Decider is currently live-bingeing the third season of House Of Cards, which was released on Netflix at 3AM EST/12AM PST today. For our complete coverage of the series, click here.

This Friday, beginning at the ripe hour of 3 a.m. Eastern time, I will be live-blogging my thirteen-hour (plus) binge of Netflix Original series, House of Cards.

I’m not the first to document such a feat, nor is this the first time I’ve watched an entire season of a show in under fifteen hours (thinking back to the first time I binged The Wire. Ah, memories…). Yet, this time around feels different, and if I’m being frank (see what I did there?), a tad bittersweet. House of Cards is a series that begs to be binged, but instead should be watched an episode at a time with days in between, as to digest the nuanced characterization and political puzzles. After bingeing Season Two in its entirety last Valentine’s Day weekend, I closed my laptop only to realize I had made a huge mistake. No, it wasn’t ignoring my date all weekend, but watching too much of the Underwoods in such a short period of time. Thank goodness for Joel Kim Booster, who recapped an episode a day for the last 25 days (his streak ends tomorrow) leading up to the Season Three premiere. His recaps let me read up on all the drama so I didn’t have to re-watch all 26 episodes before Friday at 3 a.m. There’s only so much a girl can do.

If I regret it so much, why am I live-bingeblogging (a word I just invented) this season, you ask? A couple of reasons: the first being that I can’t stomach anyone else spoiling this show for me. I managed to dodge the Zoe news for a few hours after Season Two premiered last February, and I consider that an Internet miracle in this day in age. Needless to say, this live-blog will contain spoilers. You’ve been warned. Reason number two involves having a place to go where you can read about the entire season in one fell swoop. I’ll make sure my live-blog is equipped with photos, fun gifs that I’ll make just for you, along with plenty of snark, cheers, jeers, and tears. Make sure you bookmark it. Number three: I’m more equipped this time around. To mine and everyone else’s credit who leaped out of their seat during “Chapter 14” last winter, there was no way you could watch just one episode. House of Cards is like a really screwed up bag of Lay’s Potato Chips; once you’ve had one, you’ve got to devour them all. Also, I was ill-prepared last year: no booze, forgot to pick up toilet paper, made brunch plans the next day, etc. This year, I am a confident, seasoned binger of the phenomenon that is House of Cards and here’s how you can be one, too.

1 Stock up on necessities. I can’t reiterate this enough: in addition to toilet paper, shop for foods that suit all of your moods. Binge-watching can bring out the worst in us emotionally and you’ll need to be able to compensate your fears, tears, and angst with some good ol’ fashioned snacks that take little effort to prepare. Make sure you pick up: Your favorite candy

Doritos

A pint of Ben & Jerry’s

Popcorn

Two Buck Chuck wine

Beer (for when the wine is all gone)

Hot pockets

Pickles

Easy Mac

Soda (you’re going to need the caffeine)

Fruits and veggies (for when you hate yourself at the end of this)

2 Tell someone. Let someone know you plan on being a hermit for an extended period of time. If you’re lucky and not bingeing the entire season in roughly thirteen hours like myself, chances are you’ll have the entire weekend to spend with Frank and Claire. That being said, you’ll most likely forget to venture outdoors and interact with other humans you see every day. To prevent your neighbors, friends, and family from thinking you’re a dead person, send out a quick text to someone who cares about you. For example, I just sent this text to my good friend: See? I feel safer now.

3 Mute certain Twitter accounts. Do you follow an Internet person who insists on ruining your life? Just because you share the same pop culture tastes doesn’t mean you have subject yourself to their inability to keep their tweet-giddy fingers from type, type, typing away. If you don’t trust giving them the benefit of the doubt, simply mute their notifications until you’re done with the season. I’ll make sure not to spoil (too much) during my live-tweeting because that’s just plain frustrating.

4 Make sure you take bathroom breaks. Seriously. Go to the bathroom, do your business, and splash some cold water on your face. This will also give you a moment to rest your eyes, stretch your limbs, and get back in touch with being a human before retreating back to the drama of the White House.