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alright, it is a bit weird to write about, writing about it. so i will just say, DUH, and move on.
not a whole lot going on, right now in my life. as a consequence not a whole lot to write about. so i guess instead of filling a page to phone this in, i will say: it is a good day to be clean and head on over to work.

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so i lied! after a shower and some time away from my computer i do have something to write about.
i am currently engaged in an online discussion with a trusted friend and peer about psychotropic medications and theiuir possible effect on society as a whole that stated with This Link. the discussion , to date has remained cordial and i expect tit to remain so, if it continues.
as a victim of BIG PHARAMACY, i have very little trust for their science and am prone to jump on bandwagons decrying them with very little thought or concern, after all, they are there to MAKE money, and if they injure a few of us in the pursuit of profit, oh well, sue us! <INSERT EVIL LAUGH>
so the my story? for most of my adult life, i suffered from Acid Reflux Disease. once i got clean and started to have physicals, it was finally diagnosed and it was too late, the damage had been done to my esophagus and i now have a pre-cancerous condition. so far, so good, i am only a victim of my own ignorance, up to that point. the “standard treatment” is to put one on to a daily regimen, of H+ blockers, to reduce the amount of stomach acid i produce and to remain on that course of treatment the rest of my life, with periodic checks to see if i am starting to develop cancer of the esophogus. well after a bit of time, years in fact, the new research started to show that this class of medications was responsible for causing osteoporosis in men. the “best” medical advice i got, was to stay on the medication and deal with the probability of hip fractures 30 years down the line, based on the latest research from the pharmaceutical companies, who tried to minimize the anecdotal data, that suggested that there may be a problem with their medications. well after a course of alternative medicine, much screaming by me, i finally forced my insurance provider and specialist, to at least see if there was an underlying cause to my acid reflux. a very inexpensive test, that has fallen out of favour with the medical industry revealed that my gastric-esophogeal valve was patent (read always open) and that surgery was the only course of treatment for me.
long story short, i had the procedure, it worked very well for me and i got of the medication, for the rest of my life. HOWEVER, now i have to take probiotics every day, to fight the chronic, burning diarrhoea that is also a side effect of that class of medications, especially for those of us, who have the luxury of getting off that particular science experiment.
does that mean Big Pharmacy, Health Insurance and the medical industry is a problem? well just maybe it does, as two legs of that triad, are driven by making the most money they can, regardless of the social and human costs. so naturally i am inclined to agree, with the apparent lunatic fringe when it comes to medication and am predisposed to believe the worst of the medical industry as a whole.
it is what it is, and today, i can have a discussion, even one where i have a very passionate belief about, without being disagreeable or derisive. that my friends is a gift of the recovery program that has become my life.