Listen lady is in comment and I will give you advice

@CountScrofula 😱 im drinking water x

@Gangstress You are then perfect and cannot be improved.

@CountScrofula haha
I can certainly improve lol 😆 on many things but ill drink water for now

@AntisocialTroll Escalate to a relatively stiff "Hey I really need to speak to you" so they don't have plausible deniability of just avoiding small social pleasantries. If they dodge it then, you can either force a confrontation or give up.

@WonderGirl We talking behavioural or substance?

@CountScrofula Behavioral & substance.

@WonderGirl Addictions tend to have underlying cause that is often due to factors in your life and lifestyle. Those aren't always easy to change though, but you should consider things that are causing misery and fuel the addiction and change what are capable of changing.

Look back on attempts to quit and relapses and look at what happened and why because that may help you make adjustments. Different methods work for different people (cold turkey, weaning, etc...) I'd also focus on the easiest addiction to quit as your first priority because, well, it's easiest.

Finding other addicts to talk to is another important step. There's no shortage on SW or you can go to specific forums/subreddits/facebook pages/whatever just to relate to others.

Getting clean is HARD. And most importantly you have to forgive yourself if you relapse. Don't allow for relapses, don't say "oh it doesn't matter I'll relapse", but just accept they can happen and forgive yourself and don't spiral into self-hate.

@LilMissAnonyMOUSE Never pet a burning dog.

@CountScrofula

@assemblingaknob People like to say the answer is in you this whole time. That's nonsense. The answer typically lies in finding good people and good community to belong to.

Or if you're physically lost, don't be afraid to ask directions.

@ginnyfromtheblock Youth is a Pepsi advertisement. Literally the reason we fixate on youth is because it became a trend in advertising like 60 years ago we haven't been able to let go of. The best thing about being young is how quickly you can recover from a hangover.

Growing older is cool and your 30s will be objectively better than your 20s. Nothing beats that stronger sense of self.

@ImRileyTheDog Enthusiastically, but make sure you've eaten first.

@caccoon Tell your dogs you love them and for the love of God try to find a guy who isn't covered in the reddest of red flags.

@CountScrofula my friends are going to vet them all from now on haha.

I do tell them I love them every day before I leave and when I come home, and just always. Dogs are the best and truest