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		<title>Winter Night</title>
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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>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>Almost Forgotten</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started writing to save my life.Â  Even today, but most especially in the earliest days of my recovery the act of writing helped me maintain perspective and focus.Â  I wrote in a medium that was publicly accessible because I was so profoundly alone. The feedback I got really encouraged me and helped motivate me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Image of Me Is What I Hope to Be</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;[H]e had been using crystal meth constantly for several weeks, and was suffering from severe paranoia as a result, when he visited MyOutSpirit.com and saw the photo contest slogan, &#8220;Remember who you want to be.&#8221; He says that was the trigger that helped him quit using and start getting his life back together.&#8221; - Ko [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning Points</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Every beginning is an ending and every ending a beginning; a turning point. They are passages through which, if we are willing, we may pass into a new and better life.&#8221; - Chris M. Some turning points are big, obviously, like the one I came to a year ago when I could not go on. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s start at the very beginning; a very good place to start.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Let&#8217;s see if I can make this easy.&#8221; - Maria Kutschera von Trapp My experience in recovery and in taking the steps is that what began as a &#8220;turning point&#8221; or a &#8220;moment of clarity&#8221; 51 weeks ago was the beginning of a series of points or moments which have each brought me to a [...]]]></description>
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