nah

I’d rather see a woman nursing (including possible seeing OMGSH! her nipple!) than hear a crying baby. Why is this STILL going on?

One of the things I’ve been working on for myself is owning the hard work I do. Instead of downplaying a compliment, I respond with a “thank you, I worked very hard on this.” It feels so good!

Of course a man saying those things would not be considered ‘cocky’.

She does it with class, in a manner of fact way, it’s not cocky. Reminds me of when Federer was at the top of his game and he would say something to the effect of “Yes, I am the best.” She shouldn’t have to do the false “you’re too kind” denial.

She’s not too cocky. She backs it up with results. Too cocky is a braggart who comes in 12th.

I salute you on overhearing that comment and not losing your mind.

Not cocky when you can back it up. Trump, he’s cocky. Biles is a truth teller,

No, that’s exactly what it teaches. In the big book it says that those whom AA fails are ‘constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves’ and that they just don’t want sobriety badly enough. It’s a huge cop out. The truth is that AA/NA has a long term success rate of around 5% which is the same as the rate…

so i went through and starred almost every single comment in this post (to bring them out of the grays) except the one youre responding to here. to say you’ve swapped one chemical dependence for another is such bullshit. recommending exercise to someone who struggles with serious mental illness is bullshit. glad you…

Maybe this is a diff perspective. I was unmedicated bipolar and found that once I got on an anti-psychotic I was able to turn away from alcohol in a way I never was before. By the time this happened I was pretty literally house-bound. Getting to the laundromat or grocery store was a big deal for me. My boyfriend had…

The first time I quit drinking for any serious amount of time (ie, longer than a day or two) was summer 2014. I went from June 2 to September 27 with not a drop. Then, of course, I thought to myself “well if I can go over 3 months with no alcohol, I CLEARLY have control over it, and I can start drinking again!” Things…

What a timely piece for me - thanks for writing it, Sarah.

I dried out for a few months, about five years ago, because I noticed that I was getting into a kind of cycle with beer... get home from work, pop a cold one, enjoy, pop a cold one, enjoy, repeat beers until sleepy then off to bed. I did return to drink again, but way more consciously, after that. I figured out that…

I wrestled with whether or not I should really quit for a long time. I had quit before, for long periods even, and then rationalized going back because ‘I can control it now’ and ‘maybe I don’t really have a problem,’ just flip-flopping back and forth. Then one day someone said something that struck me, hard, like a…

I’m sitting here hungover, and this popped up in my FB feed. I’m looking at having to close my business that I’ve had for nearly 10 years and while I’ve blamed everyone else possible for why I have screwed it up, it’s me. And beer. And I know it. I too have left myself “drunk me” messages to “sober me” (in my notes on…

Thank you for expressing this in a way that I wasn’t able to— you hit exactly on what it was that made me feel so uncomfortable about responding to this story with laughter. As I said in a different response above, my initial reaction was anger, and this helps me understand that gut reaction better.

thank you for mentioning ethical breeders!!! my family has always had golden retrievers because we know what we’re getting, and we know that we are able to meet all of the needs of that specific breed in terms of exercising, grooming, socialization, etc.

I mean, there are times when I admit that I wish people would respond, but as I get older I realize, "Shit, people just got things to do" and shrug. If they want to/can talk to me, fine. If not, fine. I've learned from experience that people who don't respond are usually either busy or just want someone else around.…