Introduction to the Life of Sid the Squid

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Thank you for reading & sorry for the length, but I got the first account I ever made stolen(I recovered the account the day after I made this post.)(account named @sludlung). I reblogged all my posts from there already. It was made in rehab, following me through my first month of sobriety. I get into the intro after the explanation.

“Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give… it’s about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.” ― Rocky Balboa

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Hello my name is Sid, and I am back again! Why am I doing an introduction on another account? Because I accidentally posted my master key to the hive blockchain, and now the account is dead moosemeat. Someone has taken full control of the account.(and all my money is gone)

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I found this out after my friend sent 5$ to the Blocktrades address I received, to convert Monero to Hive(I set it up so he just had to send the monero). I posted the master key in the memo box... Whoops, I guess. I checked for my Hive several times before looking at the transaction history, and I saw this!

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Don't cry over spilled milk my grandpa always said(especially after spilling something lol). I love writing, and blogging a lot, so I had to make a new account & start over so here I am 😛.

I fell in love with blogging in the past month I've been on Hive, and I'm not gonna let me losing all progress stop me. I am going to keep blogging till the wheels fall off 😜. I have been posting mostly about my current experience in recovery from drugs and alcohol, but I will see what the readers want to read, and do a variety of different posts. Yes, I was a full-blown drug addict since I was 14, and I am now 23! I wasted quite a few years, but I became so tired of the cycle of self-destruction that I gave up. I thought that if this is how life is, then I don't want it. I needed to try something new or I would kill myself. Now here we are, I went through rehab for the 8th or 9th time, and I have about a month clean now!

I have too many stories to count stored in my head. If anyone wants to hear something in particular let me know. I started playing Runescape & Club Penguin at the age of 7, and instantly became obsessed with the internet, and chatting with people from around the world. It started very innocently, but the isolation I believe is what led to me picking a degenerate group of friends(I was very anti-social and didn't want to talk to anyone but the degenerates were very approachable). We all pushed each other to experiment with everything. We threw quarter sticks of dynamite, Works toilet bowl cleaner bombs, trying our parent's alcohol. Here is where the progression of my Drug addiction & Alcoholism started. I smoked my first cigarette at the age of 12, stole some of my dad's Svedka(vodka), put it in a water bottle, and got wasted. Within the next year, me and my friend Shane went to the local Ice Skating arena and smoked weed for the first time. [//]:# (!pinmapple 42.609119 lat -82.893387 long Sid's first smoke spot, Mt Clemens Ice Arena d3scr) It didn't do much, but the next time the both of us came and smoked, we felt like we were in another world. We loved the alteration in our mood and perception. Now, don't get it twisted and think I'm saying weed is a gateway drug, but drinking and smoking weed at 12/13 made me open to trying mood-altering prescription medication, which led to me doing just about any drug besides instant brain cell annihilation like huffing gasoline, and stuff similar. An unnamed person stole his family's medication and traded them to us for our weed. We tried benzos, such as Xanax, Ativan, Valium, and Klonopin. ADHD medication such as Ritalin & Adderall, and eventually Opiate pills like Vicodin(Hydrocodone), Morphine & Percocet(oxycodone). From there we went on a steady decline of drug addiction to the depths, till... Now. We all got sober recently on our own in a very short time period.

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I used to say things like "I wouldn't trade these experiences for anything" but the thing is, I don't remember much of anything I did when I was high or drunk for the past 9 years(14-23), and I was drunk or high the majority of the time. If you are wondering what I did when I was high the whole time, I just sat online & played video games, listened to music, and chatted with online friends. A lot of Runescape and League of Legends. Listened to MF Doom, Grimes, Tyler the Creator, American Football, Earl Sweatshirt while smoking weed. Listened to Punk, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Matt & Kim, Chvrches, and Deathcore while on stimulants. Grateful Dead, Shpongle, and Pink Floyd on psychedelics,

Enough of the drug talk, but I felt like some background history on my life was necessary for a proper introduction to my glorious blog. Wish I had a more interesting story to explain my teenage years, but not much was recovered from the brain storage due to drug addiction, and alcohol abuse. I do have some cool memories of vacations and stuff from before 13 years old when I was just a young lad, but I will save those for another time. I have quite a few stories of me hanging out with friends while using, And a lot of jail stories. I am going to stick to whatever comes to my head, and I know would make a good post, unless someone makes a request. I am going to try my best to avoid glorifying any drug use. I am still in early recovery, so I'm trying to avoid focusing on any of the good times I had due to cravings that arise.

I recovered the account I lost, but I wanted a different name anyways. I will continue to use this account.

Thanks for reading my introduction, please follow, upvote, and reblog. Love you all ❤️

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wow... what a tale. Welcome once again... conscious personal security in this crypto realm cannot be overstated.

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Excellent! You're doing a great restart, with the blog and your life! Bravo! 💜

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Two things:
I used to say things like "I wouldn't trade these experiences for anything"
That is called Romancing (I'm sure you know that) like "Those were the good Old days"
but we know they were the bad old days.
BUT
Considering that you, as you are now and going forward are the culmination of your life experiences, if those things hadn't happened, you would not be who you are now.
That is a bitter pill to swallow, but life is hard and then you die.
In between we can only try to make a positive difference in other peoples lives, which is rewarding in its own right.

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Thanks jerry, I appreciate all your motivating words more than you can imagine. Having the people of Hive & especially The Terminal support me, is more important than anyone in AA or NA or anything for that matter(besides my Mom).

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Glad to be of service @squids (it's Chris, isn't it?) but don't let those in AA/NA hear you say that ha ha ha

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Welcome to the Hive community @squids!
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.

Seven suggestions to consider:

  1. Guard your passwords carefully, and only publish with the posting key,
  2. Use your active key only for wallet transactions, Keychain, Peaklock, and Hivesigner,
  3. The master password and the owner key are only used to reset compromised passwords,
  4. DO NOT lose your passwords; copy and store offline,
  5. Do not publish other people's work, be it photos or written, without credit, and be sure to source all of your work, even if it is your own.
  6. An introduceyourself tag is used only once , and
  7. Do not open any links in memos or comments that you do not know who they belong to. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is, so the old saying goes. There is nothing free here.

I found you because @brittandjosie and @jamerussell from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.

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Welcome back and I am very glad you made a difference and working on yourself,it's a great change..... sorry about the loss and I know you will get all of those back soon

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Great that a lesson is learned and you just started again. The fact this happened so soon In to the old blog makes it not a great loss. So good luck again.

I wish you good luck blogging and I Will See you around🍀
Your blogs and comments are appreciated and if you have more questions let me know.

We re introduced you in Our @Heyhaveyamet blog , our almost every day , and The Discord The Terminal for newbies and All answers to your questions you are already in I am on Hive everyday ! You can always leave a comment.
Greetings from Brittandjosie from the Netherlands

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Good luck to you as the new arrival, may hive become your new life !

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Great that a lesson is learned and you just started again. The fact this happened so soon In to the old blog makes it not a great loss. So good luck again.

I wish you good luck blogging and I Will See you around🍀
Your blogs and comments are appreciated and if you have more questions let me know.

We re introduced you in Our @Heyhaveyamet blog , our almost every day , and The Discord The Terminal for newbies and All answers to your questions you are already in I am on Hive everyday ! You can always leave a comment.
Greetings from Brittandjosie from the Netherlands

https://discord.gg/XZGPGpz

Theterminal discord invite

Good luck to you as the new arrival, may hive become your new life !

Or Ecency mobile blogging app
And join their lovely Ecency discord https://discord.gg/9sn9Vans
And this steps to take blog :
https://ecency.com/hive-125125/@beeber/ecency-help-signup-process-for

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Great that a lesson is learned and you just started again. The fact this happened so soon In to the old blog makes it not a great loss. So good luck again.

I wish you good luck blogging and I Will See you around🍀
Your blogs and comments are appreciated and if you have more questions let me know.

We re introduced you in Our @Heyhaveyamet blog , our almost every day , and The Discord The Terminal for newbies and All answers to your questions you are already in I am on Hive everyday ! You can always leave a comment.
Greetings from Brittandjosie from the Netherlands

https://discord.gg/XZGPGpz

Theterminal discord invite

Good luck to you as the new arrival, may hive become your new life !

Or Ecency mobile blogging app
And join their lovely Ecency discord https://discord.gg/9sn9Vans
And this steps to take blog :
https://ecency.com/hive-125125/@beeber/ecency-help-signup-process-for

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It's okay to have alt accounts. This is permission-less here, and that's why I love it.

I was a little confused because I first learned about your other account, but good to read that you were able to save your account. Hive on! !invest_vote

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Welcome back again, indeed crying over split milk isn't advised.
You are doing great, reading your story resonated with me.
Keep being amazing

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