It’s clearly past it’s 2010 expiration date on the bottom…

(JK these things last forever)

Also, after you clean it up, run a few brews through because the cleaning can bring out some bad aluminum taste that a seasoned moka pot coated with oils doesn’t have.

My go to is usually club soda when I’m out and SodaStream at home. I don’t like mock tails because I don’t want the sugar and could care less what other people think of me being sober. Most bartenders don’t even charge you, but I tip as if I was drinking.

This is just my personal experience, but drinking less was worse for me than drinking more. It can take 10 days for alcohol to leave your system so if your going to have drinks more frequently than that you’re just punishing yourself with constant withdrawal and anxiety cycles. After reading This Naked Mind it really changed my views on alcohol and I realized I was way better quitting entirely. I’m over five years sober and don’t regret a single day.

Good for you! I’m with you, I can afford even more guitars if I’m not spending thousands on alcohol.

Yeah! Congratulations!

Awesome, congratulations. A friend of mine who would binge described it this way: you can choose whether you want to dance with the gorilla or not, but the gorilla chooses when you stop. Except he didn’t say, “dance with.”

Health agencies and journalists are finally coming around in most places to admitting there are only downsides to drinking. Most of the studies that showed benefits were flawed in some way, including not screening for people who already ruined their health and then abstained. It’s sometimes referred to as the sick quitter effect.

But drugs are great at making you rationalize almost anything to take more drugs and this particular drug has big money and some very talented marketing behind it.

That is amazing. I noticed pretty quickly on quitting that weight loss was easier, my blood pressure stayed normal, I slept better and I rarely got sick.

You are giving your opponents the chance to develop their pieces with tempo by making theats against your queen

This.

If you can find ways to safely kick their queen around you will get a middlegame advantage. And look for ways to trap their queen. I’ve found that people who start out with their queen also make some hasty moves.

Congratulations! I just passed five years in May. I actually don’t miss it in the slightest at this point. Freedom from slavery is too good.