u/EggRamenMan

Heres to finishing them off at home!

Recent pickups and a quick shoutout to the Braves for picking me up yesterday from a awful mood my Panthers put me in. “Its just a game” When you have so many years of fandom put in like I have its a passion. Lets go get a dub today for the Braves and Sunday night for the Panthers!

Nervous, excited, but happy to see another year of it!

Very happy to add this to the panthers collection

Either I didn’t have the means, losing bids, waiting for the right one. I finally got the one I wanted for my collection.

What better day than today to post a DJ card. Dont really care to win today, just want a healthy team back home.

Case hits were never really a thing when I first started collecting but nevertheless here is 2 of a few I have

Just heard that all players in the NFL who wears 5 is getting a cease and desist letter from Jayden Daniels camp except for our own. To quote “Dear Mr. Phillips, my mom said you have nothing to worry about”

Grateful to have seen his whole career play out from 2012 to his retirement. Built a HOF career before the age of 30 while I barely had my shit together.

Heard he’s retiring, also makes me think of Robby, wonder what hes up too

One of my fav cards in the collection

Both 9/10 jersey number

Still a Panther to me

New Topps really dont hit me the way they used too. Very generic, looks very ai ish, back of cards are plain as hell with no stats, stories, etc. Exclusivity is gonna hurt us more than anyone

They get shafted when it comes to cards

This past July 4th marked my 5 years of sobriety. This is the longest I have been drug/alcohol free in my 43 years of life. Ever since 15 years of age it was daily pot that turned into coke to pills to heroin to fentanyl. Of course there was little periods of no use but I just did not have the coping skills to do anything else but to turn to substances. There was a time where even tho I had stopped using I had this shame where I couldn’t or wouldn’t like to share how I got here, and I still feel it now as Im typing this. I can go on and on about my experiences with and or during my substance abuse but that isn’t my purpose with this. I just hope that someone out there that is fighting this tough battle can overcome the addiction and start really living instead of being held captive by the addiction. 5 years ago after many relapses I finally decided it was enough. I couldn’t do anything or go anywhere unless I knew I had a score that would last me for whatever I was into and if I didnt, there was no life for me. This was at the peak of my fent abuse and I will say it was THE worst withdrawals I have ever experienced, but that feeling is what still helps me keep my sobriety today. It is never too late, I had nothing 5 years ago and now I have a house, wife, and 3 shih tzus I call family. If I can quit, you can too. keep pounding my brothers and sisters