Guest guest Posted July 11, 1999 Report Share Posted July 11, 1999 Clancy's sponsor is God himself. Jan Does Clancy have a sponsor? >That's my entire question... does Clancy have a sponsor? He has to if >he's " working the program " right. It's one of the must-have >suggestions, dontchaknow... > >I've seen people in meetings thank higher ups for dishing out their > " tough love " . I dunno... it always looked like abuse to me. Every >sponsor I had tried to violate one or more of my constitutional rights. >I saw a wonderful buch of quotes on a conspiracy website. That's where >I'm getting my quote of the month for the deprogramming site... > >This wonderful conspiracy site is directed mostly at governments, but >the quotes are valid for AA as well, since it's just another >totalitarian regime. Here's one to think about. > > " You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a >reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating >the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle >for independence " > Austin Beard > >Apple >> >> I also veiw Clancy I. as one of the most arrogant and disturbed >(downright >> mean and nasty) individuals I have ever heard. When I see that so >many from >> AA just idolize him, it makes me shake my head in complete confusion. >The >> way he brags about treating anyone(newcomers) with such cruelty and >> disrespect just floors me. Rebekah >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Be as loud as you want >Get free email and 20MB of webspace at FortuneCity.com >http://clickhere./click/367 > > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 1999 Report Share Posted July 11, 1999 Hi Jan; You sure it shouldn't be the other way around? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 1999 Report Share Posted July 12, 1999 Rio wrote: > > Clancy's sponsor is God himself. > > Jan *************NEWS FLASH************** CLANCY DECLARES HIMSELF THE ONE AND ONLY GOD! ************************************ In an unprecedented move, Clancy Imusland, self-proclaimed leader of the ultra Orthodox AA Sect called the Pacific Group, declared that he is the God of all creation, thus extending his dominion to all of humanity, alcoholic and non-alcoholic alike. This startling revelation came to him in the early sixties, shortly after having his front teeth kicked out in a drunk tank for vomiting on a cellmate's bunk. He is purported to have kept this epiphany to himself for the past thirty-five years, planning to reveal his gift to the world on the threshold of the Millennium, so that the general public would have time to prepare for the coming Sober Millennium when sobriety and serenity will reign supreme. The Pacific Group's primary religious ritual occurs in their Lord and Savior's back yard. Presently only Clancy's personal disciples have bestowed upon them the great honor and privilege of scooping up his hallowed canines' leavings. Throngs of new devotees are filling the streets around Mr. Imusland's Venice,CA home, brandishing 40oz. malt liquors and other assorted intoxicants hoping to inflict themselves with the holy disease of alcoholism that they too might have a chance at handling the consecrated feces that fill his back yard. People around the world are reported to be guzzling their way through enormous amounts of alcoholic beverages in order that they might become one of the " chosen " ones. Clancy has instructed the remaining non-alcoholic segment of humanity to party like it's 1999, with hopes that everyone will hit bottom and start working the 12 Steps by the year 2000. Such a strain is being put on the world alcohol supply, that there is concern that shortages could postpone the celebration of New Years Eve 2000. Of course, concern over alcohol shortages would become moot should Mr. Imusland's predictions prove accurate. Shock waves are being felt everywhere. World religions are panicking as millions convert to Alcoholism. Pope has issued a statement that Holy Communion in the Catholic Church would now afford a full bottle of red wine for each member of the congregation to wash down the traditionally dry host. It is rumored that the newly ordained God's dogs' excrement may be used in this holiest of sacraments to anoint the foreheads of the faithful. There is only so much of the venerable waste to go around, so generic dung will be blessed by a priest and used in very much the same way wine is substituted for the blood of Christ. Parishioners needn't concern themselves with issues of smell and hygiene, since the manure will be completely sanitized and will retain little of its repugnant odor. Holy books are being rewritten or usurped by the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Rituals are being altered in all the major religions of the world. Muslim leaders have overturned sacred edicts prohibiting the consumption of alcoholic beverages. The Jewish faith long known for its low incidence of alcoholism as well as the rule for not driving after sundown on the Sabbath, has now offered the option to drive only if intoxicated as an incentive to their less alcoholically inclined following, with hopes of getting the Jewish faith back in the running as the " chosen people " . Although still unsure about Clancy's son, Jesus, they have fully embraced Clancy as their foretold Messiah. International drug cartels are scrambling as demand for non-alcoholic intoxicants plummets. Cocaine once wielding an enormous price tag can now be bought on the street for as little as $8.00 a gram. Local addicts joke that soon you'll be able to pick up a dime bag for 10 cents. No sooner had liquor manufacturers started basking in the glory of exploding profits, that they became aware of Clancy's plan for a Sober Millennium thus ending all demand for alcohol on New Years Eve 2000. On Wall Street, alcohol related stocks are reeling and many people heavily vested in alcoholic beverage securities are leaping to their deaths, reminiscent of the '39 crash. Doctors and scientists are analyzing samples of Clancy's dogs' stool, following numerous reports of spontaneous remission from terminal illness after the afflicted had merely trodden in the Hounds of Heaven's effluent. There have also been hundreds of reports of people being struck sober by the Big Book wielding Deity. Witnesses say that Clancy merely raises the text heavenward, and swiftly brings it down upon the head of the diseased individual. The person loses all desire to drink followed by an insatiable compulsion to bring the teachings of 12 Steps to the ignorant masses. Mr. Imusland, having been reached for further comment, said that it would not be necessary to call him by the name " GOD " since over the years Clancy had come to mean pretty much the same thing. When asked why he was establishing the " Sober Millennium " in the beginning of the year 2000 as opposed to 2001 when new Millennium really begins, he added, " Look I'm God around here, I'll start the Millennium whenever I Clancydamn well please! " I'll keep you posted on further developments, or feel free to post your own installment. > Does Clancy have a sponsor? > > >That's my entire question... does Clancy have a sponsor? He has to if > >he's " working the program " right. It's one of the must-have > >suggestions, dontchaknow... > > > >I've seen people in meetings thank higher ups for dishing out their > > " tough love " . I dunno... it always looked like abuse to me. Every > >sponsor I had tried to violate one or more of my constitutional rights. > >I saw a wonderful buch of quotes on a conspiracy website. That's where > >I'm getting my quote of the month for the deprogramming site... > > > >This wonderful conspiracy site is directed mostly at governments, but > >the quotes are valid for AA as well, since it's just another > >totalitarian regime. Here's one to think about. > > > > " You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a > >reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating > >the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle > >for independence " > > Austin Beard > > > >Apple > >> > >> I also veiw Clancy I. as one of the most arrogant and disturbed > >(downright > >> mean and nasty) individuals I have ever heard. When I see that so > >many from > >> AA just idolize him, it makes me shake my head in complete confusion. > >The > >> way he brags about treating anyone(newcomers) with such cruelty and > >> disrespect just floors me. 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Guest guest Posted July 12, 1999 Report Share Posted July 12, 1999 Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his sponsor. AppleDTP@... wrote: > > That's my entire question... does Clancy have a sponsor? He has to if > he's " working the program " right. It's one of the must-have > suggestions, dontchaknow... > > I've seen people in meetings thank higher ups for dishing out their > " tough love " . I dunno... it always looked like abuse to me. Every > sponsor I had tried to violate one or more of my constitutional rights. > I saw a wonderful buch of quotes on a conspiracy website. That's where > I'm getting my quote of the month for the deprogramming site... > > This wonderful conspiracy site is directed mostly at governments, but > the quotes are valid for AA as well, since it's just another > totalitarian regime. Here's one to think about. > > " You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a > reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating > the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle > for independence " > Austin Beard > > Apple > > > > I also veiw Clancy I. as one of the most arrogant and disturbed > (downright > > mean and nasty) individuals I have ever heard. When I see that so > many from > > AA just idolize him, it makes me shake my head in complete confusion. > The > > way he brags about treating anyone(newcomers) with such cruelty and > > disrespect just floors me. Rebekah > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Be as loud as you want > Get free email and 20MB of webspace at FortuneCity.com > http://clickhere./click/367 > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 1999 Report Share Posted July 12, 1999 Hunt wrote: > > Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his > sponsor. Hi Guys, True. Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the proverbial " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck C. was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal aspirations in check. > AppleDTP@... wrote: > > > > That's my entire question... does Clancy have a sponsor? He has to if > > he's " working the program " right. It's one of the must-have > > suggestions, dontchaknow... > > > > I've seen people in meetings thank higher ups for dishing out their > > " tough love " . I dunno... it always looked like abuse to me. Every > > sponsor I had tried to violate one or more of my constitutional rights. > > I saw a wonderful buch of quotes on a conspiracy website. That's where > > I'm getting my quote of the month for the deprogramming site... > > > > This wonderful conspiracy site is directed mostly at governments, but > > the quotes are valid for AA as well, since it's just another > > totalitarian regime. Here's one to think about. > > > > " You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a > > reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating > > the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the great struggle > > for independence " > > Austin Beard > > > > Apple > > > > > > I also veiw Clancy I. as one of the most arrogant and disturbed > > (downright > > > mean and nasty) individuals I have ever heard. When I see that so > > many from > > > AA just idolize him, it makes me shake my head in complete confusion. > > The > > > way he brags about treating anyone(newcomers) with such cruelty and > > > disrespect just floors me. Rebekah > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Be as loud as you want > > Get free email and 20MB of webspace at FortuneCity.com > > http://clickhere./click/367 > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and > no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click > Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 Yes, I read " A New Pair of Glasses, " towards the end of my AA days, and I found at least one of the references to Clancy's views of Sponsorship to be, well, skeptical. And I agree that when Chuck C. died Clancy went nutso. The only reason I'm interested in " Clancy News " is my ex-sponsor wanted emulate Clancy. The back yard, the whole bit. My view of AA not as black & white as some on this list (as I have met many great people in AA who I still keep in touch with although my meeting attendance has long since stopped), but I think Clancy and his often Powerful Followers are a genuinely dangerous segment of AA that should be exposed. By the way, whoever started this page, thank you for what I believe is an extremely rare forum of sanity in this pseudo-new age-recovery soaked world. I think the majority of people who attend AA eventually come to the conclusion that its " not for them. " Hard core AAers only SEEM like they're the majority. But have heart, Sanity will prevail. Thank you! Joe Berenbaum wrote: > > At 16:05 12/07/99 -0400, you wrote: > >Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his > >sponsor. > > Well I'm working through my AA tape collection, that's two of my one-time > inspirations better researched. Does anyone know or has heard of Ray > O'Keefe? Another humourous AA judge. I actually had his verions of all 12 > steps once. > > Joe Berenbaum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and > no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click > Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > Hunt wrote: >> >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his >> sponsor. > >Hi Guys, >True. >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the proverbial > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck C. >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal aspirations >in check. > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he said so. You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! Joe Berenbaum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 At 16:05 12/07/99 -0400, you wrote: >Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his >sponsor. Well I'm working through my AA tape collection, that's two of my one-time inspirations better researched. Does anyone know or has heard of Ray O'Keefe? Another humourous AA judge. I actually had his verions of all 12 steps once. Joe Berenbaum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 At 16:05 12/07/99 -0400, you wrote: >Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his >sponsor. Well I'm working through my AA tape collection, that's two of my one-time inspirations better researched. Does anyone know or has heard of Ray O'Keefe? Another humourous AA judge. I actually had his verions of all 12 steps once. Joe Berenbaum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 At 16:05 12/07/99 -0400, you wrote: >Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his >sponsor. Well I'm working through my AA tape collection, that's two of my one-time inspirations better researched. Does anyone know or has heard of Ray O'Keefe? Another humourous AA judge. I actually had his verions of all 12 steps once. Joe Berenbaum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > Hunt wrote: >> >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his >> sponsor. > >Hi Guys, >True. >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the proverbial > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck C. >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal aspirations >in check. > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he said so. You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! Joe Berenbaum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? P. On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum wrote: > At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > >> > >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his > >> sponsor. > > > >Hi Guys, > >True. > >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the proverbial > > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck C. > >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal aspirations > >in check. > > > > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. > > On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he said so. > > You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! > > > Joe Berenbaum > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Just Tell Us What You Want... > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications > > > > Pete Watts Owner PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm PD Personality Disorders Discussion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 he's dead. > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups >To: 12-step-freeegroups >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 02:24:00 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) > >Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? > >P. > >On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum > wrote: > > > At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > >> > > >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be >his > > >> sponsor. > > > > > >Hi Guys, > > >True. > > >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the >proverbial > > > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck C. > > >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal aspirations > > >in check. > > > > > > > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. > > > > On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he said >so. > > > > You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! > > > > > > Joe Berenbaum > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > >Pete Watts > >Owner >PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm >PD Personality Disorders Discussion > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Just Tell Us What You Want... >Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! >http://clickhere./click/390 > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 Burgess also came up with humorous sexual phrases in outtakes in " Grumpy Old Men " -One of the best was " Taking the Pigskin bus to Tuna town " . He was funny! > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups >To: 12-step-freeegroups >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? >Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:50:23 -0700 > >Hi Pete, >When you die they throw dirt in your grave so you can take a nice " dirt >nap " . I stole the expression from Burgess Meredith in the movie Grumpier >Old Men with Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon. He also had some great lines >about drinking, smoking, and eating bacon. He died shortly after the >film and left the rights for dirt nap to me. > > > >Pete Watts wrote: > > > > Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? > > > > P. > > > > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum > > wrote: > > > > > At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to >be his > > > >> sponsor. > > > > > > > >Hi Guys, > > > >True. > > > >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the >proverbial > > > > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck >C. > > > >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal >aspirations > > > >in check. > > > > > > > > > > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. > > > > > > On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he >said so. > > > > > > You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! > > > > > > > > > Joe Berenbaum > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete Watts > > > > Owner > > PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm > > PD Personality Disorders Discussion > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Don't let the next virus knock you out! Special Offer to eGroups members >Install @Backup by June 30th and win a $100 Gift Certificate from Amazon >.com and @Backup free for a year! http://clickhere./click/363 > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 You're right, - and Apple set up the Deprogramming site. They have my gratitude as well! > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups >To: 12-step-freeegroups >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:23:38 -0700 > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > By the way, whoever started this page, thank you for what I believe is >an extremely rare forum of sanity in this pseudo-new age recovery soaked >world. I think the majority of people who attend AA eventually come to the >conclusion that its " not for them. " > > > Hard core AAers only SEEM like they're the majority. But have heart, >Sanity will prevail. > > > > Thank you! > > >Thanks for those words of hope, . I recall someone(Apple?) posting >recently that Ken Ragge, author of " The Real AA " , started this site. If >I'm wrong someone please correct me. If you like this forum you'll love >his book. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and >no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click >Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 Hi Pete, When you die they throw dirt in your grave so you can take a nice " dirt nap " . I stole the expression from Burgess Meredith in the movie Grumpier Old Men with Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon. He also had some great lines about drinking, smoking, and eating bacon. He died shortly after the film and left the rights for dirt nap to me. Pete Watts wrote: > > Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? > > P. > > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum > wrote: > > > At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > >> > > >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his > > >> sponsor. > > > > > >Hi Guys, > > >True. > > >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the proverbial > > > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck C. > > >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal aspirations > > >in check. > > > > > > > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. > > > > On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he said so. > > > > You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! > > > > > > Joe Berenbaum > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > Pete Watts > > Owner > PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm > PD Personality Disorders Discussion > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Just Tell Us What You Want... > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > http://clickhere./click/390 > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 Hunt wrote: > By the way, whoever started this page, thank you for what I believe is an extremely rare forum of sanity in this pseudo-new age recovery soaked world. I think the majority of people who attend AA eventually come to the conclusion that its " not for them. " > Hard core AAers only SEEM like they're the majority. But have heart, Sanity will prevail. > > Thank you! Thanks for those words of hope, . I recall someone(Apple?) posting recently that Ken Ragge, author of " The Real AA " , started this site. If I'm wrong someone please correct me. If you like this forum you'll love his book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 I'm guessing it's 6 feet under, pushing up daisies. Dead as a door nail. Gone to meet his maker. Bought the farm. Kicked the bucket. Jan Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? >Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? > >P. > >On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum > wrote: > >> At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hunt wrote: >> >> >> >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to be his >> >> sponsor. >> > >> >Hi Guys, >> >True. >> >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the proverbial >> > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck C. >> >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal aspirations >> >in check. >> > >> >> I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. >> >> On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he said so. >> >> You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! >> >> >> Joe Berenbaum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Just Tell Us What You Want... >> Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! >> http://clickhere./click/390 >> >> >> eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free >> - Simplifying group communications >> >> >> >> > >Pete Watts > >Owner >PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm >PD Personality Disorders Discussion > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Just Tell Us What You Want... >Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! >http://clickhere./click/390 > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 , That took me completely by surprise, and made it twice as funny.8-) I don't even think I caught the outtakes on the first movie. I must have run out of the theater too fast. Funny Stuff! I can't wait to share it with my buddies. Course I won't tell my brainwashed pal that I got it from a refusenik on my 12 Step Free egroup. He probably figures we don't have a sense of humor over here. Come to think of it a sense of humor has to be a prerequisite for swallowing AA's horseshit. I guess we just didn't get the joke. Rose wrote: > > Burgess also came up with humorous sexual phrases in outtakes in " Grumpy Old > Men " -One of the best was " Taking the Pigskin bus to Tuna town " . He was > funny! > > > > > > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups > >To: 12-step-freeegroups > >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? > >Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:50:23 -0700 > > > >Hi Pete, > >When you die they throw dirt in your grave so you can take a nice " dirt > >nap " . I stole the expression from Burgess Meredith in the movie Grumpier > >Old Men with Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon. He also had some great lines > >about drinking, smoking, and eating bacon. He died shortly after the > >film and left the rights for dirt nap to me. > > > > > > > >Pete Watts wrote: > > > > > > Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? > > > > > > P. > > > > > > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum > > > wrote: > > > > > > > At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to > >be his > > > > >> sponsor. > > > > > > > > > >Hi Guys, > > > > >True. > > > > >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the > >proverbial > > > > > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck > >C. > > > > >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal > >aspirations > > > > >in check. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. > > > > > > > > On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he > >said so. > > > > > > > > You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe Berenbaum > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete Watts > > > > > > Owner > > > PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm > > > PD Personality Disorders Discussion > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Don't let the next virus knock you out! Special Offer to eGroups members > >Install @Backup by June 30th and win a $100 Gift Certificate from Amazon > >.com and @Backup free for a year! http://clickhere./click/363 > > > > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and > no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click > Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 , It has become so much more natural to use the g-word (gratitude), since I woke up on the right side of the recovery fence. I can finally use the word gratitude without gagging, thanks to the wonderful resources made available to us by the likes of Ken, Apple, and others. Remember an Apple a day keeps Dr. Bob away. Sorry, I couldn't resist. The good news is even if the old proctologist does show up, she pins some rabbit ears on the zealot and stuffs some buck teeth in his mouth. I'll bet some of you didn't know Dr. Bob was Butt Doctor. It looks like even after he retired he still had to work with assholes. Poor old bugger. Up to his elbows in 12 Step sphincters. Talk about pitiful, incomprehensible demoralization. Given the choice between living the spiritual life in AA and an alcoholic death, I think Dr. Bob might have pondered the question more seriously. Something to the tune of " How bad of an alcoholic death are we talking about here? " Rose wrote: > > You're right, - and Apple set up the Deprogramming site. They have my > gratitude as well! > > > > > > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups > >To: 12-step-freeegroups > >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? > >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:23:38 -0700 > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > > > By the way, whoever started this page, thank you for what I believe is > >an extremely rare forum of sanity in this pseudo-new age recovery soaked > >world. I think the majority of people who attend AA eventually come to the > >conclusion that its " not for them. " > > > > > Hard core AAers only SEEM like they're the majority. But have heart, > >Sanity will prevail. > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > >Thanks for those words of hope, . I recall someone(Apple?) posting > >recently that Ken Ragge, author of " The Real AA " , started this site. If > >I'm wrong someone please correct me. If you like this forum you'll love > >his book. > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and > >no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click > >Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > > > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Just Tell Us What You Want... > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > http://clickhere./click/390 > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > - Simplifying group communications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 I wonder if Dr Bob ever met an asshole he didn't like? Jan wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=5810 > , > It has become so much more natural to use the g-word (gratitude), since > I woke up on the right side of the recovery fence. I can finally use the > word gratitude without gagging, thanks to the wonderful resources made > available to us by the likes of Ken, Apple, and others. > > Remember an Apple a day keeps Dr. Bob away. Sorry, I couldn't resist. > The good news is even if the old proctologist does show up, she pins > some rabbit ears on the zealot and stuffs some buck teeth in his mouth. > I'll bet some of you didn't know Dr. Bob was Butt Doctor. It looks like > even after he retired he still had to work with assholes. Poor old > bugger. Up to his elbows in 12 Step sphincters. Talk about pitiful, > incomprehensible demoralization. > Given the choice between living the spiritual life in AA and an > alcoholic death, I think Dr. Bob might have pondered the question more > seriously. Something to the tune of " How bad of an alcoholic death are we > talking about here? " > > Rose wrote: > > > > You're right, - and Apple set up the Deprogramming site. They have my > > gratitude as well! > > > > > > > > > > > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? > > >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:23:38 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > > > > > By the way, whoever started this page, thank you for what I believe is > > >an extremely rare forum of sanity in this pseudo-new age recovery soaked > > >world. I think the majority of people who attend AA eventually come to the > > >conclusion that its " not for them. " > > > > > > > Hard core AAers only SEEM like they're the majority. But have heart, > > >Sanity will prevail. > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > >Thanks for those words of hope, . I recall someone(Apple?) posting > > >recently that Ken Ragge, author of " The Real AA " , started this site. If > > >I'm wrong someone please correct me. If you like this forum you'll love > > >his book. > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > >Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and > > >no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click > > >Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > > > > > > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 ; I think both of those movies were good. Usually the sequels don't measure up, but personally, I liked them both. That one phrase just sticks out in my mind. I just roared when I heard it! I love sharing a good laugh, too! So I'm a refusenik? That's a new one. I started calling myself a " walkaway " when I left AA-which IS THE JOKE!!! I still have one friend that goes to meetings-but not very often. She has a life....! She has remained open to my choice to leave AA, and that is what I call a true friend. There are a FEW open-minded AAers out there. Enjoy the movie! wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=5809 > , > That took me completely by surprise, and made it twice as funny.8-) > I don't even think I caught the outtakes on the first movie. I must have > run out of the theater too fast. Funny Stuff! I can't wait to share it > with my buddies. Course I won't tell my brainwashed pal that I got it > from a refusenik on my 12 Step Free egroup. He probably figures we don't > have a sense of humor over here. Come to think of it a sense of humor > has to be a prerequisite for swallowing AA's horseshit. I guess we just > didn't get the joke. > > > Rose wrote: > > > > Burgess also came up with humorous sexual phrases in outtakes in " Grumpy Old > > Men " -One of the best was " Taking the Pigskin bus to Tuna town " . He was > > funny! > > > > > > > > > > > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? > > >Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:50:23 -0700 > > > > > >Hi Pete, > > >When you die they throw dirt in your grave so you can take a nice " dirt > > >nap " . I stole the expression from Burgess Meredith in the movie Grumpier > > >Old Men with Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon. He also had some great lines > > >about drinking, smoking, and eating bacon. He died shortly after the > > >film and left the rights for dirt nap to me. > > > > > > > > > > > >Pete Watts wrote: > > > > > > > > Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? > > > > > > > > P. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to > > >be his > > > > > >> sponsor. > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Guys, > > > > > >True. > > > > > >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the > > >proverbial > > > > > > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck > > >C. > > > > > >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal > > >aspirations > > > > > >in check. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. > > > > > > > > > > On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he > > >said so. > > > > > > > > > > You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe Berenbaum > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > > > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > > > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > > > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete Watts > > > > > > > > Owner > > > > PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm > > > > PD Personality Disorders Discussion > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- --------- > > > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > >Don't let the next virus knock you out! 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Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 ; I think both of those movies were good. Usually the sequels don't measure up, but personally, I liked them both. That one phrase just sticks out in my mind. I just roared when I heard it! I love sharing a good laugh, too! So I'm a refusenik? That's a new one. I started calling myself a " walkaway " when I left AA-which IS THE JOKE!!! I still have one friend that goes to meetings-but not very often. She has a life....! She has remained open to my choice to leave AA, and that is what I call a true friend. There are a FEW open-minded AAers out there. Enjoy the movie! wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=5809 > , > That took me completely by surprise, and made it twice as funny.8-) > I don't even think I caught the outtakes on the first movie. I must have > run out of the theater too fast. Funny Stuff! I can't wait to share it > with my buddies. Course I won't tell my brainwashed pal that I got it > from a refusenik on my 12 Step Free egroup. He probably figures we don't > have a sense of humor over here. Come to think of it a sense of humor > has to be a prerequisite for swallowing AA's horseshit. I guess we just > didn't get the joke. > > > Rose wrote: > > > > Burgess also came up with humorous sexual phrases in outtakes in " Grumpy Old > > Men " -One of the best was " Taking the Pigskin bus to Tuna town " . He was > > funny! > > > > > > > > > > > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? > > >Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:50:23 -0700 > > > > > >Hi Pete, > > >When you die they throw dirt in your grave so you can take a nice " dirt > > >nap " . I stole the expression from Burgess Meredith in the movie Grumpier > > >Old Men with Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon. He also had some great lines > > >about drinking, smoking, and eating bacon. He died shortly after the > > >film and left the rights for dirt nap to me. > > > > > > > > > > > >Pete Watts wrote: > > > > > > > > Wot's a dirt nap? a relapse? > > > > > > > > P. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 01:11:22 Joe Berenbaum > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > At 16:54 12/07/99 -0700, you wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Clancy considered Chuck C., author of " A New Pair of Glasses, " to > > >be his > > > > > >> sponsor. > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Guys, > > > > > >True. > > > > > >Unfortunately, the venerable Chuck C. is presently taking the > > >proverbial > > > > > > " dirt nap " . Although I'm no supporter of sponsorship, I think Chuck > > >C. > > > > > >was the only thing that was holding Clancy's megalomaniacal > > >aspirations > > > > > >in check. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think Chuck himself never had a sponsor. > > > > > > > > > > On one of his tapes, in between prattling on about him and God, he > > >said so. > > > > > > > > > > You can't trust anybody these days. I hereby revoke my AA membership! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe Berenbaum > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > > > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > > > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > > > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pete Watts > > > > > > > > Owner > > > > PSY-PHAR Psychology/Psychiatry Outcome Research in PsychoPharm > > > > PD Personality Disorders Discussion > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- --------- > > > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > >Don't let the next virus knock you out! 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Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 JOHN: THAT WAS A VERY BAD PUN-BUT SOOOO GOOD! I wish I'd thought of it!!!! wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=5810 > , > It has become so much more natural to use the g-word (gratitude), since > I woke up on the right side of the recovery fence. I can finally use the > word gratitude without gagging, thanks to the wonderful resources made > available to us by the likes of Ken, Apple, and others. > > Remember an Apple a day keeps Dr. Bob away. Sorry, I couldn't resist. > The good news is even if the old proctologist does show up, she pins > some rabbit ears on the zealot and stuffs some buck teeth in his mouth. > I'll bet some of you didn't know Dr. Bob was Butt Doctor. It looks like > even after he retired he still had to work with assholes. Poor old > bugger. Up to his elbows in 12 Step sphincters. Talk about pitiful, > incomprehensible demoralization. > Given the choice between living the spiritual life in AA and an > alcoholic death, I think Dr. Bob might have pondered the question more > seriously. Something to the tune of " How bad of an alcoholic death are we > talking about here? " > > Rose wrote: > > > > You're right, - and Apple set up the Deprogramming site. They have my > > gratitude as well! > > > > > > > > > > > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? > > >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:23:38 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > > > > > By the way, whoever started this page, thank you for what I believe is > > >an extremely rare forum of sanity in this pseudo-new age recovery soaked > > >world. I think the majority of people who attend AA eventually come to the > > >conclusion that its " not for them. " > > > > > > > Hard core AAers only SEEM like they're the majority. But have heart, > > >Sanity will prevail. > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > >Thanks for those words of hope, . I recall someone(Apple?) posting > > >recently that Ken Ragge, author of " The Real AA " , started this site. If > > >I'm wrong someone please correct me. If you like this forum you'll love > > >his book. > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > >Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and > > >no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click > > >Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > > > > > > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 1999 Report Share Posted July 14, 1999 - I had no idea Dr. Bob was a proctologist and DAMN, DOES THAT EVER FIT! So, not only did he have his head up HIS A**, it was up everybody else's as well? Sorry----I couldn't help MYself, either!!!! wrote: original article:/group/12-step-free/?start=5810 > , > It has become so much more natural to use the g-word (gratitude), since > I woke up on the right side of the recovery fence. I can finally use the > word gratitude without gagging, thanks to the wonderful resources made > available to us by the likes of Ken, Apple, and others. > > Remember an Apple a day keeps Dr. Bob away. Sorry, I couldn't resist. > The good news is even if the old proctologist does show up, she pins > some rabbit ears on the zealot and stuffs some buck teeth in his mouth. > I'll bet some of you didn't know Dr. Bob was Butt Doctor. It looks like > even after he retired he still had to work with assholes. Poor old > bugger. Up to his elbows in 12 Step sphincters. Talk about pitiful, > incomprehensible demoralization. > Given the choice between living the spiritual life in AA and an > alcoholic death, I think Dr. Bob might have pondered the question more > seriously. Something to the tune of " How bad of an alcoholic death are we > talking about here? " > > Rose wrote: > > > > You're right, - and Apple set up the Deprogramming site. They have my > > gratitude as well! > > > > > > > > > > > >Reply-To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >To: 12-step-freeegroups > > >Subject: Re: Does Clancy have a sponsor? > > >Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:23:38 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > Hunt wrote: > > > > > > > By the way, whoever started this page, thank you for what I believe is > > >an extremely rare forum of sanity in this pseudo-new age recovery soaked > > >world. I think the majority of people who attend AA eventually come to the > > >conclusion that its " not for them. " > > > > > > > Hard core AAers only SEEM like they're the majority. But have heart, > > >Sanity will prevail. > > > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > >Thanks for those words of hope, . I recall someone(Apple?) posting > > >recently that Ken Ragge, author of " The Real AA " , started this site. If > > >I'm wrong someone please correct me. If you like this forum you'll love > > >his book. > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ > > >Apply for a NextCard credit card: Save Money with a low intro rate and > > >no annual fee. Make Shopping Easy with Safe Shopping Guarantees, 1 Click > > >Shopping and Double Rewards. http://clickhere./click/448 > > > > > > > > >eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > > - Simplifying group communications > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > Just Tell Us What You Want... > > Respond.com - Shopping the World for You! > > http://clickhere./click/390 > > > > eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free > > - Simplifying group communications > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eGroups.com home: /group/12-step-free - Simplifying group communications Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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