It cannot be over emphasized how much Sharp will be reliving that nightmare moment for the rest of his life

You've been sitting on this one 🤣

Crazy that Auburn is in the Final Four with Duke and yet is more hated. We really have made it!

Totally winnable game, I think that's what hurts the most. So many wasted possessions. But no regrets. Glad I got to see them play in person once this year.

Bravo, pangram appropriate.

I have kids. No days off for me!

Occasionally I do need to take a day or two though, either because I don't get to the pharmacy out of busyness or I've chained multiple days together without good sleep. I usually choose 'dead' days where I won't be called upon to be productive. Then, lots of caffeine and time carved out for naps.

I was lucky enough to be in the room tonight when he came back in and immediately scored. My only AU basketball game of the year. The roar was absolutely legendary.

God I love this team

Any Johni updates?

Everyone loves Chuck big time

Pretty accurate from what I can tell. It's LOUD for Auburn.

Reporting in from State Farm arena. Looks like a home game here.

I feel like I've seen everything in basketball. That got me. That was some Steph stuff right there.

GGs UM

Auburn most dangerous 2nd half team this season, prove me wrong

What even was that shot. Pettiford you sexy beast.

Yeah, accusing Kirby of disloyalty (of all possible accusations) seems like a huge whiff.

I don't think anyone should fault him for missing what was 100% an integral part of coaching until very recently. The coach/athlete relationship is dramatically different from when Kirby started coaching, it's okay for a guy to reminisce about the high points of that time. If I were him I'd probably feel the same.

Probably Italian.

Came here to discuss this. It is most definitely a common noun as well, I feel somewhat robbed

I took it for a couple years, stopped for 1.5, then got back on and have been back on it ever since. For reference I'm in my late 30's.

First of all - if you want to stop, just do it. Follow that intuition. First few days are crucial, get extra sleep, drink extra coffee (some of this depends on your dosage, probably). Take sick leave or do it on days you know you don't need to be productive (like a holiday). Second day is always the worst. Then you can assess in the weeks afterward how you feel about it.

This is how it went for me: I took it for a couple of years and after a while realized I wasn't managing the benefits well enough to outweigh the risks and side effects, which combined with the odd heart rhythms/chest pain and occasional (but too-often) panicky feeling were just too much for me. I quit cold turkey and fought through the adjustment with stimulants and water, was back to 'normal' in a week or two.

It was freeing for a while to not be tethered to medication, but eventually my carefully crafted schedule of habits fell apart. I tried and couldn't get back to that point where I was before, couldn't balance, got frustrated and depressed again at my own inability to self-organize and self-start. I still relied on other stimulants (caffeine mainly, and occasionally a small half-tab of ephedrine). My daily rhythm was unbalanced, my sleep was deep but I reverted back to being a night owl so I didn't get enough of it. I really tried to hack it but it wasn't enough. Truthfully I lost a lot of confidence because of it. Not blaming anyone but myself, just telling it how it was.

After a year and a half or so of that I went back to my doc, told them I was done taking a break and worked my way back on. I added back my habits and decided to heavily prioritize sleep, water, exercise, and nutrition (especially since the cardiovascular side effects were one of my main reasons for dropping it). I'm still working on that, but I've been able to balance a lot of things - family/kids, full time work, busy weekends, grad school - that I'm pretty sure I'd be buried by otherwise. I do plan on either ending Vyv entirely or taking a very extended break to reassess after I'm done with GS in a couple years, again out of respect for the potential long term effects.

There's a lot more I could fill this text box with, but I think I can boil it down to this: I realized that I preferred the way of managing my life when I was on the medication versus managing my life when I wasn't. Since the inability to manage our lives is what brought most of us here to begin with, I think that's the call you have to make for yourself. Getting off may very well be the right thing and I don't think you'll regret answering that question for yourself.

Same. Ever since I first heard Spanish Key over 20 years ago (late 30's fwiw).

Oddly enough I was introduced to it by Collateral (2004) as one of the characters 'plays' Spanish Key in a jazz club. I loved the movie but that song stayed with me more than the movie did, I had to hear more. I tracked down the whole album and listened to it beginning to end. I played it loudly in my room by myself and it blew my mind. It still does, every single time, 20 years later.

We have different definitions of near-perfect. We looked locked up and afraid of aggression. But I guess that can be dealt with when our bench plays as good as the starters (the real strength of this squad all year).

Solid game from Creighton and I respect their squad a lot, they played an amazing first half and just got outweighed by the end.

This is an actually insane state and I hope I remember it

I'm fine with him helping accumulate foul trouble for their starting 5, but it's bothersome to see him miss shots he's made all year

I'm of the opinion that the refereeing of this season has made us afraid to play 'our' game. You're free to disagree with me but we look like statues out there

We have to let loose and be us