Become an instructor. Maintain your skills by teaching others and making money in the process. Almost recession proof, because people go back to school when they don't have work. Start out by teaching a free class…
It's the metabolic pathway that's most jarring: a poison that gets broken down into other poisons, themselves worse than the alcohol. If your body (liver) didn't produce an enzyme called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, you…
A clarification: I'm a homeless nomad. I have the worst insurance available in my country. If I ask for Xanax, the assumption is that I will sell them to other homeless nomads, not use them for my own anxiety. This is…
We are the most fantastic machines in the known universe. We are electrical, we are chemical, we are mechanical, we are magical. And we are what? To not use what we have? To not explore who we are? To be sober? That…
OP doesn't have a substance abuse problem. OP enjoyed his substance of choice for a decade, with friends and responsibly. How is recommending the nearest possible replacement, marijuana, not a good solution? Perhaps you…
I've found it so much easier to make a life changes for health reasons than for other reasons. I think you chose the right reason to quit drinking, for health reasons. Take one look at acetaldehyde to see what you've…
Also, the drunk high and Xanax high are not compatible. If you can't enjoy being sober around drunk people, you won't enjoy being Xanax'ed around drunk people.
Try marijuana edibles. You don't have to smoke marijuana. It's plenty potent in edible form.
Become an instructor. Maintain your skills by teaching others and making money in the process. Almost recession proof, because people go back to school when they don't have work. Start out by teaching a free class…
It's the metabolic pathway that's most jarring: a poison that gets broken down into other poisons, themselves worse than the alcohol. If your body (liver) didn't produce an enzyme called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, you…
A clarification: I'm a homeless nomad. I have the worst insurance available in my country. If I ask for Xanax, the assumption is that I will sell them to other homeless nomads, not use them for my own anxiety. This is…
We are the most fantastic machines in the known universe. We are electrical, we are chemical, we are mechanical, we are magical. And we are what? To not use what we have? To not explore who we are? To be sober? That…
OP doesn't have a substance abuse problem. OP enjoyed his substance of choice for a decade, with friends and responsibly. How is recommending the nearest possible replacement, marijuana, not a good solution? Perhaps you…
I've found it so much easier to make a life changes for health reasons than for other reasons. I think you chose the right reason to quit drinking, for health reasons. Take one look at acetaldehyde to see what you've…
Also, the drunk high and Xanax high are not compatible. If you can't enjoy being sober around drunk people, you won't enjoy being Xanax'ed around drunk people.
Try marijuana edibles. You don't have to smoke marijuana. It's plenty potent in edible form.