MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with '2nd'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:23:07 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684687&cid=t_169587_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fsave-2nd-base-bah-giveaway%2F One of the things I enjoy about blogging (apart from the blogging) is hearing from other people out there doing their own thing on Planet Cancer. I love the different ways that people choose to challenge cancer, fundraise, raise awareness, and generally say Bah! in their own sweet way. I recently heard from an organisation in the US called ‘Save 2nd Base’. They work to raise funds and breast cancer awareness in memory of Kelly Rooney, who died of breast cancer in 2006 at the age of 43. And I just love the way they do it. What I wouldn’t have given to walk into an oncology clinic wearing one of these babies. For the uninitiated – and I had to check with Twitter – in the US there are dating analogies related to baseball. So, getting to first base is kissing, se... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684687 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:19:51 +0100 4684687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4327047&cid=t_169587_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F01%2F09%2Fhows-that-2nd-amendment-remedies-thing-working-out-for-ya%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. How’s That ’2nd Amendment Remedies’ Thing Working Out for Ya? Even Don Draper couldn’t clean you up now, Tea Party. Filed under: Politics Tagged: 2nd amendment, gabrielle giffords, robert donna trussell, shooting, tea party, tucson (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4327047 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:23:10 +0100 4327047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750096&cid=t_169587_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F13%2Fordinary-heroes-and-the-science-of-good-and-evil%2F “I did what anyone could do, no big deal to jump on the tracks.” – Wesley Autrey, New York City’s “subway Superman” On January 2nd, 2007, 50-year-old construction worker Wesley Autrey was waiting with his two young daughters for the train at the 137th Street and Broadway station in the Harlem section of Manhattan. Also waiting was 19-year-old film student Cameron Hollopeter, who began having a seizure. Autrey borrowed a pen and used it to keep Hollopeter’s jaw open. Understandably wobbly post-seizure, Hollopeter fell onto the tracks. Autrey saw the lights of the oncoming train, gave a stranger his daughters to hold, and jumped down. He protected Hollopeter by lying on top of him. The height of their bodies on top of each other is 20-1/2 inches; the t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750096 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:35:36 +0100 3750096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3672017&cid=t_169587_147_f&fid=39202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnicolaziady.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F17%2F%25e2%2580%259csharing%25e2%2580%259d-the-new-roi-metric-in-social-media%2F I discussed a case study on Mederma this week at the 2nd Annual Healthcare New Media Marketing Conference in Chicago. I choose this company as they are did something beyond the “traditional”, if we can use that term for any new media strategy yet … regardless, Merderma went further than usual keyword and online banner campaign. They utilised the “ShareThis” technology in their coupon sharing tactic. Smart. Mederma is a healthcare company selling scarring ointment but its marketers went further … They discovered that 12.5 million people share information about skin ailments online. So Mederma developed an interactive campaign specifically targeting these coupon cutters and directing them to a page to download the pharma brand. Brilliant! Social media has ... Nicola Ziady blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3672017 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:22:33 +0100 3672017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2761851&cid=t_169587_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTEVTJ-UCQEc%2F Convicted pedophile in the United Kingdom given taxpayer-funded Viagra through the National Health Service. Cato senior fellow Tom Palmer filing a lawsuit to legally carry firearms in Washington D.C. How it all came crashing down: The causes of the financial crisis. A few things you should know to better understand the elections in Afghanistan. Podcast: How some on the right-wing are doing everything they can to defend torture. Let’s just call them “enhanced justification techniques.” (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2761851 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:00:10 +0100 2761851 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757726&cid=t_169587_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsGdnKQU7bHo%2F A Washington Post reporter describes the rigmarole Washington D.C. residents must endure to purchase a gun and keep it in one’s home for purposes of self-defense. Snippet: It took $833.69, a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam. It’s a fair-minded article–not only about the government regulations, but also the factors that play into the decision to keep a gun–risk of crime, risk of accident, the personal willingness to use deadly force (not to mention getting approval from the spouse!) Cato Chairman Bob Levy, the prime mover of the landmark Heller ruling, discusses the next legal fight: Whether one can carry a firearm outs... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757726 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:13:10 +0100 2757726 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389657&cid=t_169587_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVg1FVpo4Nqs%2F Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has been mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee.  She also has been caught on tape explaining her view of a judge’s role.  Reports the Washington Post: As White House press secretary Robert Gibbs put it, Obama is looking for “somebody who understands how being a judge affects Americans’ everyday lives.” Congressional conservatives have reacted anxiously to that qualification, fearing that it means a nominee who is more interested in making the law than in interpreting it. One possible candidate for the seat, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, appeared to walk close to that line in a video that emerged yesterday. Sotomayor would be the first Latino and the third... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389657 Wed, 06 May 2009 12:56:59 +0100 2389657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349314&cid=t_169587_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fwhen-government-becomes-alarmed-by.html No "Rush" Whining! by webcarveCreate a custom sticker Using www.zazzle.comGlenn Greenwald: The Ultimate Reaping of What One Sows: Right-Wing Edition:It's certainly true that federal police efforts directed at domestic political movements -- even ones with a history of inspiring violence in both the distant and recent past -- require real vigilance and oversight, and it's also true that the DHS description of these groups seems excessively broad with the potential for mischief. But the political faction screeching about the dangers of the DHS is the same one that spent the last eight years vastly expanding the domestic Surveillance State and federal police powers in every area. DHS -- and the still-creepy phrase "homeland security" -- became George Bush's calling card. The Republicans won t... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349314 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:57:00 +0100 2349314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222822&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2FE4jF1r-9xfk%2F I’m going to take a few liberties with some of A.A.’s literature… From pages 32-33 in the 12&12; “To clergymen, doctors, friends, and families, the loveaholic who means well and tries hard is a heartbreaking riddle. To most L.A.’s, he/she is not. There are too many of us who have been just like him/her, and have found the riddle’s answer. The answer has to do with the quality of faith rather than its quantity. This has been our blind spot. We supposed we had humility when we really hadn’t. We supposed we had been serious about religious practices when, upon honest appraisal, we found we had been only superficial. Or, going to the other extreme, we had wallowed in emotionalism and had mistaken it for true religious feeling. In both cases we had ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222822 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:52:54 +0100 2222822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2177637&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2FTNr0ia_eqdQ%2F From Silkworth.net ; Tradition Two: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving GOD as HE may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. ***** Do I criticize or do I trust and support my group officers, AA committees, and office workers? Newcomers? Old-timers? Am I absolutely trustworthy, even in secret, with AA Twelfth Step jobs or other AA responsibility? Do I look for credit in my AA jobs? Praise for my AA ideas? Do I have to save face in group discussion, or can I yield in good spirit to the group conscience and work cheerfully along with it? Although I have been sober a few years, am I willing to serve my turn at AA chores? In group discussions, do I sound off about matters on which I have no experience ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2177637 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:28:32 +0100 2177637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2107833&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2Fvk2uhIl1vF0%2F Avail us nothing… I first published this last year. It remains true. January 7th’s Reflection speaks of turning points. Sometimes they are beginnings and sometimes they are endings. I can understand that. I don’t like it but, then again, it doesn’t matter whether I like them or not, everything will unfold the way it was meant to. Thy Will, Not Mine Be Done My shortcomings also tempt me daily; therefore I also have the same opportunities as the reflections’ writer to become aware of them. In one form or another - self-condemnation will rear its ugly head. I make a mistake and the very first thought is “You stupid A**.” Anger seemingly always jumps up to be recognized. It is self-delusional for me to continue to regret the past and what happened wit... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2107833 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:42:50 +0100 2107833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1720482&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2FKjo8Qsxv22k%2F From page 81 in AA’s 12&12; “Such gross misbehavior is not by any means a full catalogue of the harms we do. Let us think of some of the subtler ones which can sometimes be quite as damaging. Suppose that in our family lives we happen to be miserly, irresponsible, callous, or cold. Suppose that we are irritable, critical, impatient, and humorless. Suppose we lavish attention upon one member of the family and neglect the others.” Through the years I’ve watched my share of alcoholics who’ve, unfortunately, allowed themselves to return to selfishness and self-centeredness. In quite a few instances these folks have shared in meetings in a manner that allows those listening to catch a glimpse of something being “off the beam.” An oldtimer noticed it... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1720482 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:50:57 +0100 1720482 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1625738&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F336802086%2F Then their Higher Power opens new doors and provides new and better opportunities. Of course it takes a bit of faith and some positive thinking to believe that. Negative thinking won’t make it work. Neither will ego and pride. Might just require a small amount of pain too. From today’s Daily Reflection: “It was painful to give up trying to control my life, even though success eluded me, and when life got too rough, I drank to escape.” You know, when people force things on you with complete lack of communication, it isn’t easy. As a matter of fact at certain times it can be damn hard and painful. When your feelings aren’t given any consideration, when you know you’ve been lied to, when you know the lies themselves actually belittle your intelligence... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1625738 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:15:15 +0100 1625738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1512285&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F310646530%2F I think today’s Daily Reflections is one of those that has the capacity to enlarge your expectations… Forming True Partnerships “But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being.” Can these words apply to me, am I still unable to form a true partnership with another human being? What a terrible handicap that would be for me to carry into my sober life! In my sobriety I will meditate and pray to discover how I may be a trusted friend and companion. **************************************** What happens when I have stopped twis... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1512285 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:12:07 +0100 1512285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1419137&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F282931174%2F My challenge is that regardless of doing the right thing I cannot get my expectations up that the results will be what I want them to be. Therein lies one of my realities. I can care about someone. The level at which I care can increase. I can recognize right from wrong. I can do the right thing not simply in my opinion but in the opinion of many trusted, experienced friends. And the results might not be, will probably not be, what I would want in my dreams. Which brings me to aligning my will with God’s will. “More often, though, we had met up with some major calamity, and to our way of thinking lost out because God deserted us. … Damn this faith business!” It’s funny - I could write right here and now and tell you to your face, if you’re reading, I car... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1419137 Sat, 03 May 2008 20:50:07 +0100 1419137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1416395&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F282311644%2F Alicia has posted a very serious and very helpful entry about “Suicide Warning Signs.” This is one area where you darn well better do a Third Step after you’ve contacted authorities to let them know that your friend might be suicidal! I’d much rather (and have been) feel grateful that my friend is still around to be PO’d at me for ratting them out than to be going to the funeral home for a viewing. Of course, if you have a sponsor like I did he’ll spend the four hours you’re getting a psychiatric eval. out in the waiting room flirting with as many nurses as he can :) And then, if you’re on that side of this mental twist, please, make sure you find the way to thank the friend who turned you in! Tags: 11th-step, 2nd-step, 3rd-step, loveShare Th... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1416395 Fri, 02 May 2008 19:41:30 +0100 1416395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1400716&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F278143935%2F Finding a balance between dependence and actually feeling emotions of attraction, then possibly love… Is a challenge in the life of this alcoholic. Thanks Oliver - your comment was right on point and contained a few lessons I had learned some time ago. I appreciate you putting them out there as a reminder to me and for everyone else to see. Letting Go. It’s a concept understood with difficulty and practiced with labor, for me. It has assuredly gotten better! Thankfully. Allowing myself to feel love is a definite challenge because I know today I am a master of self-delusion. I can clear something up about this right away! Love (my experience and new understanding) is NOT something you feel in your loins! It is a feeling that arises in your heart… And only in your heart! It... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1400716 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:00:26 +0100 1400716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1382495&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F273111259%2F Beginning on page 43 in AA’s 12&12; “We have also seen men and women who go power-mad, who devote themselves to attempting to rule their fellows.” For ex. - this comment. Forward to pg. 44 - “Whenever a human being becomes a battleground for the instincts, there can be no peace.” In response to a post where I’m disagreeing with the concept of “Meeting Makers Make It” someone takes the time, lacking any communication, to immediately make a defamatory remark about “not working the program of action” to another human being, knowing nothing at all about that person and going to length to belittle the word “recovering” which isn’t mentioned in the post at all. What does this tell me? I can’t say for certain,... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1382495 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:57:23 +0100 1382495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1337075&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F260801967%2F I’ve been seriously pondering yesterday’s Daily Reflections because it means quite a lot, to me, in a few ways. “They are servants. Theirs is the sometimes thankless privilege of doing the group’s chores.” First Things First - this comes directly after a question posed asking: “Do these oldtimers think they can run this group forever?” From which we find that any authority perceived over time is really limited or non-existent. God has His way of fairly dispersing responsibility within A.A. so that all might eventually become involved in service work. I think that’s a grand plan! On a personal note (I don’t know, probably self-centered - yeah - and?) I see a message to me that was totally on point and timely, yesterday and now. The messa... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1337075 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:57:21 +0100 1337075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335314&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F259928198%2F Today’s Daily Reflection… Equality To me, this could be one of the Top Ten ideals/principles we can strive for. Shamefully, there are folks who, imho, differ and differ out loud and irrationally. Consider; “Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism. Hence we may refuse none who wish to recover. Nor ought A.A. membership ever depend upon money or conformity.” Conformity eh? What does that mean? To me that means that those who would judge me less than a real alcoholic because I say I’m recoverin(g) instead of recovere(d) - can go to he**! I have no requirement to conform to your controlling insanity of perfection! Thank God the real oldtimers were experienced enough to tell us “We realize we know only a little” rather than your a... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1335314 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:34:09 +0100 1335314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1303384&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F251376140%2F But the Daily Reflection for October 9th holds true today as it does each day… A Spiritual Axiom “It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us.” In the body of the person’s response in the Daily Reflection they say this; “Feelings come from inside, not from outward circumstances. When my spiritual condition is positive, I react positively.” On page 90 in the 12&12, speaking about the spiritual axiom and anger, it says; “Few people have been more victimized by resentments than have we alcoholics. It mattered little whether our resentments were justified or not. A burst of temper could spoil a day, and a well-nursed grudge could make us miserably ineffective. Nor were we ever... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1303384 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:41:24 +0100 1303384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1265254&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F242777973%2F Oooh… how I would love to make this a political post… but… no, that won’t happen, so, no worry eh? LOL This comes from the Daily Reflection for today for Alcoholics Anonymous. What? No President? Derived from page 132 in the 12&12; “When told that our Society has no president having authority to govern it, no treasurer who can compel the payment of any dues, no board of directors who can cast an erring member into outer darkness, when indeed no A.A. can give another a directive and enforce obedience, our friends gasp and exclaim, ‘This simply can’t be. There must be an angle somewhere.’ These practical folk then read Tradition Two, and learn that the sole authority in A.A. is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience.... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1265254 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:47:56 +0100 1265254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1260004&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F241917629%2F I had been clearly defiant to those around me when I was a child (not drinking), later on once I had begun to drink, and as an adult because by then I was a walking, talking attitude case. I didn’t see it, they did. And they told me. When they told me, it pi**ed me off. Then I became more defiant. Eventually, some mere mention of it would twist my gut into instant anger. Had they also mentioned that I was defying God I think I might have really lost it. He was my last and only hope - but - He never delivered what I so desperately wanted, what I kept asking Him for. I arrive in AA and within a very short time I learned that I had been defying Him. I still didn’t quite understand how but I had become open-minded to its possibilities. Today I read page 31 in AA’s 12&12 a... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1260004 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:04:04 +0100 1260004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1252867&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F240420852%2F From Silkworth.net ; Tradition Two: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving GOD as HE may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. ***** Do I criticize or do I trust and support my group officers, AA committees, and office workers? Newcomers? Old-timers? Am I absolutely trustworthy, even in secret, with AA Twelfth Step jobs or other AA responsibility? Do I look for credit in my AA jobs? Praise for my AA ideas? Do I have to save face in group discussion, or can I yield in good spirit to the group conscience and work cheerfully along with it? Although I have been sober a few years, am I willing to serve my turn at AA chores? In group discussions, do I sound off about matters on which I have no experience ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1252867 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:28:32 +0100 1252867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251834&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F240041378%2F Especially for a powerful negative thinker… “Mysterious Paradoxes” The Daily Reflection for Feb., 23rd. “Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one’s old life as a condition for finding a new one.” A.A. Comes Of Age, p. 46 “What glorious mysteries paradoxes are!” Really? Not to a negative thinker… like I was. “They do not compute, yet when recognized and accepted, they reaffirm something in the universe beyond human logic.” Where’s Spock when I need him? Did you have a scientific, analytical mind like me? “When I face a fear, I am given courage; when I support a brother or sister, my capacity to love myself is increased; when I accept pain as pa... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251834 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:01:31 +0100 1251834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251151&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F239623030%2F I’d have never been able to put any credence in today’s Daily Reflection. Guidance “… this means a belief in a Creator who is all power, justice, and love; a God who intends for me a purpose, a meaning, and a destiny to grow, however … haltingly, toward His own likeness and image.” As Bill Sees It, p.51 “As I began to understand my own powerlessness and my dependence on God, as I understand Him, I began to see that there was a life which, if I could have it, I would have chosen for myself from the beginning.” This is in direct contradiction to the belief I had when I was drinking. There are still times when I struggle with these statements. For ex., I’d have never chosen the life I’m living now, in the beginning. Understanding th... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251151 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:21:05 +0100 1251151 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1246672&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F95006413%2F We’ve seen the First Step Promises, here are the Second Step Promises from the AA History Lovers Group at Yahoo! 1. We did not need to consider another’s conception of God. (46:2) 2. God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. (46:2) 3. We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God. (46:1) 4. The Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men. (46:2) 5. As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him tha... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1246672 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:41:55 +0100 1246672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1239337&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F237094958%2F I’m going to take a few liberties with some of A.A.’s literature… From pages 32-33 in the 12&12; “To clergymen, doctors, friends, and families, the loveaholic who means well and tries hard is a heartbreaking riddle. To most L.A.’s, he/she is not. There are too many of us who have been just like him/her, and have found the riddle’s answer. The answer has to do with the quality of faith rather than its quantity. This has been our blind spot. We supposed we had humility when we really hadn’t. We supposed we had been serious about religious practices when, upon honest appraisal, we found we had been only superficial. Or, going to the other extreme, we had wallowed in emotionalism and had mistaken it for true religious feeling. In both cases we had ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1239337 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:06:57 +0100 1239337 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1231956&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F234967192%2F For the meeting you’ll be sitting in for the next hour? This is from “The AA Group: Where It All Begins” pages 11 and 12; Background for many topic meetings derives from A.A. literature, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book), Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, As Bill Sees It, Daily Reflections, and from the A.A. Grapevine. A few specific topic suggestions may include: • attitude • defects of character • fear • freedom through sobriety • gratitude • higher power • honesty • humility • making amends • resentments • sponsorship • surrender • the tools of recovery • tolerance • willingness Now, even I have gotten into a bad habit, one which I think needs to change now. The chairperson asks for a topic, anything on your mind affecting your sobriety, a... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1231956 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:58:03 +0100 1231956 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1230405&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F234769405%2F That he read the Second Step and then let me know how “we” had so often prayed - wrongly. Well - at least he read the Step :) “In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.” Eventually I took stock to discover that I had worked on a “reward system” my whole life. With a foundation of expectations, hidden expectations, I was always ready to help - for a reason. And that reason was a reward. Material or emotional made no difference. “Look at me!” “Pay attention to me!” “Praise me!” “See me as worthy!” “Like me…” and so many others. All of which was so very fleeti... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1230405 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:11:12 +0100 1230405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1221329&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F232982124%2F Because there is “One who has all power,” I can look back today and believe that on the day I came strolling in to Alcoholics Anonymous God had opened the gates of hell and LET ME OUT!!! A free man… a free child of His… and I will be forever grateful. This picture was taken a “number” of years ago lol. You’d never know, unless you’re here, how well I clean up :) but I have. Nope, don’t quite look like that anymore. Can you believe that, until recently, I was wearing some really nice Hart Schaffner and Marx suits to work? Miracles. God works miracles… Oh, btw, I’m the one waaaaay in the back by the tree (haha). Oh, and this is St. Patrick’s Day, 2002 in Savannah. My best friend and I had gotten new ink the day before. ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1221329 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:49:35 +0100 1221329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1207814&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F229193122%2F I’ve heard it said “If you pray, don’t worry. If you worry, don’t pray.” Now I don’t know about that but… Once again, from Came to Believe; Heard At Meetings “Many people pray as though to overcome the will of a reluctant God, instead of taking hold of the willingness of a loving God.” Wow - oh heck yeah… “It is wise to pray for the future, but not to worry about it, because we can’t live it until it becomes the present. The depth of our anxiety measures the distance we are from God.” And I was taught that if God seemed farther away, I ought to check who really moved. “If we have the opportunity to help in some practical way when our loved ones or other people we are concerned about are in trouble - let&#82... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1207814 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:07:29 +0100 1207814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1200429&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F228889642%2F Came to Believe - That a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity… And - so obviously, reach directly into our hearts! :) (that is, if you’re a Giants fan - sorry JJ) From the synopsis in our 12&12, Contents, page 5; Step Two What can we believe in? A.A. does not demand belief; Twelve Steps are only suggestions. Thought - for me, my mind had been so entrenched with the belief system I had when I walked in to AA that, today, I know I was doomed to continue to drink, to the death, unless it changed. Thank God it did… Importance of an open mind. Mine was shut solid. It took an Act of Providence to open it up. Variety of ways to faith. Years of bitterness and hurt eroded away - first into understanding, then into belief that what happened was best. Truth i... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1200429 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:23:28 +0100 1200429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1149792&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F216665247%2F This time I “strolled” through Scott W.’s blog and saw he had quoted Walk In Dry Places. I decided to check out a few of Mel B.’s writings and right away I found an appropriate topic - Anger. There was a lot I could identify with… “During recent years, I have usually worked rather hard to keep my anger from showing or getting out of control, because ___ .” Because my anger always, not occasionally, always, hurts me and I never wanted that! I can be 200% right with my justification, I can be 200% right based on the truth yet it makes no difference. Anger always hurts me. “These unhappy episodes were not the direct result of drinking; they occurred many years after my last drink. And I could not agree that any good came from such temper outbur... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1149792 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:38:14 +0100 1149792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1134683&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F213008376%2F Avail us nothing… Yesterday’s Reflection spoke of turning points. Sometimes they are beginnings and sometimes they are endings. I can understand that. I don’t like it but, then again, it doesn’t matter whether I like them or not, everything will unfold the way it was meant to. Thy Will, Not Mine Be Done My shortcomings also tempt me daily; therefore I also have the same opportunities as the reflections’ writer to become aware of them. In one form or another - self-condemnation will rear its ugly head. I make a mistake and the very first thought is “You stupid A**.” Anger seemingly always jumps up to be recognized. It is self-delusional for me to continue to regret the past and what happened with my relationships, my family. Yet it continues to dee... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1134683 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:05:57 +0100 1134683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1123406&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F209166822%2F Sooo… you’ve been drinking too long, too hard and suffered enough and you’re about to make a New Year’s Resolution to quit eh? Resolution - “A statement of intent, a vow.” Resolute - “Firm, unyielding, determined.” Resolve - “To make a firm decision to do something.” Oh - that’s right! I get it! Other than the fact that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, it’s all about will power, right? You can stop anytime you want to… except tonight is New Year’s Eve??? Gotta throw just one more good one, don’t ya? Well then, I pray you make it and we’ll be here when you come straggling in tomorrow, or the next day or… perhaps you’ll be the one who won’t straggle in. We&#8217... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1123406 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:50:36 +0100 1123406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1096722&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F200609824%2F From “Back To The Fundamentals,” a story in the book “Came To Believe,” page 64; “At one time, the great jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes was asked what his religion was. And he answered that his whole concept of God could be found in the first two words of the Lord’s Prayer. So I got out a copy of the Lord’s Prayer and looked at it. The first word was “Our.” It didn’t say “your,” “my,” “her,” or “his.” It said, “Our Father…” He is the Father to all of us. He created every one of us. I happen to be a father myself - one of the world’s worst, but no matter how sick or how bad I got in my days of drinking, I never once wished any harm to my own children. Nothing but... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1096722 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:45:53 +0100 1096722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1051327&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F190961069%2F Out of the 12&12, page 104-105; “We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms.” Naturally I think to myself “what demands do I place on God for guidance for my life?” How about this - whatever it may be, suppose a romance going awry, and after a particularly heated argument followed by such deep ill feelings that the continuation of the relationship is threatened, I do or say something like “G dammit, why does this have to be like this?” or “This isn’t fair! Why me?” or one of thousands of variations… This may not be true of you, or anyone else, but it is true of me. I have such a perverse faith in God that I think... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1051327 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:06:02 +0100 1051327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1048000&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F189807296%2F Yes, I am grateful. My personal world is filled with wonder and joy. I’ve never had it so good! I see many of you who post gratitude lists often, some every day, and I have yet to do that. I ought to be able to post one a mile long for all the good my God has given me. And that would be the very first thing I am grateful for - that the way I “see” God has changed so dramatically. I no longer blame him for all the bad stuff in my life. I am faithful that He/She loves me beyond anything I can truly imagine else I’d not be sober. Today and yesterday I had a roof over my head and slept in a bed. I got to take a shower and eat. There have been times when I didn’t eat, there have been times when I came within hours of sleeping in the woods or the hotel Chevy and did... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1048000 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:45:48 +0100 1048000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1034885&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F186726984%2F A good friend Dick C. tells us he is allergic to alcohol and whenever he consumed it he broke out in spots… like Phoenix, Los Angeles, Paris, you get the idea! How many of us enjoy telling others that consuming alcohol caused them to break out in handcuffs? I bet we have thousands of similar sayings. From Dr. Silkworth; Alcoholism as a Manifestation of Allergy “Alcoholism is considered by many physicians a chronic condition that gradually unfolds itself to a dismal end. They feel that it is a state of mind and advise these patients that it is up to them to discontinue their accustomed drug, which it is assumed they can do by merely making up their minds to do so. Proper attention is not given to the psychological problem as well as the physical condition of these people.”... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1034885 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:15:16 +0100 1034885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1031149&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F185751563%2F To grow I must admit my challenges. Prayer is one. From page 96 in the 12&12; “We well remember how something deep inside us kept rebelling against the idea of bowing before any God.” Of course there is something else that continues to remind me of the nature of my dilemma - page 39 in the Big Book; “But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge. This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it has been revealed to us out of bitter experience.” The potential alkie in me went past that imaginary line decades ago and became real, despite the fact I am more comfortable saying I’m recovering rather than recovered. On... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1031149 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:36:15 +0100 1031149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1019424&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F183322522%2F I’ll ask you a question - when you make a mistake, what is your first thought? You hit your thumb with a hammer, what do you say in anger and to whom? You say something that sounded right at the moment you said it and seconds later you find it was totally inappropriate, what do you think in anger and about whom? Have you ever looked in the mirror and told yourself “I Hate You!” How often do you give this consideration - “Why Me God? What the he** is wrong with me? Why do I have to live like this?” I’d suggest, for those who might still be drinking, that you afford yourself the opportunity to stop drinking and see if your thinking about this changes. I can’t promise you anything though because I still have this thinking although it has lessened thro... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1019424 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:02:28 +0100 1019424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=999534&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F178596475%2F To bring me peace of mind which I lose on many occasions. It’s on pages 104-5 in our 12&12. I first made this a part of my life when the divorce was happening. Now it often brings me back to the God I understand. “We discover that we do receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms.” Do you think you understand this? What do you do when life doesn’t go your way? Do you complain? Do you “wish” something would happen to your benefit when it seems it is going in the opposite direction? Do you get aggravated or angry? Do you become depressed? I do… and I complain to God. I say something along the lines of “god dammit!” Or - “Come on God, quit... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=999534 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:32:22 +0100 999534 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=987211&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F176723208%2F This is derived from a writing of Bill W.’s that I’ve referred to before; “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety” Since I seem to have always had a difficult challenge with the subject personally and so many I’ve known share the challenge, I look for an answer. This writing of Bill’s comes from “The Language of the Heart” and I originally found it by looking through the book’s index for “Love.” Go figure… If you’re an alcoholic like me you never stop loving those with whom you’ve “fallen in love.” And, if you’re like me, you share the continuing, apparent, failure, to achieve and maintain a relationship based in love. Companionship. Love. The desire to procreate. All natural and gifted to ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=987211 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:54:33 +0100 987211 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=977404&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F174839362%2F And I’m not immune to sadness these days thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps. It was a “simple” lesson 13 years ago when our divorce was finalized. I had to learn how to mourn the loss, without alcohol. I have no idea how Barbara got through it even though a couple of years later I was told by my youngest son he had caught his mother drinking alone with an attitude. I was able to muddle through with the help of many true friends including a wonderful sponsor. 3 and 11. This time is only slightly different. There is a forty five year history amongst this wreckage, during most of which no communication or contact had occurred. We had been separated by others’ efforts many years prior to finding each other again. A dream come true, an absolute miracle.... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=977404 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:07:28 +0100 977404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=937001&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F167447210%2F If you need a quick lesson, this is how you do it. Not knowing whether you are right or wrong, sharing with close friends and fellow, trusted AA members, coming to a conclusion based on personal experience… You make a decision and stick to it no matter what. I have believed, and felt, like I was in an abusive relationship for quite some time now. Emotionally. On the receiving end. Ego has played a very large part in this and I have had to work to stay as humble as possible which has definitely not been easy. Some might say impossible :) But I had had it weeks ago after consistent put downs and emasculating commentary and judgments. Yes, my perception, however, run past those I trust and then some I don’t for a fair “evaluation.” Kicked the decision back and forth ma... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=937001 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:39:04 +0100 937001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=894284&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F160399809%2F I did it, still do it on occasion. I see others doing it. There are even those who engage groups to do it. I Am An Exception! I Am Different! Taking today’s “Daily Reflections” and breaking it down a bit; “During my drinking life I was convinced I was an exception. I thought I was beyond petty requirements and had the right to be excused.” Separate myself from you. All of you! I’m special. I’m different. I deserve special treatment. Blah, blah, blah. How many of you would like to say “EGO!” I would… The right to be excused? From what? The consequences of my actions, my lack of consideration, my lack of respect, my hard heart, the monetary results of my actions, my inaction and its results, your hurt feelings, my disgusting attitud... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=894284 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:24:11 +0100 894284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=886356&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F158829603%2F The Daily Reflection for September 19th; Acceptance “We admitted we couldn’t lick alcohol with our own remaining resources, and so we accepted the further fact that dependence upon a Higher power (if only our A.A. group) could do this hitherto impossible job. The moment we were able to accept these facts fully, our release from the alcohol compulsion had begun.” Tonight provided the evidence and facts that the relationship I’ve been in for four years, has to come to an end. But the person who responds to this reflection in the book actually offers me an excellent explanation with my answers for now. There are no coincidences. “Freedom came to me only with my acceptance that I could turn my will and my life over to the care of my Higher Power, whom I call God. ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=886356 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:10:37 +0100 886356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838127&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F151636911%2F At least, this poison does… Strangely, I discover (or, it discovers me) information which I have the opportunity to put together comfortably for myself and perhaps for you. I know some of you may feel uncomfortable with it and I’ll always let you know so you have the opportunity to look away. This is another of those cases where religion will be discussed, spoken about, referred to. The Bizarre? Before I begin - its been a very long time since the names “Barbara” and “Mark” have appeared to me in the same place. They did that for 22 years. Poison? I’m doing a bit of research for the post title and I find this; 3. (idiomatic) A drink; liquor I’ve had another comment appearing to be from Dick B. in moderation for some time again. I’m not ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838127 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:04:45 +0100 838127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=835539&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F150730875%2F The oldtimers (longtimers if you prefer) talked of letting newcomers have enough rope. Typically they’d discover they had a “know-it-all” as a new sponsee and it would be next to impossible to get recovery through a very thick, “intelligent,” skull. They knew the answers and they’re in the Steps! The Third Step and Eleventh Step. Let ‘em go and pray for the power… Then they sat back and let us self-will ourselves about our business because we were so smart, watched as we banged our heads against brick wall after brick wall, shook their heads knowingly as we whined endlessly and once we’d had enough self-imposed pain those of us who were sick and tired of being sick and tired came crawling back with our tails between our legs asking for ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=835539 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:24:26 +0100 835539 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=832638&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F150152424%2F Which is true in my case as well as many others whom I’ve known in sobriety. It just doesn’t work! Yet the most foolish continue to go about their self-centered, selfish ways and engage in this conduct. Beginning on page 80; “The chances are that we have domestic troubles. Perhaps we are mixed up with women in a fashion (works both ways folks) we wouldn’t care to have advertised.” True for me. And for her. I was the cause. She was the recipient of the emotional harm. “After a few years with an alcoholic, a wife gets worn out, resentful and uncommunicative. How could she be anything else?” Again, very true in my case. How could she have been anything but worn out? I put her through an emotional wringer. Imagine if I hadn’t loved her… &#8... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=832638 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:37:30 +0100 832638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=831045&cid=t_169587_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F149892570%2F This one has been kicked around and around and around… what does a group do if a real “live” drunk shows up at a meeting? Let’s Ask Bill W.! Bill said; “Groups will usually run amuck on that sort of question. At first we are likely to say that we are going to be supermen and save every drunk in town. The fact is that a great many of them just don’t want to stop. They come, but they interfere very greatly with the meeting. Then, being still rather intolerant, the group will swing way over in the other direction and say, “No drunks around these meetings.” We get forcible and put them out of the meeting, saying, “You’re welcome here if your sober.” But the general rule in most places is that if a person comes for the first or s... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=831045 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:58:47 +0100 831045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=828105&cid=t_169587_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fphillip-atkinson-of-family-security.html Digby, : Annotated Cliff Schector apparently broke this into the blogsphere after hearing about it on Thom Hartmann's show. I heard about this on, where else, the Thom Hartmann show. He discussed Democratic Underground's look at Family Security Matters. This bunch of sickos (apologies to Michael Moore) advocates that Bush should be our permanent president and that there should be no more democracy. Democracy is bad. Kings are good. Who's on their advisory board? Reagan era remnants abound. Here are some names that Hartmann tossed out: Barbara Comstock, Laura Ingraham, Frank Gaffney, James Woolsey, and...drum roll...Dick Cheney. Oh, and by the way, it's the same Gaffney who goes on CNN with talk of aggression against Iran. That Frank Gaffney. - post by graphictruth This is part of the ... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=828105 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 828105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=551392&cid=t_169587_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fimmediate-local-benefits-had-better-be.html The Blog | Rick Jacobs: California's Speaker Asks the Candidates to Speak with California | The Huffington PostWhile Iraq occupies the headlines, we have a country that is practically falling apart. The California experience is emblematic of the series of problems that face the nation. A high percentage of the military executing the president's war in Iraq is a product of a public school system that offered those now serving few choices beyond the military. To put a fine point on it, about half of those who enroll in the ninth grade in LA public schools drop out before graduation. And unfortunately, a fair number of those who graduate are not well-equipped for a job or a higher education, the latter of which is now unaffordable for many in California, a sad post script for a state that was... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=551392 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 551392