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Author: Giancarlo Gori

  • Struggling with addiction?

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    Giancarlo Gori
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    Bullshit. I am not struggling with it at all. I just quit. Just like I quit smoking 10 plus years ago. Just like I quite cocaine 20 plus/plus years ago. Do in need the mantle of “alcoholic” to be or stay sober? Do I need “The Program” to stay sober? Sadly, only time will tell.…

  • Hints

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    Giancarlo Gori
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    OK, I’m sitting around scratching my head and my ass trying to figure it all out. Where am I? Where am I going? What am I doing to get there from here and how shall I mark the trail back, just in case? More than an a little disillusioned / concerned / confused / apathetic…

  • Rainy pre-dawn funk

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    I can’t help but wonder right now if I have made a huge mistake in being back in school for massage. Three months of looking and not a single reply about work. Stuck with the loan so it is not like I wont eventually finish the program but to what end?  I can’t even seem…

  • Nothing special –

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    OK, I know there should be, must be something I want to say. Some deep thang I have discovered about myself, life, God. A new delicacy easy to manage in my kitchen. A success on stage or goal met in school. Maybe just a good day. To use an over used expression, I got nothing.…

  • Sad sad news

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    No, no one has died. Not any one I know. Maybe in your life, I’m sorry if so. Be strong. Something has died, come to an end, will cease to exist. A place, a group, a refuge, a school and an overall wonderful place. The time has come to say goodbye to The Orange Curtain…

  • Vulnerability !?!?

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    Yesterday in church, the message included a question. (OK, it always does but this one I want to write about) Well, lemme go back a bit. We are in the Lenten season, forty days before Easter. (Just removed my description of what it means, Google is your friend here) Tod will be teaching on/about discipleship…

  • … outside the box …

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    Giancarlo Gori
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    This is one of those catch phrases so often bandied about it makes me cringe. Most likely come up with by some marketing guys who’s entire existence and effort at life is to squeeze stuff into very limiting and strictly defined boxes! Go figure. (another cliche to leave me guessing) There are some great times…

  • 8 months

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    Well, I forgot about this. 8 months today. On the calender system.  Funny, today I have to go to court against  my old sponsor. Well, not funny at all. Might I suggest never mixing your AA program and employment? Sponsor-less, stuck in the middle of my fourth step and really thinking I need to go…

  • More or Less –

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    Giancarlo Gori
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    The problem is this, one of the two people in a relationship is always more invested than the other. (I took that terminology from an acquaintance of mine. I would have said ‘one cares more than the other’ but invested sounds more modern, educated and quite frankly, cold as hell.) There seems to be some…

  • Dearly beloved –

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    As you know, I have one of those Mail Order Minister cards. I actually did it back when it was through the mail, envelopes you had to lick, stamps, the whole mail thing. Really. Some day I will comment on the irony of being ‘ordained’ and an atheist. Some day. No longer practicing that belief.…