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 'fourth:'. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:56:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2883109&cid=t_255382_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ffourth-plinth-cara-and-shift-multiple.html In the final several days of Antony Gormley's One & Other project on the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square, London, Cara is going to ascend the plinth in support of Multiple Sclerosis awareness.Her plinth hour is 1900 hrs BST, Monday the 12th of October.She writes in her bio:"I thought that this project was an unusual and unique opportunity and so put my name forward. During the hour on the plinth, I am going to try to bring awareness to www.shift.ms - an online community for young people with Multiple Sclerosis. When I was diagnosed with MS, I found the website to be a source of support and reassurance during a weird and shocking time.So, if anyone who is affected by MS, or anyone who'd like to know more about it, you are welcome to become part of the shift.ms community!"Bests wishes, Car... BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2883109 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:31:00 +0100 2883109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857488&cid=t_255382_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ffourth-plinth-epilepsy-action-on-one.html Di Flatt, manager of the fundraising team at Epilepsy Action, has her hour on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square at 1700 hrs, Saturday. She is one of the 2400 taking part in Antony Gormley's One & Other project.You can read about Di and view a refeed of her plinth hour at DiFlatt.You can watch her live at One&Other.Read all about the 60th anniversary of Epilepsy Action. (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857488 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:21:00 +0100 2857488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855725&cid=t_255382_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ffourth-plinth-alzheimers-research.html Thomas G., a member of the Alzheimer's Research Trust, was on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square this afternoon to promote Memories Matter. He was one of the 2400 plinthers of Antony Gormley's One & Other project.Watch Tom and listen to his message at Thomas_G.Take a look at the Trust's Memories Matter website. (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855725 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:45:00 +0100 2855725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834342&cid=t_255382_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fliving-with-child-with-disabilities.html Early Saturday morning, Gav C, the father of a now-deceased young boy named Tom, spent his hour for the One and Other Antony Gormley project from the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square describing life with his son. It is a narrative extraordinary in its directness.I recommend its viewing for any student training to work with young children with disabilities. You will learn something from it.To view it: Gav C. on the Fourth Plinth (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834342 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:03:00 +0100 2834342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2828338&cid=t_255382_122_f&fid=34755&url=http%3A%2F%2Fneuropsychological.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fone-and-other-fourth-plinth-be-safe-not.html Barbara, a rehabilitation professional, went on Antony Gormley's One and Other Fourth Plinth project in Trafalgar Square yesterday morning.She promoted helmet use for sports and recreational activities and did so in a very nice kiddie-friendly manner.Her hour can be viewed at: oneandother.co.uk/participants/BarbaraJean (Source: BrainBlog) BrainBlog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2828338 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:55:00 +0100 2828338 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823966&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FmOxA_hWb6k4%2F While there are many choice tidbits to relate from Tuesday’s hearings on PATRIOT Act reform at the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution—not least the fellow who had to be wrestled from the room, literally kicking and screaming, after he tried to stand and interrupt with a complaint about alleged FBI violations of his civil rights—I’ll just relate a novel theory of the Fourth Amendment advanced by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The ACLU’s Mike German, a former FBI agent turned surveillance policy expert, was explaining that it’s hard to know whether expansive surveillance powers are being abused, they’re mostly used in secret and deployed via third-parties like financial institutions and telecoms, who have little incentive to raise ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823966 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:46:45 +0100 2823966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774608&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F610V6EnMXEQ%2F Last week, a coalition of 10 privacy and consumer groups sent letters to Congress advocating legislation to regulate behavioral tracking and advertising, a phrase that actually describes a broad range of practices used by online marketers to monitor and profile Web users for the purpose of delivering targeted ads. While several friends at the Tech Liberation Front have already weighed in on the proposal in broad terms — in a nutshell: they don’t like it — I think it’s worth taking a look at some of the specific concerns raised and remedies proposed. Some of the former strike me as being more serious than the TLF folks allow, but many of the latter seem conspicuously ill-tailored to their ends. First, while it’s certainly true that there are privacy advocates w... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774608 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:58:31 +0100 2774608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2703809&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Flabour-can-win-next-general-election.html Elsewhere, Dr Crippen discusses the now real prospect of Labour winning the next general election. And, as always, the NHS is central to the arguments. (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2703809 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:29:00 +0100 2703809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570989&cid=t_255382_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fputting-pain-aside-to-celebrate-the-4th-of-july%2F Is there any other American holiday that brings back more memories than the Fourth of July? Probably Christmas with all its festivities, lights and symbolism of Christianity; certainly Thanksgiving because of the wonderful food, family and history but the Fourth is special. For many of us it is the holiday that symbolizes the freedom we have come to take for granted.  Its celebration during the warm summer month, the long run of daylight and the National pride it represents; all come together to create memories. Here in the Northwest, and even more so in the state of Alaska, the long daylight hours stall the firework celebrations until late in the evening. The little children try to stay awake for the bursts of glory but don’t always make it. In our community there are always firewo... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570989 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:12:11 +0100 2570989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2571097&cid=t_255382_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2F3yS9I13sdBc%2Fa-diabetes-friendly-fourth-of-july-menu-1.php There's been a lot of talk around here lately about managing diabetes and going to parties.  Here in the U.S.A., we're celebrating the Fourth of July this weekend, and there's sure to be a ton of parties.  Below are some menu ideas that you can make to ensure that your blood sugars will stay in range while you watch the fireworks!Grilled Stuffed Jalapeno PeppersBarbecued Chicken GazpachoCorn on the cob with... (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2571097 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0100 2571097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517205&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWn5LgkRlv9g%2F The Supreme Court’s decision today in Safford Unified School District #1 et al. v. Redding was a victory for privacy and decency. The Court held that a middle school violated the Fourth Amendment rights of a thirteen-year-old girl by strip searching her in a failed effort to find Ibuprofen pills and an over-the-counter painkiller. The Cato Institute filed an amicus brief, joined by the Rutherford Institute and the Goldwater Institute, opposing such abuses of school officials’ authority. The search in this case should have ended with the student’s backpack and pockets; forcing a teenage girl to pull her bra and panties away from her body for visual inspection is an invasion of privacy that must be reserved for extreme cases. School officials should be authorized to conduct... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517205 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:29:27 +0100 2517205 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2515174&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlQn07-pvhEw%2F Security guru Bruce Schneier comes down on the strictly pragmatic side in this essay called “Fixing Airport Security.” Because of terrorism fears, he says, TSA checkpoints are “here to stay.” The rules should be made more transparent. He also argues for an amendment to some constitutional doctrines: The Constitution provides us, both Americans and visitors to America, with strong protections against invasive police searches. Two exceptions come into play at airport security checkpoints. The first is “implied consent,” which means that you cannot refuse to be searched; your consent is implied when you purchased your ticket. And the second is “plain view,” which means that if the TSA officer happens to see something unrelated to airport securit... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2515174 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:42:16 +0100 2515174 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452709&cid=t_255382_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F03%2Fminding-the-magazines-examining-an-editors-letter%2F If you’ve been feeling slightly off, acutely apprehensive or flat-out frightened, women’s magazines likely know the reason: Why, it’s bikini season! And forget fear, you should be plain panicked, whether the villain is your bulging belly or your massive thighs. Fortunately, women’s magazines have graciously excused our past transgressions—when we supposedly inhaled heaping helpings of food and exhibited outright laziness—and offer us salvation in the form of workout and diet tips. In particular, in May’s issue of Women’s Health, editor-in-chief Michele Promaulayko aptly summarized our appearance woes, and, sadly but not at all surprisingly, amplified these worries in her Letter from the Editor entitled “Crunch Time”: You’d think that as an editor I’d have deadlines... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452709 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:57:57 +0100 2452709 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375866&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FPkYzk2ivbR4%2F New Jerseyans may get a chance to vote their Fourth Amendment preferences in the upcoming gubernatorial elections. Among the candidates is Chris Christie, who as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey authorized the tracking of suspects’ cell phones without getting a warrant. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375866 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:07:49 +0100 2375866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376173&cid=t_255382_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F27%2Fthe-situation-of-search-seizure-abstract%2F Harvard Law School student David Kessler has just published a fascinating article in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology about the Fourth Amendment seizure doctrine.  The article is titled “Free To Leave?: An Empirical Look at the Fourth Amendment’s Seizure Standard” (pdf here).  Here are some excerpts. * * * Whether a person has been “seized” often determines if he or she receives Fourth Amendment protection. The U.S. Supreme Court has established a standard for identifying seizures: a person is seized when a reasonable person in his situation would not have felt “free to leave” or otherwise to terminate the encounter with law enforcement. In applying that standard, today’s courts conduct crucial seizure inquiries relying only upon their own beliefs about whe... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376173 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:01:38 +0100 2376173 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306740&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fvmws-wzI3Eg%2F A middle-school student who was caught red-handed with prescription-strength ibuprofen (in violation of the school’s drug policy) implicated another 13-year-old girl, Savana Redding. On the sole basis of this accusation, school officials searched Savana’s backpack, finding no evidence of drug use, drug possession, or any other illegal or improper conduct. They then took the girl to the nurse’s office and ordered her to undress. Not finding any pills in Savana’s pants or shirt, the officials ordered the girl to pull out her bra and panties and move them to the side. The observation of Savana’s genital area and breasts also failed to reveal any contraband. Savana’s mother, whom Savana had not been permitted to call before or during the strip search, sued t... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306740 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:03:59 +0100 2306740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306955&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Ftoday-is-terris-day-fourth-anniversary.html Today is "Terri's Day." It is the fourth anniversary of the end of Terri Schiavo's ordeal of death by dehydration. This cruel end was not a necessary death. It was forced upon her by judicial fiat even though she was not terminally ill, did not require a respirator or kidney dialysis, and had a loving family eager to care for her for the rest of her natural life.Terri's family believed and believes that she knew when they visited and reacted with joy. But even if she was unaware, she remained a beloved daughter and sister, fully worthy of life and care.The Schindler family has marked this sad day with the following statement: Four Years Ago Today, Terri Schiavo Dies After Almost Two Weeks Without Food or Water. Four years ago today Terri Schiavo died. By the order of Judge George W. Greer,... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306955 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:02:00 +0100 2306955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2110735&cid=t_255382_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F17%2Fpsychiatric-survivors-labels-and-me%2F If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick. William James Ω The deleterious effect of evil, pernicious, stigmatizing labels are at the core of psychiatric survivor discourse™, so of course it makes me wonder why I don’t care about mine so much, like — what am I missing here, am I insufficiently outraged about a civil rights injustice?! Borderline, Bi-polar, Schizophrenia, these official stamps of psychiatry will lead to life of ruin, they say, while saying not so much about the label that actually got them committed. Puzzling, but later for all that. The thread on BPD at the only blog that matters has me head in a spin. I identify with borderlines, my life’s been filled with them, I have it in me, it’s a hellish disorder. I’ve only seen do... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2110735 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 09:02:41 +0100 2110735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2078721&cid=t_255382_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F04%2Folder-parents-birth-order-linked-to-autism%2F This study clearly shows a relationship between higher autism spectrum disorders’ risk and waiting to have children. Read the full article: UW researcher finds link between age, birth order and autism (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2078721 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:04:52 +0100 2078721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2056180&cid=t_255382_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F20%2Fcatch-a-fire%2F It’s not everyday reading something on the Internet can move me to tears, but I’ve given up hope on seeing something like this post (and commentary) at Whiskey Fire. The study is not yet published and I know it only begins to scratch the surface but for the first time since the tests were done on me I have hope, if not for myself I can imagine glad tidings for tomorrow’s little Dickens. When the neuropsychologist laid it out for me 10 years ago I was crying and he was almost crying, because he couldn’t answer my very pointed questions and account for the disparities in my mental examination. An evaluation spanning eight hours over two days, as comprehensive as it gets, followed by a 25 page report and two hour debriefing and still something missing hangs in the air... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2056180 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:09:52 +0100 2056180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1991041&cid=t_255382_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F27%2Fi-try-to-praise-the-mutilated-world%2F I often wonder what it will look like to reach the point of not just surviving my misfortunes but being simply and profoundly grateful for every single thing that has ever happened to me. And why people who want things like that are so perplexing to those who don’t. Those who wonder, in their golden ways what’s so funny about gallows humor, the sole comfort of those who’ve escaped the hangman and an affront to those who have no knowledge of his existence. Welp, there it is, in black & white, no less. Thanks by W.S. Merwin Listen with the night falling we are saying thank you we are stopping on the bridges to bow from the railings we are running out of the glass rooms with our mouths full of food to look at the sky and say thank you we are standing by the water thanki... Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1991041 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:44:48 +0100 1991041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1863216&cid=t_255382_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F09%2Fthe-legal-and-procedural-situation-of-segregation%2F Bennett Capers, has posted an intriguing article, “Policing, Race, and Place” (forthcoming 44 Harv. CR-CL L. Rev. (2008)) on SSRN.  Here’s the abstract. * * * Most Americans live in neighborhoods and communities segregated along race lines, and take this segregation for granted. To the extent they view their communities as racially segregated at all, they assume that this segregation is the largely the result of individual choice or socio-economic status, or perhaps a remnant of de jure segregation. The ambition of this Article is to draw attention to a component of segregation that has been largely ignored: the significant role that criminal law and procedure have played, and continue to play, in maintaining racialized spaces.        (Sourc... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1863216 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:41:30 +0100 1863216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1577356&cid=t_255382_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F327035343%2F “School tomorrow!” Charlie told me with his best grin this morning. He’d slept in, had breakfast around 11, practiced cello with a little coaxing. His internal clock is ticking away: Two days off and it tells him, that was the weekend, back to school. Imagine if everyone preferred to go without long weekends and always have that five-day workweek, no complaints. Off to find some rides and maybe some fireworks, if the rain allows……. Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, clock, disabilities blog, disability, Family, family blog, independence day, july fourth, kids, kids blog, Parenting, pdd-nos, Technology, Time, weekendShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1577356 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:58:17 +0100 1577356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1577375&cid=t_255382_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F326810710%2F AlzheimersNotes.com  In the United States, we’re celebrating Fourth of July, or Independence Day. There are parades, fireworks, community activities, and for many a weekend off from work.  You may be somewhat confined at home, if you’re caring for an Alzheimer’s patient.  Or you may be visiting your family member at a nursing home and joining in festivities there. When I was growing up, we couldn’t take a day off from the dairy farm work. However, we usually visited relatives for a holiday meal, a family reunion type of gathering, then returned home for the evening chores. Then as dusk descended, we watched fireworks from the “Big Hill,” a hay field on a hill top from which we could see for miles. Bursts of fireworks were visible in the darkening sky.... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1577375 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:00:40 +0100 1577375 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1577274&cid=t_255382_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F07%2F04%2Fhappy-fourth-of-july-friends%2F Image details: Patriotic Pride served by picapp.com I imagine that July 4th, especially with it being a weekend and all, will be a poorly-attended internet day. So with that in mind, I shall save my vast wisdom for a day other than a US National holiday and instead, just wish you a Happy, Happy Independence Day, full of good food, good friends, and appreciation for all this great country has to offer. If you’re visiting from another country, well, then I wish you a fabulous and relaxing weekend. Thanks for reading! Your friends at Healthbolt Tags: Fourth of July, Holidays, Independence Day, US HolidaysShare This (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1577274 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:35:59 +0100 1577274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1409822&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F280782220%2F This is not for those of you who keep/kept coming like Jack R., John DeL., Jimmy DeL., Don H., Desi, heck, even Clyde F. This is for those of you who have disappeared from the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous even though you’d still tell us you’re “sober.” “The Great Paradox” Which is today’s Daily Reflection; “These legacies of suffering and of recovery are easily passed among alcoholics, one to another. This is our gift from God, and its bestowal upon others like us is the one aim that today animates A.A.’s all around the globe.” Notice it says “Our Gift From God.” It is my personal opinion that those of us who keep this gift all to themselves (or tell us they do their “work” outside AA) are some of the most... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1409822 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:16:44 +0100 1409822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1395168&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F111733807%2F Ever have one of those days??? “Some will object to many of the questions posed, because they think their own character defects have not been so glaring. To these it can be suggested that a conscientious examination is likely to reveal the very defects the objectionable questions are concerned with. Because our surface record hasn’t looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these self-same defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification. Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed us into alcoholism and misery.” 12 & 12, pgs 53-54 Hence, (I believe), the “profundity” if you spot it, you got it. Then… another “no co-incidence.” Going back a few readings an... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1395168 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:25:00 +0100 1395168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1392565&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F275680887%2F The sad part is that the originator of the comment believes he “got my hackles up” because of the content of his remark. Not true - my “hackles” were raised because I won’t sit back and allow you to force your will down my throat especially when you are talking out of your a**! To paraphrase: “Alcoholics and addicts are different. Once an addict gets what they need they don’t need it anymore. When an alcoholic drinks their need is never satisfied.” I think that covers it… My question to you is “Are you an addict?” Your answer - no. Oh, and btw - I put the word “drug” ahead of addict. What the hey difference does that make? The rationalization? An addict has a point where they are “satiated.” Satiated?... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1392565 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:26:47 +0100 1392565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1391204&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F117013606%2F We’ve seen the First Step Promises, the Second Step Promises, , the Third Step Promises, now here are the Fourth Step Promises from the AA History Lovers Group at Yahoo! 1. Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. (64:0) 2. Our liquor was but a symptom. (64:0) 3. Resentment is the “number one” offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. (64:3) 4. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. (64:3) 5. Nothing count... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1391204 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:04:52 +0100 1391204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1382495&cid=t_255382_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=1379519&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F272340292%2F “Fear knocked at the door; faith answered; no one was there.” Just my personal opinion now - if I’m afforded the luxury of having time to think, even momentarily, at what appears fearful, it is one thing. On the other hand, if I have no opportunity to consider, am taken completely by surprise instantly, it is an entirely different situation. It happened over ten years ago. My youngest son was coming to stay with me for the summer. We had had our conversations and had made arrangements. Unknown to me because it happened while he was on the road traveling to meet me, there was a change in the bus schedule and he wasn’t being dropped off where we originally had planned. I hadn’t heard my ex-wife’s voice in quite some time. Strangely enough, I answered the p... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1379519 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:17:10 +0100 1379519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1370832&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F269975383%2F “Having found the shoes that fit, he ought to step into them and walk with new confidence that he is at last on the right track.” There are two words which offer me relief personally when they are preceded by “confidence” and the implication of peace of mind - “at last.” The inventory must be four things: It must be honest. Why waste time fooling ourselves with a phony list? We have fooled ourselves for years, we tried to fool others, and now is a good time to look ourselves squarely in the eye. It must be searching. Why skip over a vital matter lightly and quickly? Our trouble is a grave mental disease, confused by screwy thinking. Therefore, we must search diligently and fearlessly to get at the truth of what is wrong with us - - just dig in and searc... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1370832 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:19:09 +0100 1370832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1365003&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F268182032%2F “Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.” Page 146, 12&12; “Over the years, every conceivable deviation from our Twelve Steps and Traditions has been tried. That was sure to be, since we are so largely a band of ego-driven individualists. Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser. These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand today.” I love the descriptive language: “ego-driven individualists,” “children of chaos,” “defiantly.” All of which cement the idea that the words I’m reading surely must apply to me… Wha... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1365003 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:30:18 +0100 1365003 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1362481&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F107692905%2F From Silkworth.net; 4th STEP Prayers WHEN IN DOUBT “I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others. Then only might I expect to receive. But that would be in great measure.” (p.13) WHEN I AM DISTURBED BY THE CONDUCT (SYMPTOMS) OF OTHERS “This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done.” (p. 67 BB) God help me to show this person the same tolerance, pity and patience that I would Cheerfully grant a sick friend. This is a sick person, how can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done. (see above and p. 141 of 12&12) WHEN I AM AFRAID &#8220... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1362481 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:30:45 +0100 1362481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1356267&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F266138382%2F Rick taught me to never give up the dream… I haven’t paid attention all that often - usually only when I need to the most. Like now. Today’s Daily Reflection; “We want to find exactly how, when, and where our natural desires have warped us. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. By discovering what our emotional deformities are, we can move toward their correction.” Emotional deformities - that’ll stop ya’! The response to the reflection says; “Today I am no longer a slave to alcohol, yet in so many ways enslavement still threatens - my self, my desires, even my dreams. Yet without dreams I cannot exist: without dreams there is nothing to keep me moving forward.” If I left the talk there I&#821... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1356267 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:15:51 +0100 1356267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1354150&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F265288704%2F Yes, heard at a meeting… “Pain shared in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous is cut in half; Joy shared in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous is doubled!” Also heard in meetings and known, by personal experience, to be true… More reality from the Daily Reflection; “When I stopped drinking I began a lifetime process of recovery from unruly emotions, painful relationships, and unmanageable situations.” Positively. “This process is too much for most of us without help from a Higher Power and our friends in the Fellowship.” Most of us? Sure have a sense of uniqueness from that statement, though I’m certain I’m not alone, I’m also certain to be envious of anyone who CAN do it without a Higher Power and our Fellowship! “When I ... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1354150 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:52:14 +0100 1354150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352754&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F264675441%2F Bill Wilson tells a pointed story about a group of fellows finding fully minted gold coins in “The Language of the Heart” (page 256) that you might want to read… The story creates a symbolic picture graphically which tells Bill “that I may attain ‘humility for today’ only to the extent that I am able to avoid the bog of guilt and rebellion, and that fair but deceiving land which is strewn with the coin of Pride.” He then offers that “this is how I can find and stay on the Road to Humility which lies in between. Therefore, a constant inventory which can reveal when I am off the road is always in order.” That seems to me to be closer to the Tenth Step than the Fourth. What follows though, is a few sentences that I can relate to what I hea... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352754 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:19:25 +0100 1352754 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352200&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F264281223%2F Discussion No. 3: Inventory and Restitution (I) **************************************** Step No. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. The intent and purpose of this step is plain. All alcoholics have a definite need for a good self-analysis - - a sort of self-appraisal. Other people have certainly analyzed us, appraised us, criticized us and even judged us. It might be a good idea to judge ourselves, calmly and honestly. We need inventory because: Either our faults, weaknesses, defects of character, are the cause of our drinking, or our drinking has weakened our character and led us into all kinds of wrong action, wrong attitudes, wrong viewpoints. In either event we obviously need an inventory and the only kind of inventory to make is a good one. Moreover, t... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352200 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:54:08 +0100 1352200 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349720&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F264076159%2F How did they know? Page 64 - 66; We asked ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened. So we were sore. We were “burned up.” Our injuries? One example; Self-esteem: (Mr. Brown is such an a**) “Brown may get my job at the office?” Oh heck no - Brown is not better than I am! He doesn’t deserve that. I’m telling the boss. What’s that? At least Brown is here everyday without a hangover? How dare you! As I slink away hating myself… Another example - my wife (okay, ex-wife); Pride - Personal Sex Relations: “Misunderstands and nags. Likes Brown. Wants house put in her name.” NO! I don’t have a problem... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349720 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:26:09 +0100 1349720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1347506&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F263369164%2F It had been some time since I last heard someone do this… A Fourth Step meeting. A newcomer. Not on the Fourth Step yet. “But, I’ve been thinking.” And this is one of those times when everything after “but” is BS. You simply ought not even attempt to “do” a Fourth Step in your head! “In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry.” Since I don’t live in your head I can only submit my own experience. I am entirely capable of, and extremely good at, forgetting, ignoring, denying, minimizing, maximizing and losing focus. And - that’s not simply because I’m old today lol. It’s because I am an alcoholic! My reasoning is, if you admit you ar... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1347506 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:46:26 +0100 1347506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1346218&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F262899647%2F Returning to yesterdays’ Daily Reflection… (sarcasm ahead) Looking Within Ambivalent feelings: “Simultaneously feeling opposing or contradictory feelings.” “By discovering what my emotional deformities are, I can move toward their correction. Without a willing and persistent effort to do this, there can be little sobriety or contentment for me.” Contentment? I’m not sure I know what the word means… “the neuro-physiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one’s situation, body, and/or mind.” Satisfaction? At Ease? Well, gotta admit (rat on the disease?) these are two conditions not very prevalent in my mind lately. There’s an answer! “To resolve ambivalent feelings, I need to feel a strong and help... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1346218 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:55:45 +0100 1346218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1344498&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F262225735%2F ; “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.” “We took stock honestly.” Which no doubt is one of the reasons “they” strongly suggested that, in doing a Fourth Step, we do it with a sponsor! “First, we searched out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure.” Which no doubt is another reason “they” strongly suggested that, in doing a Fourth Step, we do it with a sponsor! “Resentment… destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.” **************************************** HOPE “When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1344498 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:39:38 +0100 1344498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1340811&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F261786958%2F On page 63, the last paragraph written on our Third Step says; “This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.” Only a beginning, there’s a long way to go… “Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted.” Well, of course I never attempted it, I didn’t have the problem - you did. The world did. My boss did. My wife did. Etc. etc. etc. ad infinitum. “Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.” Decision? W... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1340811 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:15:12 +0100 1340811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1338109&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F105603201%2F Let’s end the month of March with the Third Step. There’s a motive, yes. I’ll let you in on it in a minute… Step #3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. This is a wonderful paragraph from the Big Book, pg. 61; “Our actor is self-centered - ego-centric, as people like to call it nowadays. He is like the retired business man who lolls in the Florida sunshine in the winter complaining of the sad state of the nation; the minister who sighs over the sins of the twentieth century; politicians and reformers who are sure all would be Utopia if the rest of the world would only behave; the outlaw safe cracker who thinks society has wronged him; and the alcoholic who has lost all and is locked up. Whatever our pro... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1338109 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:00:06 +0100 1338109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1098866&cid=t_255382_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F201659131%2F First Things First… Fourth Tradition - (long form) - “With respect to its own affairs, each A.A. group should be responsible to no other authority than its own conscience. But when its plans concern the welfare of neighboring groups also, those groups ought to be consulted. And no group, regional committee, or individual should ever take any action that might greatly affect A.A. as a whole without conferring with the trustees of the General Service Board. On such issues our common welfare is paramount.” Tom asked another question: “Just as we do in our lives, are we seeking God’s guidance in the home group business meetings too?” Once again I’ll offer simply my own personal thoughts… Based on this, from “The A.A. Group… Where It All B... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1098866 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:19:11 +0100 1098866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1082139&cid=t_255382_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F08%2Fspectacle-this-word-is-an-eyesore%2F You can’t see anything from a car; you’ve got to get out of the goddamn contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbrush and cactus. When traces of blood begin to mark your trail, you’ll see something, maybe. ~ Edward Abbey I found myself wandering [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1082139 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:52:07 +0100 1082139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1045153&cid=t_255382_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F22%2Ftry-to-praise-the-mutilated-world%2F Try to praise the mutilated world. Remember June’s long days, and wild strawberries, drops of wine, the dew. The nettles that methodically overgrow the abandoned homesteads of exiles. You must praise the mutilated world. You watched the stylish yachts and ships; one of them had a long trip ahead of it, while salty oblivion awaited others. You’ve seen the refugees heading nowhere, you’ve heard the [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1045153 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:11:57 +0100 1045153 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1034882&cid=t_255382_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F18%2Fnamis-agenda-still-my-ruling-nightmare%2F And you know what, I’m gonna leave off this for awhile, I can’t handle it, there’s a lot of positive stuff going on in the movement and I’m gonna spend the next couple days drinking it in. But first let me show you my pain, from an email I sent to TMA yesterday, and [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1034882 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:20:46 +0100 1034882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=713247&cid=t_255382_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fhappy-independence-day-us.html The Sherpa Family Would like to wish all of you A Happy Fourth Of July!Even for my friends from every country of the world. Take this day to remember everyone who fought hard to give us the lives we now enjoy. -Take Care (Source: Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You) Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=713247 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:47:00 +0100 713247