Anonymous Camp? :)

roots_revolution · Post by **roots_revolution** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:46 pm

Any "clean" burners out there interested in having an "anonymous camp" for AA and NA people and anyone else who would like a place to chill away from mind altering substances? *My mind's already too altered *hehe*! :) I've heard there were camps like this in the past. Hope there's interest :). I've got 16 months CLEAN AND SERENE, and I want to experience the beauty and inspiration of burning man, CLEAN! :) That is the best way for me. If you are in the same "camp" :) post your thoughts, inspirations, ideas about the camp!
Delaney

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:48 pm

http://www.burnanon.org/

roots_revolution · Post by **roots_revolution** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 7:52 pm

woo-hoo! Thanks! :) Ru in recovery or just a message board angel sent to guide this rattled addict soul to my home on the playa :)?!
Delaney

Post by **Elderberry** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:06 pm

Camp Stella is a clean and sober camp with Avalon Village. They have meetings and it is the only place you can get a BM Chip! (That I know of.)

JK

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:35 am

roots_revolution wrote:woo-hoo! Thanks! Ru in recovery or just a message board angel sent to guide this rattled addict soul to my home on the playa ?!
Delaney

For Dog's sake, look at his avatar. Angel of Death is more likely

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:55 am

There are a number of camps where sobriety is the focus and there are a whole lot of folks out on the playa who are sober. We're not a sober camp, but if you're looking for a respite during the day, we serve lots of ice tea and lemonade! We're usually really close to Hokey Pokey where Marv and his friends have daily meetings, too.

Toolmaker · Post by **Toolmaker** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:38 pm

Sail Man wrote:
roots_revolution wrote:woo-hoo! Thanks! Ru in recovery or just a message board angel sent to guide this rattled addict soul to my home on the playa ?!
Delaney
For Dog's sake, look at his avatar. Angel of Death is more likely

lol

Not really an addict per se but sympathetic to the problems some folks have. I AM leaning towards going straight edge at some point likely in the near future.

LEVLHED · Post by **LEVLHED** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:19 pm

HP-willing, my current very realistic plans of attending this year will be a reality. The Green Man was my first and only burn. I got clean with the burning of the temple that year. I must return to experience BM again and create new clean memories.
I will stay at Anonymous Camp this year!

LEVLHED · Post by **LEVLHED** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:12 am

Any clean burners coming from the Wisconsin/Midwest?
Trying to decide if I will drive my van or fly out, so I'm looking for peeps interested in joining me in my ride. No definite dates scheduled yet for leaving/coming back.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:52 am

yeah....thats nice....

have fun with that.

prostyletize and i'll probably puke all over you though.

the issue i have with AA isnt the clean and sober it's the Clean and Sober with GOD that pisses me right the hell off...

Jesus was a fucking booze-hound and a Glue Huffer.....thank god.

but with that said, i hope you find sobriety out there on the playa, far be it from me to tell others how to burn shit.

i for one like to do it shit-faced, but i can tolerate tee-totalers as long as they keep their mouths shut about it.

LEVLHED · Post by **LEVLHED** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:10 pm

I've already found it.

Drink all you want, I don't give a fuck.

**burn** · Post by **burn** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:42 pm

My husband partakes in zero.
He spent the last two burningmans sober.
He visited Anonymous Camp, but does not do AA.
Not into the religious aspects, not to mention the one's ordered there by a judge who are hungover, reeking of last nights party, smoking crack at intermission.
And tithing??

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:05 pm

Drink all you want, I don't give a fuck.

thats much burnier, thank you.

dont take my rantings the wrong way, i was simply pointing out the Missionary like zeal that some AA'ers have, and it's basis in Jesus Cock-sucking.

i dont suck cock for Jesus, or suck Jesus's cock.

so enjoy your Sober Burn, i have no issue with it at all, and if you like sucking the messiah's manhood instead of a Chilly PBR, well that's your choice.

it is, after all, a free country.

LEVLHED · Post by **LEVLHED** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:31 pm

I understand how someone can have a distaste for the bible-thumpers, but I insist that is not the norm for the 12 step recovery program I participate in. I actually recoil at the thought of Jesus and Christianity being the reason for my recovery. There is a difference between religion and spirituality. The principles of the recovery program I know do not demand an allegiance to Christianity, rather it allows one to decide for themselves what their "higher power" is. To some it is Jesus and the rest of the Holy Trinity. To others it is a doorknob. To others still its whatever is "out there" that is acting as a benefactor in their life. Many in recovery struggle with the concept entirely.
If you do not believe my way of life is something you want I am not going to waste my energy trying to convince you otherwise. It just doesn't work that way and I think your replies to this thread prove that out. (attraction not promotion) Anyone that swings a bible (or anything else for that matter) in your face isn't working their OWN program and is likely dealing with issues that have nothing to do with you.
Don't take it personal. I don't.

We all go there to do whatever the fuck we want to. And that truly is the beauty of it, right? So smoke crack while you get a hand job at Jiffy Lube by naked middle-aged man wearing angel wings and a gas mask if you wish because you just can't do that anywhere else!

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:36 pm

excellent response! especially to a reactionary satanist like myself.

although i dont swing that way, yet, the reference is not lost.

but i think we're friends already!

welcome home, and may you have a sober burn if that is what you wish.

LEVLHED · Post by **LEVLHED** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:45 pm

thank you. I'm glad I am able to get my point across which is as much a credit to you as it is me.

May your burn be better than you expected.

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:09 pm

LEVLHED wrote:
May your burn be better than you expected.

It was better last year....

doing life sober 21+ years and doing Burning Man sober 11 years...

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:27 am

i've been stoned every day of my life since age 12, except for those 58 days in the involuntary work spa.

those 58 days sucked.

as soon as i got out, i ran to the safeway, grabbed cigs and a bottle of ten-high, went out to the parking lot, and almost passed out, i smoked my first marb so quick.

after the Nausea wore off, i of course, lit another, and sat down and got loopy .

it is the chemicals that hold me and my brain together, and like Lemmy, from Motorhead, i would not like to be on the receiving end of my blood in a transfusion, because it would kill you.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:04 am

my bad.....ANONYMOUS CAMP.....duh...

discocrisco · Post by **discocrisco** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:47 pm

Last year, I heard was not great. Instead of being there, I was drunk as a skunk on Labor Day.

One day, my boss caught me with booze on my breath. Than I knew I was finished and I surrended to the powers that might be.

I quit. And I never want go back. Back to the horrors of addiction. The isolation of my own room. No friends. No one. Just me and the bottle.

For me to participate, I must be clean. Drinking is bondage to me. Freedom is sobrierty.

LEVLHED · Post by **LEVLHED** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:37 am

do we know where Anonymous Village will be placed yet this year?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:25 am

WE don't have placement on any camp yet.

fuck-head. · Post by **fuck-head.** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:43 pm

yes we do.

and nobody ever asked what the title was...

you knew this would happen.

say no to an encore?

not with these ratings, gotta get those numbers up!!

i need to score
some quotes
for the liner notes....

the title of my e-book, for the e-playa is Der KunstBuch, or in latin, "Tabla Rasa"

the man is burning right now.

*bows, curtsies, salutes, tips hat, winks, puts pipe in mouth, bowler on head and wanders off to fuck with shit, and burn stuff, and learn new things, because I'll be in the sofa king dome.

what, you got a problem? I'm not punny?

well fuck you if you cant take a joke.

now get outta HERE, now, you bother me, kid.

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 6:27 pm

fuck-head. wrote:yes we do.

and nobody ever asked what the title was...

you knew this would happen.
say no to an encore?

not with these ratings, gotta get those numbers up!!
i need to score
some quotes
for the liner notes....

the title of my e-book, for the e-playa is Der KunstBuch, or in latin, "Tabla Rasa"

the man is burning right now.

*bows, curtsies, salutes, tips hat, winks, puts pipe in mouth, bowler on head and wanders off to fuck with shit, and burn stuff, and learn new things, because I'll be in the sofa king dome.

what, you got a problem? I'm not punny?

well fuck you if you cant take a joke.

now get outta HERE, now, you bother me, kid.

Really??

**burn** · Post by **burn** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:24 pm

You tell 'em dave!

sets out a diet pepsi

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:01 pm

So, can people who don't drink on eplaya, hang out in the bar thread?

**burn** · Post by **burn** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:28 pm

Yes! Real or imaginary drinking is acceptable.
I'm sure you've heard we serve diet pepsi...

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:53 pm

Very true.
Many of us support clean and sober.... on and off the playa.

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:28 pm

That's my Posse speaking.......

Just back from the nude bar here in Bakersfield.... Still some and heading over to the bar for that Pepsi Risky set out for me....