Happy anniversary!
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Well, we both got written up. Guess that's only fair.
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The hoops I would have had to jump through to meet the board's requirements would have been equivalent to my salary, and I would have had to do it for 5 years. So I would be working just to keep working without bringing any money home. I was ordered to attend a super expensive outpatient treatment center in the evenings (it was like 800 dollars per week) for 5 years. I was ordered to see a p
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My job would be in jeapordy for exactly what happened?
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A little background for those who don't know anything about me. I have bipolar disorder which is under control, but there was a large portion of my life where it wasn't. I struggle with alcohol abuse on and off. I have PTSD from things I witnessed while I was a social worker. A few years ago I attempted suicide which caused multiple organ failure but I survived. I lost my social work lic
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This portion of a review was fabulous: "But the good stuff — the conflict, the stuff that makes stories interesting — gets shunted aside. Real Mormon families, just like families of every other faith, have flaws, trials and hardships to overcome. Not here, where you just find perfect lives that are pillars of their respective communities. You'd learn a lot more if you went out and,
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We are now entering the era where the church's website is anti-Mormon as well...lol
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I read this on a LDS babycenter board. It's an amazing display of mental gymnastics: "Also DH said, in reference to the printing press, that we buried our own temple. When the mons came we buried it to keep sacred things sacred. Like I said before if makes perfect sense that we wouldn't want polygamy to get out." Here is a link to the entire thread: http://community.babycen
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At this point yes. I feel like I'm at the mercy of the waves of thought and emotion. This is most certainly a mixed episode but mainly manic. My wife is so pissed off she is choosing to be on the couch. I'm starting to fight suicidality. I'm fairly certain I'll be fine. I know this cycle and I'm so fucking sick of it.
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Most of you probably aren't familiar with me, but some of you are. I lost my career due to my dual diagnosis. I finally found the beginnings to another one, and I really enjoy it. I absolutely hate being bipolar. I was stable for some time now and was sober just about a week shy of 6 months. Today, for no reason I can put a finger on, my brain feels like it exploded. My thoughts a
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This is along similar lines. When I was younger, the Smashing Pumpkins was my favorite band. The music moved me deeply and I could relate to it. I collected bootlegs and drove to different states to see some shows. I hung out with the band on a few occasions and had a sushi lunch with Billy Corgan. I discovered that Billy was just an intelligent and talented asshole. James and Jimmy w
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I have a friend who was addicted to meth. He turned his life around and has been sober for almost a year. His neighbor started claiming on Facebook that she saved him through prayer.
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+1
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All Barbie and Ken doll parts? I wonder if we will at least have a wardrobe. But what's the point of looking good if you can't have sex? Doesn't sound like heaven to me. More like island of the lost toys...
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I'd rather take my chances in dying basejumping than in certain death like the twin towers.
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Yeah. Those reasons make sense. As far as the last one, I was thinking of a scenario where the fire is on floors below and traps people above.
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http://community.babycenter.com/post/a50961628/the_lasting_impact_of_revisionist_history?cpg=1&pd=-1
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Why do they not have 1000 or more parachutes near the top of skyscrapers, for emergency basejumping? Could potentially save many lives I should think.
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It blows my mind that it's all right there. The church has nothing left to stand on, but the strength of belief will continue to trump all of the evidence because most people value feelings above facts.
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This was posted by an exmo on Babycenter: "So, the church seems to be coming clean about historical problems it can no longer sweep under the carpet. In the last year, the church has published on its website (without by-lines) the following admissions. We can only presume these are now the official positions of the church: The Book of Abraham is not a 'translation', although Josep
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http://www.gregtrimble.com/you-should-not-leave-mormonism-for-any-of-these-5-reasons/#.U7GC1z9qJ1I.facebook
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I was miserable in the church and said "fuck this". I bought a 6-pack of Purple Haze and got drunk. A few years after that I resigned.
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In religious institutions, if you have control over a persons underwear, you have control over their mind.
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The BITE model has always been my favorite: https://freedomofmind.com/Info/BITE/bitemodel.php
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Congrats!!
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http://community.babycenter.com/post/a49438174/piramid_schemes_and_faith Wow! I wish she could just connect the final 2 dots! She is almost there!
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My concern isn't so much the killing for sport. They were actually hunting frogs. It's more the idea that our 9 year old was out there taking on pit-vipers without adult supervision in the dark with a paddle and a hatchet, and his mother thought it was cool.
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Thanks. This is along the lines of what I was thinking but I just needed to bounce it off someone. There isn't a parenting manual for these situations.
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Haha!
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I just didn't know if I should bring it up to my ex, or just leave it with my conversation with him. She and I get along well and stay out of each others business regarding parenting, and he is still alive. If he had been bitten, he would have been able to alert the adults at the house and get to a hospital. I kind is think it isn't my place to bring it up with her, despite really wanting
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