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rosie readandpost

10-31-2004, 07:00 AM

i am "right there with you" mias......................my gratitude
for life in sobriety continues to give me "goosebumps" on a regular
basis!
--
VOTE!
http://www.nowpacs.org/2004/candidates/index.html

"Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
: Hi all
: Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A
few good
: things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would
not have
: happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and
myself, would
: have been dead) I find it more and more difficult not to cry when
good
: things happen to me despite me. The anonymity part helps a bit
because if
: one does not talk about it then it is not so bad.
: Thank you for having been there, being here and still going to be
here for
: me.
: I am grateful
: Mias
: 15 years clean and sober and enjoying every second of it!
:
:

Craig S.

10-31-2004, 09:08 AM

jim

10-31-2004, 09:31 AM

What kind of stupid question is that?
"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
> "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>
>> Hi all
>> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few good
>> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would not
>> have
>> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and myself,
>> would
>> have been dead)
>
> Do you sponsor each other?
>
>

John Droge

10-31-2004, 10:07 AM

"Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> Hi all
> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few good
> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would not have
> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and myself, would
> have been dead) I find it more and more difficult not to cry when good
> things happen to me despite me. The anonymity part helps a bit because if
> one does not talk about it then it is not so bad.
> Thank you for having been there, being here and still going to be here for
> me.
> I am grateful
> Mias
> 15 years clean and sober and enjoying every second of it!
>
Hey Mias
15 Years! Way to go!
Give it another day!
Peace
John

Scott W.

10-31-2004, 10:53 AM

In article <10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com>,
cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net says...
> "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>
> > Hi all
> > Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few good
> > things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would not have
> > happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and myself, would
> > have been dead)
>
> Do you sponsor each other?
>
>
>
hehehehehehhe
--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

Craig S.

10-31-2004, 11:39 AM

"jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:Kz7hd.73397$%k.13185@pd7tw2no...

> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
> news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...

> > Do you sponsor each other?

> What kind of stupid question is that?

You're not from around these here parts, are you fella.

Mias

10-31-2004, 11:55 AM

Hi Craig
My wife is six months behind me and I discovered very early in our
relationship that we can have informal meetings and discuss problems but for
sanity sake it is far far far far better to have external sponsors. I would
say do not even think of going down that road.
We give each other a lot of courage and hope and support though and I would
not change my alcoholic wife for anything!
We also try to do a meeting every Monday night. Keeps one firmly grounded.
Kind regards
Mias
"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
> "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>
>> Hi all
>> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few good
>> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would not
>> have
>> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and myself,
>> would
>> have been dead)
>
> Do you sponsor each other?
>
>

Mias

10-31-2004, 12:01 PM

Hi Scott
We were drinking separately (She has never seen me drunk, thank God!) I
finished on about two bottles of Brandy or Whisky or Vodka or Cane a day and
she was building up to one when the carpet got pulled out. Funny thing was
that the day that I decided to inform her that I am coming to be an integral
part of her life we had just both finished giving all our stuff away save
our cars and clothes. It was a bit like somebody up there was saying OK, you
two can start nice and fresh)
We had a bit of a difference of opinion after two years and then we spent a
year apart and since then we have 'grown up". I believe it is a bit odd two
have two sober alcoholics married for a period. God is good to us.
Kind regards
Mias
"Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bee294018938c7298c2ba@news.alt.net...
> In article <cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net>,
> emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za says...
>> Hi all
>> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few good
>> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would not
>> have
>> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago.
>
>
> Wow! How much were you two drinking?
>
> --
> "I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

Scott W.

10-31-2004, 03:29 PM

In article <cm399s$hb2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net>,
emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za says...
> Hi Scott
> We were drinking separately (She has never seen me drunk, thank God!) I
> finished on about two bottles of Brandy or Whisky or Vodka or Cane a day and
> she was building up to one when the carpet got pulled out. Funny thing was
> that the day that I decided to inform her that I am coming to be an integral
> part of her life we had just both finished giving all our stuff away save
> our cars and clothes. It was a bit like somebody up there was saying OK, you
> two can start nice and fresh)
> We had a bit of a difference of opinion after two years and then we spent a
> year apart and since then we have 'grown up". I believe it is a bit odd two
> have two sober alcoholics married for a period. God is good to us.
> Kind regards

That's nice. And that's a lot of booze! I know this guy and his
wife up here who have been trying to straighten up for years
but neither one of them are very intelligent and the slightest
little upset or shakes sends them right back into the booze. ..
in and out of hospital all the time.

--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

Scott W.

10-31-2004, 04:39 PM

In article <10oaq8rtk9sdt10@corp.supernews.com>,
cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net says...
> That sounds really good. Many people tell me to get a sponsor,

I know this guy who has to go to AA by court order and he
has a sponsor. He loves it!

--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

Craig S.

10-31-2004, 04:47 PM

That sounds really good. Many people tell me to get a sponsor, but the
couple of people who have offered after the meeting seem to be charging more
than I can afford, what with the fines I have to pay off, the alimony and
the child support. Feels like I barely have enough for Ramen noodles some
weeks. How much should somebody have to pay their sponsor? Or does it vary
in different parts of the country - you know, what the market can bear?

"Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
news:cm38up$gh1$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> Hi Craig
> My wife is six months behind me and I discovered very early in our
> relationship that we can have informal meetings and discuss problems but
for
> sanity sake it is far far far far better to have external sponsors. I
would
> say do not even think of going down that road.
> We give each other a lot of courage and hope and support though and I
would
> not change my alcoholic wife for anything!
> We also try to do a meeting every Monday night. Keeps one firmly grounded.
> Kind regards
> Mias
> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
> news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
> > "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> > news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> >
> >> Hi all
> >> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few
good
> >> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would not
> >> have
> >> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and myself,
> >> would
> >> have been dead)
> >
> > Do you sponsor each other?
> >
> >
>
>

10-31-2004, 06:05 PM

Thanks for sharing. Hearing stories on this group and in meetings is really
helping my recovery.

--
J

Mias wrote:
> Hi all
> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few
> good things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that
> would not have happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We,
> wife and myself, would have been dead) I find it more and more
> difficult not to cry when good things happen to me despite me. The
> anonymity part helps a bit because if one does not talk about it then
> it is not so bad. Thank you for having been there, being here and still
> going to be
> here for me.
> I am grateful
> Mias
> 15 years clean and sober and enjoying every second of it!

John Droge

10-31-2004, 08:44 PM

"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10oa85qcemson0c@corp.supernews.com...
> "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:Kz7hd.73397$%k.13185@pd7tw2no...
>
> > "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in
message
> > news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
>
> > > Do you sponsor each other?
>
> > What kind of stupid question is that?
>
> You're not from around these here parts, are you fella.
>
Craig
Anyone looking for help to get sober is from around here.
Besides I believe jim is our friend from BC in the Great White North who has
been struggling around here for awhile

Peace
John

John Droge

10-31-2004, 09:25 PM

"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10oaq8rtk9sdt10@corp.supernews.com...
> That sounds really good. Many people tell me to get a sponsor, but the
> couple of people who have offered after the meeting seem to be charging
more
> than I can afford, what with the fines I have to pay off, the alimony and
> the child support. Feels like I barely have enough for Ramen noodles some
> weeks. How much should somebody have to pay their sponsor? Or does it
vary
> in different parts of the country - you know, what the market can bear?
>
Craig
This is a joke right? Your being facetious right?
Pay money to a sponsor?
My sponsor wants more then money, but he doesn't even expect me to feed the
plate at the meeting.
Ramen noodles are one of the basic food groups, did you know you can even
make soup out of them?
Peace
John

John Droge

10-31-2004, 09:26 PM

"J" <welshalky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4185b5d8@news.greennet.net...
> Thanks for sharing. Hearing stories on this group and in meetings is
really
> helping my recovery.
>
> --
> J
>

J
Give it another day and keep coming back
Peace
John

Mias

11-01-2004, 01:46 AM

Hi Craig
If you are talking about an AA sponsor being paid for you are being ripped
of big time. Are you perhaps referring to psychologists or counselers?
Do me a favour and ask this question in your meeting and see the response!
Kind regards
Mias
"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10oaq8rtk9sdt10@corp.supernews.com...
> That sounds really good. Many people tell me to get a sponsor, but the
> couple of people who have offered after the meeting seem to be charging
> more
> than I can afford, what with the fines I have to pay off, the alimony and
> the child support. Feels like I barely have enough for Ramen noodles some
> weeks. How much should somebody have to pay their sponsor? Or does it
> vary
> in different parts of the country - you know, what the market can bear?
>
> "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> news:cm38up$gh1$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>> Hi Craig
>> My wife is six months behind me and I discovered very early in our
>> relationship that we can have informal meetings and discuss problems but
> for
>> sanity sake it is far far far far better to have external sponsors. I
> would
>> say do not even think of going down that road.
>> We give each other a lot of courage and hope and support though and I
> would
>> not change my alcoholic wife for anything!
>> We also try to do a meeting every Monday night. Keeps one firmly
>> grounded.
>> Kind regards
>> Mias
>> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
>> news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
>> > "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
>> > news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>> >
>> >> Hi all
>> >> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few
> good
>> >> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would not
>> >> have
>> >> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and myself,
>> >> would
>> >> have been dead)
>> >
>> > Do you sponsor each other?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

jim

11-01-2004, 11:14 AM

Well Fella, maybe I am not up on the latest gossip but that was still an
ignorant question.
"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10oa85qcemson0c@corp.supernews.com...
> "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:Kz7hd.73397$%k.13185@pd7tw2no...
>
>> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
>> news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
>
>> > Do you sponsor each other?
>
>> What kind of stupid question is that?
>
> You're not from around these here parts, are you fella.
>
>

jim

11-01-2004, 11:17 AM

Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able to stay sober
almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking which is a
blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts here.
Jim
"John Droge" <jhdroge@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
> news:10oa85qcemson0c@corp.supernews.com...
>> "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>> news:Kz7hd.73397$%k.13185@pd7tw2no...
>>
>> > "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in
> message
>> > news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>> > > Do you sponsor each other?
>>
>> > What kind of stupid question is that?
>>
>> You're not from around these here parts, are you fella.
>>
> Craig
> Anyone looking for help to get sober is from around here.
> Besides I believe jim is our friend from BC in the Great White North who
> has
> been struggling around here for awhile
>
> Peace
> John
>
>

Craig S.

11-01-2004, 08:51 PM

I asked in the meeting tonight and they told me that it should be covered by
my insurance and not to worry about it right now - that the most important
thing for me to worry about is staying off crack - but I'm not sure what
insurance they are talking about since I qualify for a medical card now.
They wanted me to sign something but I was a little leery of the fine print.
So I guess back to my original question - if something should happen that
this "insurance" doesn't cover the sponsor fees, how much should I
realistically have to pay a sponsor to teach me about the steps and how to
stay off dope and stuff?

"Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
news:cm4pl5$pss$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> Hi Craig
> If you are talking about an AA sponsor being paid for you are being ripped
> of big time. Are you perhaps referring to psychologists or counselers?
> Do me a favour and ask this question in your meeting and see the response!
> Kind regards
> Mias
> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
> news:10oaq8rtk9sdt10@corp.supernews.com...
> > That sounds really good. Many people tell me to get a sponsor, but the
> > couple of people who have offered after the meeting seem to be charging
> > more
> > than I can afford, what with the fines I have to pay off, the alimony
and
> > the child support. Feels like I barely have enough for Ramen noodles
some
> > weeks. How much should somebody have to pay their sponsor? Or does it
> > vary
> > in different parts of the country - you know, what the market can bear?
> >
> > "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> > news:cm38up$gh1$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> >> Hi Craig
> >> My wife is six months behind me and I discovered very early in our
> >> relationship that we can have informal meetings and discuss problems
but
> > for
> >> sanity sake it is far far far far better to have external sponsors. I
> > would
> >> say do not even think of going down that road.
> >> We give each other a lot of courage and hope and support though and I
> > would
> >> not change my alcoholic wife for anything!
> >> We also try to do a meeting every Monday night. Keeps one firmly
> >> grounded.
> >> Kind regards
> >> Mias
> >> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in
message
> >> news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
> >> > "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> >> > news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
> >> >
> >> >> Hi all
> >> >> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few
> > good
> >> >> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would
not
> >> >> have
> >> >> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and myself,
> >> >> would
> >> >> have been dead)
> >> >
> >> > Do you sponsor each other?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

afraid not

11-01-2004, 09:22 PM

John Droge

11-01-2004, 09:51 PM

"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10odssq3eu67914@corp.supernews.com...
> I asked in the meeting tonight and they told me that it should be covered
by
> my insurance and not to worry about it right now - that the most important
> thing for me to worry about is staying off crack - but I'm not sure what
> insurance they are talking about since I qualify for a medical card now.
> They wanted me to sign something but I was a little leery of the fine
print.
> So I guess back to my original question - if something should happen that
> this "insurance" doesn't cover the sponsor fees, how much should I
> realistically have to pay a sponsor to teach me about the steps and how to
> stay off dope and stuff?
>
Say Craig
Since I moved out of Brooklyn and live in Colorado now I don't really need
that old bridge that I inherited from the family any more. I mean ya know
the tolls are good but it's all brick and the up keep is a real revenue
drain (for me that is, it wouldn't be for you). I can cut ya a real
deal--let it go for wholesale.
John

CoLoNeL PoLyPs

11-01-2004, 09:54 PM

"jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able to stay
sober
> almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking which is
a
> blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts here.
> Jim

pffft.
Pink clouds and icecream.
<tweet tweet>
Just hold on to your ass.

Scott W.

11-01-2004, 10:23 PM

In article <cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666 says...
>
> "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> > Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able to stay
> sober
> > almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking which is
> a
> > blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts here.
> > Jim
>
> pffft.
> Pink clouds and icecream.
> <tweet tweet>
> Just hold on to your ass.
>
"Colon Polyps" hehehehehehehe

--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

Craig S.

11-01-2004, 10:29 PM

Um, okey John Droge - I'm not sure what you mean about this - I guess you
are talking about burning bridges - yeah, I understand about that stuff
especially with my family who is all used up and my wife left me - that
bridge was completely burned down.

"John Droge" <jhdroge@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:8vDhd.1535$O11.1410@newsread3.news.pas.earthl ink.net...
>
> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
> news:10odssq3eu67914@corp.supernews.com...
> > I asked in the meeting tonight and they told me that it should be
covered
> by
> > my insurance and not to worry about it right now - that the most
important
> > thing for me to worry about is staying off crack - but I'm not sure what
> > insurance they are talking about since I qualify for a medical card now.
> > They wanted me to sign something but I was a little leery of the fine
> print.
> > So I guess back to my original question - if something should happen
that
> > this "insurance" doesn't cover the sponsor fees, how much should I
> > realistically have to pay a sponsor to teach me about the steps and how
to
> > stay off dope and stuff?
> >
> Say Craig
> Since I moved out of Brooklyn and live in Colorado now I don't really need
> that old bridge that I inherited from the family any more. I mean ya know
> the tolls are good but it's all brick and the up keep is a real revenue
> drain (for me that is, it wouldn't be for you). I can cut ya a real
> deal--let it go for wholesale.
> John
>
>

Mias

11-01-2004, 11:10 PM

Hey Craig
Have an almost spotless Radio tower in Paris going for a song. Would you be
interested? Can be used for a tourist attraction...
Please close your purse because I know of nobody that has paid their way to
sobriety. For myself, I paid good drinking money to see a psychologist once
a week for quite a while. It was on Wednesday afternoons and on Tuesdays I
started working out what sort of bull I would feed him. Could never tell him
the truth because 'they' would have locked me up and thrown the key away.
Good luck
Kind regards
Mias
"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10odssq3eu67914@corp.supernews.com...
>I asked in the meeting tonight and they told me that it should be covered
>by
> my insurance and not to worry about it right now - that the most important
> thing for me to worry about is staying off crack - but I'm not sure what
> insurance they are talking about since I qualify for a medical card now.
> They wanted me to sign something but I was a little leery of the fine
> print.
> So I guess back to my original question - if something should happen that
> this "insurance" doesn't cover the sponsor fees, how much should I
> realistically have to pay a sponsor to teach me about the steps and how to
> stay off dope and stuff?
>
> "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
> news:cm4pl5$pss$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>> Hi Craig
>> If you are talking about an AA sponsor being paid for you are being
>> ripped
>> of big time. Are you perhaps referring to psychologists or counselers?
>> Do me a favour and ask this question in your meeting and see the
>> response!
>> Kind regards
>> Mias
>> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
>> news:10oaq8rtk9sdt10@corp.supernews.com...
>> > That sounds really good. Many people tell me to get a sponsor, but the
>> > couple of people who have offered after the meeting seem to be charging
>> > more
>> > than I can afford, what with the fines I have to pay off, the alimony
> and
>> > the child support. Feels like I barely have enough for Ramen noodles
> some
>> > weeks. How much should somebody have to pay their sponsor? Or does it
>> > vary
>> > in different parts of the country - you know, what the market can bear?
>> >
>> > "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
>> > news:cm38up$gh1$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>> >> Hi Craig
>> >> My wife is six months behind me and I discovered very early in our
>> >> relationship that we can have informal meetings and discuss problems
> but
>> > for
>> >> sanity sake it is far far far far better to have external sponsors. I
>> > would
>> >> say do not even think of going down that road.
>> >> We give each other a lot of courage and hope and support though and I
>> > would
>> >> not change my alcoholic wife for anything!
>> >> We also try to do a meeting every Monday night. Keeps one firmly
>> >> grounded.
>> >> Kind regards
>> >> Mias
>> >> "Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in
> message
>> >> news:10o9vbv7rjkvga8@corp.supernews.com...
>> >> > "Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
>> >> > news:cm1tik$cv2$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...
>> >> >
>> >> >> Hi all
>> >> >> Thought I would just report that the sober life is real good! A few
>> > good
>> >> >> things have happened to us this past few weeks. Things that would
> not
>> >> >> have
>> >> >> happened had we kept on drinking 15 years ago. (We, wife and
>> >> >> myself,
>> >> >> would
>> >> >> have been dead)
>> >> >
>> >> > Do you sponsor each other?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Craig S.

11-02-2004, 05:33 AM

"Mias" <emiasno@spamnetactive.co.za> wrote in message
news:cm74sd$ggk$1@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net...

> Could never tell him
> the truth because 'they' would have locked me up and thrown the key away.

Another golden opportunity missed. Don't worry, 'they' are quite
persistent.

CoLoNeL PoLyPs

11-02-2004, 08:31 AM

"Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bf0b99e95b60a7198c32e@news.alt.net...
> In article <cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
says...
> >
> > "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> > > Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able to
stay
> > sober
> > > almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking
which is
> > a
> > > blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts here.
> > > Jim
> >
> > pffft.
> > Pink clouds and icecream.
> > <tweet tweet>
> > Just hold on to your ass.
> >
> "Colon Polyps" hehehehehehehe

That's Colonel Polyps, its more official.

Read my Polyps. My family did bongs with George Washington at Valley
Forge in 1777.

It was a little easier for me to quit drinking having secret service
agents following me around the country. They are even Cajun.
But I get the same response from people in the program than I do from
people out of the program. I just have less trouble from people out of
the program becuase I do not hang around people that SHOULD be in the
program.

There is no comparison of alcohol to marijuana. I experimented with
drugs while drinking and I find that cannabis makes one less bold than
alcohol. Call it intimidated or wise.
I'd rather be a live wise man than a dead fool.
I haven't found it necessary, and I DO mean NECESSARY to have a drink of
alkeehall since 1983.

I'm still trying to get this goddamned microchip out of my back that
George Bush and the secret service stuck there in 1982.

jim

11-02-2004, 09:55 AM

Thanks for the encouragement , and same to you.
"CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message
news:cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com...
>
> "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
>> Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able to stay
> sober
>> almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking which is
> a
>> blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts here.
>> Jim
>
> pffft.
> Pink clouds and icecream.
> <tweet tweet>
> Just hold on to your ass.
>
>
>

Ray Pearson

11-02-2004, 10:08 AM

"jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:d6Ohd.96404$%k.2344@pd7tw2no...

> Thanks for the encouragement , and same to you.

> "CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message

Jim, we know it is tough, especially early on, and fuck
anyone who smiles knowingly and says "yeah that old pink
cloud, it will go away" You know what ? IT DOESN'T HAVE
TO!! I've been sober a while and while my cloud isn't very
pink anymore, it is still there and still has some tint in
it. Ignore anything from colon polyps.
Finally, please don't top post

Ray
--
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally
read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?

CoLoNeL PoLyPs

11-02-2004, 12:12 PM

"Ray Pearson" <tat-ins@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:OhOhd.826010$Gx4.163524@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
> "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:d6Ohd.96404$%k.2344@pd7tw2no...
>
>
> > Thanks for the encouragement , and same to you.

Hey man just make nondrinking your #1 priority. Don't watch the cans of
beer opening up and stay away from liquor stores. Run if you have to
pass one.

Wait a couple of years or decades if you got skeletons in your closet,
or microchips in your back.

You do not have to tell anybody about the hair or skin you find on your
bumper now. Just stop it.

>
>
> > "CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message
>
>
> Jim, we know it is tough, especially early on, and fuck
> anyone who smiles knowingly and says "yeah that old pink
> cloud, it will go away" You know what ? IT DOESN'T HAVE
> TO!! I've been sober a while and while my cloud isn't very

Yes it does have to go away. And then it comes back.
Kinda like a roller coaster.

> pink anymore, it is still there and still has some tint in
> it. Ignore anything from colon polyps.

Never ignore colon polyps.

My sponsorship is cheaper. I WILL SAVE YOU MONEY.

> Finally, please don't top post

Yes, top post. You do not want to get cured overnight. Whine. It gets
better after a few years.

>
> Ray
> --

Ray Pearson

11-02-2004, 01:01 PM

"CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message
news:cm8j5s01nf9@enews3.newsguy.com...

snip the usual microchip crap. Polyp you're still a waste of
skin. do us a favor and go drink and use some more. OK?
--
There's one in the spotlight
He don't look right to me
Get him up against the wall

[[]]

11-02-2004, 01:59 PM

"Craig S." <cspurlocktakethisout@takethisoutcharter.net> wrote in message
news:10odssq3eu67914@corp.supernews.com...
>I asked in the meeting tonight and they told me that it should be covered
>by
> my insurance and not to worry about it right now - that the most important
> thing for me to worry about is staying off crack - but I'm not sure what
> insurance they are talking about since I qualify for a medical card now.
> They wanted me to sign something but I was a little leery of the fine
> print.
> So I guess back to my original question - if something should happen that
> this "insurance" doesn't cover the sponsor fees, how much should I
> realistically have to pay a sponsor to teach me about the steps and how to
> stay off dope and stuff?
>
you might need to give up your will.
\
-Steve

Scott W.

11-02-2004, 02:21 PM

In article <_PQhd.826803$Gx4.217392@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
tat-ins@worldnet.att.net says...
>
> "CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message
> news:cm8j5s01nf9@enews3.newsguy.com...
>
> snip the usual microchip crap. Polyp you're still a waste of
> skin. do us a favor and go drink and use some more. OK?
>
That doesn't sound like "aa" or "christian" encouragement!
--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

Ray Pearson

11-02-2004, 02:24 PM

"Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message > That
doesn't sound like "aa" or "christian" encouragement!
> --

you are right it is neither.

Scott W.

11-02-2004, 03:24 PM

In article <cm864s015hb@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666 says...
>
> "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1bf0b99e95b60a7198c32e@news.alt.net...
> > In article <cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
> says...
> > >
> > > "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > > news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> > > > Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able to
> stay
> > > sober
> > > > almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking
> which is
> > > a
> > > > blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts here.
> > > > Jim
> > >
> > > pffft.
> > > Pink clouds and icecream.
> > > <tweet tweet>
> > > Just hold on to your ass.
> > >
> > "Colon Polyps" hehehehehehehe
>
> That's Colonel Polyps, its more official.
>
> Read my Polyps. My family did bongs with George Washington at Valley
> Forge in 1777.
>
> It was a little easier for me to quit drinking having secret service
> agents following me around the country. They are even Cajun.
> But I get the same response from people in the program than I do from
> people out of the program. I just have less trouble from people out of
> the program becuase I do not hang around people that SHOULD be in the
> program.
>
> There is no comparison of alcohol to marijuana. I experimented with
> drugs while drinking and I find that cannabis makes one less bold than
> alcohol. Call it intimidated or wise.
> I'd rather be a live wise man than a dead fool.
> I haven't found it necessary, and I DO mean NECESSARY to have a drink of
> alkeehall since 1983.
>
> I'm still trying to get this goddamned microchip out of my back that
> George Bush and the secret service stuck there in 1982.
>
Honk. I'm on Oxieslurps and Ipratropium Bromide inhaler.

--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

CoLoNeL PoLyPs

11-02-2004, 04:06 PM

"Ray Pearson" <tat-ins@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:i2Shd.827234$Gx4.728477@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
> "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message > That
> doesn't sound like "aa" or "christian" encouragement!
> > --
>
>
> you are right it is neither.

I can only hope for a civil war so I could legally tatoo your head to
the pavement.

Shit like you are non american. Just capitalist scum sucking maggots.

CoLoNeL PoLyPs

11-02-2004, 04:07 PM

"Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bf1a8ef62dafea098c35e@news.alt.net...
> In article <cm864s015hb@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
says...
> >
> > "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1bf0b99e95b60a7198c32e@news.alt.net...
> > > In article <cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
> > says...
> > > >
> > > > "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > > > news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> > > > > Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able
to
> > stay
> > > > sober
> > > > > almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking
> > which is
> > > > a
> > > > > blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts
here.
> > > > > Jim
> > > >
> > > > pffft.
> > > > Pink clouds and icecream.
> > > > <tweet tweet>
> > > > Just hold on to your ass.
> > > >
> > > "Colon Polyps" hehehehehehehe
> >
> > That's Colonel Polyps, its more official.
> >
> > Read my Polyps. My family did bongs with George Washington at Valley
> > Forge in 1777.
> >
> > It was a little easier for me to quit drinking having secret service
> > agents following me around the country. They are even Cajun.
> > But I get the same response from people in the program than I do
from
> > people out of the program. I just have less trouble from people out
of
> > the program becuase I do not hang around people that SHOULD be in
the
> > program.
> >
> > There is no comparison of alcohol to marijuana. I experimented with
> > drugs while drinking and I find that cannabis makes one less bold
than
> > alcohol. Call it intimidated or wise.
> > I'd rather be a live wise man than a dead fool.
> > I haven't found it necessary, and I DO mean NECESSARY to have a
drink of
> > alkeehall since 1983.
> >
> > I'm still trying to get this goddamned microchip out of my back that
> > George Bush and the secret service stuck there in 1982.
> >
> Honk. I'm on Oxieslurps and Ipratropium Bromide inhaler.

What the hell is that?

Sounds like drugs.

Scott W.

11-02-2004, 06:19 PM

In article <cm90u80vb9@enews2.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666 says...
>
> "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1bf1a8ef62dafea098c35e@news.alt.net...
> > In article <cm864s015hb@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
> says...
> > >
> > > "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> > > news:MPG.1bf0b99e95b60a7198c32e@news.alt.net...
> > > > In article <cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
> > > says...
> > > > >
> > > > > "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > > > > news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> > > > > > Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been able
> to
> > > stay
> > > > > sober
> > > > > > almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to drinking
> > > which is
> > > > > a
> > > > > > blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who posts
> here.
> > > > > > Jim
> > > > >
> > > > > pffft.
> > > > > Pink clouds and icecream.
> > > > > <tweet tweet>
> > > > > Just hold on to your ass.
> > > > >
> > > > "Colon Polyps" hehehehehehehe
> > >
> > > That's Colonel Polyps, its more official.
> > >
> > > Read my Polyps. My family did bongs with George Washington at Valley
> > > Forge in 1777.
> > >
> > > It was a little easier for me to quit drinking having secret service
> > > agents following me around the country. They are even Cajun.
> > > But I get the same response from people in the program than I do
> from
> > > people out of the program. I just have less trouble from people out
> of
> > > the program becuase I do not hang around people that SHOULD be in
> the
> > > program.
> > >
> > > There is no comparison of alcohol to marijuana. I experimented with
> > > drugs while drinking and I find that cannabis makes one less bold
> than
> > > alcohol. Call it intimidated or wise.
> > > I'd rather be a live wise man than a dead fool.
> > > I haven't found it necessary, and I DO mean NECESSARY to have a
> drink of
> > > alkeehall since 1983.
> > >
> > > I'm still trying to get this goddamned microchip out of my back that
> > > George Bush and the secret service stuck there in 1982.
> > >
> > Honk. I'm on Oxieslurps and Ipratropium Bromide inhaler.
>
> What the hell is that?
>
> Sounds like drugs.
>
Oxycodone and some inhaler shit that makes it easier
to smoke a pack a day of Cheyennes. I'd smoke more
pot but all the potheads who I know are paranoid
boneheads.

--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

CoLonel Polyps

11-02-2004, 10:23 PM

"Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bf1d1eae55d703198c367@news.alt.net...
> In article <cm90u80vb9@enews2.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666 says...
> >
> > "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1bf1a8ef62dafea098c35e@news.alt.net...
> > > In article <cm864s015hb@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
> > says...
> > > >
> > > > "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:MPG.1bf0b99e95b60a7198c32e@news.alt.net...
> > > > > In article <cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com>,
voodoo@dizeaze.666
> > > > says...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > > > > > news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> > > > > > > Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been
able
> > to
> > > > stay
> > > > > > sober
> > > > > > > almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to
drinking
> > > > which is
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who
posts
> > here.
> > > > > > > Jim
> > > > > >
> > > > > > pffft.
> > > > > > Pink clouds and icecream.
> > > > > > <tweet tweet>
> > > > > > Just hold on to your ass.
> > > > > >
> > > > > "Colon Polyps" hehehehehehehe
> > > >
> > > > That's Colonel Polyps, its more official.
> > > >
> > > > Read my Polyps. My family did bongs with George Washington at
Valley
> > > > Forge in 1777.
> > > >
> > > > It was a little easier for me to quit drinking having secret
service
> > > > agents following me around the country. They are even Cajun.
> > > > But I get the same response from people in the program than I do
> > from
> > > > people out of the program. I just have less trouble from people
out
> > of
> > > > the program becuase I do not hang around people that SHOULD be
in
> > the
> > > > program.
> > > >
> > > > There is no comparison of alcohol to marijuana. I experimented
with
> > > > drugs while drinking and I find that cannabis makes one less
bold
> > than
> > > > alcohol. Call it intimidated or wise.
> > > > I'd rather be a live wise man than a dead fool.
> > > > I haven't found it necessary, and I DO mean NECESSARY to have a
> > drink of
> > > > alkeehall since 1983.
> > > >
> > > > I'm still trying to get this goddamned microchip out of my back
that
> > > > George Bush and the secret service stuck there in 1982.
> > > >
> > > Honk. I'm on Oxieslurps and Ipratropium Bromide inhaler.
> >
> > What the hell is that?
> >
> > Sounds like drugs.
> >
> Oxycodone and some inhaler shit that makes it easier
> to smoke a pack a day of Cheyennes. I'd smoke more

what is a cheyennne?

> pot but all the potheads who I know are paranoid
> boneheads.
>

I don't know any.
The only parnoids I know are tatooed drunken coke sniffing deluded
psychopaths hallucinating angels and ghosts.

Ray Pearson

11-02-2004, 10:42 PM

"CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message >
> I can only hope for a civil war so I could legally tatoo
your head to
> the pavement.
>
> Shit like you are non american. Just capitalist scum
sucking maggots.

hey there colonoscopy, you don't have to wait come on over I
would love to meet you.

Scott W.

11-03-2004, 01:47 AM

In article <cm9n0p01mc5@enews1.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeazz.666 says...
>
> "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1bf1d1eae55d703198c367@news.alt.net...
> > In article <cm90u80vb9@enews2.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666 says...
> > >
> > > "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> > > news:MPG.1bf1a8ef62dafea098c35e@news.alt.net...
> > > > In article <cm864s015hb@enews3.newsguy.com>, voodoo@dizeaze.666
> > > says...
> > > > >
> > > > > "Scott W." <bedtime@bonzoranch.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:MPG.1bf0b99e95b60a7198c32e@news.alt.net...
> > > > > > In article <cm70qh02oo6@enews3.newsguy.com>,
> voodoo@dizeaze.666
> > > > > says...
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> > > > > > > news:Ocuhd.86206$nl.78256@pd7tw3no...
> > > > > > > > Thanks John,I have been struggling but seem to have been
> able
> > > to
> > > > > stay
> > > > > > > sober
> > > > > > > > almost 3 months now and have no desire to go back to
> drinking
> > > > > which is
> > > > > > > a
> > > > > > > > blessing to me.I really hope the best for everyone who
> posts
> > > here.
> > > > > > > > Jim
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > pffft.
> > > > > > > Pink clouds and icecream.
> > > > > > > <tweet tweet>
> > > > > > > Just hold on to your ass.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > "Colon Polyps" hehehehehehehe
> > > > >
> > > > > That's Colonel Polyps, its more official.
> > > > >
> > > > > Read my Polyps. My family did bongs with George Washington at
> Valley
> > > > > Forge in 1777.
> > > > >
> > > > > It was a little easier for me to quit drinking having secret
> service
> > > > > agents following me around the country. They are even Cajun.
> > > > > But I get the same response from people in the program than I do
> > > from
> > > > > people out of the program. I just have less trouble from people
> out
> > > of
> > > > > the program becuase I do not hang around people that SHOULD be
> in
> > > the
> > > > > program.
> > > > >
> > > > > There is no comparison of alcohol to marijuana. I experimented
> with
> > > > > drugs while drinking and I find that cannabis makes one less
> bold
> > > than
> > > > > alcohol. Call it intimidated or wise.
> > > > > I'd rather be a live wise man than a dead fool.
> > > > > I haven't found it necessary, and I DO mean NECESSARY to have a
> > > drink of
> > > > > alkeehall since 1983.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm still trying to get this goddamned microchip out of my back
> that
> > > > > George Bush and the secret service stuck there in 1982.
> > > > >
> > > > Honk. I'm on Oxieslurps and Ipratropium Bromide inhaler.
> > >
> > > What the hell is that?
> > >
> > > Sounds like drugs.
> > >
> > Oxycodone and some inhaler shit that makes it easier
> > to smoke a pack a day of Cheyennes. I'd smoke more
>
> what is a cheyennne?

It's a city in Wyoming. But also it's a regional cheap
brand of cigarette.

>
> > pot but all the potheads who I know are paranoid
> > boneheads.
> >
>
> I don't know any.
> The only parnoids I know are tatooed drunken coke sniffing deluded
> psychopaths hallucinating angels and ghosts.
>
Oh, yeah! I used to do that!

--
"I hate bears. Anyhow, the more the merrier!" -B Dylan

CoLonel Polyps

11-03-2004, 04:52 AM

"Ray Pearson" <tat-ins@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:FkZhd.829663$Gx4.763008@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
> "CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message >
> > I can only hope for a civil war so I could legally tatoo
> your head to
> > the pavement.
> >
> > Shit like you are non american. Just capitalist scum
> sucking maggots.
>
>
> hey there colonoscopy, you don't have to wait come on over I
> would love to meet you.

Christian media Police reports: "Yahoo 9 More Pussy Marines Whacked".
http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=103104120132
Thats 9 less tax sucking maggots going to point guns at my head and
steal my freedom.
I can only hope for a civil war so I can legally kill traitors to the US
constitution.

I'm still trying to get this goddamned microchip out of my back that
George Bush and the secret service stuck there in 1982.

Exterminate the christian jew cop government.

jim

11-03-2004, 11:29 AM

Sorry Ray, and as far as the evil Polyps I think we all agree that he is not
to be taken seriously and we should probably feel sorry for him and the
terrible state of his mind.
"Ray Pearson" <tat-ins@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> "jim" <dingdong46@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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>> Thanks for the encouragement , and same to you.
>
>
>> "CoLoNeL PoLyPs" <voodoo@dizeaze.666> wrote in message
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>
> Jim, we know it is tough, especially early on, and fuck
> anyone who smiles knowingly and says "yeah that old pink
> cloud, it will go away" You know what ? IT DOESN'T HAVE
> TO!! I've been sober a while and while my cloud isn't very
> pink anymore, it is still there and still has some tint in
> it. Ignore anything from colon polyps.
> Finally, please don't top post
>
> Ray
> --
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally
> read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?
>
>
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