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nothing wrong w/ having a past, trace-dogg. it's only if you're committed to the drinking/drug lifestyle that you're a bad guy and deserve to suffer all the bad things life has to offer. once you quit you're a hero. america loves a 2nd act. admit you were bad and it sucked for you worse than all the people you made life hard for, do your stint in rehab, make the talk show circuit and jah bless, you're bigger than ever.
cheers to everyone who quit stuff or is struggling.
'jim greco, you walked besides me every step except when i really needed you'
'no sharktits, that's when i was carrying you. your dumb ass passed out.'
I mean it was pretty hard for me to quit because my life didn't suck that much, except for the 3 years i spent alone because my anxiety was horrible but that wasn't cause of my drinking. I was able to still go to my job and do school on top of that and maintain a getting shit faced every other day routine (that was also my excuse on why i thought i wasn't an alcoholic, because i didn't drink every day). I barely got hangovers because i would chug about 2-3 bottles of water before i went to sleep, it would either wake up fine but with withdrawals or still drunk. Didn't really hurt anyone with my actions because i would just mainly drink alone in my basement watching netflix and when i did go out i would just barely get drunk but then go home and make sure i get the job done properly. I was fat as fuck though, max weight was 255, god that sucked.
Meh guess life is better now mainly cause i met great people in AA and i skate regularly again like when i was a kid just starting
Yeah, not everyone addicted to something is this absolute rock bottom, robbing stores and stealing shit type story.
I was addicted physiologically to benzos but not psychologically. All my use was through my dr for PTSD and at the time I really needed that medication to have a functional life.
I never did anything sketchy at all. Still worked 98 hours a week, raised my kids etc.
I quit because I wanted to get better without medication. Other than a two week withdrawl it was fine. Nothing changed accept I dealt with my issues through counselling, excercise, skating, cleaning up my diet and working my ass off.
I still get mild anxiety and an occasional panic attack but I know how to deal with it now on my own.
Now that I broke my femur and tore my acl its abit worse because im stuck on the couch doing nothing but reading or fucking around on slap, that and im used to being super fucking busy.
But it is what it is. Now ill put all that snergy into physion and weight training so I can get back to work and skate again.
And you kill it tobey! I always check out your insta clips and you got some great shit on there! Keep it up man!