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  DRUG INDUCED DECISIONS...not such a good thing.......

  by Sparkplug in

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  well i heard from my brother that a childhood friend that i write to (as he lives in prison) got his sentence.

  first in texas there is a 3 strike rule.

  so seeing this is his third strike and then some i do not know how that lucky son of a jw got an offer for only 9 years.

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  my next door neighbour attempted suicide a few days ago, everyone is mad at her, saying shes selfish etc, but its just not her fault, people tend to forget that depression is an illness, much like addiction.

  Ellie, I agree. My dad's little brother committed suicide when I was a teenager. He was in his 30's I think. I remember my family being so pissed about it. Especially my father and grandfather. (Maybe because they identified the body.) I remember just being sad. From my teenage years until just a few years ago, I struggled with some severe depression and I've attempted twice. I'm not so harsh on those that attempt or commit suicide. I know from my experience it was truly the only alternative I felt I was capable of handling. I see today that it was a permanent answer to a temporary problem and would not be a wise decision. But you're right. Depression and addictions are very similar. They are diseases...not character flaws.
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  DRUG INDUCED DECISIONS...not such a good thing.......

  by Sparkplug in

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  well i heard from my brother that a childhood friend that i write to (as he lives in prison) got his sentence.

  first in texas there is a 3 strike rule.

  so seeing this is his third strike and then some i do not know how that lucky son of a jw got an offer for only 9 years.

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  Billygoat

  Some people never learn.

  It's not a matter of learning. When people really start looking at addictions as diseases instead of a selfishness then perhaps there will be a change in the system. An addiction is an addiction. When you have it, it doesn't leave just because you quit drinking.
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  Have you done your family tree?????

  by Es in

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  my folks have had one lying round for years so now that im more mature and older i have taken and using a program to put it on the computer.

  i have spent all day on it and prob no where near finished.

  i have so much more research to do it.

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  Mozz's aunt was all excited about doing their family tree. She was convinced they had important people in their lineage. The more she researched, the more she was disappointed. Much of his family were nothing but a bunch of horse thieves and criminals back several hundred years ago.

  I guess I married into a colorful family.

  LOL!
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  ?Willing to work a 10 hour day........

  by prophecor in

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  to have an additional day off from work?

  40 hours a week, 10 hours a day / 3 day weekend?

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  I would do it. I only work at my part-time job 4 days a week now. But it's usually 6 - 8 hours. Fridays and Saturdays are working on photography, so I really only get 1 day off a week.
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  Hallowe'en Pumpkin Carving

  by Scully in

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  step-by-step pumpkin carving guide

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  Billygoat

  I've always thought we could be good friends, but now that I've seen this ornery streak, I know it's true!

  Totally!

  Hey - I have an idea!

  Wanna come to Dallas next weekend? Prisca (remember her?) is in town and we're having a party at my place on Friday. Maybe a cheap last minute fare? Just thinkin' out loud...

  Andi
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  Describe the WILDEST JW party you ever attended!! no seriously......

  by kid-A in

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  i realize this is totally context and culturally dependent, but the old toronto jw youth scene was quite wild during the years 1984-1994. .

  one example, a group of about 40 jw kids would go up to a ski resort (usually mount st.louis/moonstone or blue mountain) over the x-mas week-end.

  one year we rented out a block of rooms in a resort close to the ski lodge.

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  Wow. I never saw this stuff happening when I was a Jdub. But then again, I wasn't in the "in crowd" either.

  I was underage at the time but I remember having drinking contests where you put a shot glass of soki on two chop sticks over a glass of beer, count to 3 pound the table so the shot glass drops in the glass and guzzle it down.

  I love sake bombs!
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  Hallowe'en Pumpkin Carving

  by Scully in

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  I need to pick up some pumpkins this weekend but I think we're gonna paint or use markers so they'll last longer

  Josie,

  If you do carve, slather Vaseline Petroleum Jelly on the cut parts and the inside of the carved out pumpkin. It helps keep the mold from setting in.

  Andi
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  Hallowe'en Pumpkin Carving

  by Scully in

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  The year I carved that one, Halloween fell on a meeting night...I believe it was a Thursday. I left it on the front porch of the hall all lit up with a candle. Sat across the street and watched. Very entertaining.

  Rachel, you are naughtier than I thought you were. I've always thought we could be good friends, but now that I've seen this ornery streak, I know it's true!
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  Do you think 13 is too young to...

  by alreadygone in

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  my daughter is going to a school dance on friday.

  she is extremely excited because a boy she likes asked her to go to the dance.

  she is in 8th grade.

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  I don't think she's too young. I think too many Witness kids didn't get the socialization necessary as children and teenagers that helps us make smart decisions as adults. I realize Witness parents are trying to protect their children by preventing them from doing everything, but they don't realize it does more harm than good. If my parents had allowed me to experience relationships with the opposite sex when I was at home and under supervision, then I wouldn't have made the dumb decisions that I made when I was living on my own.
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  She said I seem really bitter about my JW experience....

  by Sirona in

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  i was talking to someone at my new job - she has known me for about 3 months and had something like 2 five minute conversations with me about the jws.. she said "you do come across as really bitter about it".. (note she is definately not a jw).. it was a real eye opener, because although i try and educate people about the truth of jws, i didn't think i was "bitter".. what about you?

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  ((((Sirona)))) I'm sure it was an eye-opener for you. Sometimes it surprises us how other people see us...it's not always how we see ourselves. But whether her comment was good or bad, there is something to learn from it. It's YOUR recovery. She doesn't need to understand it or approve of it. If you're bitter, so what? You have a right to be. If you're not bitter, great! You're a step ahead of many people in the same circumstance. If she understood what you'd been through, she might be a little more compassionate.