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		<title>The Case for Faith</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/hope-principles/case-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For two years now I have struggled against the idea of God, against the word God, against the proofs of God and His love that I hear people talk about all the time, and I have struggled against them to the point that in order to give myself some peace of mind I simply dismissed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One breath at a time.</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/hope-principles/breath-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the best thing I&#8217;ve done for my recovery in a long time is to start to sponsor a practicing Buddhist.  It has added a sense of urgency for me to revisit all that 2nd &#38; 3rd step stuff that I&#8217;ve struggled with ever since my surgery.]]></description>
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		<title>Still Beating Myself Up</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/early-recovery/acceptance/still-beating-myself-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Resentment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shortcomings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be an end to this, right?  I&#8217;m still beating myself up for having been blind to, or simply ignored, all of the red flags that went up with The Bullet That I Dodged.  They were there in front of me all the time, from the very first time we met, and somehow I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Winter Night</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/gratitude/winter-night/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/gratitude/winter-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1st Step]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sobriety anniversary is very important to me and it&#8217;s coming up here soon, but it doesn&#8217;t quite move me the same way December 13th does.  December 13th, today, happens also to be my birthday, but my God, I&#8217;m 44 years old.  My &#8220;birthday&#8221; is not really a big deal anymore.  No, the anniversary I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Old Ideas</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/old-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/old-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11th Step]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.&#8221; -Alcoholics Anonymous, page 58 Some of us have tried to hold on to them without even knowing that is what we&#8217;re doing, until it bites us. I was thinking about my conversation with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Queers &amp; Weirdos</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/queers-weirdos/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/queers-weirdos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We don&#8217;t want anybody up here. We just tell people this place is nothing but a bunch of queers and weirdos,&#8221; my sponsor told me.  There is a kernel of truth in it, of course, but there is a sweetness about the place and the people there that is hard to describe. I exaggerated about [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>In Plain English</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/in-plain-english/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/in-plain-english/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willingness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Open-Mindedness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I bought a book the other day, right after I vomited my insanity here; Mindfulness in Plain English.  And I&#8217;m encouraged because I finally found a definition of &#8216;faith&#8217; that I can work with.  No GrandWizardMagicalSantaClaus required.  What a relief.  I have some nice, plainly written instructions to make a beginning, and then there are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to Make a Motorcycle</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/motorcycle/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/motorcycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was 12 I lived around the corner from Kris. He was the most naturally athletic kid I&#8217;ve ever met. He was fantastic looking.  He had 3 older brothers and they all had &#8216;toys&#8217; &#8211; motorized toys.  Dirt bikes and snowmobiles and ATVs.  He was fearless and he was cool and I was intensely [...]]]></description>
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