests, homelessness and all sorts of great shit. I was like, 23 when we used to post all the time.
Fast forward to now, I am 32, sober, a supervisor in a drug and alcohol treatment facility, engaged to a great woman and have an 8 month old son.
Bet nobody would have ever thought 
That's awesome man!
I went through a transformation as well, got this job in June and prior to that I hadn't had one in 4 years, a fair amount of which I didn't leave the house very much. I really feel like I was in the right place at the right time. My commute is like 12 minutes and I work at a production facility that supplies mushroom blocks to the rest of the company, with two other full timers one of whom is my boss. The guy I spent time with today made a ton of money on this software related startup a while back and I think he had a lot to do with attracting other venture capital to the mushroom company. So there is a big chunk of money to fuel this big expansion and I got in with the company quite early.
I never actually grew mushrooms before this. I read a couple Paul Stamets books back in the day though.
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: psi] 1
#28546704 - 11/17/23 03:53 PM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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12 minute commute is sweet, last job I had it was a 10 minute walk from my friends house, so I stayed at her place during the week and walked to work
Right now the perfect job for me would be like 10 hours a week and a 10 minute walk, I dont really need to much money I grift dissability, and while I have a RDSP I'm maxing that out, so far I have 20k in it because my psychiatrist was a saint and back dated my dissability tax credit 10 years so I started with 10k in my RDSP cause they give you 1k every year
And I put in the max this year, $3500 which the government matches x3, so thats another $10,500 in, I put $292 a month for the $3500 total
The only thing that sucks is I can't touch it till I'm 60 I think or maybe 70 I forget
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Peace of Mind 1
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: psi] 1
#28546728 - 11/17/23 04:10 PM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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peace of mind 1 said: I'm great! I'm in recovery now, over 4 years. No more drugs for me. I had gotten into a bad heroin addiction and stopped posting back then, followed by arrests, homelessness and all sorts of great shit. I was like, 23 when we used to post all the time.
Fast forward to now, I am 32, sober, a supervisor in a drug and alcohol treatment facility, engaged to a great woman and have an 8 month old son.
Bet nobody would have ever thought 
That's awesome man!
I went through a transformation as well, got this job in June and prior to that I hadn't had one in 4 years, a fair amount of which I didn't leave the house very much. I really feel like I was in the right place at the right time. My commute is like 12 minutes and I work at a production facility that supplies mushroom blocks to the rest of the company, with two other full timers one of whom is my boss. The guy I spent time with today made a ton of money on this software related startup a while back and I think he had a lot to do with attracting other venture capital to the mushroom company. So there is a big chunk of money to fuel this big expansion and I got in with the company quite early.
I never actually grew mushrooms before this. I read a couple Paul Stamets books back in the day though.
That's great man! Good to see life has been kind to most of us. Maybe the trip wasn't easy, but the destination seems as though it was worth it.
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Welcome back. Pom! Doubt you remember me, we crossed paths a few times, and was briefly friends with her. Yah.
It bothers me a lot when prominent posters just go MIA. Feel like nobody notices they're just lost to the ether.
Quick side note, related. In grade school there was a new girl who joined in 4th grade. She smelled, she did- could have been a medical condition but 4th-6th graders are fvking brutal.. due to being a kid, and peer pressure, we were friends on the bus only, and even when my 'BFFs' was ruthlessly bullying this poor girl, i never joined but didn’t stop it, either.
That guilt is why she crosses my mind every now and then. But she vanished, just like she did, after leaving middle school.
The other day I had enough and did some sleuthing, as she is also not on social media. Found the linked in though, its her all right. She has become an accomplished lawyer and is married.
Point being, I like to think those sudden ghosts got real and got out of the hole- as you did- because you were technically an MIA i refer to.
Am so happy to hear you managed to turn that train around. IMO one of the biggest tests of the soul- and used it to fuel a passion for helping people in similar situation.
Good on you, and my most sincere congratulations on having a family!
Hope to see you around. Its slower but a lot of vets are still here.
 Song of Recovery, indeed- one of my jams. For some reason i feel like you listen(ed) to metal, but the words strike true. Maybe YOU remember the ashat that was obsessed with twiddle
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Edited by birdeatingspider (11/18/23 09:52 AM)
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Peace of Mind 1
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I do vaguely remember seeing your name on the forum a while back. Good to hear from you again! We are all older now, so i suppose in most cases, old members matured, and just over time strayed away from the boards gradually. Maybe its having families, busy jobs etc... who knows? But times have changed and I guess it feels like so much less time than it has actually been that makes me feel like it was just yesterday we were all together on here laughing and joking with each other.
Then I remember, it's been 10 years. As I said, some probably grew up and into other things, and hey, with the rise of fentanyl in ALL drugs, a lot are probably sadly no longer with us.
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And I csnt recall who was obsessed with twiddle but I certainly remember that band being spoken about lol.
And yes, i was into metal along with just about any genre. I was a big dead head those years ago.
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You should revive that. Dead never dies Have a feeling it could translate into some of your work- still have the controversial GD Thread stickied. Maybe we will seeya some time.
Best Wishes- hearing of your success is inspiring, and offers hope. For real.. there have been a few epic comebacks by members, recently. Following along not only gets me out of my head , but makes me question, 'am i really too far gone?'
Yes, we are older, but moreso vintage. Have seen a lot over the years.. The same patterns and similar, relatable stories that through empathy, tapping into your 20's only as deep as comfort allows, can generate a voice of understanding and some truth that will be of most substance.
If you ask me, older members are the glue that keep this community what it is, for as long as its been.
So wouldn't it be grand if there were more been there, done that vets, who could interject some voice of reason to those too young, dumb, or self destructive to understand basic physics.
Even if the person at play brushes off what you say- there is always another lurker who.. whether at present or one day might find that thread and get something out of it.
Its been on my mind a lot, considering we are technically a harm reduction site. As I mentioned in another thread, drugs and mental illness go hand and hand. It's important to have a presence of people familiar and personally invested in this site- who have been the clowns decades before, and know exactly whats up. Because when the line is crossed and medical intervention is needed, someone in the know should be there to call it out.
IMO/IME, the most effective therapy is facilitated by someone who can personally relate, remember, and offer genuine support.
Guess thats the job of the mods. I feel some of the subs aren't even being glanced at. TL;dr There's work to be done everywhere, but I do see concerning things on here sometimes that are not dealt with.
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Welcome back : )
Woak up early and road my bicycle around everywhere so far today for hours. Feels so good and free
I found 4 really big ships on the river. They pass by everday
Edited by Purple sunset (11/18/23 12:58 PM)
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Peace of Mind 1
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birdeatingspider said: So wouldn't it be grand if there were more been there, done that vets, who could interject some voice of reason to those too young, dumb, or self destructive to understand basic physics.
I appreciate and agree whole heartedly with your sentiment and thank you for the kind words!
Answering the quoted text: I think what is so cool about this, is the fact that they can "see" how dumb we were by simply going into our post history. That's the beauty of it. Younger members can easily go back into my posts and see what a cynical, childish drug addict junkie I was. My main threads and posts were mostly "tripping tonight" "fucked up on molly and xanax" "puking on heroin" "ramblings of a kid strung out on cocaine and xanax up for days spilling my life story embarrassing myself" "smoking weed" etc... It's all I did. I was hardly ever, if ever at all sober when I'd post on this forum, and I posted A LOT. That tells you everything.
Most times I posted I was tripping, strung out on cocaine and heroin, xanax and whatever else. So I hope someone younger, who is just like me when I was younger sees this and can relate and maybe find some sort of hope and light at the end of the tunnel.
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: gopher] 3
#28551846 - 11/21/23 05:21 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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Sitting in a sports bar high, about to be eating food. Just ordered some Carne Asade fries and fried mozzarella.
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Wanting to blow up the royal canadian mint right now
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: gopher] 2
#28551894 - 11/21/23 06:06 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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Hi all 
Yall gearing up for dat American Thanksgiving *what what*? gonna get my roast on
Just over here taking dabs and prepping agar.
A bud of mine just had his homemade sterilizer explode on him and is in the ER. Wild shit. Alive but really fucked up from it. It’s one thing to push boundaries generally speaking, but it’s another thing to do that with steam and pressure
Hope all is well in shroomery land  
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psi
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: Psicomb]
#28551918 - 11/21/23 06:27 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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Shit that's crazy. Yeah some things it's better not to DIY. So was this using pressure cooker/autoclave like pressure levels?
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: psi]
#28551945 - 11/21/23 06:48 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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Yeah man, as far as I remember he tried to have it go to 15 psi like a regular PC, but as a 55 gal drum or something insane. He sent me a pic a while back; I’ll see if I saved it and can dig it up.
The guy is a maniac. I told him this was gonna happen but he was convinced his welding skillz would save the day. I doubt this will stop him from trying something like this again.
Glad he’s alive. His kid was around during all this shit. thank god the cops didn’t come; he apparently got driven to the ER. Hes trauma burn unit currently. Really bad situation and also totally preventable. It’s crazy how a little err can cause such a catastrophic situation. He’d been using it for a year or more at this point I think.
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Edited by Psicomb (11/21/23 07:00 PM)
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gopher
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: Psicomb] 1
#28551975 - 11/21/23 07:10 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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Its like the ocean gate sub, it worked for a while, but then it didnt, dont fuck with pressure
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: gopher]
#28552016 - 11/21/23 07:46 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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Probably didn’t have a pressure release valve. Could have used one from an old water heater or something
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Psicomb


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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: koods]
#28552047 - 11/21/23 08:03 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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I really wish I could find the pic he sent me after he made it. I kept deleting his messages cuz dude is sketch and I avoid thinking about him for my own sanity.
I think he tried to do a pressure release valve tbh, but who knows where it went wrong. Dude could’ve welded it shut for all I know. That shit went to like 20psi.
Word is the lid blew off and the whole thing kinda exploded when he was leaned over it, probably fuckin with it a lil, and he got steam burns all over his face and body
This is all word of mouth; I avoid the dude like the plague. We go way back and the guy has been a non stop stressor in my life and once he started cultivating years ago after he knew I got into it I stopped chilling and talking to him cuz he would inevitably get me killed or arrested
I need a dab
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Re: EMC/MDC/LNC SUPER MEGA THREAD [Re: Psicomb]
#28552066 - 11/21/23 08:13 PM (2 months, 5 days ago) |
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The problem with containing any boiling liquid is if the pressure is suddenly released, the boiling point drops instantly and you suddenly have water that is significantly hotter than the boiling point and it flash boils. This is how geysers work.
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