The Church is a Hive Mind

[David_Killens]

@Cognostic

The only thing essential for recovery is you.

I wish all in recovery understood this. My recovery was dependent on only one thing, whether I did the work or not.

It is nice to have a social circle to share your experiences with, but in the end it is you alone, late at night, making difficult choices.

[boomer47]

@David_Killens

I wish all in recovery understood this. My recovery was dependent on only one thing, whether I did the work or not.

The hardest lesson for me to learn was to recover for my own sake, not for others.-------For alcohol and tobacco six months later, there were moments of clarity.

The thought I thunk on each occasion was “If I don’t stop I WILL die”. When that actually sunk in, I started to recover. There is no doubt in my mind that had I not stopped drinking and smoking I would have been dead years ago.

----To stay sober I avoid pubs and social gatherings where there will be drinking .However, I still get thirsty every now and then. Feel like a smoke much more often, even though I’m pretty sure I would throw up—it was wonderful getting my senses of smell and taste back.

[Cognostic]

@boomer47

The hardest lesson for me to learn was to recover for my own sake, not for others.

Until it is important to you, it is not important at all. If I could bottle that and sell it, I would be the greatest counselor on the planet.

[boomer47]

@Cognostic

Until it is important to you, it is not important at all.

I guess like many things in life.

[Andromeda]

@Cognostic

Until it is important to you, it is not important at all.

Or “until it happens to a celebrity, it is not important at all”. My (ex) friend disbelieved covid until Tom Hanks got it.

[boomer47]

@Andromeda

My (ex) friend disbelieved covid until Tom Hanks got it.

WOW!

Because I’m a smidge paranoid I became suspicious before China made any announcement.

I did whatever authorities told me to do AND still stay home as much as I can. Perhaps an abundance of caution . BUT, I’m 73 years old, have diabetes and am overweight. If I catch the virus I could die. I really don’t want that to happen, at all. Most especially when I can do ANYTHING to prevent it.

[Nyarlathotep]

@Andromeda

My (ex) friend disbelieved covid until Tom Hanks got it.

I’ve heard people refer to the US as the United States of Amnesia. It is a great phrase as it often describes how I feel.

Today I got a political ad (physical copy from snail mail) from a political party, showing kids with masks running around a school, saying we should get them “back to school safely”.

Do they think I’ve forgotten that this is the same party who’s leader told us ~7 months ago that the virus was a hoax perpetrated by an opposition party? Do they think I don’t remember? Do they think I’m that dumb?

Anyway, that is it for my political rant today.

[boomer47]

@Nyarlathotep

I’ve heard people refer to the US as the United States of Amnesia

The term was coined by Gore Vidal and is the title of a documentary made at the end of his life in 2013:

- YouTube