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**Dee74** · 12-05-2008, 06:42 PM

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I like rap, but I don't know if the visual on that would be accepted here. Maybe I'm too sensitive you know being a mom and all.

I missed somethin'

LOL
D

doorknob · 12-05-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Horselover

DK - Glad you are burning off steam harmlessly.

That's cuz there's no one here to have to listen to me...

Kellye C · 12-05-2008, 09:29 PM

Hey DK, sorry you had a rough day. Just remember that "this too shall pass". I really, really, really hope tomorrow is better for you!

Love ya!
Kellye

coffeenut · 12-05-2008, 09:56 PM

Those tests are usually worthless. Test anxiety not withstanding, they are usually given and/or used poorly.

Stand Clear of the O.J.

doorknob · 12-05-2008, 11:09 PM

OMDK... I just woke up.. the last thing I remember was having one tall glass of orange juice, and now there are empty orange juice containers all over the house. Glass bottles, big plastic jugs.. I just don't know what happened... !@#%!!!! Why can't I follow this simple program???

doorknob · 12-05-2008, 11:29 PM

I guess tomorrow is day one... are orange Starbursts okay? I really like those...

Bamboozle · 12-06-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by doorknob

OMDK

LOL. That's hilarious (if I'm reading that correctly...)

How's it going, DK?

Bamboozle · 12-06-2008, 01:09 AM

Do you like mangos?

doorknob · 12-06-2008, 01:31 AM

I'm ayight... watchin' Beavis & Butthead videos on Youtube...

stone · 12-06-2008, 01:44 AM

Omdk?

doorknob · 12-06-2008, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by stone

Omdk?

Oh my doorknob!

Bamboozle · 12-06-2008, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by doorknob

Oh my doorknob!

That's what I thought.

But, do you like mangos? They're orangish in color...and tasty!

stone · 12-06-2008, 01:59 AM

Lol

doorknob · 12-06-2008, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Bamboozle

But, do you like mangos? They're orangish in color...and tasty!

Yeah, they're good. Papayas too...

Ago · 12-06-2008, 07:33 AM

papayas smell funny

doorknob · 12-06-2008, 08:56 AM

Nothin' like physical pain to make you forget about mental pain. We had freezing rain last night and I just slid down the front steps... smashed up my toes real good (that's what I get for still wearing my Teva's) and pulled a muscle in my back.

Ago · 12-06-2008, 09:29 AM

true dat

I've had some REAL a-HA moments that way

<scene> Andrew walks onto the stage wearing a toga as he turns you can see a giant knife sticking in his back that you know he somehow managed to put there himself

He turns to the peanut gallery and says "woe is me I suffer I suffer" while tossing the back of his hand across his forehead that Lillian Gish from the old silent films would have found overly dramatic

As he staggers across the stage shouting out his anger and defiance at the Gods, and shaking his fist at them he stubs his toe and for the first time you see "real pain" on his face as opposed to "make believe self inflicted pain" as he hops around on one foot looking and sounding like someone with turrets syndrome having an epileptic seizure.

My "mental anguish" is a very real thing, but I had to learn the difference between "make believe bad" and "sh1T OK this is really bad" and I had to make and continue to make a conscious decision not to have a fairly "small bad event" ruin an entire year.

On a good day I can pull out of a tailspin an maybe and hour or two, sometimes it lasts a full senate term, what I needed to learn is at some point I made a decision to continue to let a tough event define who I was and how I feel.

I now try to ask myself of negative emotions "how does this serve me?"

you are right, stubbing your toe brings you to the here and now INSTANTLY.

By no means am I minimizing your suffering, and mental anguish, it's very real, I am just saying I have learned some tools to deal with about 99% of them so they don't get too important in my mind, and ruin an entire week, if not my sobriety.

doorknob · 12-06-2008, 10:12 AM

I get your point regarding mental anguish, but I've never had to ice a stubbed toe, and I'll probably need to see a chiropractor once I get my medical coupon from DSHS. I fell down the stairs...

Ago · 12-06-2008, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by doorknob

I get your point regarding mental anguish, but I've never had to ice a stubbed toe, and I'll probably need to see a chiropractor once I get my medical coupon from DSHS. I fell down the stairs...

sorry to hear that man

doorknob · 12-07-2008, 02:08 PM

I didn't feel like driving to Spokane this morning for the atheist & agnostic meeting, was tired, haven't been sleeping well (semi-disturbing dreams)... but I went anyway. I'm glad I did. There were about 9 of us. I got to speak twice, about the things I've been struggling with, issues not easily discussed in a traditional AA meeting. There were others present who were dealing with or had dealth with similar problems. I really like this meeting. I may try to get a second one going, or perhaps a LifeRing meeting, when I'm feeling better. Right now, I still feel like crapola...

allport · 12-07-2008, 02:20 PM

Hey dk you need to tell us more about these meetings, im not feeling aa at all at the moment it annoys me more than it helps me (it might just be hormones) perhaps you could set up something like your meeting on the secular forum.

allport · 12-07-2008, 02:21 PM

Obviously when you are feeling better. X

doorknob · 12-07-2008, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by allport

Hey dk you need to tell us more about these meetings, im not feeling aa at all at the moment it annoys me more than it helps me (it might just be hormones) perhaps you could set up something like your meeting on the secular forum.

Since I was in Spokane already, and there was another AA meeting starting in a half hour, also at the Alano Club, I decided to stay for it. It was on God and The Traditions, and was very churchy (creepy ooga booga stuff). I stayed for a half hour and when I started feeling like I was gonna puke on my shoes, I hit the door...

I'll look into hosting a secular meeting here at SR. I'll post about it in the SC forum. Thanks for the idea.

Have you checked out the online meetings at LifeRing? Here's the link:

http://www.unhooked.com/chat/index.html

There's almost always people in the chatroom, but if you scroll down, you'll see a meeting schedule.

allport · 12-07-2008, 06:26 PM

Thanks for the link, I registered and had a quick look in the chat room, Im going to have to sort out my time zones before I try to make a meeting. x

doorknob · 12-08-2008, 01:52 AM

37 days.

12-05-2008, 09:29 PM	#178 (permalink)
Kellye C Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Highlands, TX Posts: 1,164 Blog Entries: 1	Hey DK, sorry you had a rough day. Just remember that "this too shall pass". I really, really, really hope tomorrow is better for you! Love ya! Kellye __________________ *Kellye C.* *Sobriety Date 8/8/04 - By God's Grace and A.A.*

12-05-2008, 11:09 PM	#180 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	OMDK... I just woke up.. the last thing I remember was having *one* tall glass of orange juice, and now there are empty orange juice containers all over the house. Glass bottles, big plastic jugs.. I just don't know what happened... !@#%!!!! Why can't I follow this simple program??? __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-05-2008, 11:29 PM	#181 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	I guess tomorrow is day one... are orange Starbursts okay? I really like those... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-06-2008, 01:09 AM	#183 (permalink)
Bamboozle I got nothin' Duck Hunt 2 Champion! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: My house. Posts: 4,776 Blog Entries: 14	Do you like mangos? __________________ A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

12-06-2008, 01:31 AM	#184 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	I'm ayight... watchin' Beavis & Butthead videos on Youtube... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-05-2008, 09:56 PM	#179 (permalink)
coffeenut 6/20/08 Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,059	Those tests are usually worthless. Test anxiety not withstanding, they are usually given and/or used poorly. Stand Clear of the O.J.

12-06-2008, 01:44 AM	#185 (permalink)
stone Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 18,303	Omdk? __________________ . As from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. -- Maitri Upanishads

12-06-2008, 01:59 AM	#188 (permalink)
stone Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 18,303	Lol __________________ . As from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. -- Maitri Upanishads

12-06-2008, 07:33 AM	#190 (permalink)
Ago Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Swish Alps, SF CA Posts: 2,173 Blog Entries: 3	papayas smell funny

12-06-2008, 08:56 AM	#191 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	Nothin' like physical pain to make you forget about mental pain. We had freezing rain last night and I just slid down the front steps... smashed up my toes real good (that's what I get for still wearing my Teva's) and pulled a muscle in my back. __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-06-2008, 09:29 AM	#192 (permalink)
Ago Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: The Swish Alps, SF CA Posts: 2,173 Blog Entries: 3	true dat I've had some REAL a-HA moments that way <scene> Andrew walks onto the stage wearing a toga as he turns you can see a giant knife sticking in his back that you know he somehow managed to put there himself He turns to the peanut gallery and says "woe is me I suffer I suffer" while tossing the back of his hand across his forehead that Lillian Gish from the old silent films would have found overly dramatic As he staggers across the stage shouting out his anger and defiance at the Gods, and shaking his fist at them he stubs his toe and for the first time you see "real pain" on his face as opposed to "make believe self inflicted pain" as he hops around on one foot looking and sounding like someone with turrets syndrome having an epileptic seizure. My "mental anguish" is a very real thing, but I had to learn the difference between "make believe bad" and "sh1T OK this is really bad" and I had to make and continue to make a conscious decision not to have a fairly "small bad event" ruin an entire year. On a good day I can pull out of a tailspin an maybe and hour or two, sometimes it lasts a full senate term, what I needed to learn is at some point I made a decision to continue to let a tough event define who I was and how I feel. I now try to ask myself of negative emotions "how does this serve me?" you are right, stubbing your toe brings you to the here and now INSTANTLY. By no means am I minimizing your suffering, and mental anguish, it's very real, I am just saying I have learned some tools to deal with about 99% of them so they don't get too important in my mind, and ruin an entire week, if not my sobriety.

12-06-2008, 10:12 AM	#193 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	I get your point regarding mental anguish, but I've never had to ice a stubbed toe, and I'll probably need to see a chiropractor once I get my medical coupon from DSHS. I fell down the stairs... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-07-2008, 02:08 PM	#195 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	I didn't feel like driving to Spokane this morning for the atheist & agnostic meeting, was tired, haven't been sleeping well (semi-disturbing dreams)... but I went anyway. I'm glad I did. There were about 9 of us. I got to speak twice, about the things I've been struggling with, issues not easily discussed in a traditional AA meeting. There were others present who were dealing with or had dealth with similar problems. I really like this meeting. I may try to get a second one going, or perhaps a LifeRing meeting, when I'm feeling better. Right now, I still feel like crapola... __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

12-07-2008, 02:20 PM	#196 (permalink)
allport Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north yorkshire, england Posts: 1,900	Hey dk you need to tell us more about these meetings, im not feeling aa at all at the moment it annoys me more than it helps me (it might just be hormones) perhaps you could set up something like your meeting on the secular forum. __________________ 'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too' Douglas Adams

12-07-2008, 02:21 PM	#197 (permalink)
allport Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north yorkshire, england Posts: 1,900	Obviously when you are feeling better. X __________________ 'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too' Douglas Adams

12-07-2008, 06:26 PM	#199 (permalink)
allport Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north yorkshire, england Posts: 1,900	Thanks for the link, I registered and had a quick look in the chat room, Im going to have to sort out my time zones before I try to make a meeting. x __________________ 'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too' Douglas Adams

12-08-2008, 01:52 AM	#200 (permalink)
doorknob Knucklehead Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Davenport, WA Posts: 4,015	I've been sober... 37 days. __________________ Get in where you fit in. - Too $hort

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