Posts by jeeprube

for any who have my email or facebook listing could you contact me as i have some questions with regards to how you have worked step 3.. i am at a place now where i am wondering if aa is going to work for me anymore, 18 months in and i seem to be going around in circles on step 3 and could do with a bit of advice from those of you who can identify with this.

it's not just the god thing, it's also the idea of 'handing your will over', i just cannot conceive the idea of handing my will over to something else as i've done that for years as a jw.

jeeprube

Jeeprube, i know the feeling. How's things now though? Did you find something that was of a benefit to you, better than AA?

What I did was identify the root cause of my drinking: feelings of total self worthlessness, and try to find healthy ways to fill that need. I'm around 18 months sober.

I still go to AA meetings every once in a while.OTWA made some wonderful points about pulling what you need from AA and leaving the rest. My brother attends AA faithfully and it really helps him. I think the biggest help AA offers is the group accountability. Being accountable to someone outside of ourself for our actions.

Way to go on your sobriety! I know how tough it is.

If you ever need any support I'm right here for you!

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'Capitalism: A Love Story' (Trailer for New Michael Moore Film)

by leavingwt in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihydyxrjuju.

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jeeprube

No, they're mainly processing the convuluted crap you post and then try and present as factual.

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'Capitalism: A Love Story' (Trailer for New Michael Moore Film)

by leavingwt in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihydyxrjuju.

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jeeprube

Too bad it is all adipose tissue.

Nope, nothing but pure dendrites, nuerons, and synaptic gaps firing at 2.0 x 10^9 per second.

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'Capitalism: A Love Story' (Trailer for New Michael Moore Film)

by leavingwt in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihydyxrjuju.

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jeeprube

I can imagine it Sammie. But then I have a bulbous head which encases my massive brain.

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'Capitalism: A Love Story' (Trailer for New Michael Moore Film)

by leavingwt in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihydyxrjuju.

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jeeprube

move the USA style of expensive, lengthy schools geared strictly toward specialty/high profit sectors of medicine into the ...... style of prevention and neighbourhood teams.

If you really think about it, this might be a point both sides can agree upon. What should be the true motive behind health care? To help our sick and injured fellow citizens, or to provide high paying careers to the sons and daughters of the elite?

Is health care a right or a responsibility?

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'Capitalism: A Love Story' (Trailer for New Michael Moore Film)

by leavingwt in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihydyxrjuju.

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jeeprube

Sorry Sammie, but I am not going to read all that.

I'll remember that the next time you post a lengthy article by an herbalist.

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To any ex JW's in Aloholic's Anonomous

by digderidoo in

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i know there's a handful here.. could you pm me to get in touch or respond to this thread.

for any who have my email or facebook listing could you contact me as i have some questions with regards to how you have worked step 3.. i am at a place now where i am wondering if aa is going to work for me anymore, 18 months in and i seem to be going around in circles on step 3 and could do with a bit of advice from those of you who can identify with this.

it's not just the god thing, it's also the idea of 'handing your will over', i just cannot conceive the idea of handing my will over to something else as i've done that for years as a jw.

jeeprube

Let me know what you find out, I hit a road block at step 3 also. It wasn't the turning my will over to a higher power that bugged me, it was the tendency I perceived within the AA group to act as if THEY spoke for that higher power. It was too familiar to the JW thing for me.