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Hello comrades and welcome to the fourth improvement megathread of January! bonfire One more week to go, there is still time to make some progress and finish the first month strong.


How was your week?

Do you have any plans for next week?


Good luck with your goals! unity

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[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

I'm back and I'm back on the wagon. I'm up to 38 days with no alcohol. I'm California sober though so I still smoke weed. It's wild to me how quickly my alcohol cravings basically disappear as soon as I start smoking weed again. I know it's not great for me but considering how much I was drinking before, any way of reducing that is good imo.

I need to start being more physical in my day to day life. My weight is hovering around 200 lbs rn after peaking out at around 210 over the holidays. For the longest time I wasn't able to eat dairy so saying no to various desserts was easy for me but ever since fixing my lactose intolerance I've been making up for lost time. I really should go back to biking to work everyday as a form of latent exercise but riding my motorcycle is just more fun and easier. On top of that, I really need to start doing stuff to get stronger. I want to start rock climbing again but the cost is making it way less appealing.

I'll add more next time, as of now my plans are to keep on keeping on.

[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

. I'm up to 38 days with no alcohol. I'm California sober though so I still smoke weed. It's wild to me how quickly my alcohol cravings basically disappear as soon as I start smoking weed again. I know it's not great for me but considering how much I was drinking before, any way of reducing that is good imo.

Hell yeah. kim-salute

You're making progress and that's worth celebrating. Weed as a buffer to keep the alcohol at bay doesn't sound too bad to me! Keep it up

I want to start rock climbing again but the cost is making it way less appealing.

Hell yeah, get strong and touch grass at the same time!

[-] moonlake@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Great to have you back and congratulations on your streak! fidel-salute-big sankara-salute rat-salute-2 Keep it up and keep us updated! unity

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