I sent the ABC an email a few weeks ago. I was offering my story about overcoming addiction and coming out the other end.
They got back to me!
Colour me surprised. Trying to setup a meeting for this week.
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2024
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That's great! Congratulations on overcoming addiction, hopefully your story can help others who might be going through something similar.
Thank you that's very kind of you to say β€οΈ
I hope so too. That's pretty much why I want to tell my story. It might help someone who's struggling and trying to find the motivation.
that sounds really good :)
Interview in 15 minutes. I stupidly didn't eat breakfast so I'm a little less calm than I'd like to be. But I got this, I know I do dammit
E: I think that went well! I feel much more positive about this team. The interview was a lot more chillaxed too. I have a good feeling about this job βΊοΈ
A jelly frog and internet hug πΈ
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Here's a small part of the story I'm writing for the ABC. They want something before they decide to ok it or not.
"Most of the people I've met when I was active in my addiction, and the few I've met since I became sober, were abused as children.
After I bought whatever drug I needed that day, I would find what I call "a single use friend", so that if anything happened someone would be with me. Plus, I was less likely to be jumped by other addicts if I had a buddy.
Once we'd had our fix, I would start to ask them questions. I'd ask them to tell me about themselves. People are a lot more vulnerable once they'd consumed what made them feel normal. The walls are down. We share a kinship that's difficult to describe.
I guess you had to be there.
After some chatter, eventually I would ask the question:
"So, how long have you been using for"?
From this question, you can gently, patiently, start to tease out a story. The story of how they ended up in this alley way with me. "
Looks good, I reckon they'll run it. I've almost sent in several things to the ABC but always ended up backing out because I didn't believe in myself, or that the thing I was writing about "wasn't actually that bad in the grand scheme of things" (whatever TF that's meant to mean)
Give me a tag when you hear back, I'm interested to see what comes of it. Also I'm happy you're in a better place now
...addiction ...were abused as children.
I feel called out ππ¬
Just cigarettes, but damn. This is my last pouch. I hope they do go ahead with your story, I'm sure it will help many out there who will read it!
You ought to feel very proud of yourself for coming out the other end, it's inspiring.
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sitting here dreaming of a holiday home. Figured I'd price up buying some land and just chucking a portable home on it. Net results the same vs buying an existing home. I cant afford either haha Tell me where you'd go and what you'd do with it if you had one.
I'd get a house and land (rather than an apartment), close-ish to the city. Reno it and become a foster carer for pets π₯° one can dream
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Depresso/disability
I've lost so much strength and weight since lockdowns, various factors making it incredibly hard to eat enough and stay active. I can feel my hamstrings have tightened and my posture has suffered. The muscle gains I worked for are gone.
I don't want to go back to the light weights/exercise band and have to slowly earn years of progress back π Doing anything is hard, being consistent feels impossible and most days I don't even actually want to be alive.
I guess I'll do 10 dumbbell rows on each side and call it a day because I can feel my spine fusing over like Mr Burns. π€
you've got all of us here cheering you on , you're not alone
so many hugs
and keep doing what you're doing π€
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I found out I can add custom ~~emojis~~ emoticons to my instance today. 
that looks pretty cool
Life is hard and it sucks. Maybe I should buy the chocolate toothpaste and keep it next to my bed.
Edit: Oh. I think I've worked out the random crying from kitty. To be fair this is new behaviour (normally she never meows) and a new request. She was asking me to turn the shower on for a second so she could lick up the water droplets afterward.
She kept crying for refills so there is now a flat baking tray filled with water sitting in my shower
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Whinge/Vent: Put on three year surgery waitlist. Came into some money recently. Deciding to pay for surgery because fuck this. See doctor for referral. "Oh they lost the initial application". F U C K.
How can an application be "lost"? Unless someone fucked up it's not lost.
and hugs,
According to my doctor, Monash medical had an issue over covid, a computer error or storm-flood or something and they lost two years of applications. So if anyone is waiting for surgery, consider going back to your doctor and saying what's up? The real LPT in the comments.
Yeah I'm gonna need that coffee today. Kid went down around 10pm, and there is just something so draining about the loss of your "Me" time its not even funny.
I know that feeling. The kid goes down late, then you stay up later to have time to yourself, making tomorrow morning worse as well
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You got πͺπ
Im going on an excursion of sorts to the city tomorrow. I'm genuinely excited! I love being around people and crowds.
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What is it about passport/visa photos that make you look like a serial killer?
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Today's preserving effort: 6 1/2 jars of raspberry jam and 2 jars of marinaded mushrooms.
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Ok I googled the joint I applied to and wow they are indeed dodgy. As I guessed, the store itself isn't dodgy, but the boss seems to be one of those "alpha man" types. All the reviews I've found seem to mainly be about him being abusive. Also he looks like that Tate dude everyone keeps going on about
I don't really want to no show for the interview, but I don't think I want anything to do with it anymore and they don't have a way to cancel. The message didn't even come from a phone number, it came from one of those short code things so I can't even reply
Sounds even more sus - no way to cancel? Maybe dob them in to Fair Work? Like, send an enquiry to Fair Work asking if this is industry standard behaviour, attaching screenshots/copies of everything they've sent to you.
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I've just found out there's a limit on how much you can listen to audiobooks each month on Spotify because I have hit that limit:
While slightly annoying, I'm not smashing through books like others might and this is included in a price I'm already paying for Spotify and doesn't need a separate paid service like Audible so I'm going to say fair enough.
Yeah that happened to me. Of course you can always upgrade. No thanks Spotify. I already pay you enough.
Oh it's specifically audiobooks. I thought you had a 15 hour limit on normal Spotify for a bit. Less than 30 minutes per day.
That's still a bit stingy even for just audiobooks. That's not even one book half the time
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Please select which of these four very specific pigeon-holes you fit into.
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Done the best lamb roast in the airfryer yet. Piece of shoulder boned and rolled, and the gravy flavored with allspice and smoked paprika. Was yum. Am now definitely a fan of doing roasts in the airfryer.
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