Username-what does yours mean?
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Location: NJ
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Fandy, the most spoiled kitty-boy in the world who is loyal like a dog (actually he is bigger than the dog)...he fetches too. see avi.....he is 1/2 siamese/maine coon-ish. he has soft fur like a chinchilla.
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Portland
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I guess I got mine while drinking too. When I would get going I would start calling people Missy. So the first time I logged onto SR, almost a year ago now, I thought it would be appropriate. The number is for luck.
Sparkydog--I love Soberbowl Sunday. It's the Soberbowl and it's gonna be a hell of a fight.
Sparkydog--I love Soberbowl Sunday. It's the Soberbowl and it's gonna be a hell of a fight.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 22
This was fun to read! You guys are all so different!
Mine was originally going to be "word is bond", after a tattoo I have, reminding me that everything I say is equal to a promise - don't say it if you don't mean it!
Which leads into why I am working towards sobriety: I recently missed my grandpa's birthday due to a bout of binge drinking, broke my mother's heart because I said "I'll see you guys tomorrow!" then never showed up.
I'm hopeful that I can get back to being a woman of my word <3
Mine was originally going to be "word is bond", after a tattoo I have, reminding me that everything I say is equal to a promise - don't say it if you don't mean it!
Which leads into why I am working towards sobriety: I recently missed my grandpa's birthday due to a bout of binge drinking, broke my mother's heart because I said "I'll see you guys tomorrow!" then never showed up.
I'm hopeful that I can get back to being a woman of my word <3
dopeless hope fiend
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Here. Now.
Posts: 1,021
August West is the protagonist in the grateful dead song wharf rat. hes a blind and dirty alcoholic vagrant who has lost his love and is telling his story.
" But I'll get back
on my feet someday
The good Lord willing
if He says I may
'cause I know the life I'm
livin's no good
I'll get a new start
live the life I should
I'll get up and fly away, fly away..."
There is a clean and sober group of deadhead's who would have meetings at setbreak of dead shows that's called the wharf rats. they still meet today at grateful dead related music events.
" But I'll get back
on my feet someday
The good Lord willing
if He says I may
'cause I know the life I'm
livin's no good
I'll get a new start
live the life I should
I'll get up and fly away, fly away..."
There is a clean and sober group of deadhead's who would have meetings at setbreak of dead shows that's called the wharf rats. they still meet today at grateful dead related music events.
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Present Moment
Posts: 646
First three letters of my name and Sam was my beautiful kitty that lived to the amazing age of 22.
When I think of the bond I had with Sam, I think of the quote "I strive to be the kind of person my cat/dog thinks I am". Call me crazy, but I've asked that little creature for help many times.....she heard me
When I think of the bond I had with Sam, I think of the quote "I strive to be the kind of person my cat/dog thinks I am". Call me crazy, but I've asked that little creature for help many times.....she heard me
The Little Alcoholic Monstress That Could
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Northern California
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Mine comes from the Jill Scott song, "Living my Life Like it's Golden"
One of the first lines is, "I'm taking my freedom"
This is my attitude towards my life.
I was born on Oct. 6.
Awesome thread!
One of the first lines is, "I'm taking my freedom"
This is my attitude towards my life.
I was born on Oct. 6.
Awesome thread!
instant
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Australia
Posts: 5,711
Instant is a variation on Winston, which is a name I went by once.
The variation seemed fitting for where I was when I joined. I was falling behind, and getting by in the moment in the wrong sort of way. I also knew that karma was creeping up on me.
It now reminds me that "I could be gone in an", and that I need to improve my skills in living in the moment.
The variation seemed fitting for where I was when I joined. I was falling behind, and getting by in the moment in the wrong sort of way. I also knew that karma was creeping up on me.
It now reminds me that "I could be gone in an", and that I need to improve my skills in living in the moment.
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Canada
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Originally Posted by PurpleCat 
I'm a cat, and my fur is purple.:P
My name is simple. Jim is the name of my dog and he is always sober.
Jim
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Location: Oregon
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Wow, this is a flippin great thread! Well my username is of the "pretty obvious" sort, I like food. I love to cook. And one of the biggest excuses I used to avoid admitting my alcoholism is "no real foodie doesn't drink." I used it to prove to myself that I can still hang with that crowd and sip my soda waters, that I didn't have to lose all of me to become sober.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Northeastern PA
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Kind of a triple entendre, maybe a little satirical, a play on the phrase "Peace of Mind," which is what I am looking for, but also relating to my current mental state, where I feel I only utilize one piece of my mind at any given time, and also taken from the phrase, "Give you a piece of my mind."
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