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OneMoreRobot3021



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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: spud]
#7811500 - 12/29/07 07:30 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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spud said: I'm talking about the all or nothing approach, ignoring moderation. By completely avoiding it you cast it as a negative in itself that is the root of your current problems. In reality, the real root is yourself and such character flaws. Work on those and those alone, Shroomery has nothing to do with them. If you work on improving yourself, completely leaving the Shroomery is not necessary, since moderation will surely follow.
The Shroomery isn't your problem. You are your problem.
I used to think the same way as you, Silversoul, but spud really is right. It's a question of focus, intention, mental fortitude, will. It's just way too easy to put a big chunk of the blame on the Shroomery.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Maverick
Lover of Earwigs!




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I'm becoming an alcoholic. I get angry w/o alcohol, and I drink a minimum of 3 good beers a day. ...

I'm going to stop drinking.
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Silversoul
Rhizome


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It's not the Shroomery I'm blaming. It's my addiction to it. With it out of my way, I can focus on the other things that getting in my way.
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OneMoreRobot3021



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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7811505 - 12/29/07 07:33 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Silversoul said: It's not the Shroomery I'm blaming. It's my addiction to it. With it out of my way, I can focus on the other things that getting in my way.
Focus on other things by actually ignoring the issue. You'd do way better to teach yourself visiting a place you like in moderation than to simply cut it out of your life completely. You're not really learning anything that way - all you're learning to do is fill a void. Not balance.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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zSDMF
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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7811506 - 12/29/07 07:33 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i want to give up weed and all other non-productive activities i love doing. bud is good, great, and awesome but theres just no place in my life for it now. if all goes well, this last bit of shit swag i have will be bonged in a few minutes and i'll have an extended absence in my life 
i really want to stop now but i also know i really love weed. i pray i make it at least a few months :|
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spud
I'm so fly.

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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7811507 - 12/29/07 07:33 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Silversoul said: It's not the Shroomery I'm blaming. It's my addiction to it. With it out of my way, I can focus on the other things that getting in my way.
The addiction reveals and underlying character problem. It should not be ignored, rather addressed, since it appears to be greatly related to the problematic nature of weakness of the will. Unless approached, it will effect other areas of your life too.
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Silversoul
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Whatever. Look, I need this. I've thought it over for a while now, and for several reasons, I think this would be best for me. The Shroomery isn't my only distraction, but it's my primary one, and without it to fill my time, I'll be forced to do other things, particularly more productive things. This has been my past experience when taking a hiatus from the Shroomery, and I know it will work again.
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OneMoreRobot3021



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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7811514 - 12/29/07 07:38 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Silversoul said: This has been my past experience when taking a hiatus from the Shroomery, and I know it will work again.
So this has all happened before then? And you'll be back again, hooked again. And then you'll need a break again. Wouldn't it be nice to break the cycle by doing the hardest thing of all? Coming here less instead of not at all?
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Silversoul
Rhizome


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Yes, I'll eventually start posting regularly again, after having accomplished things which by then will have made my life more enriched, so that posting so much will not be as much of a problem. I'm not going to arguing about this. My mind is made up. I'm just making this thread to say goodbye to people who I won't be seeing for quite some time, and I'm not in the mood to argue.
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WhiskeyClone
Not here



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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7811707 - 12/29/07 08:50 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Take the year off if you think it would help you. You don't need to convince anyone else it's a good idea.
-------------------- Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. ~ R.W. Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
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kybish

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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: spud]
#7811803 - 12/29/07 09:32 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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spud said: The Shroomery isn't your problem. You are your problem.
sometimes it take a dramatic catalyst to kick start change.
Edited by kybish (12/29/07 09:34 PM)
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Dreamer987
The VerbalHerman Munster


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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7812000 - 12/29/07 11:03 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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good luck man. I'll miss you around here. I tried to take a year off once. I think me, and 40 did it together and made it about a month.
I don't care what anyone says this place can be a horrible addiction for a lot of people. Moderation would be great, but some people have a hard time practicing it. A lot of the admins seem uniformely against granting bans in these situations, but there are mods who are sympathetic, and will ban you for a period of time if you feel you need it.
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Atheist
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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7812009 - 12/29/07 11:07 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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i can i have the password to your account?
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indica


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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7812012 - 12/29/07 11:07 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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see you on Jan 10
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ToTheSummit
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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7812019 - 12/29/07 11:10 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quitter...
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CherryBom
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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: Silversoul]
#7812134 - 12/29/07 11:44 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'll ban you for 365 days if you want.
I find it hard to take your so-called resolution seriously however. My first thought when I read the first post was 'See you on Jan 2!'. If you make the obligatory Goodbye Thread, you are doomed to return in mere days.
So anyways, like I said... I will ban you if you really want, but I think that you and I and most people already know that isn't what you really want.
Good luck.
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spud
I'm so fly.

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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: CherryBom]
#7812142 - 12/29/07 11:47 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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BAN HIM! Its for his own good.
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CherryBom
Yoga Gypsy


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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: spud]
#7812150 - 12/29/07 11:49 PM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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...just waiting for the werd.
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wrestler_az
PsiLLy BiLLy



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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: CherryBom]
#7812233 - 12/30/07 12:13 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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if you do, how long will he hold out before he makes a puppet?
-------------------- how's your WOW?
Edited by yageman (04/20/06 4:20 PM)
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CherryBom
Yoga Gypsy


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Re: My New Year's Resolution [Re: wrestler_az]
#7812252 - 12/30/07 12:17 AM (16 years, 1 month ago) |
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One week, max. I'll bet a toonie.
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