A witness friend of mine (haven't seen her in years) used to do that. She would have 'dry' months just to prove to herself that she didn't have a drinking problem. One time she decided to go for several months.
It made her happy.
Me? I can pretty much take or leave alcohol. If I'm going to drink, I usually plan a couple days in advance. Kind of like a celebratory meal. An evening of drinks is not something that 'just happens' with me.
Sometimes I'm pretty boring....
-Aude.
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Well its Monday morning and I did it ............................
by vitty in...............this is an update on my thread about giving up drinking.
if you didnt read it, this was my first weekend in years that i wouldnt have a drink.
well ill admit it i was quite worried how id feel, but it was great.
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Sending out an SOS!
by Xandria inmy husband's cousin mac alexander sent him an email regarding missing cousins.
boby johnson of laurel, ms. they are elderly and we have not heard from them.
the phones are out, so is cell towers.
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Excellent news.
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I won't shave my body hair, so there!
by crankytoe inmost of the women i've dated never seemed to have a problem with my body hair.
but every now and then i run into a girl who seems both amazed and disgusted by it.
it's happened often enough now - so i'm wondering if all women are turned off to varying degrees?.
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Oh! I think I dated that guy a few years ago.
The shoulder hair was a turn off.
But not as big a turn off as learning he was also married at the time.
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E-Watchman Has Sent NGO Letters to Over 5000 U.S. Congregations!
by Greenpalmtreestillmine ine-watchman has sent over 5000 letters to congregations in the u.s informing them of the ngo debacle and a similar one to 101 branches around the world.
and according to his guestbook post he has signed his real name to the letters!
great work and great news!
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Does anyone know of someone who resigned position in the organization as a direct result of this letter??
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I finally finished my letter to my family... Kinda long
by coolhandluke intell me what you think, honestly.
i am trying to help them to see me as human and not as simply a state of disfellowship.
what does the letter convey?
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Beautiful letter.
I hope they read it. If they do, they will be forced to face the insanity of the organnization.
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Family tragedy.........HappyDad
by HappyDad ingot a phone call from my daughter who lives in florida a couple of hours ago.
her significant other who i chose to call my son-in-law (because he is the best thing to ever happen to her) got a phone call that his 6 year old daughter was killed in an auto accident near lake placid, florida and his 5 year old son is in very critical condition.
the ex wife is also critical.
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I am so very sorry to read your last post.
So sorry for your family. This is tragic.
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Do any white people live in New Orleans?
by sonnyboy ini've never been there myself, but every single person being shown on the news is black.
wading through the streets, stranded on rooftops, etc.
i'm not sure if the media is just focusing on certain areas of new orleans or if it's a predominantly african american city.. the only footage i've seen other than this has been mardi gras and that consists mostly of tourists.
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**I bet some people stayed because they didn't want anyone looting their property.**
I have a customer in New Orleans. He's been throught so many hurricanes in his life that he is the one on the block that usually stays home and rides out the storm.
Last year he almost evacuated but ended up staying put.
I cannot contact him. Wonder if he decided to leave this time?????
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Damn, took this religion quiz
by feelinglost init told me i still have a long way to go to get jw thinking out of my mind- but check it out, it's interesting.... http://selectsmart.com/religion.html.
here's my results:.
1. church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (mormons) (100%) 2. jehovah's witness (90%) 3. baha'i faith (88%) 4. islam (87%) 5. mainline - liberal christian protestants (87%) 6. orthodox judaism (87%) 7. orthodox quaker (87%)8. sikhism (84%) 9. mainline - conservative christian protestant (80%) 10. liberal quakers (77%) 11. reform judaism (75%) 12. seventh day adventist (72%) 13. eastern orthodox (71%) 14. roman catholic (71%) 15. unitarian universalism (70%) 16. secular humanism (60%) 17. jainism (56%) 18. non-theist (52%) 19. hinduism (51%) 20. theravada buddhism (51%) 21. christian science (church of christ, scientist) (50%) 22. mahayana buddhism (46%) 23. neo-pagan (44%) 24. scientology (37%) 25. new age (35%) 26. new thought (33%) 27. .
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I'm cured. I'm CURED!!!
JW was #27 of 27 for me.
WOO-HOO!!
lol
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Another "New Light" or changing their damned story again about reserection
by crinklestein incan anyone confirm if their doctrin of the reserection has been changed?
a witness idiot i know has been trying to preach to me online trying to convert me.
he has stability issues himself with flip flopping back and forth between the "world" and the "truth".
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It would almost seem plausible that they would change that 'light' when considering the change in 'generation'.
As the generation that saw 1914 starts dying after wasting decades working as slaves for the publishing company, others probably start thinking "hmmmmm. Maybe shouldn't have spent so much effort on that lost cause. Those people died before Armageddon and automatically gain access to the New System."
If Armageddon is pushed ahead into the future and people begin to realize that they, too, may actually die before the promised new earth arrives, they may slow down in the preaching work and stop putting kingdom interests first and actually consider having a semblance of normal life.
Then what will happen to the organization???
They almost have to change that doctrine about guaranteed resurrection.
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Why No Knocking ???
by Jeannine inmy husband and i are not jw's.
my husband sympathizes with the religion because his entire family is "in".
as a result, he has come to know a local jw (non-relative).
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Hi Jeannine -
Welcome to JWD. I really enjoyed this thread.
For some reason this comment actually made me laugh out loud:
"I am ready to hang a sign on my door that says, "Stop leaving what amounts to death threats in my screen door, you nutcase". I am trying so hard to be nice."
I completely understand your annoyance and for some reason - i think the 'nutcase' comment - made me laugh. (Thanks!)
If your 'visitor' is showing up early in the morning (before 9:30) then I suspect he is padding his hours but dropping magazines off on his way to the meeting for field service. It's a trick full-time Watchtower preachers use to increase the number of hours that they report at the end of the month.
The people in his car group are probably happy wait while he struggles up your stairs because they are all 'counting time' while sitting in the car chatting amongst themselves.
Thanks for posting. Other comments here brought me back to a time in my life that seems so very, very far away. I hope to hear from you again. Poke around a bit. There's some interesting - and just plain fun! - stuff on this site.
-Aude.