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johncox2...@ymail.com (John Cox) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 12:46:51 UT

Man I got the best audiobook collection, I reckon you'd religions of the axial age, it's great and goes way back to axial ages when all you main action began with. What we now know as the main faiths
I've got a 90 episod history if Rome, I've got Greece, china from Yao to Mai, Byzantine, Normans, America, several compleat world histories, every day of the battle of Britain, every king of england, Persian wars, history of Islam, Buddhism and all Indian faith....I could go on for some time lol

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johncox2...@ymail.com (John Cox) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 10:50:27 UT

The tips from you guys are great, Stu, MF, Tom, BG, Bill, Audrey, Ian,
Brian(x2) and Vincent, plus the other guys who read and some time pop
in are all vey useful to me on my journey.
Some days I read and I'm just left cold like none of you really know
and my problems are some how special and unique..then one little

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johncox2...@ymail.com (John Cox) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 10:42:48 UT

Hey BG,
Good news, you get more and more wonderful moments. Things you only
ever saw happen to other people, moments of pure clarity that make you
understand what is it is to be human, you feel privilaged.
The hard times seem to come when your down, when your bored or when
your around old triggers. I can distract myself for months at a time

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mizfits4l...@gmail.com (bowerygirl) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 20:59:45 UT

u know i find meself slummin around here hopin in the back of me head
one of u cats r going to have "the answer" or that perfect simple
solution thats gonna make it go away or at least make it easy. truth
is i do know there is no such animal and i do know its never going to
be easy. i have learned these last few months that i do have the power

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boswelia...@hotmail.co.uk (metalface from kent) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 20:06:26 UT

Hi Stuart,Just read both your posts (missed the 2nd before?!).Couldn't
agree more!! You've got your 'head' in exactly the Right Place (which
is of course,evident!!)..I forgot to mention 'Acceptance'-another
important Buddhist Theme.
'Drugs Beat the Shit' out of me as well,but no more!!..and not taking

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boswelia...@hotmail.co.uk (metalface from kent) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 19:18:43 UT

...I didn't mention
-'Cultivation of Wisdom'-Thats Important!!...(you're already 'on it'!).
(mfk)

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boswelia...@hotmail.co.uk (metalface from kent) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 19:07:18 UT

Hi John,as per usual,I can only give you my 'take' on things and hope
you find something of use.
At your stage (2 years'ish?-am I right?)-its ALL in the 'noodle-
box'.You're well over the initial body and head trauma,which lets face
it,takes some considerable healing (the way we did it),but what you're

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stuart.brind...@btconnect.com (Stuart B) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 18:21:07 UT

Hey John and Ian..
Ian will get my number to you. I have been
thinking....yeah i do think sometimes!! Again this is how it works for
me, i need people i can talk to, about the shit in my head at times,
you know that fight against the drugs i was talking about
earlier...well same fight was fought around acceptance...same outcome

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ianslevi...@gmail.com (ian slevin) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 17:11:08 UT

Hey u guys.

John u got it in one man. PAIN IN THE AZZ is right on the button I could go
even further but I dont wanna say bad things and start getting angry and
typing everything in caps, (thats how I shout online by the way infact im
gonna take it a lil further n make the typ bold aswell.)*PAIN IN THE AZZ *wow

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stuart.brind...@btconnect.com (Stuart B) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 14:14:07 UT

Hey John..
For me its day to day...if i start thinking too far
ahead then i can scare myself, that took time for me to
do...practice..learning....acc eptance, ive learned up til now how to
cope with it...tend to laugh at it a lot...its kinda crazy eh? yeah
stalked...can safely say i understand that...if i dont want stalked

johncox2...@ymail.com (John Cox) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 13:01:24 UT

I keep getting the same thought, it's something I've said on here before. How does one deal with addiction for the rest of your life. Day to day, week to week and even year to year I can deal with, but life changes so much and what works now might not work next year...
I feel like I'm being stalked across space and time by a presents that desends upon me and stays till i purge it from my being. I'm still overwhelmed by how you just can't escape what sometimes feels like fait.

RE: [FOTM:2564] Re: Friends

b...@iinet.net.au (Brian Haffenden) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 14:15:10 UT

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John Cox
Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 7:39 PM
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Sorry, one more "Audrey up date". She would also like support Brian, in fact
as I remember her exact words were, "despite him being a Chelsea fan, our

Re: [FOTM:2563] Re: Friends

johncox2...@ymail.com (John Cox) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 11:38:52 UT

Sorry, one more "Audrey up date". She would also like support Brian, in fact as I remember her exact words were, "dispite him being a Chelsea fan, our Brians a nice guy"
Ok, I made the last bit up but he son did specificly request I pass on her thanks and was very touched by his kindness.
Cheers,
Coxy

Re: [FOTM:2562] Re: Friends

johncox2...@ymail.com (John Cox) — Mon, 12 Dec 2009 11:46:02 UT

For a few fleeting moments there I was smiling and then you had to go and mention the bloody footy lol.
I once heard a line that's stayed with me, in fact it was at the one NA i went to back in the UK. It was "Lie to get buy", at first I thought that was an odd thing to "preach" but the older I get the more it applies...some time its those little white lies we tell ourselves that get us through the day.

Re: Friends

stuart.brind...@btconnect.com (Stuart B) — Mon, 12 Dec 2009 11:19:50 UT

Hey John...
I am still here as well, liked the post....think i
have mentioned it before...years of not fitting in and feeling
different from about 3or 4 years of age....years of drugs and trying
to fit in....now years clean and slowly realizing...f--k i dont fit in
anyway, so i have stopped trying to prove to myself that i do fit in,