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  WHICH QUEEN SONG BEST DESCRIBES YOU NOW

  by wildfire in

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  hi gang aliittle post about a great late band: and i want to know which one of these songs best describe your life now as an ex jw or slowly fading one or whatever : the songs the songs are we are the champions-----another one bites the dust-----fat ---bottomed girls-------bicycle--------we will rock you----somebody to love-------you make me live ,,,,,, well there it is give me your take on these great oldie songs ok thanks alot just me sing ing my way to a better life .......

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  We Are The Champions fits me now, Wild!
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  Could you trust someone who has been sexually abus

  by Jesika in

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  abused to babysit for your children???

  i was thinking about this today, in light of my son's well being, being questioned.

  stats show that people who have been sexually abused go on to later abuse someone else.

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  Jes,

  I don't have kids but I think that if I did, I would only trust that person if they had worked through their abuse issues and knew them well and had observed their interaction with children and saw that they had a healthy way of dealing with kids. But beyond that, I would trust my gut insticts about the person, as well. If I had ANY doubts that my kids were safe with the person, that person would not watch my kids.

  Good topic, BTW!
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  Ode to SheilaM

  by Thunder Rider in

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  buckets made master member in record time!!.

  aint she cute?.

  thunder.

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  AAaawwwwwww, Thunder! How sweet. Sheila was threatening last night to post that pic...guess you beat her to it!

  Congrats to Sheila!!!

  BTW...at my posting rate, will take me five years to attain Master.
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  Comments You Will Not Hear at the 1-12-03 WT Study

  by blondie in

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  wt comments you will not hear at the wt study 1/12/03

  12/1/02 watchtower page 13. enjoy personal study of gods word.

  psalm 77:12. psalm 77 (nlt).

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  Blondie,

  Marvellous work! *applauding* So much better than any WT study I ever attended at the KH!!! You are so good at picking out what is REALLY being taught at the cud chewing sessions. I have been reading your synopses of previous WT study articles and, WOW! do you ever hit it on the money what the FDS is really saying to their drones!!!

  Thanks so much for posting!!! I look forward to more.

  ----Banshee
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  HELP!! SHE IS TRYING TO GET TO MY SON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  by Jesika in

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  i just got off the phone with my x-hubby.

  his mother is sueing us for visitation of our son!!!!!!!!!

  let me explain why we don't let her see him......................................

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  (((((((((Jesika))))))))))

  I had no idea what was going on with you yesterday because I did not see this thread, I am sorry. My heart goes out to you. This is a terrible thing your mother-in-law is doing to you and your son!

  My father's mother was very much like this woman...deceitful, manipulative and lying to her own flesh and blood to turn us against on one another. The terrible part of it was that she would cloak her wrong actions in "good intentions" and "trying to do what was best".

  I know that you and I do not know each other but know that my thoughts and best wishes go with you during this awful situation you are dealing with. Hugs to you!

  ---Banshee
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  alcoholics/non-alcoholics and AA

  by IronGland in

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  i realise this question is off-topic for this forum but i believe this forum moved away from it's original intent long ago, and is now just a social place to talk to others with a similar background.

  i've got a friend who has recently begun going to aa meetings.

  she tells me that an 'alcoholics' body breaks down alcohol differently from a non-alcoholic and the difference in metabolism is what differentiates between an alcoholic and non-alcoholic.

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  Banshee

  I am a recovering alcoholic. I will do my best to help answer your questions.

  Alcoholism is a threefold disease. There is the physical aspect, the morality aspect and the spiritual aspect. We alcoholics are affected physically, morally and spiritually by our disease.

  I have heard that, a few years ago, a study was done at University of Michigan re: mapping human DNA & genomes. There was evidence showing that the cadavers of alcoholics who died of complications of their disease had a genetic difference from the cadavers of people who are not alcoholics. The study linked this genetic difference with how alcoholics metabolize alcohol vs. how people who are not alcoholics metabolize alcohol. I actually saw a copy of the article, a fellow alcoholic in recovery showed it to me...however, I do not have any useful links for this info.

  A good place to find out lots more about alcoholism (and perhaps they can help you locate copy of article about the study at U of M) is www.aagrapevine.org Another resource that would likely be of help in learning more about alcoholism is http://www.hazelden.org.

  Take care!

  ---Banshee
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  Oh So Codependent With You

  by COMF in

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  2. medical

  could apply to one's relationship with a controlling, abusive organization, too... reckon?.

  codependent (ko'di-pen'dent).

  adj.. of or relating to a relationship in which one person is psychologically dependent in an unhealthy way on someone who is addicted to a drug or self-destructive behavior, such as chronic gambling.. codependent with you (mp3, 3540 kb).

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  Banshee

  Thank you, COMF, for posting those song lyrics. Very good description of codependent relationships.

  For people who feel that the lyrics to the song Codependent With You are an apt description of a relationship you are currently part of, I strongly recommend the book Codependent No More by Melody Beattie. This book gave me a lot of insight on how to change myself and my relationships with others from unhealthy to healthy. I found it an insightful book and hope that others will also benefit from reading it.

  Thanks again, COMF!

  -----Banshee
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  im sooo p***** off

  by nelly1 in

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  one of the witness sisters who sometimes comes to see me came today.

  i remeber telling u all a while ago that abt a month ago an elder and an ms came to my house to do the where are you visit.. well i of course told them i didnt want to discuss it and said a prompt goodbye... well isnt it interesting that it doesnt take long for the so called discreet confidentiality to be broken huh?.

  i hear today that a sister told this other sister that an elder came to see me and i told him to get lost..... seems they gossip more than i thought now i was majorly pisssssssssssed off about that.. they r such freakin hypocrites!!!!

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  So sorry to hear about your bad experience. You are not alone! I am trying to remember when I wasn't being gossipped about. Because I was an attractive, young sister and single, I was singled out for some pretty horrific, malicious gossip by other sisters in the congo (especially middle-aged elders' wives!). What really p***** me off was when these same character shredders would turn around and pretend, to my face, that they were my good buddies.

  Bah! I am sooooo glad to be quite far removed from the Borg now. And HUGS to you, nelly!

  ----Banshee
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  Pathetic Circuit Assembly Experiences

  by minimus in

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  i just got back from today's circuit assembly.

  i haven't been to one in the last 1 and a half yrs.

  obviously, nothing has changed.

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  No more dressing like hoochie mamas then....AAAAWWWW MAN!!
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  I got an e-mail for a long-lost dub friend

  by Mackin in

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  there is this woman i used to correspond with back in my dub days but lost contact with several years ago.

  anyway just the other day she sent me an e-mail out of the blue.. she wanted to know if i was "in" or "out" as she was planning a trip to australia and if i was still "in" possibly we could meet (obviously i would have to travel to oz).

  she had heard i wasn't going to the meetings any more.. i replied that i was definitely not "in" any longer but that i wasn't da'd or df'd and if she wanted to read my story i provided her a link to my story on this site.

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  Banshee

  Boy did you ever bring back some painful memories for me! I remember being rejected by many "friends" in the Borg when I chose to leave it. I am so grateful that today I have real friends who will stick by regardless of my religious beliefs or lack thereof.