My latest LIVE #HouseMusic #DJ set from this past Sunday, March 30, 2-6pm at #LGBTQ #sober bar Spark Social House in #WashingtonDC
https://www.mixcloud.com/phil13/phil-reese-the-dj-sunday-reeset-at-spark-social-house-march-30-2025/
My latest LIVE #HouseMusic #DJ set from this past Sunday, March 30, 2-6pm at #LGBTQ #sober bar Spark Social House in #WashingtonDC
https://www.mixcloud.com/phil13/phil-reese-the-dj-sunday-reeset-at-spark-social-house-march-30-2025/
Before the awful festivities of tomorrow's holiday, I wanted to take a moment to reflect, as it will mark 17 years of #sobriety for me, personally.
It's been a tough road, and 45/47 definitely has made the past decade rough as all hell. But I keep showing up, one day at a time.
My health has declined since the first COVID infection in 2022, but even with these symptoms, it's a world of difference being sober. My liver and kidneys aren't constantly filtering poison from my body, and after 17 years of time off, maybe they're doing pretty great. Take a look at the before and after photos below...70 extra lbs is a lot to carry!
If you are questioning whether you need to stop drinking, or picking up that drug of choice: Don't lie to yourself. It's incredibly easy to lie to yourself, very difficult and admirable to reject lying to yourself in this moment.
If I can do this, you can do this. Stay strong. Stay alive.
Here's to tomorrow's challenges, which I will face like I did today's: With effort, but also resolve
Plenty of stories explain how to quit alcohol and why, given it's well-known #health effects. There's less advice on how to then stay #sober which, as this writer explains, is really, really hard. The hurdles go well beyond any physical cravings. One must also deal with relationships and activities that were based on #alcohol, wholly or in part. That means making new friends, finding new joys. OK, people. You can do this. She can help.
Time for an #Introduction post. I’m a #liveaboard #sailor (www.svloka.com) and full time #nomad who is also a #creative #artist. I play #guitar, #crochet, paint (#watercolor & #acrylic), and draw #penandink. I love #yoga and use #meditation to manage my #anxiety. Got #sober in 2020.
I am a recovering #softwareengineer (#programmer) and #ITmanager. I focused a lot on #leadership & effective #communication, and I still enjoy #mentoring people on those topics. I still tinker with tech on occasion.
Berliners, you should know that my dear Gene Sophia @the_bogolepov is playing a very cosy concert tonight with her band, and that it's still possible to get tickets at ridiculously low prices (from 3 EUR):
https://bogolepov.eu/2025/02/19/09-03-25-bogolepov-friends-live-engels-berlin-talks-music/
2 months sober from Ambien
really thinkin about drinkin rn, but I'm stronger than that
Sooooo angenehm leise und ruhige Klingeltöne: https://sober-ringtones.wize.io - heut bisher einen echt entspannten Tag damit gehabt. Dabei zum ersten Mal bemerkt, was für eine Qual es ist Klingeltöne aufs iPhone zu bekommen.
#Sober #Ringtones #iPhone #Klingetöne #iPhoneSounds
I can’t fathom staring at the bottom of an empty bottle of any kind in 2025
And…
I am fucking grateful to be 19 years clean and sober today. I had a wild night in northern Croatia before getting on a 12-hr overnight bus ride on the old coastal highway February 9th, 2006, that was a shit choice to be loaded for. I was 21.
You don’t have to wait for tomorrow y’all. Grateful for today #ottawa #sober
#doechii is #queer #lgbt #lgbtq and #sober like me!
"Buried deep but still online are vlogs she posted as a high schooler of no particular fame, documenting her life in Florida"
Doechii's Old Vlogs Document Her Self-Invention | Defector
https://defector.com/doechiis-old-vlogs-document-her-self-invention
> Doechii’s YouTube channel has 1.85 million subscribers. Her most recent video, a new single called “Nosebleeds,” was posted shortly after she became the third woman ever to win the Grammy for Best Rap Album on Sunday.
Oh and more regular therapy. I ebb and flow between every 2-4 weeks but I think every 2 weeks is going to go strong for the next while. This will be the 10th year of EMDR therapy and it saved my life in so many ways and very grateful for that relationship. I dunno, connection with people we love in real life takes a lotta work but it all strips down to commmnity at the end of the day #ottawa #canada #sober #therapy
hello! new intro post since it's been a while!
my name is maren and I'm stillgreenmoss on the internet. I live in asheville NC in the US, a beautiful and frustrating place in the Appalachian mountains. most of my work is place-based here in asheville
I recently quit my job to focus on starting @bunkcomputer with two other amazing cooperators
I help @firestorm with sysadmin-ish work -- I'm a friend and not a member of the coop
I'm a trans woman and very glad for it, despite the horrors
computing and its discontents is the dominant public activity in my life, though I do also love techno and breakcore and acid and house music and and and -- do you know where the rave is? please tell me where the rave is
i spent most of the last 7 years working in big, corporate tech jobs. I think that those are pretty broken places and I hope to never go back. if the computer coop doesnt work out, I daydream about becoming a civil engineer
if you live in asheville or western NC or the rest of NC or southern Appalachia and you care about building a better world of computing, I literally want to talk to you so bad, please reach out
thanks for reading, fedi4life, plur, etc,
#asheville #coop #cooperative #techcoop #permacomputing #northcarolina #wnc #trans #techno #sober #vegan
FYI if you require an app to abstain from #Alcohol for a single month, you're an #Alcoholic and the first step isn't going to be downloading an app, but acknowledging your problem (do know that you aren't alone and it's also not your fault.) After acceptance it is time to start working towards change and if an app works best for you, then download away!
Trying #DryJanuary? These apps can help : Shots - Health News : NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/03/nx-s1-5246601/dry-january-apps-drinking-less-alcohol
Six years #sober. It’s gonna be one hell of a challenge getting to seven. I have a feeling this year’s gonna test me like never before.