What does everyone do for support while traveling? 12 Step meetings aren’t always easily available in some locales or time slots. How do you stay grounded, focused, and centered?

Best and worst part about dating in your city?

Hi everyone!
I am currently looking for an opportunity in the New Orleans area. 2 YOE in HR, with another 5 years of relevant experience. Will have my MBA as of 12/17/22
Thanks in advance for any potential help or guidance!

How much does “Queen Victoria” remind you of that person in the firm that will do ANYTHING to become partner?

Need honest opinions.... Is it really worth it to wait until after being a senior for a year to look for other opportunities?

Anyone know what /bvs means? Saw that in a prior year workpaper and have no idea what it means 😂

Hi, I got offer from TCS. In my previous company I worked on .NET and SQL and TCS is hiring me for the same. But in my current company I have been working in different technology. In the offer letter it is mentioned that the previous employer's experience letter should contain the technologies worked. As I have worked in different technology in between, does it create any issue after joining??

Does anyone knows if ROKU fire sticks work with a regular smart TV? I have a hisense UHD 4K so wanted to check..

Weinberger out. Thoughts?

Anyone recently joined going to office?

What’s salary appraisal cycle in OCI/oracle? How much is the average hike people get? I heard for many people no hike is given for years? Is it true?

What is the maximum salary oracle can offer for senior software engineer?

So anxious about upcoming CFA exam can't even sleep.

BCG EA here

Problem gambler here having to deal with multiple payday loans. Does anyone have any advice on how to handle? Been in a situation with pay day loans in the past? Any guidance would be great.

I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who shares in this group. It truly helps me stay sober. I am approaching 12 months sober but have been struggling lately. While I have not relapsed, I’ve been close. Normally, before I get out of bed, I write down my reason to stat sober for the day, but lately the reasons have been lousy at best. But reading about everyone’s struggles and successes has helped get me through this past month. So thank you all for the inspiration to keep going strong!

This time last year I knew I needed to stop drinking, but I couldn’t. This year, though, I’m putting my health first. Starting day 2 of sobriety and hope to keep it up. Thanks to this group for all the support and encouragement shown to those of us struggling with such powerful addictions.

Hi, just joined this bowl! I have an AH and things have gotten pretty serious this year. He started on and off with recovery always asking my help to try 30 days sober which I do to support but he consistently fail and avoids AA. I have been doing Al-Anon and it’s very helpful. I relate in most stories, but sometimes I feel so different from the people there (mid class religious housewife vs me an LGBT atheist consulting from CA). Does anyone have a meeting to recommend or has been in my shoes?

Amazing feeling waking up the Monday after Super Bowl and not being hungover like past years. Thank you all for the support in this bowl!

Hello, I’m looking for accountability partners to help quit smoking hookah. I was clean for about 3 yrs, and have relapsed recently and finding it hard to quit smoking it.

Question. How many people here actively voice they are in recovery at work events to explain why they don’t drink as opposed to just declining the drink? Why or why not?

Just relapsed after several months of sobriety in SA, I don’t feel so bad about it though…

Any tips on how to get motivated to restart working the steps without having to reach the bottom?

Hi everyone! I’m new here. 217 days sober. I quit on September 11, 2021. I never thought I had an issue until I started lying to my friends and family about my consumption. I would take off work to drink all day and go home drunk, thinking I could play it cool and no one would notice. This has been very hard and very rewarding. If anyone is sober curious or even having a hard time with sobriety, something that really helped me is the reframe app. Be kind to yourselves!

Any tips on staying centered and productive in our industry while in program? I’m finding the emotional rawness required from program (especially as I work through steps 4 and 5) is making me very self conscious of my impacts on others and I feel like it’s affecting my ability to be a good leader because I’m so in my own head

Has anyone had success reducing or getting off stimulants? I been on vyvanse for 10 years and now at a pretty high dose (60mg). I feel fine when I take 60mg but my concern is if I don’t take that much I feel barely functional and I don’t want to go any higher in future years. Not taking on weekends basically requires me to just lay in bed all weekend.

One. Day. At. A. Time!

How does D handle leaves of absence for substance abuse? Who knows the diagnosis or anything beyond I’m on a medical leave?

A couple of us analysts started a Facebook group, we’re hosting meetings, supporting our community, being of service virtually while coronavirus is going on. Can we claim volunteer hours for this!? :)

Starting a new year next as year three clean and sober and now since then I have gotten an apartment, a car, and a job I love, a hobby I enjoy and have grown exponentially! My parents were raging alcoholics and I suffered in silence until college when I was already drinking at sixteen and overseas I started drugs in college! There is a light in the tunnel and self love vs. self loathing is how I treat myself!

Had a really rough drinking episode this past weekend. Broke some things in our house. Don’t remember. For 20 years now, I can have 1-2 drinks and be fine 9/10 times, and that 10% I go HARD. Sometimes I just really need it, but it’s always filled with regret the next day. I really want to be able to drink a glass of wine or have a couple beers, but now my SO says 100% abstinence. Is it possible with my background and history or abuse to even try to do this anymore, or should I completely stop.

I’m taking Antabuse. It’s the only thing keeping me from drinking right now while I’m home for the holidays

Why do I keep doing this…many times I’ve told myself I would not drink anymore yet every Friday afternoon I find myself picking up a case of beer, like on autopilot. I used to limit it to just weekends, but now I find myself more and more drinking during the week…feeling miserable at work the next day, if I even make it to work. I don’t know what has to happen for me to finally realize I need to stop and actually follow through with it. Blacked out last night, feeling ashamed of myself.

Friendly reminder that benzos aren’t substitutes for a night cap.