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Few people really do their own thinking. As Mark Twain said, the only original thought written down was either Adam or Eve. That being said, too much deferring of your thoughts, or living by other people’s opinions can be hugely detrimental to your life, and most especially if you’re in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.…
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Vacuum of loss, A faithful sidearm. But failure lingers, Cries out in alarms. Death beckons of finality, Lost words irrelevant. Like smoke, memories, reality, Opportunity lost heaven-sent? Regret but wasted thought, Time flows relentless. For every second, won and fought, Your harshness purely groundless. Amends for amends, A downward spiral spins. Eye for an eye…
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…and the atoms in your right hand are from different stars than the atoms in your left hand, different galaxies throughout your entire body even. Einstein said “Time only exists so everything doesn’t happen all at once.” Haha…awesome. There is quite obviously to me, an underlying force in the universe today, and always, bigger than…
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Temporary Empty Should that teardrop reverberate in the emptiness? Would that spark ignite the void? For that which felt like loneliness, Was preparation for this noise. Explosions need space to expand, Love was never lost, just reorganizing. Exponential tidal wave, emotional reprimand: Be it real and true, Then patience will allow it growth, No jealousy…
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Country music icon Naomi Judd opens up about being diagnosed with hepatitis C. For more information, visit http://www.thedoctorstv.com/ Several public figures suffer from hepatitis C and some have died. Celebrities with hepatitis C, according to news reports: • Gregg Allman Rock musician and founding member of The Allman Brothers Band • Pamela Anderson: She is…
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In 2008 I had just finished over a year of grueling, miserable Interferon Treatment which cured my Hep C, but which was hell. Even after quitting the Interferon I continued to suffer extreme headaches and it felt like some days I was better off while on Interferon. All you can do at that point though…
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Pharmaceuticals, Doctors, AA and Sobriety It is clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that Alcoholics Anonymous, has no stance on outside issues, and this includes the use of pharmaceuticals, prescribed by Doctors to help the newcomer get off alcohol and more illicit drugs. I used Librium to fight detox on two occasions, and I’m…
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So recently I’ve been asked a few times about the dedication in the beginning of my book, given to Rand Hopkins who was a mentor to me in my writing from early on. He, my Uncle and my father were good friends dating years back in the Atlanta theater scene as they worked on such…
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For years and years I jumped at the excuse for a fight, and a grudge, hell I collected those. Having had a spiritual awakening though, and being relieved of the obsession to drink and drug, and having turned over my will to God, I know for damned sure he doesn’t ever want me to be…
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