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Wed, Aug 4, 2021 09:45:12 AM
🌋 the toll 🌌
posted: Wed, Aug 4, 2021 09:45:12 AM
using was taking on me. i am trying out my tablet as my main vein blog writing machine today and it is going to take some getting used to. it is nice that i have the ways and means to post this stuff, when i am in Greece, but i would prefer to take my laptop, which is not something i really want to do. anyhow, enough musing about what may come.
i was not one of those for whom using was not “working” for, when i came to the rooms. i was also not one of those who appear to be “struck” clean. in fact the last thing i desired was a new manner of living. all i wanted was freedom from the 20th judicial district and i got that fairly early on, just after i finally accepted who i was and where i really wanted to go. the secret contempt i held for recovery and my peers in recovery was revealed as i became a member and the shitshow of my life was revealed to all. my secrets, at least this part of them became public knowledge and i was sunk. that deflation was the opening i needed to finally get a program of recovery and although i regretted it, way back when, i am grateful for it today.
i still have lots to do, so it is off to the errands before i start packing. my less than big secret i am willing to share today? i really dread going back to my job for those final four days. i am looking forward to 12 days away from that grind and yes technology in general. i will be carrying just enough tech with me to get myself in trouble, just for today.
i was not one of those for whom using was not “working” for, when i came to the rooms. i was also not one of those who appear to be “struck” clean. in fact the last thing i desired was a new manner of living. all i wanted was freedom from the 20th judicial district and i got that fairly early on, just after i finally accepted who i was and where i really wanted to go. the secret contempt i held for recovery and my peers in recovery was revealed as i became a member and the shitshow of my life was revealed to all. my secrets, at least this part of them became public knowledge and i was sunk. that deflation was the opening i needed to finally get a program of recovery and although i regretted it, way back when, i am grateful for it today.
i still have lots to do, so it is off to the errands before i start packing. my less than big secret i am willing to share today? i really dread going back to my job for those final four days. i am looking forward to 12 days away from that grind and yes technology in general. i will be carrying just enough tech with me to get myself in trouble, just for today.
∞ DT ∞
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While the author is a member of a 12 Step recovery fellowship, these writings are not intended to endorse or express the published wisdom of any fellowship.
These writings are not meant to be socially or politically correct, and if you take issue with any opinions expressed, please seek the guidance of someone wiser than me.
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☯ The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao ☯
by Lao-Tse
Translated by James Legge
Book 2
2) When the mother is found, we know what her children should be.
When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard
(the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the end of his
life he will be free from all peril.