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Joined: 12 Jan 2025
Age: 45
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Location: England, UK

13 Jan 2025, 8:44 am

Greetings all, I'm Mike from England.

I hate to say it out loud but I'm in my mid-40s, officially diagnosed as somebody on the ASD spectrum in 2024 despite speculation since 1988 or earlier... I've tried to sign up to wrongplanet.net on a few occassions but for one reason or other have not made it through the gates. Is there a bug with emails being sent out? Searched high and low for some but appear to have been verified now, finally.
I'd quite like new people to talk to as a lot of my most trusted friends over the years have either moved on or gone missing and I'm trying to manage my addictions and therefore some of the more typical ways guys my age make new friends are a bit too risky for me, at least while I get used to being sober whilst surrounded by drunks!
Pleased to meet you.

Cheers.

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13 Jan 2025, 10:24 am

Welcome to WP! I hope you decide it helps.

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13 Jan 2025, 12:02 pm

Welcome to WP

A wide range of views and communication styles here so the contributions of some members are likely to resonate with you!

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13 Jan 2025, 1:10 pm

Howdy Howdy Howdy

Welcome

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13 Jan 2025, 2:08 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

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13 Jan 2025, 2:40 pm

Hi Mike and welcome aboard.

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13 Jan 2025, 7:20 pm

Welcome to Wrong Planet!

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14 Jan 2025, 11:24 am

MikeCheque, Welcome to Wrong Planet.

You wrote, "a bit too risky for me, at least while I get used to being sober whilst surrounded by drunks!"

I can understand how that can be a problem in surviving life. I live in a very small town in the U.S. There are two stoplights in our town. Near the center of town there is a small coffee shop where you can purchase a coffee or a hot chocolate. They provide about a 100 different varieties. It is run by a group of former people with problems with alcohol or drugs. A group normally meets together in a back room of the facility. THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER. They work themselves out of their addictions. It is like the group called Alcoholics Anonymous.

So breaking free from you addiction can be done. It takes a lot of effort, an unbelievable amount of effort but you can break free.

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15 Jan 2025, 4:11 pm

Welcome to the planet

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15 Jan 2025, 6:00 pm

With reference to your nick, I call this my "Roadie plate"
It'd be funnier if it was from the Czech Republic

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19 Jan 2025, 8:13 pm

Hi Mike. I’m new to Wrong Planet, too. I live in the US, but I have been to England twice. I think substance abuse is more common among us. I’m glad you are getting help. Take care. Cassie

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19 Jan 2025, 10:07 pm

Cas3, Welcome to WP! I hope you like it here.

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