Also it's sort of common (experiential) knowledge in mental healthcare that addiction just hits the pause button on whatever developmental stage you're in then sobriety unpauses it and you have to start dealing with whatever psychological stage you were avoiding at the time. So if you start using at 14 then get sober 15 years later you're gonna be sorting out identity vs role confusion at 30 fucking years old. And the stages are really spaced out as you get older so if you turn into an alcoholic in your late 30s and spend 15 years before getting sober it's not going to be such a noticeable gap since you were mostly finished with intimacy vs isolation anyway and you're only missing like half of generativity vs stagnation.

TLDR; it doesn't mess with your development only before 25 it's just much more noticeable when a 30y/o still acts like a teenager than when a 50y/o still acts like a 35y/o.

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Especially the thing about tumblr

I think this reference might predate the internet, brb gonna do some research.

Ok so according to this, the predecessors to the internet are older than this (1975), but the internet as we know it is much younger.

Hubs loves Dark Place. It's pretty funny but I'm not quite as in love with it as him.

They're not very fun they actually make you stop seeing interesting things and sometimes knock you out :/

Second one

I can usually tell by someone's gait and posture whether or not they're likely to try to hit someone in the next hour or so. If it seems likely I offer them drugs. Usually by the time my coworkers are able to tell it's too late to offer.

Or, hear me out, sometimes dudes are bi.

The hot shower contrasted with the cold carbonation plus the chemical relaxant is an utterly transcendent sensation. And if you start with about 10g metamucil and a zyrtec then before turning in for the night drink a bottle of pedialyte (or 1:1 water:Gatorade) you can drink a mf 12-pack a night if you want and basically never get a hangover that's not super complicated lol. You start running into other issues like b12 and iron deficiency or gout like waaay down the line but if your goal is just no hangovers that's actually laughably simple to avoid.

Fuuuck I miss shower beers I gave my liver a 2.5 year break and now hubs wants to get sober for a bit too so it's gonna have to be an even longer break :(

my coworkers almost unanimously agree on waffle house

Oh yeah and she does NOT make it clear to him that what they're doing is sex (although I suppose you could interpret that as a cultural miscommunication). She's just like oh I didn't think you could get pregnant though I didn't think it was a big deal oopsie!

That show was just soooo horny all the way through.