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		<title>Comment on Demons - Dream, or Astral Realm/Parallel Universe? by Carter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>When i was about, 5-6 Years old.. I was laying in my bed in my old house. My room was complete emptiness, I woke up one night &#38; remember it as if were yesterday, I got out of my bed to take my shirt off as i lifted the bottom of my shirt over my face, something caught my eye sitting in the corner of my room. First instinct.. My sister playing jokes on me. I called her name multiple times before i realized it wasn't her. I jumped back into my bed and pulled my blankets over my face and was frozen in fear. I kept taking it off my face to glance at it and it was still there. In a fearful voice i called my sisters name one last time.. At that exact moment the "thing" stood up straight about 3 feet tall and was a complete shadow, equip with horns and all and opened its arms wide and bolted at me, When it reached me.. It felt as if i were dreaming.. In that dream the thing changed from a shadow to something very unreal and undescribable. In the dream it was, Tickling &#38; treating me very well as if i were its child? Anyone ever had this happen?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When i was about, 5-6 Years old.. I was laying in my bed in my old house. My room was complete emptiness, I woke up one night &amp; remember it as if were yesterday, I got out of my bed to take my shirt off as i lifted the bottom of my shirt over my face, something caught my eye sitting in the corner of my room. First instinct.. My sister playing jokes on me. I called her name multiple times before i realized it wasn&#8217;t her. I jumped back into my bed and pulled my blankets over my face and was frozen in fear. I kept taking it off my face to glance at it and it was still there. In a fearful voice i called my sisters name one last time.. At that exact moment the &#8220;thing&#8221; stood up straight about 3 feet tall and was a complete shadow, equip with horns and all and opened its arms wide and bolted at me, When it reached me.. It felt as if i were dreaming.. In that dream the thing changed from a shadow to something very unreal and undescribable. In the dream it was, Tickling &amp; treating me very well as if i were its child? Anyone ever had this happen?
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		<title>Comment on Demons - Dream, or Astral Realm/Parallel Universe? by Brison</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>I just had a dream about 30 mins ago. Well it was a nightmare. I couldn't move scream or wake up once I realized that I was awake. It was as if something wanted me to see these horrible images. Oh and the pain felt ever so real.  I just have a feeling that this demon will continue to assault me. Help me please send me an email.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just had a dream about 30 mins ago. Well it was a nightmare. I couldn&#8217;t move scream or wake up once I realized that I was awake. It was as if something wanted me to see these horrible images. Oh and the pain felt ever so real.  I just have a feeling that this demon will continue to assault me. Help me please send me an email.
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		<title>Comment on Done with Alcoholics Anonymous by Lynette</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Well it was you Gail, and it was great to find you and we were able to talk for a couple of times for a couple of hours. 
I am writing this to let you all know that Gail has passed. I miss her and wish we could have spent some time together in our older years as Gail and I spent much time together growing up, lived together as sisters for awhile and even went to high school together.
You are missed by family I am sure and many friends. we all miss you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well it was you Gail, and it was great to find you and we were able to talk for a couple of times for a couple of hours.<br />
I am writing this to let you all know that Gail has passed. I miss her and wish we could have spent some time together in our older years as Gail and I spent much time together growing up, lived together as sisters for awhile and even went to high school together.<br />
You are missed by family I am sure and many friends. we all miss you.
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		<title>Comment on Done with Alcoholics Anonymous by Ed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>I've met many in AA who are callous, pompous, controlling, etc.  I realized early on that there are sober assholes, that they've no humility and no desire to progress spiritually.  Where I got sober, they had a saying.  "What do you get when you sober up a drunken horse-thief: a sober horse-thief." However, getting your feelings hurt is part of growing up.  Doing what right for you does take guts.  My hardest lesson was learning to stand up for myself.

No one made me repeatedly go to a group I didn't what to go to.  At other other groups I liked, I learned to tune out certain people.  In fact, a friend of mine and I would step out for a break whenever certain people shared.  To expect a group of people who managed to totally screw up their lives to behave properly all of a sudden is unrealistic.  I eventually learned to base my expectations upon reality instead of how I wanted the world to be.

Turning your back on any fellowship is short-sighted and serves only to sell yourself short.  I too became suicidal after I got sober. I sought help outside the rooms of AA.  AA doesn't claim to have the answer to everything.  It did teach me to go to doctors when I had a medical problem.  It also taught me how to learn how to have relationships.  It also taught me a lot about relationship dynamics.  It taught me I'm a really nice, loving guy.  It also taught me I'm an asshole.  By accepting all parts of me, I've become better able to accept all parts of other people.

A lot of people talk the talk but fail to walk the walk.  In my 23 years of sobriety, I see more good in AA than bad.  I know some truly exceptional people who I strive to emulate.  I've also learned the most valuable lesson; don't take myself too seriously.  Actually, that's the second most important lesson.  The real most important lesson is that I have several people up in my head, and they are not all my friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve met many in AA who are callous, pompous, controlling, etc.  I realized early on that there are sober assholes, that they&#8217;ve no humility and no desire to progress spiritually.  Where I got sober, they had a saying.  &#8220;What do you get when you sober up a drunken horse-thief: a sober horse-thief.&#8221; However, getting your feelings hurt is part of growing up.  Doing what right for you does take guts.  My hardest lesson was learning to stand up for myself.</p>
<p>No one made me repeatedly go to a group I didn&#8217;t what to go to.  At other other groups I liked, I learned to tune out certain people.  In fact, a friend of mine and I would step out for a break whenever certain people shared.  To expect a group of people who managed to totally screw up their lives to behave properly all of a sudden is unrealistic.  I eventually learned to base my expectations upon reality instead of how I wanted the world to be.</p>
<p>Turning your back on any fellowship is short-sighted and serves only to sell yourself short.  I too became suicidal after I got sober. I sought help outside the rooms of AA.  AA doesn&#8217;t claim to have the answer to everything.  It did teach me to go to doctors when I had a medical problem.  It also taught me how to learn how to have relationships.  It also taught me a lot about relationship dynamics.  It taught me I&#8217;m a really nice, loving guy.  It also taught me I&#8217;m an asshole.  By accepting all parts of me, I&#8217;ve become better able to accept all parts of other people.</p>
<p>A lot of people talk the talk but fail to walk the walk.  In my 23 years of sobriety, I see more good in AA than bad.  I know some truly exceptional people who I strive to emulate.  I&#8217;ve also learned the most valuable lesson; don&#8217;t take myself too seriously.  Actually, that&#8217;s the second most important lesson.  The real most important lesson is that I have several people up in my head, and they are not all my friends.
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		<title>Comment on Technorati&#8217;s Eating my Shorts by coffee bag</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Thank you for another great article. Where else could anyone get that kind of information in such a perfect way of writing? I have a presentation next week, and I am on the look for such information.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Top 7 Drunk and Alcoholic Related Episodes as a Kid by How to Sell Electronics on eBay &#124; Internet Marketing Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Help an Alcoholic to Stop Drinking by denial is destrucitve</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Thank you for the information. My father was an alcoholic and my sibling has drug problems to say the least. Much of my life I have dealt with my emotions through anger then I went to therapy and got a hold on that for the most part. Things have been beyond stressful for so long now that I have turned to the one thing I never thought could be a problem for me...alcohol. I have had many various blackout episodes which sometimes turned into me verbally abusing my spouse, fiance at the time. We've now been married for almost two years. Whenever an "episode" occurred I couldn't remember anything but apologized profusely and told him I can't promise to never do it again but I know I need to get a handle on my alcohol consumption. I thought it was that one or two extra drinks that did it and flipped the black out switch. I asked my husband many times if he thought I was an alcoholic because I didn't feel like I was and he always said no but that I need to not drink for a while and get a handle on my problems. I've been going to therapy for a while now but my life has become even more stressful over this past year I started to drink much more and in secret, something I didn't do before. In fact, after episodes, I many time quit drinking for at least a month or more. Anyway I began hiding alcohol and drinking in secret. My husband suspected such but didn't find anything and he was afraid to ask me. I then another episode in which I blacked out and said ridiculous, scary, nonsensical things to my husband. I also threatened him and slapped him on the back. He was so afraid of what I would do he went to a grocery store parking lot. I then started coming out of the black out and was very scared but it was displaced as I felt scared of my husband and locked him out of the house. It took a bit but I started to realize I wasn't afraid of him and let him in. It was so scary I had never woke up soon after a black out and in the middle of such mahem. I can't imagine how he felt and I completely understand it. We started to talk about it over the next few days and in the beginning he said he didn't think I was an alcoholic but just that I should never drink because of the chance of another episode. However I then confessed to the past incidences of drinking in secret and hiding alcohol. It had just confirmed his suspicions. I had then realized, though it really took some thinking and soul searching because I knew admitting would mean taking away my only solace from my emotions. However I realized and admitted to myself then to him that I am an alcoholic. I am taking one day at a time but I know that alcohol cannot be a part of my future. Do I miss it?  Yes, but it doesn't compare to missing my life, my husband and the opportunity to get healthy and be happy. 
My husband is having a hard time not thinking about what happened and we are getting along but he said he needs to move out indefinetly and I felt very supportive of that but he didn't leave right away and having him home and our talks about what's gone have been very good for me and I think helpful to him but he then told me a week later that he was going to be leaving over the next few days. He said he felt so much guilt like it was all his fault and he needed to collect himself and I was supportive of that. Now that he's leaving I just feel abandoned and scared. Am I being selfish?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for the information. My father was an alcoholic and my sibling has drug problems to say the least. Much of my life I have dealt with my emotions through anger then I went to therapy and got a hold on that for the most part. Things have been beyond stressful for so long now that I have turned to the one thing I never thought could be a problem for me&#8230;alcohol. I have had many various blackout episodes which sometimes turned into me verbally abusing my spouse, fiance at the time. We&#8217;ve now been married for almost two years. Whenever an &#8220;episode&#8221; occurred I couldn&#8217;t remember anything but apologized profusely and told him I can&#8217;t promise to never do it again but I know I need to get a handle on my alcohol consumption. I thought it was that one or two extra drinks that did it and flipped the black out switch. I asked my husband many times if he thought I was an alcoholic because I didn&#8217;t feel like I was and he always said no but that I need to not drink for a while and get a handle on my problems. I&#8217;ve been going to therapy for a while now but my life has become even more stressful over this past year I started to drink much more and in secret, something I didn&#8217;t do before. In fact, after episodes, I many time quit drinking for at least a month or more. Anyway I began hiding alcohol and drinking in secret. My husband suspected such but didn&#8217;t find anything and he was afraid to ask me. I then another episode in which I blacked out and said ridiculous, scary, nonsensical things to my husband. I also threatened him and slapped him on the back. He was so afraid of what I would do he went to a grocery store parking lot. I then started coming out of the black out and was very scared but it was displaced as I felt scared of my husband and locked him out of the house. It took a bit but I started to realize I wasn&#8217;t afraid of him and let him in. It was so scary I had never woke up soon after a black out and in the middle of such mahem. I can&#8217;t imagine how he felt and I completely understand it. We started to talk about it over the next few days and in the beginning he said he didn&#8217;t think I was an alcoholic but just that I should never drink because of the chance of another episode. However I then confessed to the past incidences of drinking in secret and hiding alcohol. It had just confirmed his suspicions. I had then realized, though it really took some thinking and soul searching because I knew admitting would mean taking away my only solace from my emotions. However I realized and admitted to myself then to him that I am an alcoholic. I am taking one day at a time but I know that alcohol cannot be a part of my future. Do I miss it?  Yes, but it doesn&#8217;t compare to missing my life, my husband and the opportunity to get healthy and be happy.<br />
My husband is having a hard time not thinking about what happened and we are getting along but he said he needs to move out indefinetly and I felt very supportive of that but he didn&#8217;t leave right away and having him home and our talks about what&#8217;s gone have been very good for me and I think helpful to him but he then told me a week later that he was going to be leaving over the next few days. He said he felt so much guilt like it was all his fault and he needed to collect himself and I was supportive of that. Now that he&#8217;s leaving I just feel abandoned and scared. Am I being selfish?
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		<title>Comment on Technorati&#8217;s Eating my Shorts by boost Alexa Rank</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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