It’s amazing how closed-minded many newcomers to AA are based on their past experiences with religion or somewhat vague with no real daily practice or moral compass instilled through their family of origin, or with church leader, or school counselor. It is at this early step that an individual’s belief systems come into the light. …
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AA Insights: The Three Facets of Alcoholism
In the movie ‘Young Frankenstein’ Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (who insists his name is pronounced “Fronkensteen”) played by Gene Wilder, becomes curious of his grandfather’s study of reanimating a dead human body, and has a task for his odd hunchback assistant, Igor, to break into the town’s morgue and steal a brain for his experimental subject. …
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Life-Changing Tips from AA: Principles Before Personalities
This title is the last phrase in the Twelfth Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous: “Principles before Personalities.” The last step in Twelve step recovery also rings true with; “Practice these Principles in all our Affairs.” These are coined with another oft-used phrase, “moral compass.” These phrases, are my embodiment of being given a tip to a …
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The iPod Shuffle
I’d have to say it was the iPod Shuffle. No heavy armband or having to hold a phone and buy expensive earbuds that easily get misplaced: Songs you can upload or replace when you click onto Music, and carry with you in a miniature device–With simple controls you can use by touch without having to …
Space-X or Space-Q?
Would we like an IPO that pays dividends and has a long-term outlook on earning per share that will never enter bubble territory or collapse earning per share? Wouldn’t this make us happy? Welcome to Space Q. Our quantum creative reality that isn’t on the Nasdaq or ever become listed on the S&P. Just like …
Growing into Your True Self: A Year of Change
We are not returning to a previous version of ourselves; we are arriving at a new level that requires all previous experiences to be accessed. The masks we wear in public, by our ego or exterior surface–is finally breaking. Our dream state or creative self–not a part of our daily do list–what our executive function …
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The Proverbial Proverbs – Part Two
I asked AI to respond to the recent WordPress writing prompt asking, What Proverb do you disagree with? I didn’t ask about any contradictions, but just asked Chrome Gemini AI to name the top three sayings: It came up with, “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover,” “Actions speak louder than words,” and “Better late …
The Proverbial Proverb
Here’s the phrase, “Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.” written in Biblical Hebrew. I had asked JetPack AI for the phrase, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” and it gave me this. By many accounts of my youth and with my family, the AI response was …
Manage Ad Campaign
The obvious answer to this question is to advertise on Google slash Alphabet–on my YouTube channel! The number of views you can get on YouTube in just three days is so huge, such that even if the cost per view is very reasonable, the numbers grow so fast, the cost is thousands of dollars in …
Reading Writing and Arithmetic
What are you good at? I’m good at reading the signs I see coming. Knowledge with experience becomes wisdom. Such that the following sign becomes wisdom immediately after reading it before arriving at the construction lane closure! Most of our resentments with others on the road is that we don’t create a large enough space …
