EPLAYA TWELVE STEP PROGRAM

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:13 pm

The Egyptian
The Robe
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Samson and Dalihla

Victor Mature has taken over my consciousness.

joel the ornery · Post by **joel the ornery** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:09 am

cowboyangel wrote:The Egyptian
The Robe
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Samson and Dalihla

Victor Mature has taken over my consciousness.

isn't he dead?

SED · Post by **SED** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:27 pm

So's Jerry Garcia, but it hasn't slowed him down any.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:02 pm

joel the ornery wrote:
cowboyangel wrote:The Egyptian
The Robe
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Samson and Dalihla

Victor Mature has taken over my consciousness.
isn't he dead?

Victor is very alive in my consciousness ornery one....

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:26 pm

Bump,
Cuz the fine folks at the stag camp may have a problem.....

cowboyangel wrote:We Have a bar. We have plenty of addicts. Here's your chance to process your plight in a safe, annonymous nearly place. Welcome. Bring your friends. And bring your shares!

The Twelve Steps For Eplaya Addiction

1. We admitted we were powerless over eplaya, that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanityï¿½ ( no not you Rob).
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of the Goddess as we understood her.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves (reward is a drink)
5. Admitted to Goddess, to ourselves, and to another human being (no cats) the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have Goddess (or Lydia) remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked ï¿½Herï¿½ to whip away our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all eplaya and other persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them ALL.
9. Made direct amends to such people (even socks) wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer, bribery, meditation, flattery, Burningman tickets, to improve our conscious contact with the Goddess as we understood Her, preying only for knowledge of Her will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other eplaya addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. (Does not mean sexual affairs)

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:29 pm

Bump,
It hits to close to home for a lot of us....

Bay Bridge Sue wrote:Found a more complete version in an earlier edition...

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Rarely have we seen a burner fail to return to the dust who has thoroughly followed a water truck along the Esplanade. Those who do not are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually people who are constitutionally incapable of being one with the man. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living needed for the demands of a rigorous and unforgiving environment. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do survive if they have the capacity to relax and find Sanctuary
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Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened at BRC, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it - then you are ready to take a trip to Black Rock City.

At the first wisps of dust we balked. We thought we could find a way to stay away. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and have your dust masks and goggles from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our default lives and the result was nil even though we let go absolutely.

Remember that we deal with the Playa - cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there are those who have the power to help - they are your campmates. May you find them during an Alpha!

Mere sips of water availed us nothing. We stood at the Man. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of survival:

1. We admitted we were powerless over Burning Man - that our lives had to become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a place in some desert in Nevada could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our lives upside down to go to this place as we understood it.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our stuff.
5. Admitted to the ePlaya list, to ourselves, and to anyone else who would listen the exact nature of our insanity.
6. Were entirely ready to exploit all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our obstacles from going.
8. Made a list of all persons who were as loony as us, and became willing to make a theme camp with them all.
9. Made direct payments to surplus stores, el-wire suppliers, and sporting goods/survival shops wherever possible, even when to do so would keep us from paying our rent.
10. Continued to take inventory and when we were deficient bought more stuff promptly.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our transportation to BRC, praying that nothing would break down seriously, everything would fit, and we would have the power to make it over the hill.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of finally making it to the Playa, we tried to carry this message to anyone else who would listen to our ravings, and to practice these principles in the default world.

Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can't go on without Playa dust." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like dust-free perfection to these principles for the other 51 weeks. We are not Larry. The point is, that our various camps are willing to grow along the grid lines of the city. The dust we still breathe weeks later is a guide to progress. We claim playa dust progress rather than playa dust perfection.

Our description of the ePlaya Addict, the chapter to the sock puppet, and our personal moop-removal stories before and after this years burn make clear three pertinent ideas:

(a) That we were adicted to the Playa and could only manage our own lives for 51 weeks until our return there...

(b) That probably no human power could have relieved us from rave camp art cars...

(c) That the Man couldn't either, so we burned him anyway...

(Taken from the 13 2/3rd edition of the Playa Anonymous Big Book 5th chapter - How it Burns.)

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All rights granted for reproduction. No kidding. Another gift to the community.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:45 pm

nice to see this thing back again....

darren y · Post by **darren y** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:04 pm

ibdave wrote:Bump,
It hits to close to home for a lot of us....

Bay Bridge Sue wrote:Found a more complete version in an earlier edition...

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(Taken from the 13 2/3rd edition of the Playa Anonymous Big Book 5th chapter - How it Burns.).

Nice!! Saw this some time ago, could never remember it exactly...

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:48 am

For a few years the wife read me posts she liked but I was disinterested, like how do people find the time?

Now I've swirled down the drain of eplaya suction into the

AAge Of Vicarious

"Hi, my name is Rolan..."

My wife is threatening confiscation of the laptop she (the enabler) bought me...

I am haunted by dreams of apologizing to Lurker "Dear Lurker, I'm sorry I equated you with the Bush Administration wiping its ass on the Constitution and fired shots over your bow and then lost the will to shout across the divide and did you no honor of battle..."

I apologize to everyone else, you sophisticates, for I am a savage technoramus, confused by anything more complex than a hammer and I hereby pledge to afix this thing to a rope (line) and throw it overboard, boat anchor that it is...

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:33 am

This really is the greatest thread!

wait a minute............

what thread am I in again?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:28 am

that's ok son, if you're here, it must be for the right reason. Tell us about yourself.

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:42 am

Ha! You just want to make fun of me.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:00 am

Of course we do, but lack of information won't stop us. We'll just make crap up. So, tell us, do melted gumi bears remove body hair like a Brazilian?

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:26 am

Funny you should mention....

In my ongoing pathetic attempts at going Renaissance, achieving only shallow dabblerhood, once wrote a song (don't know how to post sound bites) with this refrain:

"Talking about my Brazilian, Brazillian, Brazilian best friend..."

Don't know about the efficiency of Gummi Bear technique but it's bound to taste better than the wax.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:09 pm

Rolan Headon wrote:
Don't know about the efficiency of Gummi Bear technique but it's bound to taste better than the wax.

I dont know, wax can taste good sometimes.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:31 pm

what has wackin off unwanted hair with melted kid candy havta do with 12 steps?

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 1:10 am

SShhhh (I'm trying not to wake up the wife, i made promises...) I'm bout to tell you bout workin the steppes.but first, i also suffer from AAADDD (Advanced Adult Attention Disabling Disorder Disease) i'm working on a solar powered flavored wax pot for my playa perv camp waxing booth --oh shit she just quit snoring must hold very still...

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:40 pm

Are there 12 steps for bad fucking attitudes?

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:41 pm

Well, Cowboyangel you are kinda a hero to me, admiring this thread in particular. So, comin' to you for advice...

Is it ethical to, well see my wife is this VERY moment laughing at the best goddamn bible thread, and it seems that 12 steppers are kinda big on god or A HIGHER POWER, as the MA (Marijuana Anonymous) people had it, yes, Dorothy, there really is such a thing and it's not a Robin William's joke "Ah fuck, forgot to go to the meeting again!", which shows how serious I am because I only smoked marijuana once (for 38 years) and I realized it was time to quit or I would never get my book finished (latest title "Churh of Dog") and would always remain "author of many notebooks".

So, the question is if it's possible to somehow draw my wife into this addiction so she won't feel abandoned at 3:00 am when I'm neck deep in playa dust-talk and am I risking eternal damnation to encourage her into this time-suck hole?

I'll take my answer online.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:00 pm

Here's your answer man. Publish your notebooks online
see http://stare.com for an example

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:11 pm

Hmm,

(It's such a big leap to think you might be amusing...) but like they say no balls, no glory, or as one of my (superior) women friends says "It takes tits to do_____"

robbidobbs · Post by **robbidobbs** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:45 pm

Fucking powerless. Group hug anyone?
Here's my 1500th posting. Yay.

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:54 pm

Aw, you're too young for that many...(Hu, hug)

Rolan Headon · Post by **Rolan Headon** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:54 pm

My wife smiles ("And she posts it on the 12 step thread. Perfect!")

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:56 pm

robbidobbs wrote:Fucking powerless. Group hug anyone?
Here's my 1500th posting. Yay.

((((((((((((((robbi)))))))))))))))

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Finally, the help I need!