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[RudyB]

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wow, pete! bye bye roomie! will you get another?

wow, pete! hello campral! give it a whirl.

wow, pete! war and peace! were you kidding? i'd take freud any day over that!

best of luck with all of the above!

[Murphyx]

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She had the decency to vacate the premises when she would've been one-girl-too-many (I'm already regretting saying that),

Hmmmm, I wish you'd explain it. It could mean so many things.

Anyhoo, your doc sounds great and you're doing absolutely the right thing by going along with his suggestion.

[SlipperyPete]

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Holy shit I just got the job! Pay is much better than I've been used to, plus it's a great setting. Wowzers, looks like I can finally start my life now. This is a Festivus miracle!

Ahoy Rudy!

Thanks for your kind words. Of course i wasn't not kidding about War and Peace. however, isn't the idea to get away from Freud? I've got about 20 pages left on my current book, and i'm sending your book to the front of the queue so i'll be starting it tomorrow. or today. depending on your time zone. east coast.

I think another roomie would be a great idea. I already feel somewhat isolated.

And Murphy - I can't read your post. That avatar is too distracting...The horror...the horror... :H

[SlipperyPete]

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And Rudy, at first glance it looks like this book is itself an instrument of healing, and an essential read for anyone wanting to avoid the drug/therapy trap.

[RudyB]

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yeppers, man. just got my copy today (friend took my first), and reread some of the stuff on acupuncture. (going for more of that on saturday.) i'd say it is essential reading, and definitely offers freud- and drug-alternatives very convincingly. wow. why 'war and peace'? it seemed like such a fine joke! but at least mine has been moved to the front of the queue. (did it skip ahead of w and p? is that what you're saying? oh my!) oh jeez, now i've reread your post again and see that you've said 'not not kidding'. yur doing real well at confusing an easily confused gal, mister! sheesh i am daft sometimes.

anywhoot, more importantly: CONGRATS ON THE JOB! friggin awesome dude! now, is here where you tell us your line of work?

[Murphyx]

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RudyB;1168472 wrote: now, is here where you tell us your line of work?

I'm guessing proctology. Or that might just be his hobby.

[SlipperyPete]

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Rudy, now it just seems like a whole big thing about what I do. Although I did apply to a CC so I can switch careers, something that's less social.
And you were in one of my dreams last night. You were a news anchor on Telemundo. How come you never told me you look like Eva Mendes???

Murphyx;1168528 wrote: I'm guessing proctology. Or that might just be his hobby.

Always trying to bait me with proctology :H

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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I definitely need to pay more attention! I can't believe you even considered staying up all night. :H

You know what my favorite thing about not being on MWO all the time is? Catching up with old friends.

I am so thrilled for you and by you, Slipperishness. yowza. I could gush. It IS a whole new thing. Not just new world, but for me it seemed like the universe just opened up with all of these amazing possibilities that I couldn't have imagined, much less pulled off, before. I'm so incredibly thrilled it's happening for you, too. Starting with the roommate thing (I'd imagine it would've been hard to keep that from descending into drama and chaos several months/years ago, ya' know?) and culminating (for now) with the job.

CONGRATULATIONS! Grab it and go. It's all there. YAY!!!

And now, please do a Ne a favor and put something on here:
https://www.mywayout.org/community/f2...fen-47958.html

:l and :h and :H:H:H

[SlipperyPete]

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Ne/Neva Eva;1168941 wrote: It IS a whole new thing. Not just new world, but for me it seemed like the universe just opened up with all of these amazing possibilities that I couldn't have imagined, much less pulled off, before.

Quoted for truth.

Every day gets more and more amazing. I had been hiding from life for half of the time I've been alive. The most obvious representation was me drinking alone in the dark by the end; anti-social to the extreme, and afraid of everything. Especially Murphy.

Odd timing about you talking about catching up with old friends, NE, as I have been avoiding everyone from my past because I'm embarassed and ashamed of my past and how I acted. However a couple days ago I randomly got an invite to an expo thing from one of the only people I have any interest in still talking to. I've known him literally my entire life and he's the only person that knows my whole story. I told him about baclofen and what it's done(he later wanted me to stop talking as if I'd gone through a metamorphosis :H). I described 'switching' by that episode of South Park where Cartman has an experience (like from Altered States) and he becomes a good person, as evidenced here:

Paper Towels and a Knife (Season 10, Episode 7) - Video Clips - South Park Studios

The more I watch that clip the more I realize how perfect an analogy it is. Sometimes I amaze myself. Anyways, back to the expo, I remember walking around, talking and looking at everything, and getting that feeling again like I was in a completely alien world. This time, however, it was different. When I first got that feeling, I got freaked out, like I was doing everything for the first time, and everybody else had much more experience than me. I probably felt that way for a week or two, and it made me pretty depressed. This weekend though, I still felt new to everything, but now instead of getting freaked out, I got excited. Opportunities that I'd never seen before are suddenly popping up everywhere.

Growing up, whenever a challenge was thrown my away, I'd be quick to jump on it and put all my effort into "winning!", as Charlie Sheen would say. However when I started getting depressed and avoiding life, I also avoided all challenges, and would just slink away. Now, though, I'm back to getting excited for these opportunities. This is all stuff I wasn't expecting when I was lurking, reading about bac, and still drinking. I didn't know life could be so complex and exciting. I thought taking bac would be more like when I had a dry spell for over a year when I was in rehab, but maybe a little better. This is infinitely better. Life, for the first time, is amazing. Even the not so fun stuff now feels good at the moment, because I'm actually participating in my life. It seems impossible to understate what baclofen has done for me. "Giving me my life back" seems insufficient. But then again I could just be super melo-dramatic :H

And NE, I think there's some stuff here and from my 2 month post on the 20th that you could put in the success thread, I'm just no good at editing

And Rudy, I'm in sales

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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huh? You pulled a reggie! WTH, man. Wait. Lemme check. Nope, I'm not imagining things. There it is. In black and white.

Are you crazy? Addled? That was lovely. What gives? Especially the Southpark thing.

?????????????????????????????????

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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And seriously. That's just not right. For a minute there I thought I was losing it. I remember the first time Reggie removed an entire thread! I was baffled and thought I was bac'd out. Not so much anymore. But I have memorized all of the regions and quadrants and the parts of an animal cell and even the regional terms of the body. Just today. And there are like a gazillion of them. (Go on, please ask me.) So I am a little loopy.

Talk about achieving the impossible.

I also wanted to harken bac(k) to a conversation we had a million years ago about whether or not to tell friends... And I did. And I'm so glad. Told someone who didn't even know I drank. Guess what? She still likes me. Turns out she shoots meth. (or something.) Not really. She's about as soccer-mom (literally) as you get.

Much more to say around here, but it's so damn quiet and I've been awfully pushy 'round here today... so.
Back to the books for me, and then to bed. yay.

What's up dude?

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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I just checked for the third time. You're in trouble for making me think I'm losing it. grrrrrrrr.

[SlipperyPete]

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Damn. Caught red-handed. I deleted it for a couple reasons, neither of which are very good, I suppose. One of them is that it IS so quiet around here.

Are you able to search for deleted posts? I had it on my computer, but deleted it, so what's the dilly yo?

Well, I'm about to leave to check out an AA meeting. This will be the first time that it's not rehab or court-ordered.

Ne/Neva Eva;1171349 wrote: Told someone who didn't even know I drank. Guess what? She still likes me. Turns out she shoots meth.

Omigosh, you made a funny! :H

[Murphyx]

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Pete I've emailed you the post you deleted, including the SP link that won't play here because apparently we're just too foreign, goddammit!

[SlipperyPete]

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Thanks to the lovely lady who recovered it
Although I'll probably delete it again when I wake up tomorrow

Ne/Neva Eva;1168941 wrote: It IS a whole new thing. Not just new world, but for me it seemed like the universe just opened up with all of these amazing possibilities that I couldn't have imagined, much less pulled off, before.

Quoted for truth.

Every day gets more and more amazing. I had been hiding from life for half of the time I've been alive. The most obvious representation was me drinking alone in the dark by the end; anti-social to the extreme, and afraid of everything. Especially Murphy.

Odd timing about you talking about catching up with old friends, NE, as I have been avoiding everyone from my past because I'm embarassed and ashamed of my past and how I acted. However a couple days ago I randomly got an invite to an expo thing from one of the only people I have any interest in still talking to. I've known him literally my entire life and he's the only person that knows my whole story. I told him about baclofen and what it's done(he later wanted me to stop talking as if I'd gone through a metamorphosis :H). I described 'switching' by that episode of South Park where Cartman has an experience (like from Altered States) and he becomes a good person, as evidenced here:

Paper Towels and a Knife (Season 10, Episode 7) - Video Clips - South Park Studios (Paper Towels and a Knife (Season 10, Episode 7) - Video Clips - South Park Studios)

The more I watch that clip the more I realize how perfect an analogy it is. Sometimes I amaze myself. Anyways, back to the expo, I remember walking around, talking and looking at everything, and getting that feeling again like I was in a completely alien world. This time, however, it was different. When I first got that feeling, I got freaked out, like I was doing everything for the first time, and everybody else had much more experience than me. I probably felt that way for a week or two, and it made me pretty depressed. This weekend though, I still felt new to everything, but now instead of getting freaked out, I got excited. Opportunities that I'd never seen before are suddenly popping up everywhere.

Growing up, whenever a challenge was thrown my away, I'd be quick to jump on it and put all my effort into "winning!", as Charlie Sheen would say. However when I started getting depressed and avoiding life, I also avoided all challenges, and would just slink away. Now, though, I'm back to getting excited for these opportunities. This is all stuff I wasn't expecting when I was lurking, reading about bac, and still drinking. I didn't know life could be so complex and exciting. I thought taking bac would be more like when I had a dry spell for over a year when I was in rehab, but maybe a little better. This is infinitely better. Life, for the first time, is amazing. Even the not so fun stuff now feels good at the moment, because I'm actually participating in my life. It seems impossible to understate what baclofen has done for me. "Giving me my life back" seems insufficient. But then again I could just be super melo-dramatic :H

And NE, I think there's some stuff here and from my 2 month post on the 20th that you could put in the success thread, I'm just no good at editing

And Rudy, I'm in sales