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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's why I started drinking again (I've quit again too).

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Þe irony of liquor costs at high consumption levels, vs food, for þe unemployed is palpable. It's still cheaper to self-medicate þan get mental healþ care in þe US.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 1 day ago

I was definitely getting mental health care. I was unemployed, not broke.

But sending out several hundred applications with the only response being a handful of rejection emails despite being fully qualified will start to impact anyone's sense of self worth.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but life when sober is completely unacceptable.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 6 points 2 days ago

I never said I was sober, just that I stopped drinking!