JustAndrew
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- Hi everyone,I have not used this board in a few years. I was cruising along, doing ok and WHAM!My wife and I separated.I started a relationship and a new job.I got drunk (I am a recovering alcoholic)The relationship and the job went away.I was...
- Yes, I know that this is not an AA board, but I use AA and just celebrated 3 years sober because I have been actively involved in AA.Well, until this winter at some point.I have not been at nearly as many meetings. I have been sleeping a lot. I...
- If anyone has a spare hour, this might be of interest:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tRdDqXgsJ0In particular, Dr Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist interested in neuroplacticity says:"It turns out that there is no more effective way to produce...
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tRdDqXgsJ0Dr Richard Davidson is very interested in neuroplacticity and affective neuroscience and something he calls "Contemplative Neuroscience" .He talk about a lot of things in this video, and it gets a bit long,...
- I hear great things. A board certified endocrinologist is telling me it is THE thing for sympathetic neuropathy and I am all in.Anyone else using it?
- I am fortunate that a few of the meetings I make every week are air conditioned.But I was at a few that were just sweltering. I have diabetes and the extreme heat puts an extra strain on my body while I am still adjusting my medication and dealing...
- "If you are here long enough, you are going to step over some bodies" -- friend of mineA theme has emerged at several local AA meetings in the last month locally, people who have gone out and died.I admit I occasionally forget the stakes.I sure do...
- I had a week in the 100's range, woke up at 130 fasting, shot up to 195 in the afternoon.Since I am not sitting eating cotton candy, this makes NO sense to me and has be concerned.I talk to the doc, he says up the Metformin from 1,000 mg to 1,500...
- If a Bible worked, I would have been sober LONG ago!For those of you who identify yourselves as Christians, forgive me.Why are there always snake oil salesmen peddling the same old crap as something new?If a book was going to get me sober -- I'd be...
- Hey folks,I have a neighbor who, for a number of reasons, is very troublesome and a nuisance. I have gotten to a point where, in light of inaction by the police, property managers and neighbors, I have a growing and festering resentment.I tried to...
- Sometimes I am not sure what this means.Sometimes it is clear as a bell.Today is one of those days where it is clear.I have to remove any and all obstacles that stand between me and the Infinite Grace that gives me the power to stay away from a...
- I get these transitive feelings of fatigue with dizziness and a kind of stupor --- it's almost like i am drunk.Last night I checked by BC when this was happening -- 95 mg/dL ... not the problem ... but it can hang around for a while.I am taking...
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, in their infinite wisdom and limitless compassion for patients, decided that my diabetes doc (a board certified endocrinologist with decades of experience and numerous publications in highly reputable medical journals)...
- Does anyone else have problems with their feet and a feeling of walking on hot coals?It has been waking me up at night.I also get this painful tingling.The pain isn't too bad ... but it is worrisome.Does it get better??Thanks!
- My doc just got blood results back ... fasting glucose was over 250, triglycerides were off the chart (700+)I know NOTHING about diabetes except the bare facts. There is a DELUGE of information, but it's a bit overwhelming.All I know right now is...