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by Peripheral
Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Quitting the bottle
Replies: 687
Views: 107458

Re: Quitting the bottle



I posted a bit on the other place under a different name but thought I'd throw this in for the day that's in it.

Today I am 10 years sober.

The first few months were easily the worst in terms of physical & mental strain though I found that the original version of this thread greatly helped ...
by Peripheral
Tue Jan 30, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Quitting the bottle
Replies: 687
Views: 107458

Re: Quitting the bottle


Peripheral

Congratulations on your 10 years. That is a genuine achievement of which you should be very proud.

Thanks for an excellent first-up post in our thread. You have addressed a lot of the issues we all go/went through on our journey and have highlighted the very real benefits we achieve ...
by Peripheral
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Quitting the bottle
Replies: 687
Views: 107458

Re: Quitting the bottle

I posted a bit on the other place under a different name but thought I'd throw this in for the day that's in it.

Today I am 10 years sober.

The first few months were easily the worst in terms of physical & mental strain though I found that the original version of this thread greatly helped ...
by Peripheral
Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 881
Views: 96912

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread


Sorry to butt in but I'm coming to Dublin on my future son in laws stag next Saturday and I'm looking for advice on the best, cheapest and least problematic places to go drinking other than the usual haunts. We have a couple of things booked for the evening but looking for pubs during the day that ...
by Peripheral
Tue Nov 07, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The best new and returning TV series thread
Replies: 2015
Views: 191488

Re: The best new and returning TV series thread



Upload season 3 - Amazon
Invincible season 2 - Amazon
Gen V season 1 - Amazon

What we do in the Shadows - season 5 - Disney+
Loki season 2 - Disney+
Solar Opposites season 4 - Disney+

Rick and Morty Season 7 - E4 HD


Where the fuck is Reacher S2??? They finished filming 6 months ago ...
by Peripheral
Thu Feb 16, 2023 9:42 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Career Changes
Replies: 56
Views: 2479

Re: Career Changes

I've worked a lot in IT / Finance so hopefully some of the following might be helpful:

1. You generally don't need a degree / masters initially in IT. Lots of people arrive with experience in different fields / certifications. We have people who used to be chefs, graphic artists, actors, scientists ...
by Peripheral
Mon Mar 07, 2022 1:11 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Former PR Lurkers Collective
Replies: 52
Views: 3925

Re: Former PR Lurkers Collective

1. Why we lurked and never posted? - Must have lurked on and off since the 2003 World Cup I think. I'd occasionally post - but I didn't have the time to get involved in day long discussions/arguments so it was much easier to dip in every few days, see what was the current outrage and then go back to ...
by Peripheral
Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:13 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 881
Views: 96912

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread




Complete noob here but want to register outrage over:

Lowe being dropped
Earls & Murray & O'Mahony still being picked - don't care about central contracts - there are better players in every position
Speaking of - where are Doak and Cooney?
And Frawley?
Larmour is lucky.

Good news:
Treadwell ...
by Peripheral
Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Official Irish Rugby Thread
Replies: 881
Views: 96912

Re: The Official Irish Rugby Thread

Complete noob here but want to register outrage over:

Lowe being dropped
Earls & Murray & O'Mahony still being picked - don't care about central contracts - there are better players in every position
Speaking of - where are Doak and Cooney?
And Frawley?
Larmour is lucky.

Good news:
Treadwell, Hume ...
by Peripheral
Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Quitting the bottle
Replies: 687
Views: 107458

Re: Quitting the bottle

Yeah, stopping at the moment with everything going on must be a right pain. I don't know if there is an actual medical reason, but I did feel that I caught a load of colds in the first few weeks after I gave up - I gave up on 31st January so was the same time of the year. I forced myself to go ...
by Peripheral
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:43 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Quitting the bottle
Replies: 687
Views: 107458

Re: Quitting the bottle

Just wanted to post on this thread.

I gave up drinking 8 years ago after a series of incidents that were putting my health & marriage under a lot of stress.
At the time it seemed like my world was going to end as I couldn't understand how I could socialise or relax without a glass or bottle of ...