Apologies for not setting up the Daily Bitch yesterday. I see Marietta took over took over the job. Thanks for that M. Shame about the topic though. Doesn't seem to have been that popular. Never mind - better luck next time.
Also I feel I should apologise personally to Marietta. I am neither dead nor writhing on my floor in agony. I simply went to a friend's 50th birthday party and had a really great time. We had lunch in a fantastic pub that I hadn't been to since 1976.
That roast beef looks very similar to what I was eating yesterday afternoon. Spring has come with a vengence here. We sat in the pub garden all afternoon and I even got a bit sunburnt. In the evening we went to an Irish pub with traditional music and had a whale of a time laughing, singing, dancing. Much more fun than sitting in meetings listening to Billshit.
Another glorious day today so I'm off out into the garden. The plan is to get the strawberry beds sorted today. If this weather keeps up they'll be in fruit in 10-12 weeks. Nothing like fresh strawberries from your own garden. Loads of manual work this time of year though. Not the greatest of fun but it's got to be done if you want the good stuff in the end.
I'm off down the pub again tonight. A friend of mine is playing in a local band - should be a good night. 2 pubs yesterday, another one today? Better watch out!!!! "If you go into the barber shop often enough you bound to get a haircut sometime" - what a load of bullshit. Nothing like a bit of on-going fear inducement. If I want to drink, I will drink. Either I will go to a pub and order it or go to a supermarket and buy it. I will then drink it. It will be completely my decision, not some crazy mental black spot or whatever Mad Bill says.
Maybe that could be a good topic for the day. What crazy sayings do AA come out with that reinforce the fear factor that AA relies on.
Comments
Pennywise
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:15
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If you don't do a 4th you'll
If you don't do a 4th you'll drink a 5th. Bend your knees or bend your elbow.
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."
Pogue Mahone
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:32
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Please be careful Ben..last
Please be careful Ben..last time I went to the pub I ended up with a mullet.
http://files.sharenator.com/m7_Mullet_Madness_Minuet-s420x510-119275-580...
Clara
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:34
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I think some of those things
I think some of those things are meant for newcomers that insist they can go on about life as usual without modification. I couldn't have done it, but I find now that I can be anywhere and it doesn't bother me. I also never gave up delicious gourmet food, although a girl in the fellowship did give up her chef job because tasting all the sauces with wine whetted her to wine at home.
Strawberries sound wonderful, even the roast beef. If there is one thing I miss about the Brits I dated, it is the yorkshire pudding I learned to make...
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
msafrany
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:47
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Oh, the Stepper Drama
Glad you had a great time, Ben. It comes to no surprise to me that many steppers wish people would get drunk or suffer horrible dry drunks when they are opposing the will of the 12 step religion. And we all know Marietta gets infuriated with anyone who has a life besides trolling all day. Jealousy is a bitter pill.
Is it just me or does Billy Butt sound more irritated and miserable the longer he is sober and in AA? Man, he was jumping all over the fact that you didn't participate in the Orange Forum for a single day. He sounds like he is making great progress in his "spiritual way of life".
JR Harris
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 05:48
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Dianetics "The owners manual for the mind."
Ooops..... Wrong Cult. Oh well, they're all the same anyway.
http://www.cultfaq.org/
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AntiDenial
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 06:47
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Ben, glad you are okay, and
Ben, glad you are okay, and was probably good you got a break from the forum for a day.
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JR Harris
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 06:54
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How about talking about inconsistency in the "Big Book?"
The cult members of AA claim that they don't go prospect hunting in jails and institutions and very few are recruited from them
"Since this book was first published, A.A. has released thousands of alcoholics from asylums and hospitals of every kind. " BB p.114, To Wives
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
btnben
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 07:00
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Tranny Bill...lol
"As wives of Alcoholics Anonymous, we would like you to feel that we understand as perhaps few can" - Bill W, BB p 104.
Could this be where Danny gets his transsexual leanings from?...lol
God damn it, get me a whiskey
Bill W, Deathbed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
Clara
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 07:04
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Swan's Nest... Have you
Swan's Nest... Have you heard of a pub called the Pig and Whistle? Pat McAteer's favorite place.
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btnben
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 08:41
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Pig and Whistle
It's a common name for a pub in England. You'll have to be more specific. Should I know Pat McAteer?
Yesterday, we were near a couple of pubs with good names. One is called "The Nobody Inn" and the other, my favorite, is called "The Muscular Arms". That's in Dunchideock where the manor house has a treacle mine...lol Honest...lol.
God damn it, get me a whiskey
Bill W, Deathbed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
Clara
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 09:13
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Probably not personally but
Probably not personally but he was a middle weight prize fighter in the 50's in England. He spoke of the Pig fondly and named his boat after it when he moved to the states.
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
JR Harris
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 09:17
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Pat McAteer? Isn't he the one that got arrested for forging the
fake Grammy's?
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causeandeffect
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 07:58
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Yes, Ben, I do believe it is.
Yes, Ben, I do believe it is. Someone posted this elsewhere:
"Down the lobby a door opened into an attractive bar. He could see the gay crowd inside. In there he would find companionship and release. Unless he took some drinks, he might not have the courage to scrape an acquaintance and would have a lonely week-end."
BB p.154, A Vision For You
And reminiscing about men from his past:
"They made me swallow hard."
BB p.10, Bill's Story
LOL!
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Clara
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 08:07
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Looking for something that
Looking for something that isn't there. In the 30's, "gay" didn't have the meaning as it does today. Bill was on record as loving the whole thing about drinking - parties, people, the liveliness of the establishments... conviviality. I am sure that every one of you went into a bar so that you just could sit there and drink and rebuff any attempts of others to talk to you. That sure wasn't me. I was there for it all - fun, laughter, talk, jokes, dancing. And it was that way for a long time.
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
JR Harris
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 09:23
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"Looking for something that isn't there."
You mean like looking for a way to quit drinking in the "Big Book?" Your right, it's not in there, just how to prospect hunt and indoctrinate people into a fake made up religion to fund the lifestyle of a few "top" people in AA.
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btnben
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 08:37
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Brilliant C&E...lol
I've never noticed that before...lol
"to scrape an acquaintance" made me laugh. Couldn't help but get this picture of Danny, a car park and a rope.
God damn it, get me a whiskey
Bill W, Deathbed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
becket
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 13:46
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When was this, 1939? You do
When was this, 1939? You do realize that 72 years have elapsed since that remark was made, right? Maybe some people do carry their ESH to jails or institutions, but I am taking a wild guess that most in AA do not have the time for such a mission today. In either case, how does anyone else's activities with regard to AA and sobriety affect you? If it doesn't affect you, there's no need to draw attention to it. If it does affect you, professional help might be in order.
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
alkieanon
Tue, 03/13/2012 - 05:21
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Gay Nineties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Nineties
"The Gay Nineties is an American nostalgic term that refers to the decade 1890s. It is known in the United Kingdom as the Naughty Nineties, and refers there to the decade of supposedly decadent art by Aubrey Beardsley, the witty plays and trial of Oscar Wilde, society scandals and the beginning of the suffragette movement."
JR Harris
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 08:28
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Where do Steppers keep their "bait?"
The advanced prospect hunter for the AA faith keep "Big Books" and "12&12's" handy to entice newcomers with at all times and infect people with the spiritual malady made up by Bill Wilson to fund his lifestyle of freeloading and cheating on his wife.
How much you want to bet that at least one of out trolls caries these in her car and has a grammy on the shelf at home next to her altar to Bill Wilson?
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btnben
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 08:39
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Remember the Children of God?
In the late 60s/Early 70s? As AA numbers dwindle and the big boys start worrying about their salaries, are we going to get "Hookers for Sobriety"?...lol
God damn it, get me a whiskey
Bill W, Deathbed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
mfc66uk
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 11:09
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In fact AA already has quite
In fact AA already has quite a few hookers as members. There was also a domoninatrix at flood street as well as two transsexuals On the game who had a fight during a meeting in Kensington. I'm sure properly organized,they would be quite successful as there are a lot of rather odd single men who are rather immature in the rooms. They have also had lots of practice of getting on their knees.
Clara
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 11:44
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I would imagine that any
I would imagine that any program that deals with alcohol or drugs will have some less than savory people in it. Those things drive people to do things they wouldn't otherwise. Nonplussed by this - gasp - revelation.
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
humanspirit
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:58
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hookers
I remember once talking to a female stepper who was waxing lyrical about AA meetings and the fact that she even got to meet some prostitutes in them! What a delightful novelty this was to her, to be slumming it in such a way, and evidence of her true newly-found humility, tolerance and egalitarianism!
When I asked her whether she thought the prostitutes in question were as enamoured with mixing with the likes of her, however, she got quite unserene with me.
Trisha K.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 11:21
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Has anybody read the article about ben!!!
It is on fornits and the behavior is disgusting. His picture here beside his name sorta goes with the allegation written about him on fornits, this is what I here.
I think this fun ben. You pick on a guy who isn’t here and we pick on you.
Lets keep it going...lol. I love this denial parade we have going on.
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
AntiDenial
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 11:45
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Ben is not posting this on
Ben is not posting this on fornits. Will you cut it out trish? It is very mean spirited.
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becket
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 13:49
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How do you know what "Ben" is
How do you know what "Ben" is doing, AntiDenial? Or are you just guessing?
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
Trisha K.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 13:57
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Then tell ben we have heard enough about Danny.
We are sick and tired of hearing about Danny. Anti you just need to shut up and mind your own business. The only mean spirited person around here is you with this phony act you don’t know ben means when he says Danny.
If you don’t like it Anti, tell your filthy vulgar minded friends to knock it off. Otherwise keep your comments to yourself. I am sick of hearing this one sided argument.
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
AntiDenial
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 16:39
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Actually I end up having to
Actually I end up having to read the crap you and Clara write, because in the comment section it does not tell you who wrote it. I am really tired of all the trolling and people instigating trolling for the sake of google.
I dont like to hear about what Danny did to a poor girl over and over. I have stated my dislike for the trolling, and troll baiting. But I am just one person. This site is not about Danny or Clara, but it seems like the site has become all about them. I really dont care to hear Clara's life stories a thousand times a day. Why cant this site get high ranking without reducing it to this nonsense going back and forth with the likes of diabolical trolls?
Maybe it is like a car wreck, and people cant help but come on to see what mind games are being played by Clara and Danny. I could do without it.
I am interested in being proactive and getting the word out on choices in recovery. There are a lot of very smart people on the blog. Yet it gets drowned out by juvenile spats reduced to vulgarity by trolls and troll baiters.
As far as stats go, we can win the battle but lose the war. Let's get real genuine discussion going again and stop baiting the trolls.
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Persephone In Exile
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:36
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Fornits is fornits. This is
Fornits is fornits. This is OPF. Why do you keep dragging that over here? Just about everyone has made it clear that they don't care.
http://badrecovery.blogspot.com/
causeandeffect
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 12:48
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It's because he runs over
It's because he runs over there and writes pornographic sleaze about those of us in his resentment list. Then he runs back over here to tell us all about it. He's insane, I tell ya! He even posted a whole wall of text here that incriminated himself, then blamed others for doing it, when it was under his own username.
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Trisha K.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:13
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Causy do you ever think, or is it just copy and paste.
I seriously wonder if you have ever had a thought of your own or if it is all Googled then copied and pasted.
What I have seen is Danny has been parodied so many times that it would take an idiot such as yourself to make a comment like you did.
I want to thank you so much for letting this site know just how juvenile you really can be. Causy like we said to Anti, please be quiet before the rest of us are convinced you are a fool.
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
Trisha K.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 14:05
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Oh you guys must be missing the references from Causy, JR, ben
Everytime causy, JR and ben make a reference to Danny dragging a 14 year old girl around a parking lot, then we will pull out what members of fornits have uncovered about these three disgusting people.
If you the sleaseball members here don’t like it, then tell JR, ben and causy to stop it.
Otherwise I don’t care what you say.
Some of you here believe I am Danny even though I am a female by the name of Trisha. So it is disgusting when I read about a young girl being dragged around a parking lot. I have two young adult children. This is stupid.
So stupid does what stupid does.
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
becket
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 16:12
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"Fornits is fornits," gripes
"Fornits is fornits," gripes Persephone in Exile to Trisha K. "This is OPF. Why do you keep dragging that over here? Just about everyone has made it clear that they don't care."
Let me point out this post from btnben on the "Daily Bitch 12 March 2012" blog:
"... Danny has been posting on fornits about myself, JR and C&E." Not only is btnben "visiting" Fornits but he is "dragging that over here" - in bold defiance of "everyone [who] has made it clear that they don't care". Please take note that this one of your inner sanctum darlings who is boring you to tears.
“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
causeandeffect
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 11:54
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No danny, you're the only
No danny, you're the only person who bothers to read and write that trash. Nobody else cares.
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Trisha K.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 14:13
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Causeandeffect you are a liar, that has been determined by many.
You instigate trouble, you go behind peoples back and contribute to the smut, rumors and fabrications being written. I don’t care what people think of you here because they don’t know you as I have learned.
Gosh this has been a very eye opening experience for me these last couple of weeks. I have learned more about members here and on others sites then one should know. It is no wonder nothing ever gets done that is productive. People like JR, Causy, Ben and Avo waste more time trying to fabricate garbage to rip apart pro aa’ers then they contribute positively to this site.
Guys leave Danny alone and stop calling me Danny. Then maybe all this goes away. But I am not going to tolerate ben, JR or causy humiliating me by calling me an abuser of young children. This is absolutely sick behavior.
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
causeandeffect
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 14:32
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danny, wave hello to all the
danny, wave hello to all the people who recognize you. That's everybody. Good. Now go try to do something smart with your time, like try selling crack to a cop.
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Trisha K.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:03
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Causy, from what we read on fornits...
We all know what you do with your free time...LMAO!!!!
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
Ironic
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 14:38
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It's true, C&E is right
I dont know about "everyone," but when I see a post by becket or Trisha K., I ignore it bc I know its just Tranny.
Trisha K.
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:14
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So nice to hear from Ms. gumdrops...
Our resident drug addict is back, thanks for sharing Moronic...:-)
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
causeandeffect
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 14:43
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LOL! Ironic! Then you're
LOL! Ironic! Then you're missing out on a wealth of tragicomedy!
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Clara
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:28
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I frankly can't see how
I frankly can't see how anyone thinks any of this is funny. But you contribute to it, and no one causes any one of you to act but yourself. All the OPers give this man far too much space in their brains, accusing others of being him and then telling "Danny jokes" when there isn't something to discuss. So who really is "ruining" this forum? I'm here to learn something, not to get involved in your petty arguments among each other.
All I've learned is something others missed. Princibles before personality. Does anyone have a topic?
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
btnben
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:30
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Principles? What principles?
Still waiting for an answer. Even Marietta couldn't answer that one, so I'm not holding my breath...lol
God damn it, get me a whiskey
Bill W, Deathbed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
humanspirit
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 16:52
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principles
That could be a good topic for tomorrow, Ben. You could run a "Spot the principle in the 12 steps or big book" competition. First prize could be an Orange Papers T-shirt. (OK, they don't exist, but nor do any AA principles, so you'd be on safe ground : ) )
avogadno
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 16:42
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How long have you been a
How long have you been a member of this forum Clar? Have you ever experienced any kind of trauma from Danny?
Please save your preaches and just keep your side of the street clean. You don't know the scoop, only what you see here and now with a tad of info thrown in occasionally.
Pro Empowerment!
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Calinda (not verified)
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 16:58
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I don't think one has to be here long.
So I guess you are going to suggest to Clara that she reserve her opinion. Why? Please do tell of the the trauma you have suffered from the likes of this critter. Better yet line up your cohorts and let them share there personal experiences of debauchery at the hands of Daniel.
People any idiot can read. There are so many links to fornits and Stinkin Thinkin on here, you could probably line them up and they would just about go around the country. Plus as the favorite jab goes around here, GOOGLE IT!!!
So get off your high horses and get on with what you all came here to do. IMO no one here should be judging the next.
Human, Avo and mfc66uk I wouldn't brag about being on Stinkin Thinkin. It is well known throughout the internet recovery genre as a hate group. Just saying!
Clara
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 20:52
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What, three weeks now, Avo?
What, three weeks now, Avo? I have know idea who Danny even is. I don't have to know the scoop and don't care to. But what I have seen from the rest of you is less than friendly behavior. When he isn't here, its' "Danny, Danny, Danny." Telling Danny jokes, wondering where he is or what he is doing. I really can't say what is more childish - behaving that way or screaming "trolls" just to get reactions. I don't see the other seasoned OP veterans behaving much better.
As for princibles, does Ben mean to suggest that he went to AA all of, what, 5 times, and couldn't figure out that the principles are the steps and traditions? Tell me what your sponsor said they were, Benster!
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
JR Harris
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 20:58
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The old "you didn't give AA enough time" excuse
A cult is a cult, you don't have to give it 90 times in 90 days to figure this out. The only people that would even try this excuse are cult members on prospecting trips for new members.
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btnben
Tue, 03/13/2012 - 03:10
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5 times?
How did you guess that Clara? It is spot on. I went to AA EXACTLY 5 times longer than you have been there. You must have read that in an old post.
I've read the steps forwards, backwards, up and down, but I can't for the life of me find a SINGLE principle in them. Can you point one out Clara? Just one? A clue : there aren't any principles in the 12 steps. So what are the principles referred to in step 12? And please don't waste everyone's time babbling on about the traditions. They weren't in existence until nearlt 20 years after the steps were written.
God damn it, get me a whiskey
Bill W, Deathbed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
Clara
Tue, 03/13/2012 - 06:36
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No, Ben, I haven't read any
No, Ben, I haven't read any of yoru old posts. I know about the traditions, my dear, but i was invited to personalize the traditions and to apply them to my life as well as the steps. You can read about princibles as early as in Bill's Story.
It is okay that any of the literature didn't speak to you as it did to me. The Torah doesn't say the same things to me as it does to my friend Sondi. It's all good!
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
btnben
Tue, 03/13/2012 - 06:38
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More fluff
No facts, just fluff...lol Where are the principles in the steps?...lol
God damn it, get me a whiskey
Bill W, Deathbed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?source=patrick.net&v=Sdn3O6aaMNc
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