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I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, just been beyond swamped. Finally finished with the buildout on the new room in the office, at least the big stuff. Lots of little things now but mostly brain work and not so much heavy lifting. It's a huge step. I feel like somebody's been after my hands with a ball peen…

@itladyee that's a perfect example of where GPT shines - always double check stuff, of course, but I've used GPT to hack spreadsheets, configure VPNs, all sorts of stuff. Probably gonna be an LA night, but we'll see. -m

Lost count a few days ago, been too tied up with work stuff. I think this is close, I haven't been drinking much, but most nights end with a drink as I unwind. 19LA 5 AF 6 A

LOL no worries - I've been geeking out on supplements for a while now. When I hit the wall and I was drinking myself into oblivion to try to sleep, getting two hours a night and waking up still drunk, I needed something different and supplements were a big part of the answer for me. Basically, if it can make you relax or…

Valerian can be good, it works on GABA mechanisms - my personal stack uses kava, which also effects GABA, but it's hard to source clean and it can be expensive, so I'm considering subbing it out for valerian and passionflower which should pair up to have similar effects. Valerian inhibits GABA uptake, while passionflower…

Been a crazy few days, I guess I missed some stuff. Hopefully all is well with @MissMay, and whatever comes of it, I hope she knows what she's given to the community with this thread. It never occurred to me that there was a middle ground between drinking and not, that LA was a thing. Because of these threads, I was able…

@SurferGirl1982 we have plenty of Tex-Mex, but we also have a wide variety of authentic Mexican - pick a region, and we probably have it. I've been liking Oaxacan lately. A lot of the Mexican places here do a green salsa that is apparently unique to Houston, for all intents and purposes it's just jalapenos roasted and…

Ugh the numbers don't work anymore….not sure where I'm at now. I haven't been drinking MUCH, but I've been drinking I think something every night, lost track. I THINK I'm at: 10 LA 4 AF 3 A I'm so brain fried right now, crunching numbers, revising plans, going over formulae, researching hardware, talking to property…

Yeah, I got dragged into IT kicking and screaming when a friend called me on a favor I owed him, made me help him pull cat5 and install NICs. That turned into a full time gig and I guess it was okay for a while. By the time I got out nearly 20 years later, I hated it. I'd started to realize that nobody calls IT because…

Yesterday was a celebration day, son got his certificate for the course he's been taking so we treated him to dinner at a great Thai place. Wife and DIL got their food mild, son and I went in for more heat. I had pad kee mao, "Thai spicy." I don't think the waiter expected me to eat it. Of course, the best pairing for…

I know the cycle too well. The worse I feel, the more I drink to numb myself, and the more I drink, the worse I feel. It only stops when you do, but when you're on the inside of the pattern, it's hard to see the way out. Wow this new version is lame, can't quote more than one? Anyway, @Womona speaking of x-rays: There…

Had a little wine tonight, but it was with intention, not that impulsive, knee jerk reactive type of drinking. It was sipping, nibbling on a block of Iberico cheese, poring over business stuff. 4 LA 4 AF 3 A Grandson is improving - surgery today to put his leg back together, lots of screws and plates but they say he'll…

3 LA 4 NA 3 A Gonna try to avoid strife and stay NA today. -m

Yeah, on helmets, ya know wife slapped back with "what about all the times you've rode without a helmet" big difference is I'm not a kid, I'm an adult and got a lot of years experience, fast responses and good instincts that a kid like him hasn't had time to hone. Being an adult, I'm responsible for myself while being a…

I was planning an AF day….but you know what they say. Man plans and god laughs. Grandson wrecked his (minibike? motorcycle?), not sure if he hit a car or a car hit him. Broke his leg in three places. I'm not happy at the level of irresponsibility on the other side of the family right now, this could have been far worse.…

LA yesterday, one beer at the end of the night. Stopped at the grocery with the boy after picking him up from his class, grabbed one for the night and a six pack of NAs that I hadn't seen before, Shiner, no idea if they're any good. Shiner can be hit or miss, especially depending on your mood. I also found big containers…

Son is nearing the end of his phlebotomy course, homework was to find "volunteers" to stick. So wife and I and daughter-in-law all got stuck. All three were failed draws, but for what it's worth, he got everything else right and his technique seemed good - it didn't hurt as much as a lot of times I've had labs done. I…

Don't let the media or social media drive the fear agenda. If you pull up graphs that span years and not weeks, you'll find that, while this is a dip, it's not even a big one as market dips go. If you overlay inflation graphs, it gets even more interesting. Data in a bubble is meaningless. The night is young, I'll throw my…

Aight, caved. I'm owning it. Nothing over the top, just a little merlot. Looking at my numbers so far for the month, I'm not going to whinge and whine, I'm doing better overall and the trend is moving the right way. @NonnieDoiron have you looked into hyaluronic acid? It's awesome for joints. 2 LA 3 AF 1 A -m

As of last night, 2 LA 3 AF 0 A Trying to decide if I'm drinking tonight, it's Sunday and that means DarkWave on SiriusXM. You know I'm a washed up old goth boy and my Sunday ritual is DarkWave and drinks, but….honestly, I'm thinking I may do it without the alcohol tonight. Yesterday's migraine meant ordering food instead…

LA yesterday, one drink. Today will probably be AF, but I'll check back in later with confirmation. Been way off track with food….eh, maybe not WAY off, but I could be doing better. Ate out three days in a row, but at least yesterday was Govinda's, so pretty healthy. It's the vegetarian Indian restaurant attached to the…

You got this. Yeah, that's what side pinning means - when the mycelium goes into fruiting conditions, it starts off with little "pins," they'll grow into mushrooms. With oysters I guess they come out the sides rather than on top like other varieties. I wouldn't even know where to look for wild morels, no idea if they grow…

Take it easy, taper off gently. Ask me how I know. Stopping too abruptly will leave you feeling REALLY BAD at best, and can actually be bad for you. I know it's a *kitten* when you want to stop now, when you know you need to and you're in that place where you've been going too hard for too long to just kick. Last time for me,…

AF today. I have a bluetooth thermometer in the mushroom bin, noticed an unexplained bump in temp and humidity around midnight last night. GPT said that's probably an indicator that the spores have started to colonize the substrate with mycelium, so that's pretty cool. 2 AF 0 LA 0 A -m

AF today. Night's not really over yet, I'll be up for a couple hours, but I'm okay. 1 AF 0 LA 0 A -m

Been pretty consistent with LA lately. Only had a few nights in March that I really let loose. I'm really starting to find that the weight of the past is….not so much LESS, just DIFFERENT. That's a big deal, as that has been a huge part of the cycle with alcohol for me. Got one beer left, drinking that tonight and going to…

Yesterday was pretty good, I think…by some standard, anyway. I pulled two gallons of mead out to rack them off the lees and put them on oak, they've been in there for four months. I sampled them to see how they're coming along, maybe an ounce of each. Even through the young mead funk, they're showing promise. One's a…

All that business that got under my skin has left me thinking way too much, but I've managed to keep my head all day. I'm having one beer as I wind down - LA. Easy enough to keep it that way, the only hard stuff in the house is the Chartreuse that's deliberately been stashed away and one other beer that's not cold. -m

@globalhiker tbh, I hadn't thought about background colors or designs, I just wish they had an option for dark mode…all websites should have dark mode…maybe even as the default setting. Yeah, that'd be fine by me. -m

Was doing okay yesterday, something tripped a switch and I caved. Call it LA. I picked up on my response and made a conscious choice not to continue drinking after that initial knee-jerk reaction. -m