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[Prince_Alarming]

I'm going to be 40 tomorrow

If you're not into it, don't teach. There's too much work and too much responsibility to do it unless you want to...

Or need new toys... er... I meant training partners.

White belts are friends, not food!

 

[Xue Sheng]

My mother has gotten much weaker and is now in Hospice and I have to leave the country for 2 weeks next week……

 

[Prince_Alarming]

Best wishes to you and your family.

 

[jks9199]

I'm going to be 40 tomorrow

White belts are friends, not food!

But they're so nice and bouncy and bendy...

 

[_Simon_]

I'm going to be 40 tomorrow

White belts are friends, not food!

Happiest birthday friend!!! Hope it's the swellest day

 

[Prince_Alarming]

But they're so nice and bouncy and bendy...

OK you can have your white belt but you'll have to sit and be a good boy

 

[drop bear]

So I've been struggling with my drinking again
I'm coming to the conclusion that it isn't safe for me to drink at all, never mind the peer pressure. There's no point in making an attempt now, as I know for a fact I won't be able to stay sober for my birthday, but after my birthday and a talk with my doctor I'm going cold turkey. Wish me luck

You have to fill the space with something else.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

You have to fill the space with something else.

Do you think revisiting the obsession with art i used to have would do the job?

 

[HighKick]

I've had 5 spinal injections in the L4-5 region since slipping on ice and injuring my back 3 years ago. They're unpleasant! Yesterday I had my second CT myelogram, which starts with a lumbar puncture (and he had trouble getting it in). Ouch! I'm ready for them to develop an artificial spine like the artificial knees and hips.

Anyway--good luck

My injections (mine are epidurals if that make a difference) were not too bad. I do not know the regions for certain, but I think the two injections were L5 and L6.
Spinal implants have been around for a while. There are some newer technologies that look interesting, but I hope I never have to go down that road. But I will definitely look at them before I have a fusion done. However, one are has fused itself over time. Go figure.
All the best to you as well.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

I am only happy when in the grip of an obsession. It doesn't even really matter what the obsession is, it just has to be all-consuming

 

[drop bear]

Do you think revisiting the obsession with art i used to have would do the job?

Yeah. Possibly.

I stopped drinking to do a MMA fight and didn't start again.

But that was also months of not doing drinking activity's. So I didn't go out and hang out with my drinking friends.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

I think that's the key. I need to hang out with people who aren't going to encourage me to go back to my old life. It's tough as I miss my old friends, but I can't be around that stuff because of my own history.

 

[drop bear]

A snake trying to cross the road where I live.

 

[Prince_Alarming]

video unavailable :'(

 

[Prince_Alarming]

So.... if humans are neotenous, what do we grow into if we live long enough?

 

[Xue Sheng]

So.... if humans are neotenous, what do we grow into if we live long enough?

old humans

 

[Prince_Alarming]

Oh. Well that's disappointing.

 

[drop bear]

Mabye that worked better?

 

[granfire]

I think that's the key. I need to hang out with people who aren't going to encourage me to go back to my old life. It's tough as I miss my old friends, but I can't be around that stuff because of my own history.

There is a reason addictions have been called 'a bad habits in the past.
And why recovery is not linear. I need to change a few things in my life now as well.
I have become a little 'fluffy' and part of that is really boredom.
Happy Birthday, whippersnapper! Have a great one.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I think that's the key. I need to hang out with people who aren't going to encourage me to go back to my old life. It's tough as I miss my old friends, but I can't be around that stuff because of my own history.

https://canyonsantamonica.com/rehab-blog/what-are-the-12-steps-of-recovery/

And going back into the same environment is generally not a good thing