Things the recovery industry will not tell you:
1. The drug worked. That is why people use it. Not weakness. Not moral failure.
A neurological event so complete and persuasive that any honest account of addiction has to start there.
The problem is not that the drug fails. The problem is that what it does is unrepeatable, and you will burn your entire life to the ground trying to get back to a place that no longer exists.
2. Shame is not guilt. Guilt says I did something bad. Shame says I am something bad. Guilt is appropriate. Shame is a cell with no windows. Most people use the words interchangeably. That mistake is lethal.
3. You cannot shame someone who has already named the thing you are holding over them. Say it first. Say it in plain light. The weapon drops.
4. Guilt can coexist with self-respect. Shame cannot. You can hold the damage and the dignity at the same time. I know because I live there.
5. Radical honesty does not give you back who you were. It hands you the clean slate of who you always wanted to be. The mask comes off. The cartoon other people drew of you stays on the page.
6. Nobody gets clean on a winning streak.
7. You have to be almost self-delusional in your forgiveness of yourself. (Go watch Chase Hughes)
8. The greatest sin was not the chaos. It was the absence. Being unavailable to the people who needed you.
9. Sustainable recovery starts with one thing: honesty with yourself. If you love an addict and want to help, that is the only door in.
10. I am only an expert on my recovery. Nobody is an expert on anyone else’s.
@AddiktedSoul@HunterBiden One day of sobriety is every bit as good and hard and earned as 15 years of sobriety. You can't discount someone's journey like that. We all know that once he would hit ten years you would move the goalpost anyway.
Things most Americans agree on:
Groceries cost too much.
Tariffs suck and make no sense.
Congress and Presidents shouldn’t trade stocks.
The debt is a mess.
The border should be secure, but legal immigration is good.
Endless wars are stupid, especially ones that nobody wants and have never been explained.
Americans are exhausted.
AI is like my new best friend that also might be trying to take my job, my ability to think for myself, and my humanity in the process. Yo like I love you, but WTF, but I still love you.
Diversity is actually awesome! The opposite is boring AF.
Canadians are super fucking cool.
Mexicans are chill.
Putin isn’t a good guy looking out for America’s best interest. Rocky IV and Miracle are great movies.
Good neighbors are a blessing.
Freedom of religion and coexistence without having to blow each other up is probably a good idea.
We all question, are we alone in the universe?
We all fuck up along the way.
Epstein didn’t hang himself.
The Trumps and Epstein were best friends for decades. It’s like Bert trying to tell us Ernie was just an acquaintance in the same social scene on Sesame Street back in the day.
The Cowboys suck. Go Birds!
Things we’re told to fight about:
Me.
Laptop.
Vaccines.
Transgenders in sports.
Pronouns.
That’s the joke.
After working with veterans daily for many years and being friends with veterans, there isn't much more that pisses me off more than veterans being used as a whataboutism prop for homophobia.
Either you stand up for ALL veterans ALL of the time or you can sit down and shut up.
@michikoconuts Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and you’re charting both, you let the Sun shine in so you’re down with the age of Aquarius, you’re not afraid of being beet-red with embarrassment, you can tolerate lactose, and your milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, SO—
With purity culture on the rise again I think it’s very important to be naked a lot, masturbate and have sex, watch porn and make porn, and don’t let anyone tell you embracing your sexuality is bad.
Seriously guys, whatever happened to:
• the DOGE checks
• tariff checks
• the Greenland hospital boat
• 10% APR on credit cards
• my meds being 1500% cheaper
• $2 gas
• the Epstein files
• reopening the Strait of Hormuz that was already open
• cheaper groceries
• ending wars in 24 hours
• the “privately funded” ballroom
Any updates?
Me, browsing guys on Tinder:
Long hair? *swipe left*
Duck Dynasty beard? *swipe left*
His face is very square.*swipe left*
Group pictures. Who ARE you? *swipe left*
There is such a thing as TOO ripped. *swipe left*
SMILE DAMN IT *swipe left*
"wants to go on hikes". *swipe left*
The sad truth is if this Hantavirus stuff actually starts spreading fr we are so fucked bc the amount of people who didn't take 2020 seriously, refused to mask, made fun of people for masking, and still think the whole thing is a hoax are going to cause even more harm this time
Kennedy wants minors to have fruit flavored vapes but doesn't want adults to have anti-depressants or Tylenol
Please get this sociopath out of the Heath Department.
He's playing a game with your life.
Palestine is still facing a genocide, Iran is still facing an internet blackout, Lebanon is still getting bombed, people in sudan are still being killed, people in Congo are still being killed. Continue spreading awareness.
Everyone is slowly dying inside :(
- Some stopped taking photos.
- Some lost interest in new clothes.
- Some hate love now.
- Some got used to loneliness.
- Some stopped meeting friends.
- Some stopped comparing.
Some just accepted what they couldn’t achieve.
The same people who once dreamed big are now just pushing through days.
Check on your people. Not everyone is okay.