u/Imaginary_System3513

I was obsessed with this game as a teenager. Picked up Definitive Edition and WOW my cheeky little commissar rush is not cutting it anymore. I feel totally overwhelmed by what's happening in multiplayer. Can anyone suggest some basic strats for an old dog getting back into the game? I played a lot of Guard and Tau back in the day, but am open to trying out all of the factions again. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

3 days sober. Been going to meetings. It really helps.

My primary issue is with cannabis, not alcohol, but I recently came to accept that I cannot quit one without the other. Alcohol makes me want to smoke and without weed I believe I would have developed an alcohol problem years ago, and probably would lose control of my drinking quickly if I quit weed while continuing to drink.

Is this an appropriate place for me to seek support? r/marijuanaanonymous is barely active, and meetings are a lot harder to find.

Just wondering how the sub feels about this and if anyone else has a similar experience.

I'm 35. I've been a hard-core smoker since I was about 22-23. 4-5 years ago, when my life had become truly unmanageable, but I wasn't ready to quit, I did some harm reduction counseling, and it was life changing for me. I was able to mitigate the vast majority of weed's negative effects on my life. Today, after a lot of work, I have a steady job I enjoy and good relationships. I'm still excited to quit on Monday.

I'm quitting because, despite all that, it never stopped being work to manage my addiction, and it's *so much work.*

Mostly I smoke on weekends, not weeknights, but if I still have weed on me at the end of the weekend it is a fucking battle to throw it away, give it to a friend, or just take steps so that I'm not smoking all week. I've been smoking all week.

I believe in harm reduction. It absolutely changed my life, and it can be so critical when the motivation to quit isn't there yet, but the thing is, that while it might seem like the softer option relative to abstinence, it is actually much harder. It's harder because the work it demands simply never stops.

At 35 I'm finally ready to find out what I'm capable of when I'm not burdened by that never ending work. I'm building motivation. I know the toolkits. Next week I'll be joining a support group. Probably 12 step, possibly SMART. I'm ready. I'm not that terrified, traumatized 22 year old anymore. I want to find out what life can be like when I can actually use my whole brain at a time. I'm ready to get free of this thing.