Reply #33: "one time...", how about 2/3's.!! click on the blue link in my signature, Dry Drunk Syndrome, i was [View All]

a drunk 1/2 my life, i basically blacked out on my first drink and woke up 25 years later, i did try AA several times..

i actually did have a spiritual based program, except i discovered the Four Noble Truths, first and foremost teaching of the Shakyamuni Buddha, 1/all life involves suffering, 2/there's a cause of suffering-attachment,desire,karma,ignorance, 3/the Posit-if there is a cause there can be a resolution. 4/the resolution is the 4th Noble truth-the lesson plan in wisdom,ethics and Mediative skills, a lifestyle that prevents accumulation of more bad karma while we develop our skills needed for renunciation,liberation and enlightenment.

it was during Meditation i learned why everything else failed.. i couldn't deal with the shame of being addicted and the things i did during addiction, when i sobered up. in meditation you learn to not only let go of, but not hang on to the perceived control of the conventional mind. i became liberated from the guilt past and the anxiety of the illusion of the future.

i studyed and meditated every day for about 4 months listened to Pema Chodron/Jack Kornfield,etc tapes all day, every day at work, then i
ran into a Tibetan Lama, an attendant of the Dalai Lama and the Chant Master of the Dalai Lama's Monastery, he invited me to attend meetings at the Chenrezig Center. i attended 3 meetings a week and other activities for 4 years without missing a meeting. i worked really hard, alcohol just fell away.. after about 2 1/2 years of regular meditating i had a "Revelation" that Buddhism was a like AA for people addicted to the 'conventional mind', sort of an 8 step program.

i bet W had some serious "Very Private" Rehab and is just lying as usual to make himself look good.. like him saying.."ONCE" IN MY LIFE.. YEA, SURE.. JUST "ONCE".. 'Cured by gOD, move along..' i bet he screwed up really bad and carl and Dick watter boarded him and electrified his balls, threatened to flay him on an ant hill.. i don't believe anything that piece of shit says..