us alcoholics tend to dwell on certain 'crazy thoughts' and that can lead our actions since the old adage is true that we become what we think.

everyone has crazy fleeting thoughts. a woman may see a pair of $2,000.00 shoes in the shop window and for a moment imagine herself buying them, and wearing them.

a guy might see a cute girl and think about chatting her up or even giving her a kiss. she's a stranger! but it's a crazy fleeting thought after all.
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a thread by AA inspired this thought:

just a quick observation on the specter of al. When this toxic chemical enters our vascular system and brain it is no longer a separate thing. It now becomes part of us and has the resources of our entire brain to use self destructively. How can we be in power of a mind under that kind of attack?
Even the strongest army on Earth would be crippled if one of it's own generals was in league with the enemy.

For folks like us,...

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My years of working with security professionals has shown me some very interesting and uncommonly seen things. Even years after hearing of this I'm still excited and impressed by the findings of a study I will relate here.

it's known that pepper spray effects various people differently...some fall down and some can keep going. A police agency decided to conduct an experiment to see if they could 'program' their officers to fight through being peppersprayed.

they set...

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Once upon a time a monkey was wondering through the jungle during a storm and came across an old partially demolished building. Inside the building was an elevator that provided refuge from the storm. The monkey climbed in and didn't notice the doors slowly closing.

when the monkey woke up from a heavy sleep he looked around in horror to a world very frightening and small and alone. he beat on the walls and screamed in panic but no help came. He pleaded and cried and continued...

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for me I found a leap forward in my recovery when instead of running from the "I need a drink" feeling or trying to distract myself from it, I stopped and stared it straight in the face. Analyzed it and watched it shrink away like the true illusion that it is. we are driven to drink by a largely unconscious part of our primitive middle brain, and the light of consciousness can and will dispel this agent of the dark.

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