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		<title>Coming Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mom completed her treatment and came home from Minnesota last night, and in spite of walking into a month of mail, an imminent divorce, and more, she seemed OK.  It was very late in the evening, and I could see as she went through the mail that she was becoming more and more distressed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some days just crap on you.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, for example.  After an hour of being yelled at by an authority figure who didn&#8217;t know what she was talking about and who was under the false assumption that what someone worthless told her was true, I learned that earlier today my sister tried to kill herself. By slashing her own throat. And there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Hate Confrontation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate confrontation, but I&#8217;m afraid I find myself in a position where I have to have one.  With my boss. My paycheck bounced. I&#8217;m trying to save up some money so that I can declare bankruptcy and my paycheck is bouncing.  I can&#8217;t stand it.  My student loan and my car payments are due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is what it is.</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/it-is-what-it-is/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/it-is-what-it-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a fantastic post over at the Trudge Report about being careful about the difference between our needs and wants as they relate to others. When I did my 4th step, I recognized that my needs are not met by other people, but by God. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s overstating that case to say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Perfect Storm &#8211; of Inconvenience</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/a-perfect-storm-of-inconvenience/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/a-perfect-storm-of-inconvenience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We always talk about recovery as being a program of paradox.Â  I had never really thought about it before today but I think that addiction is paradox, too.Â  For 23 years after my first introduction to the solution I persevered in my effort to exhaust every possibility I could think of to control and enjoy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stark Raving Sober</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/stark-raving-sober/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/stark-raving-sober/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, thank God for the steps! I wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell this story without them. I wouldn&#8217;t because I would be trapped in the story; sucked in to the familiar familial drama of the tree from which this nut fell. Last Friday night I had dinner with my sister and her two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CANNOT OR WILL NOT COMPLETELY GIVE THEMSELVES</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/cannot-or-will-not-completely-give-themselves/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/cannot-or-will-not-completely-give-themselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1st Step]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4th Step]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[embrace c.1300, from O.Fr. embracer &#8220;clasp in the arms, enclose,&#8221; from en- &#8220;in&#8221; + brace &#8220;the arms,&#8221; from L. bracchium (neut. pl. brachia). Replaced O.E. clyppan, also fÃ¦Ã°m. Online Etymology Dictionary, Â© 2001 Douglas Harper Last night, late, I stepped out on my front porch to smoke a cigarette. I still smoke cigarettes. For some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John 8:44</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/john-844/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/john-844/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1st Step]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8th Step]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Acceptance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and [...]]]></description>
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