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A few years back when my eldest was ready to enter college, or I guess it was her first year, she had a bad experience with a roommate. She was angry and moved back home for three weeks. Then she returned and finished the year. But she was still mad at the girl. We had a chat about forgiveness. She... Sign in to see full entry.

My friend always used to introduce himself with...and I'm just one drink away from a drunken disaster and a hell of a lot of debauchery. He told of the heartbreak of six years of continuous sobriety, three different times in the last several decades. One small slip -- sip -- and ensued a year-long... Sign in to see full entry.

Learning to live life one day at a time. It is true. The real problem with addicts, the real reason we cannot stop our addictions, the reason that we are powerless over our drug of choice is that we think too far into the future. We discovered that we could make it for today. But worrying about... Sign in to see full entry.

It was the last thing I could think of doing, the last thing I wanted to do, the last choice left to me. Fortunately I was surrounded by family, each in her own way contributing to my courage with hugs and special support. It was particularly uncomfortable for everyone because, as an addict, if I... Sign in to see full entry.

1st THREE STEPS AND CONCEPTS OF ADDICTION DELIVERANCE Gratitude It isn't simply luck, but you can choose your response to what life brings you. Nor is it the fact that we missed the flood this time. And we can't ignore our own fate by comparing our lives with the status of others, the suffering,... Sign in to see full entry.

Right here on Blogit, just a few months ago, we were debating what the impact of the Tea Party would be on the GOP. Now we know. Just as we suspected, a radical minority of the party, loud and aggressive, illogical as a torch-bearing lynch mob, is forcing moderate candidates to either drop out of... Sign in to see full entry.

The Obama Administration is now under attack from the National Enquirer, fresh back from its Pulitzer Prize reporting of the Jonathan Edwards / Reilley Hunter affair / non-affair / love child / one-in-three-chances of paternity / divorce / ex-wife book tour / destroyed political career with... Sign in to see full entry.

President Obama announced yesterday that SWAT teams are being deployed to the Gulf of Mexico to inspect, protect and determine, the cause of last week's explosion there of a BP oil rig. The result has been 5,000 gallons of oil spilled into the waters off Louisiana, per day, a figure first reported... Sign in to see full entry.

It makes people angry and turns them off whenever you have to say that they are ignorant. But it shouldn't. The word ignorance simply states a paucity of knowledge. It's all the connotation of the word from being stained with other words like poverty, crime, stupidity, etc. It's not that at all.... Sign in to see full entry.

The year is 2007. George W. Bush and wife Laura have entered one of their final G8 Summits. The setting is Germany. As the president lay bedridden, the Secret Service is panicked to find out if any of the other delegation leaders from around the globe have any similar symptoms. Is there an antidote?... Sign in to see full entry.