Posted on 05/24/2005 1:42:28 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Yeah, a bunch of old harpies, I swear sometimes its like Mayberry around here.
Except that folk don't understand, Mayberry was make believe and it was 40 years ago.
I haven't had a drink nor do I crave it. I am no longer Alcoholic, nor am I a recovering alcoholic.
Lawdy! The Voice of Reason.
I tried for quite some while, but it never worked. She was intractably codependent and insecure, and therefore possessive; nothing I tried could even get her to acknowledge there was a problem with that, much less do something about it. And, it seemed to get worse, not better, over time, which surprised me. The attitude boiled down to: 'if you love someone, how could you possibly not want to spend every moment of every day with them, and why would you need to spend any time to yourself or with friends?' It wasn't that blatant, but that was what it boiled down to. Eventually I didn't see why I needed to deal with the passive aggression and the fifty questions anymore.
The sex was good though..
Or did you eventually?
Well, note that we are blissfully divorced.. ;)
Sounds like, instead, you then went to the porn rooms to look at the saddest women of all.
Umm, no. Actually I didn't. My reaction was mainly to start working 80-90 hour weeks........
Sorry, it sounded to me like that was the case you were making... people have been told that's true, by rehab people, whether they are themselves alcoholic or not, many believe it.
Great advice, and I don't! I did on occasion in my younger, more reckless days (hanging head in shame).
Otherwise, I couldn't tell for sure what you were saying until your second post on it in response to someone else, and I didn't see that until after my post was up. Sorry about the miscommunication!
I never went to a rehab or AA. I do not know what is being taught there or what is being said. It sounds like lies anyway. I started drinking at 18, I gave it up at 29
Your characterization is offensive.
Why should I be surprised?
It's all about healthy debate anyway. :)
Does the cavalier attitude toward the 1st Amendment qualify as obscene? How about the perverse use of anecdotal evidence?
bump also don't know what you said blood, but from what people cut and pasted it seems I agree... for some reason many on this site thinks it's okay to look at someone's daughter/wife/sister in porn but would abhor the thought of their own female relatives in het porn. I was on another thread about porn and got called a prude and everything else. I have NOT backed down from my stance whatsoever.
"What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long."-- Thomas Sowell
Are you stupid or just unable to read? Do you want me to post the responses I made in this thread alone where I've stated that I don't watch pornography? As for sin in my life, my pastor, my wife, every member of the church I attend and even my dog knows that I'm not perfect and that I'm a sinner badly in need of grace.
338: I haven't looked at porn with any kind of lustful intention in decades now
183: I don't dislike porn. I could lie down next to it and go to sleep. I just don't find it particularly arousing
And a half dozen people are dead wrong. I am TELLING you that I didn't infer that everyone who looks at porn becomes a child molester yet for some reason that doesn't seem to be enough. Are you deliberately being dense?
Well, that would depend upon your definition of often enough. Smoking, drugs, and drinking are chemically addictive and deserve a separate category. And work? I've worked for over 40 years. Am I addicted? I also shop frequently.
If it's good for you, should be good for your children too. Parents are supposed to be rolemodels for their children.
I drink a glass of wine which is supposed to healthful, but I didn't allow my children to drink it.
Comparing wine to porn... okay it that's suits you.
ok then...so what's the beef with me?
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