To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/09/11 12:51
Subject: Re: [K-list] Drinking and Smoking
From: Andrea Arden
On 1999/09/11 12:51, Andrea Arden posted thus to the K-list:
>In a message dated 9/11/99 11:04:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>mysticATnospamwizard.net writes:
>
><< I can't *begin* to tell you how my life took a downturn when I
stopped
> drinking and smoking about 15 years ago. >>
>
>I sure can understand this! In my case I'd even throw in eating!
When I
>started to "turn around" the habits I had used to suppress my
emotions I
>discovered the emotions were all there, lined up, waiting to be
"processed."
[snip]
>Sarva Mangalam!
>James
There's a saying in Alcoholics Anonymous that goes, "You can stop
drinking, but you can never *really* deal with your shit until you
stop smoking." I think this is true and also agree with you that
there's nothing like changing your diet (or mood altering habits) to
get you in touch with your feelings. After I stopped drinking and
smoking, I became so sensitive to things that I was ingesting that I
*had* to go on a very strict "allergy" diet. It was quite a shock to
my body, but after the first three days I was no longer having mood
swings. Of course, I didn't realize that I was having mood swings
until I *stopped* having them. :)
There seems to be a very delicate balance between doing what needs to
be done to become "clear" and being able to stay grounded at the same
time. Without groundedness everything that was avoided comes crashing
in all at once, and life can slide right out from under you.
Blessings,
Andrea
P.S. James, what does "Sarva Mangalam!" mean?
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