Posts by chickpea

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Time again for........ Congregation roll call

by Jourles in

it's been a while since this topic has been brought up.

use it as a chance to see if there is someone you might know from years past.

1973-1976 --- lakeside, ca??

How long did you blame yourself before you realised.......

by jambon1 in

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.....that it simply wasn't the truth?.

i never really felt spiritual as a jw.

i knew that i should feel like a spiritual person, but couldn't work out why i never did.. .

i am trying to hold at bay the utter devastation i believe will occur should i try to comprehend the damage my children have suffered because of the influence of SA that is linked to the congregation we associated with., if i were to contemplate the guilt and shame they carried because it wasnt their choice or desire to believe..... i was the one who first studied, i was the one who went to meetings, took them to meetings, agreed to the book study in my home, told my son if he left the truth no one would in the new system would even remember his name

i was the one

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Dumped On.

by RollerDave in

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tis the season, so to speak.. this is the time of year the darkness descends like a proclamation of doom, and the light retreats like a rank and filer encountering an actual, thinking, reasoning person during the failed misery.. i don't exactly operate at a hundred percent in the dark and cold, ironic considering where i live.. so one day, we have a relatively clear parking pad, and the next we get a ton of white shit dumped on us.. such lovely fun, shoveling all the global warming from the drive.. got to take the truck out and let it strut it's stuff, that bad ol' aposta-truck was in it's element and unstoppable.

like the unfailing assault of reason on the last tendrils of mind control left in my wetware.. see, i've been thinking again, in spite of all the trouble it's gotten me in before it's a hard habit to break.

i drive around and everybody is getting their christmas on, and i have always felt so smug that i 'knew better'.. see, here is the witless take; you gotta get all vestiges of pagan influence out of your life, no saturnalia, no lupercalia, no all hallows eve, no 'bless you' to a sneeze, no 'pot lucks', bleh blah yadda.. yet, every day of the week and month of the year is named for a pagan deity, the planets are too.

chickpea

winter depression/seasonal affective disorder plague many people, myself and several family members included

research lead me to a supplement, *5-HTP*, that has been shown in clinical trials to be as effective as SSRIs in ameliorating mild to moderate depressive conditions... it is a precursor to serotonin, a neurotransmitter ...... speaking strictly anecdotally, 5-HTP has been incredibly beneficial to me as well as my 2 older children who suffer depressive moods as a baseline....

below are a few cited extracts with further information for your consideration

Therapeutic Applications: L-5-Hydroxytryptophan is reported to be of greatest benefit in psychiatric and neurological disorders where there is a deficiency of neurol serotonin. L-5-Hydroxytryptophan is also indicated for its uses in alleviating the symptoms of a number of common syndromes such as anxiety and depression. L-5-Hydroxytryptophan is also cited as a natural relaxant, to help alleviate insomnia by inducing normal sleep, for the treatment of migraine and headaches and to aid in the control of cravings such as in eating disorders. L-5-Hydroxytryptophan is also thought to assist and strengthen the immune system and may help to reduce the risk of artery and heart spasms. L-5-Hydroxytryptophan has also been cited in the management of Parkinson disease (PD) and epilepsy. http://www.linnea-worldwide.com/products/l5hydro.asp

"5-HTP is well absorbed from an oral dose, with about 70 percent ending up in the bloodstream. It easily crosses the blood-brain barrier and effectively increases central nervous system (CNS) synthesis of serotonin. In the CNS, serotonin levels have been implicated in the regulation of sleep, depression, anxiety, aggression, appetite, temperature, sexual behavior, and pain sensation. Therapeutic administration of 5-HTP has been shown to be effective in treating a wide variety of conditions, including depression, fibromyalgia, insomnia, binge eating associated with obesity, chronic headaches, and insomnia."http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/3/4/271.pdf

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If you are here because you have doubts..Then you MUST read this!!!

by Lady Liberty in

dear friends,.

i tried to copy and paste for you the information, but the server won't allow it.

so please click on this link.

chickpea

thank you for the bump....

it is a huge timesaver for a noob trying to reinforce the sense that WTS is misleading its adherents...... there is so much discovery (and recovery) to sort thru

( i am sitting here with my flash drive clicking away as i "save" material for further scutiny )

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I sent a card

by mrsjones5 in

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to the person who was my exfiance expressing my sympathy for his loss.

asked the hubby what he thought of me doing that and he thought it was a nice thing to do.

josie.

chickpea

genuine empathy is never wrong.....

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Anyone getting snow?

by BrentR in

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it just started to snow here at around noon.

it's right at 32 deg so it should stick good.. i snagged some video as soon as the flakes started flying.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rysatcvwc.

monday we are supposed to get a nasty windstorm..

chickpea

serious sledding indeed.... my 16 YO cannot wait to get his "sled", aka snowmobile, out on the trails..... but first the mundane snow removal on the 127 foot long driveway!!

i live on the southshore of the upper lake ..... superior! largest freshwater surface area lake on the planet!

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Anyone getting snow?

by BrentR in

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it just started to snow here at around noon.

it's right at 32 deg so it should stick good.. i snagged some video as soon as the flakes started flying.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rysatcvwc.

monday we are supposed to get a nasty windstorm..

chickpea

8.5 inches in 12 hrs

forecast calls for snow all night

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Lots of Newbies!!!..Lets take a Poll... How many were JWs 5 years ago?

by Lady Liberty in

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dear friends.... "happy saturday""!!!

and merry christmas to you all!!.

it is truely amazing how many new ones are coming on the forum!!

chickpea

i was

and still am on paper.... but fading fast

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Are you a good tipper?

by JH in

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i'm generous with my friends, but as far as being a good tipper, well......not really.

have a look at these guidelines.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/savinganddebt/savemoney/heresatip20percentisthenew15percent.aspx?page=all.

chickpea

i have been tipping 20% for years now, and not because i couldnt do the math!! ( i mean come on!! how hard is "10% plus half again" sheesh!)

poor service does get a smaller consideration, and tip jars are hit and miss..... i have to be really impressed or delighted by performance to feed a tip jar

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Mr. Flippers Son Gets Response Back from Witness Mother- Then Responds

by flipper in

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well it happened.

my son got a response back from his paranoid witness mother.

as nice as he was , she couldn't help but try to make him feel guilty !

chickpea

"i am very disappointed..."

the smart @ss in me wants to quote "the princess bride" where westly says to montoya ( when montoya says he MUST know the identity of the masked man)>>>>

"get used to disappointment!!"

your son is amazingly clear and firm and yet is so kind and caring of the real difficulty this is creating for his mother..... rational thought is an anathma to these individuals

delusional self-righteousness is a real affliction amongst that population, a bluddy badge of honour to "carry on" in spite of (self-inflicted) wounds..... were she to know the thinking that pain is inevitable but suffering is optional, she could move beyond her disappointment ...... maybe one day she will

godspeed

c/p