Archive for July, 2008

Addiction has been on my mind lately, because on August 13, around 4pm, I’ll have 13 years clean and sober. Kind of impressive, is what people say. I suppose so since it seems most people can’t (or won’t) do it. To me, though, getting clean and sober just seemed to be what [...]

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(Once again I forgot to hit Publish when I wrote this. What’s up with that??? I’ll blame it on the meds. *snicker*) My main bipolar med is what definitely what’s eating my stomach alive. *sigh* I discovered that going up on the dose of that does not work at all. It recreates [...]

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I went on a tour of the old part of town with a friend today. He’s a history buff so it was fun Of course, it was terribly ironic how the old Town Nursing Home was situated.  On one side was the old Jewish Confederate Soldiers Cemetary. The Christian Confederate Soldiers Cemetary was [...]

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One should not smell bananas that aren’t there. So saith the psychiatric community. I didn’t find it all that big a deal, personally. Do a reality check. You smelling bananas? You? You? You? No. Hmmms. I must be hallucinating banana smells. Ok, I’ll put the bananas on ignore. But new shrinko [...]

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I actually wrote this on July 7th. Back before I quit the group I mention in it. The thing I wonder is why I put up with so much for so long. Must be a mental problem Dear Assholes (Collectively), There are many good people around in this group, but also abusive, mean-spirited [...]

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“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke) Of course, we can help evil along a good bit by being backbiting, jumping to conclusions, treating people meanly, being drama queens, and so on. I seem to be addicted to so much of that. Trying to do good for [...]

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12 years, 11 months and 5 days of being clean and sober Some days it’s boring as hell. Some days it’s painful. Some day’s it’s great. Some day’s I’m proud of myself. Huh. Must be real life. But at least I know it’s MINE and not some drug induced alcoholic blur I’ve dreamed up.

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“We're all crazy and the only difference between patients and their therapists is the therapists haven't been caught yet.” ~~Max Walker