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	<description>My last chance to trust the Man with the Star</description>
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		<title>Autopilot</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2009/01/06/autopilot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the whole holiday ordeal was harder on me than I thought.  It looks like I’ve been on autopilot for awhile and it has kind of kicked my ass.  Now I’m doing the whole Oprah &#8220;I’m mad at myself&#8221; Winfrey thing, and while I’m writing this partially as a form of quick confession, I’m also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversion - Honesty, Open-Mindedness, Willingness, and the Nativity</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/12/28/conversion-honesty-open-mindedness-and-willingness-and-the-nativity/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/12/28/conversion-honesty-open-mindedness-and-willingness-and-the-nativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a product of Western Civilization.  I occasionally joke that I am in recovery from Western Civilization.  I am still occasionally sarcastic.  But I am a product of my dominant culture and as much as I pretend to resist it that means that I am the product of a Judeo-Christian tradition.
I am also a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little &#8220;thank you&#8221; prayer that it all turned out this way</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/12/14/a-little-thank-you-prayer-that-it-all-turned-out-this-way/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/12/14/a-little-thank-you-prayer-that-it-all-turned-out-this-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Gratitude]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[1st Step]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was in the early hours of the morning of the day after my birthday two years ago that I was given my first step.  It didn&#8217;t feel much like a gift at the time, but that&#8217;s exactly what it was; a gift of grace.
Out of money and out of drugs, stood up on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do I now, or am I even willing to?</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/11/26/do-i-now-or-am-i-even-willing-to/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/11/26/do-i-now-or-am-i-even-willing-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Honesty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humility]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Integrity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m trying a little expirement in extreme practice of the principles in a specific area of my life that I requires specific behavior that very, very few people, addict or no, ever do.
Am I above the law?  The practice of humility requires that I answer no to that question.  And if I am not above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You have to play to win.</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/10/21/play-to-win/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/10/21/play-to-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
More and more I’m beginning to think that if one gets sober and stays sober it is entirely by happenstance; that no amount of effort, no profound experience, no treatment program, no great desire, no necessity, has the power to get and keep any of us sober. And I certainly don’t have the power to produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say it ain&#8217;t so, Joe.</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/10/05/say-it-aint-so-joe/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/10/05/say-it-aint-so-joe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Robert&#8217;s sponsor told him early on that he can say anything he wants to in a meeting, anything at all, so long as it&#8217;s honest.
I guess my pride is intact on some level or something because I don&#8217;t do that, at least not at meeting level. I share honestly, mind you. I just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being Convinced</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/08/30/being-convinced/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/08/30/being-convinced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was going to pay my rent early, because I could, sort of. I have the money, but not the cash. And I intended to get up early this morning and go to the bank before I went to work today, but that didn&#8217;t happen either.
Yesterday was an incredibly long day. Now that I&#8217;m back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occam&#8217;s Razor Burn</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/08/25/occams-razor-burn/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/2008/08/25/occams-razor-burn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thelastchancetexaco.com/?p=574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just hate it when I suddenly realize the truth behind those stupid things we say to each other in meetings. Keep it simple, stupid? Don&#8217;t you dare call me stupid. Motherfucker.
But there you go. I am making too hard a work of a simple thing. Recovering addicts and alcoholics everywhere, from every walk of [...]]]></description>
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