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		<title>Old Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Queers &amp; Weirdos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>How to Make a Motorcycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>And There I Was . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caught in the Snide And in that dreadful place Those spooky empty pants and I Were standing face to face. I yelled for help. I screamed. I shrieked. I howled. I yowled. I cried. Oh! Save me from those pale green pants With nobody inside. -Dr. Seuss Isn&#8217;t that the essence of fear?  When we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The God of Cash and Prizes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a post over at the Second Road the other day about the hurdles we face in finding the Higher Power of 12 step programs. The idea for the post came from a conversation I had with a friend a few nights ago wherein he told me that the only &#8216;God&#8217; he was willing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Default Setting</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/default-setting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s amazing to me, I guess it shouldn&#8217;t be at this point in recovery, but it&#8217;s amazing to me how quickly I return to my default setting; to return to the way of thinking, if not behavior, that always gets me back to where I came from unless I take purposeful action. Like when I [...]]]></description>
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