Sober October
HughFreakingDillon
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so I know this is a bit late, but I started this about a week ago (slightly earlier than Oct 1). the first I heard of it (expecting collective groan) was through Joe Rogan. He and 3 of his comic buddies do it every year, although Joe is the only one participating this year (the other 3 say 2020 is too fucked up not to be fucked up). But I'm giving it a go. My first weekend was weird.
there's a song by the Headstones called Smile & Wave, with lyrics that go like this:
Billy's got a PHD and Sara she's a teacher
they love to rock n roll and blow their brains out on the weekend,
together they have built a world, a lot of it is real,
we are here to ease them through the parts they can't conceal
I smile and wave
Billy and Sara are actually real people, friends of the band from way back. I relate to the first two lines in a big way. So back to my first weekend. it's odd. Usually I like to get a buzz on and it acts as sort of a "reset" for me that the week is done and on to a new one. This weekend just felt like any other day of the week, except i wasn't sitting at a desk all day. no hangovers, no drinking, no drugs. not even a beer. just a goddamn tasteless near beer. but whatever. my wife asked me if I wanted some no alcohol wine for canadian thanksgiving. i've tried that shit before. it's like gross apple juice. no thanks. i'll stick to water. or gravy.
anyway, if anyone else is into this, feel free to start now we're only 6 days in.
there's a song by the Headstones called Smile & Wave, with lyrics that go like this:
Billy's got a PHD and Sara she's a teacher
they love to rock n roll and blow their brains out on the weekend,
together they have built a world, a lot of it is real,
we are here to ease them through the parts they can't conceal
I smile and wave
Billy and Sara are actually real people, friends of the band from way back. I relate to the first two lines in a big way. So back to my first weekend. it's odd. Usually I like to get a buzz on and it acts as sort of a "reset" for me that the week is done and on to a new one. This weekend just felt like any other day of the week, except i wasn't sitting at a desk all day. no hangovers, no drinking, no drugs. not even a beer. just a goddamn tasteless near beer. but whatever. my wife asked me if I wanted some no alcohol wine for canadian thanksgiving. i've tried that shit before. it's like gross apple juice. no thanks. i'll stick to water. or gravy.
anyway, if anyone else is into this, feel free to start now we're only 6 days in.
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I did September. Lapsed a few times, but overall I lost 8 pounds and feel better than I have in a long time....good luck.0
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Been doing that for over two years. Ha.
Weed saves my sanity and helps my body in lieu of pills. Not giving that up.0 -
Good on ya!
Have done a sober month each of the last two years. This time is was from late April to late May. Piece of 🍰.
Not being physically addicted I found it no issue to take a month off. Also, knowing it is only 30 days also made it pretty simple. I fuck with myself frequently with way more difficult things.
If it were sober year or sober life....well, I would really need to feel that it was no choice in order to even have a chance at that.
Hopefully this is something you like and can follow through with. Can't be anything but good for your overall health.The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
the fist year rogan and his cronies did it, he continued to smoke weed. the following year the other guys complained he was kind of "cheating" by being allowed to still get fucked up. so now he goes full on sober.hedonist said:Been doing that for over two years. Ha.
Weed saves my sanity and helps my body in lieu of pills. Not giving that up.
i'm going full nothing intoxicating, but absolutely understand why some would still need to medicate with weed for sure.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
Well, you’re wonderfully masochistic in how you test yourself.F Me In The Brain said:Good on ya!
Have done a sober month each of the last two years. This time is was from late April to late May. Piece of 🍰.
Not being physically addicted I found it no issue to take a month off. Also, knowing it is only 30 days also made it pretty simple. I fuck with myself frequently with way more difficult things.
If it were sober year or sober life....well, I would really need to feel that it was no choice in order to even have a chance at that.
Hopefully this is something you like and can follow through with. Can't be anything but good for your overall health.0 -
hedonist said:
Well, you’re wonderfully masochistic in how you test yourself.F Me In The Brain said:Good on ya!
Have done a sober month each of the last two years. This time is was from late April to late May. Piece of 🍰.
Not being physically addicted I found it no issue to take a month off. Also, knowing it is only 30 days also made it pretty simple. I fuck with myself frequently with way more difficult things.
If it were sober year or sober life....well, I would really need to feel that it was no choice in order to even have a chance at that.
Hopefully this is something you like and can follow through with. Can't be anything but good for your overall health.
Big ups to those who make the full commitment, like yourself!
And....yes, I am an idiot!The love he receives is the love that is saved0 -
You should see him with the weights, jumper cables and car battery.hedonist said:
Well, you’re wonderfully masochistic in how you test yourself.F Me In The Brain said:Good on ya!
Have done a sober month each of the last two years. This time is was from late April to late May. Piece of 🍰.
Not being physically addicted I found it no issue to take a month off. Also, knowing it is only 30 days also made it pretty simple. I fuck with myself frequently with way more difficult things.
If it were sober year or sober life....well, I would really need to feel that it was no choice in order to even have a chance at that.
Hopefully this is something you like and can follow through with. Can't be anything but good for your overall health.09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Hahaha.The love he receives is the love that is saved0
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Halifax2TheMax said:
You should see him with the weights, jumper cables and car battery.hedonist said:
Well, you’re wonderfully masochistic in how you test yourself.F Me In The Brain said:Good on ya!
Have done a sober month each of the last two years. This time is was from late April to late May. Piece of 🍰.
Not being physically addicted I found it no issue to take a month off. Also, knowing it is only 30 days also made it pretty simple. I fuck with myself frequently with way more difficult things.
If it were sober year or sober life....well, I would really need to feel that it was no choice in order to even have a chance at that.
Hopefully this is something you like and can follow through with. Can't be anything but good for your overall health.
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Can't start now as we're 7 days in. November is out because of Thanksgiving. December is out because of Christmas. Jan...New Years. Feb...my birthday.
So it looks like I can participate next March.0 -
You may have overlooked every non-Irishman’s holiday, St. Patrick’s.mca47 said:Can't start now as we're 7 days in. November is out because of Thanksgiving. December is out because of Christmas. Jan...New Years. Feb...my birthday.
So it looks like I can participate next March.0 -
day 9 or so and i don't find this challenging at all. yet, anyway. not sure why i failed so many times before when trying to "take a break". i'd still love to sit down with a glass of Crown and a doob, but i am not missing the shit sleeps and hangovers and overeating and general feeling like shit.
this weekend might be tougher. long weekend. at least there's no family dinner to contend with. my sister would almost certainly drive me to drink.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
well this is fucking boring.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0
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I've actually been doing it as well. It's been quite a bitch to fall asleep, as I'm used to heavy indica before bed. Other than that, not too bad. I don't think I have the desire to try no nut November...HughFreakingDillon said:well this is fucking boring.0 -
“No nut November”
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Yeah. For reasons that escape me, it's a thing.hedonist said:“No nut November”0 -
What's the fucking deal with this?WhatYouTaughtMe said:
Yeah. For reasons that escape me, it's a thing.hedonist said:“No nut November”
Take the last pleasure away. Wow
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -0 -
i'm used to getting my Crown on, fridays and sometimes saturdays. so this is unchartered territory. i was the first one in bed last night.WhatYouTaughtMe said:
I've actually been doing it as well. It's been quite a bitch to fall asleep, as I'm used to heavy indica before bed. Other than that, not too bad. I don't think I have the desire to try no nut November...HughFreakingDillon said:well this is fucking boring.By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.0 -
Starting no nut November early, eh?HughFreakingDillon said:
i'm used to getting my Crown on, fridays and sometimes saturdays. so this is unchartered territory. i was the first one in bed last night.WhatYouTaughtMe said:
I've actually been doing it as well. It's been quite a bitch to fall asleep, as I'm used to heavy indica before bed. Other than that, not too bad. I don't think I have the desire to try no nut November...HughFreakingDillon said:well this is fucking boring.
"getting my Crown on" means what I think it means, right?
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