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Originally Posted by fidstar-poker
I can't remember if you wrote it already, but I assume you now stay away from meth. How long has it been? Is it a struggle?
I quit meth 11 years ago when I moved to New England. This area of the country sort of dodged the Meth Scourge in favor of getting an early start on the Opioid Crisis. Really, it was the alcohol that always got me in trouble. I was not able to quit drinking until 7 months ago today, and it remains in doubt whether that will be permanent or not.
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Originally Posted by Sheep86
One of the things that makes this story such a treat for me is that I sense an ambiguous feeling about your adventure, SJ. On one hand I think you are proud of yourself for pulling this off, especially given the state you were in at the time. Hell, who wouldn't be? On the other hand, though, it seems that you perfectly realize that you made so many -EV decisions. And what if they had measured a slightly higher alcohol level?
Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to sound like that judge. It's just that you seem a bit like a wise, old man who appreciates the yolo'ing he has done but wouldn't go through this again for anything in the world.
Sheep, the moral of the last story is that I did some really stupid things, then I compounded them by doing more really stupid things, then I got incredibly lucky, and after all that I learned nothing, at least in the short term.