you cant cause anyone to do anything we have to live in the world we cannot live in a bubble- alcohol is in the world
if exposure alone is gonna allow someone to drink they have missed the point entirely. and then should drink until they die or get honeswt about the fact that it aint the alcohol thats the problem
alcohol is an inanimate object. it is harmless in some hands and no good in others. if someone quit and they dont get that its them that cant drink and not the alcohol itself well boo hoo for them cuz they are missin the boat
well i am pretty sharp but yeah that clarification was really helpful after i got over my initial embarrassment
sometimes if im at work i am so drained that i can read a seemingly simple comment over and over and i just dont get it
i believe the medical term is brain fart or in the severest of cases brain dead
let us all pray that my brian continues to be resurrected
oh wait-those analogies are for another thread where they can surely cause controversy
thanks med- i did not know that and i will do some reading-i find that interesting but still feel appropriate then drinking tap water funny how the simplest things can confound me sometimes
im no scientist of any type but as was mentioned aways back in the thread
this is the information age yada yada
while i think its a comfort and awesome to have such access to information i also think information by nature is altered when looked at too much
i think there have been strange phenomena and unexplainable (to man) events such as ice age or species going extinct etc that have happened since the planet began- whenever that was
i think man of today is too intellectually stimulated and has a crookedy hunger to 'know' stuff that is keeping him from doing as much as before
in the 60s people heard about something and did something about it
today we hear about something- research it post about it send a few chain emails maybe and thats it
we feel indignant at the 'bad guys' but we dont 'do' anything of consequence
things happen with explanation we may never have there is a grand design
i dunno or cant imagine that a species should go extinct in my reasoning but really- what do i know?
all this type of info research is like mental m**turbation. to me it seems something 'they' are using on us- like a shiny distraction- the arrogant yummy feeling we get- cuz we can find facts and look at us arent we smart
meanwhile we dont have any idea whats really happening and we also arent just being better to our neighbors either
we are all in here and places like this 'finding the truth'
i drink tap water i drink it in london chicago new york and l.a. i have no problem with it and bottled water has a whole set of negatives of its own
i may consider getting a filter pitcher but i am not gonna go back to being so afraid or perfect or whatever that was when i refused to drink tap water
i will up my organic spinach intake and maybe slow down on red meat but im drinkin the water dammit
so far this thread has been so funny i needed a laff you people are incorrigible
seems strange for you to say ppl become more conservative.
i have done hospice care for years and my experience has been that as people age and approach death they become quite peaceful with understanding that things werent as rigid as they thought and they become more open and sharing
few become fear based and greedy
also a weird thing is that glenn beck was sensible and then began a complete personality change and found notariety. i see it as a loss- i enjoyed him and i also find it scary- its been like a 180 degree change- thats usually called a psychotic break
respect is a funny word and it can be understood in such variable ways
so i cannot say i think that i have respect for other peoples views but i do know they are pretty much none of my business and that i have never been forced to read anything in all my born days.
so i guess i could say i can be respectful to all and their views.
and of that i am grateful.
it never has failed me- the more i remember how much stuff is just none of my business the more my feelings of inner peace increase- and i like how that works out
i have come to realize that my garden isnt weeded-maybe someday when its all in order i will have time to go to my neighbors and point out his weeds.
have a nice day everyone and thanks for the mails. i wish there was respect for my mailbox
RE: More than 1,000 blackbirds fall out of Arkansas sky
just another day that i realize we are sorely in need of a whew! emoticon