re: Who here has really fu**ed up, but straightened their life out?

I was a total jerk in my high school years. I was completely lost in my twenties, no direction, no ambition, only wanted to party. In my late twenties was forced to face the harsh reality that even though I had great parents I needed to be able to take care of myself, by myself. I was fired from a job and got on unemployment compensation, during that time I went back to college to earn a degree in something that would lead to a good paying job, but I still didn't know what that was!! Happened to take an accounting course and BOOM, that was it, I loved it. Got my degree, worked my arse off and became a CPA. Moral to the story: find something you love to do and as they say "you will never work a day in your life".

Sounds like you were living a normal life.

Life is a series of repetitive seasons.

Plowing.
Planting.
Harvesting.

No one, no matter their age or income level, is immune from this truth. The plowing times can be rough, but you will get through them. The harvesting times, as you have seen in this thread, directly relate to what you plant.

Building a strong faith in God will get you through difficult trials, but you have do your part.

I worked in commercial radio for about 12-13 years as a DJ.

That’s pretty bad.

So yeah.

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I need to head to an AA meeting. Still havent

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Boo Krewe

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There’s an app called Meeting Finder. You can find a meeting in your area. Check out r/stopdrinking on Reddit. Good luck and get to a meeting!

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Now I have 75 days sober and trying to put the pieces back together. These stories have been a great help and great motivation to stay the course.

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This is exactly why I made this thread.
Keep on keepin on man.
Im going to go ahead and say it even though I wanted to bitch smack anybody that told me this : it only gets easier from here.

Boo Krewe: dude, get fricked up and go to a meeting if you need that to get you in the door.
The only requirement for AA or NA particiapation is a desire to quit drinking (using).
Doesn’t say shite about having to be sober does it?
I’ve relapsed several times in my life and gone to an AA meeting as high as a kite, hoping I’d hear somebody say one thing that helped me do something different.
You don’t have to talk, share, anything. Free coffee and a chair to sit in.
Just keep coming back
Edit : Boo Krewe, I’m in no way condoning illegal drug use or telling you to do it. Simply saying, if you’re always fricked up, don’t let that stop you from going to a meeting

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You would have sucked those dicks anyway, the drugs was just bonus.

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Dude thank you for not letting that go unnoticed. Was tryin to lighten the mood.

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April as a way to deal with my problems. Ive found myself in a cycle of working at a job I don't really like, getting fricked up on the weekends, and then being depressed and anxious for the first 2-3 days of the work week. Rinse and repeat

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I've been doing this for 18 yrs. Are you saying I been doing it wrong the whole time?

I was a full blown junkie for probably 7 or 8 years. I always functioned better when I was high. Then after I got clean off drugs, I became an alcoholic for about 2-3 years. Now I have a kid, so fricking up isn’t an option anymore. shite ain’t worth it bro, I have way too many people counting on me. I still drink way too much every now and then and hang out at the golf course a little longer than I should. But I’m miles away from the guy I used to be.