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	<title>The Last Chance Texaco &#187; Hope</title>
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	<description>Tales of Recovery from Crystal Meth Addiction</description>
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		<title>Four Years Sober</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/gratitude/4-years-sober-crystal-meth-addict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe its been four years already?  Four years from the last time I had the compulsion to use.  Before that, in spite of my desire not to, the thought of living without crystal meth was impossible for me to imagine. Like many others, I tried to get sober on a number of occasions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Night</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/gratitude/winter-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Change for the Better</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/hope-principles/change-for-the-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first day I was on Ritilin I took it as prescribed. Yuck. Did the trick in terms of attention and focus, sense of well being, etc., but it had the unfortunate and uncomfortable side effect of making me feel like I&#8217;d been high. The good news is that it was an intensely uncomfortable feeling. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheerful Capitalization</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/service-principles/cheerful-capitalization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[12th Step]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are parts of my experience at the end of my use and in the early part of my recovery that I have been hard pressed to imagine would ever be an asset; something I could share to help another addict recover, chief among them my relationship with Dan, the Imaginary Future Ex-Husband (IFX). Dan&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simply a matter of work.</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/perseverance-principles/simply-a-matter-of-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned about this tool from my Irish friend because she put up a link to an online version of it on her blog. I like tools like this, though I don&#8217;t often pick them up. Like much of what is available to me to grow spiritually. I seem to have been so desensitized to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And There I Was . . .</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/principles/faith-principles/and-there-i-was/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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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?Â  When we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Presto</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/presto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bullwinkle: &#8220;Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!&#8221; Rocky: &#8220;Again? That trick never works.&#8221; Bullwinkle: &#8220;But this time for sure. Nothing up my sleeve.Â  Presto!&#8221; . . . &#8220;I&#8217;ve got to get another hat.&#8221; Rocky:Â  &#8220;And now, here&#8217;s something we hope you&#8217;ll really like!&#8221; Don&#8217;t ask me how it works, or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Surrender</title>
		<link>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/surrender/</link>
		<comments>http://thelastchancetexaco.com/living-in-recovery/surrender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in Recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t normally duplicate work I produce elsewhere, but there are only so many ways you can say the same thing.Â  In this case, it&#8217;s something I need to say in every channel I write in. Just like with drugs and alcohol, it seems to be a natural part of my character that until I [...]]]></description>
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