EPLAYA TWELVE STEP PROGRAM

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:44 pm

Donita wrote:When I first saw this thread, I said to myself, "Nah, not me. I'm not an eplaya addict. I don't have a problem. I can come and go as I please." Then yesterday the site was down. I started jones-ing. I kept checking back every 15-25 minutes. "WHAT is going on here?!!" I said to myself in almost a panic!!!

My name is Donita and I am an addict.
I can say that....just for today.
And I am not ashamed....just for today.
I can admit I am powerless over my eplaya addiction....just for today.
Can a power greater than myself restore me back to sanity? Umm. I don't think so. Too late for that.
But I can admit that too.....just for today.

Today's Affirmation:
Just for today I will know in my heart that I can count on my fellow eplayan-addicts to support me in my struggle and share their unconditional love with me and hug me when I need a hug and get me through another day...and I will support them too. :P

Thank you Donita...that was beautiful...

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:04 am

Hehe, and I am tearin this place up but GOOD ... LOL ... HAHAHA .... muaHAHAHAHA. (gasp gasp gasp)

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:24 am

the meeting room is open 24-7
you're always welcome, even if you don't think you are.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:52 pm

Oh ....at the start of every meeting there is the reading of the steps

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 sanity… ( 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 “Her” 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)

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:31 pm

Um, Cowboy? Can we pick and choose which steps we wanna work on and in what order we wanna work them?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:48 pm

Donita wrote:Um, Cowboy? Can we pick and choose which steps we wanna work on and in what order we wanna work them? :P

absolutely yes.....why not....but if you're ready for number 12...why bother with the rest?

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 10:40 am

Merry Christmas
Happy Hannuka, Ramadan, Diwali, Winter Solstace
from the meeting room!

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 7:34 pm

technopatra wrote;

Hello ePlayans:

We have some maintenance scheduled that will require us taking down the entire Burning Man website and all of the subdomains, including the eplaya, for a couple of hours tomorrow.

The maintenance is scheduled for 9-11am PST, but please understand how these things can stretch out even longer. Please do not panic and flood me with emails at 12:15..

In the meantime, take a break, stretch your bod, do your ergonomic vision exercises, go outside and throw some snowballs or work on your art for this year.

Happy Holidays from the Eplaya Admin Team!

Oh god I can feel the shakes coming on already...

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 1:49 pm

Zulegoona wrote:Oh god I can feel the shakes coming on already...

Still got the shakes, Zule??

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:36 am

Merry Xmas (MalcomX) from the meeting room!

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:39 am

Merry Christmas ComboyAngel !!!!!

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:46 pm

Quitting "Cold Turkey" was the only way for me.

Now that I've gone through withdrawal, I think it's probably safe for me to do just a couple of "bumps" of the eplaya every now and then.

After all, what's the worst that could happen?

samtzu · Post by **samtzu** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:54 pm

RingO'Fire wrote:Quitting "Cold Turkey" was the only way for me.

Now that I've gone through withdrawal, I think it's probably safe for me to do just a couple of "bumps" of the eplaya every now and then.

After all, what's the worst that could happen?

You could be welcomed back with open arms (you are!), you could be mocked (you will be) and you could be hooked again (the first posting's free!)...

Come on... you want it and you know it!....

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:39 pm

welcome back brother Ring! Glad you saw fit to visit the meeting room in your e-sojourn through life's peculiarities!

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:35 pm

cowboyangel wrote:welcome back brother Ring! Glad you saw fit to visit the meeting room in your e-sojourn through life's peculiarities!

samtzu wrote:You could be welcomed back with open arms (you are!), you could be mocked (you will be) and you could be hooked again (the first posting's free!)...

Come on... you want it and you know it!....

Aw shucks y'all...I'm blushing.

Thanks, I missed you guys too. Life's been pretty nuts the past few months. From PMs to Rian J and BBPoof, here's the regurgitated nutshell of why I had to quit eplaya for a while.

[Rian and BBPoof, you can skip this or go get a beer or something]

Since recompressing after Bman (IMO, "recompression" is more accurate than "decompression"), I have: sold a house; shopped for, located, and bought a new house; moved all of my and my dad's shit out of the old place (almost singlehandedly - it took a full week); helped my brother move into his new house; and moved my 70 year old dad (who has Alzheimer's) into my brother's house.

Also, I split up, got back together, and split up again with my girlfriend, who got back w/ her ex- about a month ago, but who strangely still calls and sends me emails periodically. The way I figure it, once you've had the best (ME! Hel-lo!), it's hard to go back to second- or third-best. It was definately a bummer at the time, but I'm having fun just dating around a bit - not looking for anything too serious at the moment.

I was doing all this other stressful stuff while simultaneously working at my intense, stressful job as a project manager at an environmental consulting company (I'm the senior scientist on staff - one of my underlings [heh heh, just kidding] calls me "Obi Wan").

It got to the point that I felt so much pressure that I was having trouble sleeping (which has never happened to me before in my entire life) and just generally felt stressed out and burned out most of the time. I felt like I had to slow my life down in as many areas as possible in order to be able to focus on the essentials. So, I've quit doing tie dye as a part time business. I also decided that I had to take some time off from the eplaya as well.

Anyway, life is MUCH better now. I'm slowly getting settled into my new place, which I absolutely love. I had a great Christmas. I'm dating a couple of cool women. I go over to my brother's house a couple of nights a week to hang out with my dad, take some of the pressure off of my sister-in-law, and have "craft time with Uncle Steve" with my 3-year old niece and 2-year old nephew. Finally, I'm back to groping for the snooze button in the morning when the alarm goes off.

Anyway, I missed all you guys. Thanks for the welcome back. I promise I won't be such a stranger (You may have to forgive me though, I may still be a bit "strange.")

Zulegoona · Post by **Zulegoona** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 5:44 pm

You always were a bit strange,.. that's how we knew you were one of us,............

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 6:05 pm

Thanks Ring. We all are a collection of very interesting folks. We have a family or e-family, right here and you're part of that. Glad things are going better for you!

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:53 pm

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just read this article. This Doc Bernstein in the piece says that 12 steps are an "outmoded' therapy of the 20th century. He does one day rapid detoxes with some wierd chemical soup. He also claims that 12 step programs call alcholism a "spiritual" disease....I am not aware that any 12 step program calls any addiction a 'spiritual" disease. He misses the point of 12 steps' methodology for examining 'why' we get addicted. His rapid detox program has a 65% success claim that is disputed by others. So, if you had an instant rapid detox modality for eplaya, would you take it?

buckethead alien · Post by **buckethead alien** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:44 pm

It's three in the morning. What the hell am I doing on eplaya?

helitack · Post by **helitack** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:47 pm

------Poof! Same thing I am, Can't sleep-----------

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:52 pm

the meeting room is open 24/7 for guys like you...and you and you and you invisible ones!

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:51 am

Stanger: "Hello, my name is 'RingO'Fire' and I'm an eplaya addict"

Group: "Hello Ring!"

Stranger: "Well, it's only been a few days since I started doing some eplaya again, and I already feel like I'm starting to get addicted again. I'm sitting here in front of the computer in my jammies at 1:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve, while it's an absolutely gorgeous day outside. Do you guys think I could be getting hooked again...?"

Group: "Oh, no, Ring, you're probably just fine. Just try to use the eplaya responsibly. Whatever you do though, don't use the eplaya while you're driving, OK?"

Stanger: "OK, I won't. I do feel better now. I think I'm going to put down the eplaya, get dressed, and go outside and play for a while."

Group [holding hands in a circle]: "We support you in your purpose Ring!"

Everyone: "GROUP HUG!"

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:53 am

The dishes? What dishes? I don't have any dishes to do. I don't know what yer talking about.

{to the voice of reason} go away! shhhh! quit following me, dammit....

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:02 pm

Happy New Year addicts! And remember...eplaya safetly!

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:23 pm

Happy New Year hugs all around !!!!! **smootch**

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:26 pm

in the spirit of the rash of new child-avatars.....we welcome your inner children to the meeting room ...and remember....to have fun as you voyage within..
(oooo that sounded so new agey.....see what happens when you live in Marin for 10 years?)

Donita · Post by **Donita** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 2:10 pm

This is my inner child.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 6:18 pm

Decal seen on a car window:

My inner child is a mean little fucker

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:10 am

Hello, my name is gigglesnort and I'm an eplaya addict.

{hello, gigglesnort}

My well-being and that of my children depends upon me NOT hanging about hte eplaya during regular business hours, as every minute spent typing here is a minute spent not typing there.

I am asking today for your help, brothers and sisters. I beseech you, should you find me poking around here, to boo, hiss, throw rotten eggs, or otherwise generally ignore me, should you feel so compelled.

And now, before I begin my day of service to the suffering hearts and those that seek to care for them, I will click hte red X {I'm scared!} (deep cleansing breath, it's going to be okay) and go for a walk.

Thank you for your support.

CoworkerLurker · Post by **CoworkerLurker** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:16 am

Gee, Gigglesnort, I'd help you if I caught you hanging around during regular business hours, but my children and I have that well-being thing going, too, so I really shouldn't be here during regular business hours, either.

Let's neither one of us get caught here, okay?

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