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Ago · 12-09-2008, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doorknob

Dude, you live in the SF Bay Area, where anything goes... I know, I grew up there. I could move anywhere in the country, and nothing will ever shock me...

I haven't been trying to stay sober for all of the last 3 years, just a couple short lived attempts.

It would be nice to rack up some sober time and share my experience at AA meeting, but it would be nicer to get a few LifeRing meetings starting in the Greater Spokane Area.

true but I've been to meetings in Europe, England, Scotland, Mexico, All over Northern California, Seattle, and they all seem about the same.

anyhow, just an idea, the steps work, and if you do have your "higher power" be a doorknob, that would work too, and if the steps don't work for you I'll happily refund your $$$

Personally I've never met anybody the steps didn't alter profoundly, and most stay sober.

Like I said, just an idea to kick around, couldn't hurt, and you have plenty of spare time, might be funner and more rewarding then picking fights with mods with control issues on forums

adore79 · 12-09-2008, 11:47 PM

Leavenworth...lol. I like the McDonalds there made up to look like an old European building.

doorknob · 12-09-2008, 11:52 PM

Yeah... same crappy food though, lol. I lived in Peshastin, 4 miles out of town and worked up at the Leavenworth Ski Hill for 5 seasons running the tube lift. I'm really gonna miss that this year...

doorknob · 12-10-2008, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ago

true but I've been to meetings in Europe, England, Scotland, Mexico, All over Northern California, Seattle, and they all seem about the same.

anyhow, just an idea, the steps work, and if you do have your "higher power" be a doorknob, that would work too, and if the steps don't work for you I'll happily refund your $$$

Personally I've never met anybody the steps didn't alter profoundly, and most stay sober.

Like I said, just an idea to kick around, couldn't hurt, and you have plenty of spare time, might be funner and more rewarding then picking fights with mods with control issues on forums

I guess a doorknob would work, if it's all some kind of placebo effect (which I believe it is, at least as far as any kind of HP intervention), and you actually believe that a doorknob has supernatural powers. I do plan on talking to that guy (I think he's a regular)... the atheist & agnostic group I go to makes use of the Steps w/out the HP element. I'm getting a copy of their outline next week so I can share it here. Hey, maybe sometime you're drivin' across the Bay, you can check out one of these meetings and tell me what you think:

LifeRing F2F Meeting List

Also, what type of subs are you running in your car?

Ago · 12-10-2008, 12:50 AM

IDK, i have 11 speakers I think, 2 amps and some big sub woofer, wiring is all messed up right now, stereo system took a beating living 3 miles down a dirt road for 3 years, dust in the summer, and COVERED in mud in the winter with that jarring that dirt roads are so great for, I took out the 2 house speakers, the big cabinet ones when I moved, so I had 15 speakers.

Far as I am concerned my car is a rolling box to get me and my stereo system from point A to Point B

ooooh that reminds me, I have to call that Hillbilly again to see if he's finished rebuilding the engine on my BMW, I have a 1984 "gray market" BMW that was "imported" from Germany by a high performance shop then rebuilt for racing, has a turbo charge, nothing on it is stock, big wide racing tires, racing suspension etc, looks like a typical old 320i but has more HP then a souped up Chevy small block and handles better then a Porsche, it looks good too, it's clean, needs a paint job though, it was fire engine red, now it's kind of.....orange almost.

It sat in some Doctors Garage for something like 10-15 years so it has low miles but everything rubber (tires, all fuel lines etc, timing belt) turned to crap so the valve seals dried out and weren't seated correctly and it caused me to blow a seal on the Turbo and sucked oil into the whole engine, so having the whole thing rebuilt now.

Now that I don't live in hillbilly land any more I may go back to driving that more, I'll need the sidekick or a truck for work, but the BMW and my GS 1200 Bandit for "recreational driving" should be sufficient.

gypsytears · 12-10-2008, 07:58 AM

Howdy neighbor. Just passing through

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least · 12-11-2008, 10:17 AM

Hey Paul! How are you doing today? Just stopping by to say 'hello' and give you a hug!

ananda · 12-11-2008, 10:48 AM

Hey DK...this thread is all about you....let us know how you are

doorknob · 12-11-2008, 11:06 AM

I'm kinda tired... went to a speaker meeting last night, met with a guy from Craig's List to buy a sub box, and then went to karaoke and stayed till closing. Had to be at the counseling center this morning at 8 to see my therapist and the nurse for my prozac script. I'm a little beat.. but not in a bad way.

ananda · 12-11-2008, 11:09 AM

great DK....getting out and about is really a good thing...I need to do more of that myself...

123bubblegum123 · 12-11-2008, 11:21 AM

1) talk to a counselor/doctor about what you are experiencing. I was put on (surprisingly) anti-depressants for OCD and they really helped!

2) If you can't make a town AA meeting, log onto the chat room here! They have a lot of meetings that I've entered just by getting online!

doorknob · 12-11-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Ago

Far as I am concerned my car is a rolling box to get me and my stereo system from point A to Point B

I have 2 old school Rockford 8" woofer/horn tweeter truck boxes with 100 watts on each, 2 high end Pioneer 10's powered by a 600 watt mono amp, and picked up a pioneer 12 last night to add to them. I hooked up the 12 by itself this morning but will eventually wire up all three subs.

Quote:

I have a 1984 "gray market" BMW that was "imported" from Germany by a high performance shop then rebuilt for racing, has a turbo charge, nothing on it is stock, big wide racing tires, racing suspension etc, looks like a typical old 320i but has more HP then a souped up Chevy small block and handles better then a Porsche

Yo, that's a little more than a rolling box!

doorknob · 12-11-2008, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by least

Hey Paul! How are you doing today? Just stopping by to say 'hello' and give you a hug!

Thanks, Least!

How are the doggies?

least · 12-11-2008, 11:56 AM

The doggies are fine today, had a nice walk, and they send you their love in licks and tail wagging! My dogs love all my friends! Glad you are alright. Sending you hugs from me and doggies!

doorknob · 12-11-2008, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 123bubblegum123

1) talk to a counselor/doctor about what you are experiencing. I was put on (surprisingly) anti-depressants for OCD and they really helped!

2) If you can't make a town AA meeting, log onto the chat room here! They have a lot of meetings that I've entered just by getting online!

Hi, Bubblegum. I've been on and off of SSRI anti-depressants for most of my life. I was just on Paxil for a month, but it was making me fatigued and giving me headaches. I'm picking up a script for Prozac today. I've tried them all, and that seems to be the only one that is fairly side effect, especially at the high doses usually required for OCD. Which one are you taking and at what dose?

doorknob · 12-14-2008, 08:12 AM

Gettin' ready to drive to Spokane for my atheist & agnostic meeting. It's 4 degrees outside. I must be nutz...

ananda · 12-14-2008, 08:16 AM

I'll get sober when...when hell freezes over?????

Sorry DK...had to be said....I'm pleased your going ... tell me all about it when you get back.....

but drive safely....we have to stay alive in order for our sobriety to last!

doorknob · 12-14-2008, 08:19 AM

One of the guys is bringing copies of the opening statement. I'll post it in the secular forums when I get back...

doorknob · 12-14-2008, 08:34 AM

Now it's 3 degrees...

***Freedom1990*** · 12-14-2008, 10:18 AM

We hit our high early this morning at about 53 degrees, and then the cold front hit. Last time I looked at the thermometer outside, it was down to 20. I have no idea what the wind chill is, but the dogs are wasting no time outside on potty break!

doorknob · 12-14-2008, 06:28 PM

Well, it warmed all the way up to 6 degrees and is dropping again...

BTW, today is day 45. Next stop... 60, my all-time best.

ananda · 12-14-2008, 06:36 PM

aw DK....(HUG)

Bamboozle · 12-15-2008, 12:29 AM

DK......

6 degrees? That's way too cold for my fat a$$. Even I don't have enough insulation for that. Brrrr!

**Dee74** · 12-15-2008, 01:00 AM

keep it up DK - well done!

D

ananda · 12-15-2008, 03:23 AM

got you beat DK....we are at 2 degrees!!!!!!!!

I gotta find some pants for work...cigerette breaks are hell in a dress on days like this!!!

12-09-2008, 11:52 PM	#253 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	Yeah... same crappy food though, lol. I lived in Peshastin, 4 miles out of town and worked up at the Leavenworth Ski Hill for 5 seasons running the tube lift. I'm really gonna miss that this year... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-10-2008, 07:58 AM	#256 (permalink)
gypsytears not a greeter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: padmasana Posts: 12,538 Blog Entries: 2	Howdy neighbor. Just passing through . __________________ Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

12-11-2008, 10:17 AM	#257 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	Hey Paul! How are you doing today? Just stopping by to say 'hello' and give you a hug! __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

12-11-2008, 10:48 AM	#258 (permalink)
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12-11-2008, 11:06 AM	#259 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	I'm kinda tired... went to a speaker meeting last night, met with a guy from Craig's List to buy a sub box, and then went to karaoke and stayed till closing. Had to be at the counseling center this morning at 8 to see my therapist and the nurse for my prozac script. I'm a little beat.. but not in a bad way. __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-09-2008, 11:47 PM	#252 (permalink)
adore79 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: WA, USA Posts: 2,573 Blog Entries: 45	Leavenworth...lol. I like the McDonalds there made up to look like an old European building.

12-10-2008, 12:50 AM	#255 (permalink)
Ago Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Swish Alps, SF CA Posts: 2,173 Blog Entries: 3	IDK, i have 11 speakers I think, 2 amps and some big sub woofer, wiring is all messed up right now, stereo system took a beating living 3 miles down a dirt road for 3 years, dust in the summer, and COVERED in mud in the winter with that jarring that dirt roads are so great for, I took out the 2 house speakers, the big cabinet ones when I moved, so I had 15 speakers. Far as I am concerned my car is a rolling box to get me and my stereo system from point A to Point B ooooh that reminds me, I have to call that Hillbilly again to see if he's finished rebuilding the engine on my BMW, I have a 1984 "gray market" BMW that was "imported" from Germany by a high performance shop then rebuilt for racing, has a turbo charge, nothing on it is stock, big wide racing tires, racing suspension etc, looks like a typical old 320i but has more HP then a souped up Chevy small block and handles better then a Porsche, it looks good too, it's clean, needs a paint job though, it was fire engine red, now it's kind of.....orange almost. It sat in some Doctors Garage for something like 10-15 years so it has low miles but everything rubber (tires, all fuel lines etc, timing belt) turned to crap so the valve seals dried out and weren't seated correctly and it caused me to blow a seal on the Turbo and sucked oil into the whole engine, so having the whole thing rebuilt now. Now that I don't live in hillbilly land any more I may go back to driving that more, I'll need the sidekick or a truck for work, but the BMW and my GS 1200 Bandit for "recreational driving" should be sufficient.

12-11-2008, 11:09 AM	#260 (permalink)
ananda Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11,908 Blog Entries: 1	great DK....getting out and about is really a good thing...I need to do more of that myself... __________________ Copyright © 2010 - 2010 Ananda You can't stop living just because it hurts a little - Ananda's Mom

12-11-2008, 11:21 AM	#261 (permalink)
123bubblegum123 it's a movie, you're the star Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 356	1) talk to a counselor/doctor about what you are experiencing. I was put on (surprisingly) anti-depressants for OCD and they really helped! 2) If you can't make a town AA meeting, log onto the chat room here! They have a lot of meetings that I've entered just by getting online!

12-11-2008, 11:56 AM	#264 (permalink)
least bona fido dog-lover Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: eastern USA Posts: 23,513 Blog Entries: 31	The doggies are fine today, had a nice walk, and they send you their love in licks and tail wagging! My dogs love all my friends! Glad you are alright. Sending you hugs from me and doggies! __________________ I'd rather live in my car with my dogs than live in a castle without them. Dogs may not be our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. Don't wait for the Last Judgement. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus Find the good and praise it. - Alex Haley

12-14-2008, 08:12 AM	#266 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	Gettin' ready to drive to Spokane for my atheist & agnostic meeting. It's 4 degrees outside. I must be nutz... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-14-2008, 08:16 AM	#267 (permalink)
ananda Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11,908 Blog Entries: 1	I'll get sober when...when hell freezes over????? Sorry DK...had to be said....I'm pleased your going ... tell me all about it when you get back..... but drive safely....we have to stay alive in order for our sobriety to last! __________________ Copyright © 2010 - 2010 Ananda You can't stop living just because it hurts a little - Ananda's Mom

12-14-2008, 08:19 AM	#268 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	One of the guys is bringing copies of the opening statement. I'll post it in the secular forums when I get back... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-14-2008, 08:34 AM	#269 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	Now it's 3 degrees... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-14-2008, 10:18 AM	#270 (permalink)
*Freedom1990* Wesley Employee Extraordinaire Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kansas Posts: 9,340	We hit our high early this morning at about 53 degrees, and then the cold front hit. Last time I looked at the thermometer outside, it was down to 20. I have no idea what the wind chill is, but the dogs are wasting no time outside on potty break! __________________ DeVon & the Zoo Crew ‎Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. ~Arthur Somers Roche

12-14-2008, 06:28 PM	#271 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	Well, it warmed all the way up to 6 degrees and is dropping again... BTW, today is day 45. Next stop... 60, my all-time best. __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-14-2008, 06:36 PM	#272 (permalink)
ananda Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11,908 Blog Entries: 1	aw DK....(HUG) __________________ Copyright © 2010 - 2010 Ananda You can't stop living just because it hurts a little - Ananda's Mom

12-15-2008, 12:29 AM	#273 (permalink)
Bamboozle I got nothin' Duck Hunt 2 Champion! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: My house. Posts: 4,776 Blog Entries: 14	DK...... 6 degrees? That's way too cold for my fat a$$. Even I don't have enough insulation for that. Brrrr! __________________ A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

12-15-2008, 01:00 AM	#274 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 42,365	keep it up DK - well done! D __________________ “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”Lao Tzu

12-15-2008, 03:23 AM	#275 (permalink)
ananda Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 11,908 Blog Entries: 1	got you beat DK....we are at 2 degrees!!!!!!!! I gotta find some pants for work...cigerette breaks are hell in a dress on days like this!!! __________________ Copyright © 2010 - 2010 Ananda You can't stop living just because it hurts a little - Ananda's Mom

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