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	<title>The Last Chance Texaco &#187; Courage</title>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Want to Pray for Him.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am beyond furious and my sponsor is out of town.  It happened again.  I finally got last week&#8217;s paycheck cashed on Wednesday and today this week&#8217;s check bounced.  Obviously, in spite of what my employer says, I need to find a new job. It isn&#8217;t a surprise to me though.  Whenever something terrible is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 5 (plus 1000)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe it. Day 1000 passed without my noticing it. I was in Las Vegas at the time visiting my mom and dad. I spent the day hanging out with them, my great-uncle and his new wife and daughter, my aunt and two of my cousins. Watched some football. Took a nap. I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke Free Day 16 and Other Matters of Living in Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roommates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been having this internal argument about smoking cessation with nicotine replacement therapy.Â  Namely, in quitting smoking I&#8217;m really quitting 2 different addictions; smoking addiction and nicotine addiction. I have picked up a cigarette only twice in the last 16 days, and that has been made rather easy by the fact that my nicotine addiction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting  Clarity.  Again.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesdays, when I work half the day from home and then have half the day to do homework, I also love to watch the Today Show.Â  Call it a quirk.Â  Last Wednesday they had a guest, Judith Sills, talking about her new book, &#8220;Getting Naked Again: Dating, Romance, Sex, and Love When You&#8217;ve Been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everybody Juggles.</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/courage-principles/everybody-juggles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So why shouldn&#8217;t I juggle too?Â  I&#8217;ve been juggling already.Â  Figuring out how to live sober has been really, really tricky. I don&#8217;t even think that, on balance, I&#8217;m very good at it.Â  I&#8217;ve complained about the big chunks of my life that really aren&#8217;t working, that I struggle with, that I&#8217;m apparently unwilling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying new things increases my optimism.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to have to try things over and over before I actually incorporate the experience into knowledge.Â  One of the things I learned in treatment was that trying new things increases my optimism. I put new brake pads on my scooter yesterday. I&#8217;ve never seen a brake pad in my life. After that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choosing the Difficult</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/choosing-the-difficult/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was originally published Feb. 10, 2008 and was taken down pending adjudication of another case. Now that has been done and I am restoring the post. To choose what is difficult all one&#8217;s days, as if it were easy, that is faith. W. H. Auden They tell me I seemed relaxed; that I [...]]]></description>
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