tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post305305608787169399..comments2023-05-25T04:48:19.856-04:00Comments on Yoga Chickie: It worksYoga Chickiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-75689910623251556162007-10-12T11:15:00.000-04:002007-10-12T11:15:00.000-04:00Hey Laksmi,I'm not entirely sure what happened, bu...Hey Laksmi,<BR/><BR/>I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I can get the gist of it by reading this comments (I've seriously curtailed blog reading during the last blog wars) but I am sorry that you are feeling bad, and I concur with the others here that teetotalling is a perfectly acceptable choice. I was prohibited alcohol for medical reasons between the ages of 17 and 23 and to be honest, I don't think I missed on that much (although I drink now - just not a lot. Probably because I skipped the teenage-binge-drinking phase.Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08535333817282471962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-52050006309250379272007-10-11T20:27:00.000-04:002007-10-11T20:27:00.000-04:00Thanks you guys. I just read this and it's nice. ...Thanks you guys. I just read this and it's nice. I am still stewing a bit about the unmentionable--especially the remark made about my husband. I find it's stifling my own blog entries because I am really feeling like letting a truckload of swearing out. But i'm not. ugh.<BR/><BR/>Karen, the humor--it's like I used to say to my shrink 'If you're laughing, you're not leaving me'. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-78022966905240803992007-10-11T18:02:00.000-04:002007-10-11T18:02:00.000-04:00I agree with this, and commented at the time that ...I agree with this, and commented at the time that sobriety is a choice not to ridicule under any circumstances. Laks' choices are admirable to me.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how I would do it if the many potheads and heavy drinkers in my life ridiculed me, instead of just wishing quietly I'd join them.(0v0)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01354310899232411435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-83518045849504644782007-10-11T14:18:00.000-04:002007-10-11T14:18:00.000-04:00Thanks Karen. Laksmi - the person you deserve an ...Thanks Karen. Laksmi - the person you deserve an apology from is never going to apologize to you. I will say this, and I know it goes without saying: no one should ever make you feel bad for being sober. It's a choice you made, and that's your business. You have your point of view, and it is diametrically opposed to the views of those who choose not to be sober. I would imagine that it is a slippery slope from casual use to life-interfering problem, and the place on the slope where things change for the gruesome will depend on what a person wants out of their life. For someone like me, with two active kids and a house that now demands my attention too, not to mention a yoga practice that takes a lot of energy and good health, the place on the slope is the place where I can't stop after having two drinks with dinner, where I wake up with a hangover that interferes with my taking care of all the people and things I have to take care of. That's when I have to NOT for a while. For someone who has nothing going on ther than work, yoga and friends, it's going to be a much higher threshold. What does one want out of life? We make our choices. I see nothing wrong with suggesting to someone who is expressing dissatisfaction with her life that a change might be helpful. I do see something wrong with berating someone for having made a change that was necessary for her well-being.Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-51283572467259080392007-10-11T13:53:00.000-04:002007-10-11T13:53:00.000-04:00Lauren, I fully rescind the "uck," which was aimed...Lauren, I fully rescind the "uck," which was aimed, truly, at the way I felt to have the war revived, and not at ALL about how I felt (or feel) about you as a person. It expressed how I felt inside, and was NOT lobbed at you.<BR/><BR/>Lax: re: "why do i have to go over the line trying to get a laugh?" I lived with a guy back in my 20s who was SO all about getting the laugh. I adored his inventive sense of humor. Truly, he was genius. I remember him saying that all he could foresee about his own death was that he would be looking down the barrel of the gun of whoever the humorless son-of-a-b**ch was who was the butt of his final, best joke.<BR/><BR/>All that said, inventive humor is one of the best reasons for being alive.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039968406821919150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-52550092296494902492007-10-11T13:30:00.000-04:002007-10-11T13:30:00.000-04:00Karen - you are too kind. You made me see somethi...Karen - you are too kind. You made me see something I needed to see. It was only the "uck" that felt bad to me.Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-22356097975649956832007-10-11T01:09:00.000-04:002007-10-11T01:09:00.000-04:00hey, could somebody apologize to me now? I feel b...hey, could somebody apologize to me now? I feel badly. but i feel badly because i said something dumb and work and then i sit here and kick myself for hours and hours thinking, 'jesus, why do i always put my foot in it? why do i have to go over the line trying to get a laugh? why am i still such a jerk?' Then after thinking that shit for a while, I sit here and thing, 'god, why can't i just let it go? why do i hang on to shit like this? why can't I just allow myself to make a mistake and move on? the waters i navigate are so tricky and I do well most of the time'......arrrrrrgh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-79379042479013903522007-10-10T23:03:00.000-04:002007-10-10T23:03:00.000-04:00Get some sleep, Ashtangini. Tomorrow's a new day. ...Get some sleep, Ashtangini. Tomorrow's a new day. I apologize for anything I said that made you feel bad.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039968406821919150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-86951577852794383932007-10-10T22:47:00.000-04:002007-10-10T22:47:00.000-04:00I just wanted to put it out there. I didnt think ...I just wanted to put it out there. I didnt think feedback would be productive. But yours is fine.Yoga Chickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370141306007721604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-86350793872397737052007-10-10T22:35:00.001-04:002007-10-10T22:35:00.001-04:00It's good practice..It's good practice..Lees Lamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405350119148566356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13149662.post-58896198075333440652007-10-10T22:35:00.000-04:002007-10-10T22:35:00.000-04:00SO no comments on the latest blog post?It's good f...SO no comments on the latest blog post?<BR/>It's good for you to apologize. <BR/>Its good practice.Lees Lamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03405350119148566356noreply@blogger.com