Pre-juice 5x5: Darkness on the Horizon

[Guinness5.0]

What happened, if you don't mind me asking that is.

After deciding to return to college (which was a monumental decision given my past - basically dropped out two years ago as a raging alcoholic) I scrambled like mad to get accepted, get financing, choose a major, etc. all in the course of about two months. I'm also about to be sentenced in my second DUI case. Since I thought I was going to be without a license for several years (facing revokation if convicted) I figured I could have a decent life at school where a car is nice but not mandatory.

So last week in court I find out that they're not even going to charge me w/ DUI - I didn't blow and got a good (and expensive ) lawyer. So no revokation. By this time I was about to start school so I went about it as planned. I went the first day (BTW it was awesome to be a little older than everyone [I'm 25] - definitely got more appreciative glances from girls in class than before). When I get home there's a message on my answering machine from my employer saying that my assignment had ended. I was doing a temp job that was supposed to last til late feb, which was perfect b/c that's when my loans were supposed to kick in.

So with no job and no loans I had no way to go to school. But I got an interview with another company right away. It went well, so I decided to see about going to the local community college. They had exact equivalents of almost all the classes I was taking at University, so I signed up in hopes that I'd get the job I interviewd for. I got the job today so I'm employed full time again (with more money and full benefits eventually) and taking classes online (which are no joke BTW - TONS more reading than lecture classes).

This all happened Tues. and Weds., except for court which happened last week.

I've been sober for 14 months (yes my case is dragging along SLOWLY) and am an apprentice leader of an AA group, so don't get too mad at the justice system for letting me off

 

[Phaded]

good job with being sober.. you mind me asking how old you are to already be quitting drinking..

 

[Guinness5.0]

good job with being sober.. you mind me asking how old you are to already be quitting drinking..

I'll be 26 in february. It's not the year, it's the miles

 

[Phaded]

ah ok.. 26 is a nice age to stop drinking i'm still 23 but i've never really had a peroid of time where i was drinking heavily more than twice a week.. i'm assuming you were drinking heavily almost 5 nights a week ?

 

[c3bodybuilding]

Brother, it sounds like you've come a long way in life in a very short time. You should be very proud of yourself. And yes, those online classes are for real! Keep at it brother, you are doing great all around.

 

[Guinness5.0]

ah ok.. 26 is a nice age to stop drinking i'm still 23 but i've never really had a peroid of time where i was drinking heavily more than twice a week.. i'm assuming you were drinking heavily almost 5 nights a week ?

More like seven. I got to the point where I was getting drunk on the way home from work every day. On Sundays I basically drank all day - generally woke up hungover and just started off with some Jim Beam.

It's odd, but quitting was and has been easy as hell - I just had to realize how bad things were getting. It took two DUIs in seven months to set me straight. FWIW I was conflicted about using AAS for a while, but I drank to escape reality. AAS is not an escape as i see it, so I don't feel like it is in the same category. But I need to be really careful not to let it become something that I gauge my happiness on. So far I think I've got it in perspective.

 

[c3bodybuilding]

Brother I feel you on that, I was addicted to pain killers for a length of time. It's easy to stay away once you realise how bad it's gotten.

 

[Phaded]

More like seven. I got to the point where I was getting drunk on the way home from work every day. On Sundays I basically drank all day - generally woke up hungover and just started off with some Jim Beam.

It's odd, but quitting was and has been easy as hell - I just had to realize how bad things were getting. It took two DUIs in seven months to set me straight. FWIW I was conflicted about using AAS for a while, but I drank to escape reality. AAS is not an escape as i see it, so I don't feel like it is in the same category. But I need to be really careful not to let it become something that I gauge my happiness on. So far I think I've got it in perspective.

you should have involved some drugs and you wouldn't have been so heavily drinking..

 

[Jim Ouini]

Nice progress G. Not sure which is more impressive, your weights in gym or getting to where you are outside the gym.

Keep 'em both going /Tony Robbins

 

[blut wump]

Congrats all around, G5. A lot of people are prone to obsessions and addictions. You're probably aware that it's necessary to focus those drives onto positive obsessions and away from destructive and negative addictions. I expect that most of us reading your log that hit the gym 3x or more per week are potential or past alcoholics and drug-users.

I think you'll be fine with your juice use so long as you keep your eye on the training and the long-term plan rather than any feel-good from the gear itself. I'm also sure that your studies will be a breeze as you apply yourself to them and that's not just pep-talk. Good luck on all fronts, man.