Oh, what have I gotten myself into?

[heybai]

Are you're saying that you're sitting at the computer as the new year fireworks are going on outside?!

Yes, the New Year Dragons were just arriving: someone down the street lit some firecrackers.

As always, remember that alcohol and fireworks don't mix well.  Actually they mix a bit *too* well.
(Lame attempt to keep thread on topic.)

[dhammaseeker51]

Hi Wonky,
"Grown up hugging circle",  "Sexibility"...
Sounds to me like you'd be better off spending your time as a drunk! 
Just a thought.

with Metta

[heybai]

 

[t]

Your Wonkiness...

In another thread, you were lamenting on how to balance Dharma, work and family life...and you have time for this? 
Just wondering...

[Wonky Badger]

My suggestion would be to contact a local alcohol rehabilitation center and ask if you could attend an Alanon type meeting designed for parents or spouses of alcoholics.  Such groups are more focused on the problems associated with alcoholism and the family interactions.  This would help regarding your education regarding the topic.

I have also provided a link to AA website, where you can read an online copy of The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Pay particular attention to the chapters regarding The Doctor and The Physicians who treated alcoholics.  Also, if you go to a local AA meeting I would recommend that you get a copy of AA's Pamphlet for The Family of Alcoholics.

http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_tableofcnt.cfm

I'll certainly check out your link to begin with. Thanks!

Hi Wonky,
"Grown up hugging circle",  "Sexibility"...
Sounds to me like you'd be better off spending your time as a drunk! 
Just a thought.

with Metta

No, I'll defininitely stay away from those activities. Just for clarification, this is not the same group that I was thinking of joining. They're very friendly though.

Your Wonkiness...

In another thread, you were lamenting on how to balance Dharma, work and family life...and you have time for this? 
Just wondering...

Well... I do think I might have time to drink coffee with them a couple of times a year. Going to their annual meeting and filling out a membership form won't take too long. What I really need to begin with is information.

[Wonky Badger]

might broaden my views

Some people broaden their view just by sitting under a tree. 

The perfect teaching, the perfect group and the perfect Buddha
all arrive the day we start perfecting.

This is the way it has always been.
You knew. Right?

Some day I will. Too much snow right now.

[Spiny le Norman]

It could be good to expose oneself to other approaches, but what they do just isn't my cup of tea. For example, I think they had one workshop called "Sexibility".  Right now there is a workshop that I can't translate the name of, but part of the description is "a plunge into instinctual sensuality and physical intelligence. To know one's appetite and to be true to it can be both nutrition to both energy and dedication as well as firmness and prudence. The body language is sensory and we train our perceptual and sensomotoric abilities in relation to each other."

I get very frustrated with this kind of vague "new-age" language - they seem to think if they waffle on long enough with this  psuedo-jargon / psycho-babble then it will sound plausible.   

Spiny