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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
June 7, 2016 at 3:16 am
(June 6, 2016 at 9:06 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: This is very much my own view, based on my own experiences in recovery and, prior to that, using alcohol as emotional anaesthesia.
Having said that, I'm not comfortable advising anything more than taking an honest self-assessment, and for Ame that means not assuming I know why he got drunk in this or any other instance.
FWIW, I think Whatevs was taking the piss, not really slagging folks for expressing love and support.
I still hold my view in regards to the relief people would get if they replaced their drug consumptions with maijuana.
Professional help is already using it as an anti-depressant, soon enough it will be prescribed to patients. The herb is a medicine more than a drug.
Comparing alcohol to marijuana is madness.
http://www.webmd.com/multiple-sclerosis/...-sclerosis
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Treatin...juana-FAQs
It helps my MS.
Actually, the governmental propaganda pulverized the reputation of weed so alcohol+tobacco find somebody who buys them, until now the worst drugs I saw are these; compare the medicinal features and you'll know.
It's official. It's medicine more than a drug.
I didn't mean anything with my comment. But I truly think it will help Steve.
But I regret the other things I said.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
June 7, 2016 at 12:13 pm
It depends on why the person is using the marijuana as to whether it's a medical drug or simply abuse. I smoked marijuana regularly for quite a while, and I didn't do so for the health benefits. Now that I'm in recovery, I'd rather address those feelings which make me so uncomfortable that I regard intoxication as a rational response to reality. One size does not fit all, and if you don't agree that's fine. But I wouldn't feel comfortable recommending any drug use to someone who just came off a suicidal bender.
I've said more than I'm comfortable saying given the context of this discussion, so I'm going to make this my last comment regarding drug/alcohol use.
Stimmy, I hope you're getting what help you needs to deal with the feelings which so obviously cut bone-deep. Much love, brotha.
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June 7, 2016 at 12:33 pm
Hi guys, just wanted to pop in and let you know I'm still here, just not ready to jump back into the game quite as yet. I have been checking in once or twice, replied to PMs and did a little light work behind the scenes, and I'm messaging some of you outside the forum as well. So yeah, I'm around in the shadows, I'm doing as well as I might expect, and similar clichés.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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June 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm
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(June 7, 2016 at 12:33 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Hi guys, just wanted to pop in and let you know I'm still here, just not ready to jump back into the game quite as yet. I have been checking in once or twice, replied to PMs and did a little light work behind the scenes, and I'm messaging some of you outside the forum as well. So yeah, I'm around in the shadows, I'm doing as well as I might expect, and similar clichés.
Good. Take your time Ol'Chap. Next time we will send a tank lumbering your front door 
Glad to know you're hanging with us.
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
June 7, 2016 at 12:46 pm
Right. Take some time. Get your shit together.
Then get your ass back to work!
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
June 7, 2016 at 12:56 pm
(June 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Good. Take your time Ol'Chap. Next time we will send a tank lumbering your front door
Looks like you already did. How the fuck they got it in the lift we will never know.
(June 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Glad to know you're hanging with us.
Hanging... hmmm...
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
June 7, 2016 at 1:03 pm
(June 7, 2016 at 12:56 pm)Stimbo Wrote: (June 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Good. Take your time Ol'Chap. Next time we will send a tank lumbering your front door
Looks like you already did. How the fuck they got it in the lift we will never know.
(June 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Glad to know you're hanging with us.
Hanging... hmmm...
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
June 7, 2016 at 1:16 pm
(June 7, 2016 at 12:56 pm)Stimbo Wrote: (June 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Good. Take your time Ol'Chap. Next time we will send a tank lumbering your front door
Looks like you already did. How the fuck they got it in the lift we will never know.
(June 7, 2016 at 12:43 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Glad to know you're hanging with us.
Hanging... hmmm...
I can't tell if I want to slap you for saying that or myself for snorting at it. -.-
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June 7, 2016 at 1:32 pm
Gallows humour. Highest form of wit.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
June 7, 2016 at 2:31 pm
Glad to hear from you, bud. 
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