thanks

Step Two:
Drink lots of water.

Step Three:
Listen to music.

Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting politics as a necessary evil on the planet.

Trusting that He will make all things right
If I surrender to his will
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
in spite of those who advocate fear
in the spirit of power and greed.

Amen

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We twelve-steppers have resolved to simply get out of the game. Oh, we’ll be good citizens and refrain from causing trouble, mostly, but don’t ask us to agree with any big government nanny-state philosophy any time soon. We still vote and pay attention; what we want to stop doing, though, is constantly stressing over the sad state of affairs that our so-called “leaders” have allowed to develop- despite lessons of history.

We don’t want to participate in the tabloid mentality of news media “Oh no, the sky is falling!” any longer. We know that it already fell. And only an uber-rich person can really make a difference. He or she can do that by hiring people regardless of the state of taxation and inflation that were born out of insane fiscal policy. They can influence the political climate with significant ‘donations’ - whereas most people cannot.

We understand that economic games are being played in the name of greed, and that we are being used as a sector of consumers.

So in Step One, we resolved to stop beating the dead horse, so to speak. We’ll go on with our lives doing the best we can and keep the spark of the dream of success alive way down deep someplace.