Welcome. I am glad to see you wrote an intro. I use mine to keep thoughts and ideas I don't want to lose or might need later.
"Embrace the suck" he is absolutely right. I think a lot of people get enthused for a bit and then fall off and cave. Pace yourself for a roller-coaster ride. 31 years of enslavement is not going to die easily, or even crawl under a rock and hide without a fight (personally, I think addictions never get off your back, you fight them for life). That said, fighting makes you tough.
Profanity? You came to a shitty fucking place to be cuntish about profanity. After 101 days here I no longer need to join the damn Navy to cuss like a sumbitch. :D
we got your back, just keep your word and reach out when you get hungry tired angry bored sick lonely or whatever, just don't dip!
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