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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • I didn’t want to elaborate originally because this is a meme community after all, but one of the biggest things I will say is that being gripped with alcoholism truly felt like living life as a stunted person in arrested development. Between the constant drunk/hangover cycle, the depression and anxiety, and just the general shame it felt impossible to maintain the consistency necessary to truly grow as a person.

    I was very aware of how problematic my behavior was from the beginning, but that didn’t make it any easier. My father died in a sudden accident a month or two after my 21st and alcohol was my coping mechanism. It sucks to feel like I now have to refigure out who I am in my 30’s and reconcile with all the lost time, but today is always better than never.

    Glad to hear you successfully made it to this point as well ☺️




  • Speaking from a US cultural standpoint, most people don’t do this though. Because of this if someone asks “how are you doing?,” there is a script that runs in my brain that just translates it to mean “Hello.”

    There’s nothing more soul crushing than showing emotional vulnerability and then promptly being told you’re a burden and have misinterpreted abstract social signals. Always better to just…not 🤷