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How to avoid my daughter from school influence?
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When we're at school she won't listen to me and mimic her classmates attitude. Is this alarming?
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Thank you for posting this interesting question. How old is your daughter?
It's really important that your daughter's pre-school has the same philosophies on bringing up children as you do. Do you feel that this is true of the overall pre-school vision? Do you respect the way the teachers interact and care for the children?
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I started out with a modded car (FI, suspension, brakes, etc). If I had to do it over again, I would have started stock. Yeah, you'll be faster than everyone because of the car. What you are not learning is feeling what the car is like at its limit because the limit will be much higher in a stripped FI car than a stocker. So basically you'll cream every one at first but as you move up because you think you are fast...but you're not and the car is...you'll start seeing miata's and other crap cans passing you. So you push harder beyond YOUR limits and something bad happens.
You learn faster and get better habits on a closer to stock car. There are minor mods you can do to help with reliability. If track is your goal, first thing is the oil pump nut. I will come off eventually with track use. Trust me, you won't save it unless its happened before. Then add front camber plates and some schroth quick fits.
Driving skill is driving skill. You won't have to relearn the car if you significantly mod it. There is no set limit a car operates at, it constantly changes. So once you gain skill and can feel what the car is doing, modding the car won't be a huge deal. My e46 lost its alternator pulley so I jumped in a buddy's stripped E36 M3 with much less power. By the 2nd session I was going pretty fast pushing pretty hard. I'm not nearly as skilled as a lot of advanced drivers...I'm a beginner advanced. So if I can do it...you can.
If you FI a 330, its a massive PIA. The problem right now is my oil cooling and zionsville radiator. The oil cooling + supercharged forces me to use the VAC billet housing. S54 won't fit with the -10AN fittings. The VAC housing specs a hydraulic tensioner but my supercharger is eating pulleys and belts. AA specifies a mechanical tensioner which apparently doesn't fit with the VAC housing. Then to replace anything belt drive related (like the alternator), I have to remove the entire radiator because its much thicker and can't get the bolts out.
See where I'm going with this? If I had to do it again, I'd either build the M54 for NA or drop an S54 in.
I don't see why you can't FI a race car, it all depends on how deep your wallet is. My car runs cooler than most of the stripped out E46 M3s and I still have the a/c condenser in. I do use water alcohol injection which helps to cool things down. I also have the zionsville radiator, oil cooler, and a water to air intercooler.
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Ok, here's some constructive criticism. The truth hurts so I hope you don't get offended.
First of all, "why would I train myself to drive a stock car and then mod further and then reteach myself to drive that car all over again with new mods" is not something that someone will SEE as wrong. It's something that's just flat out wrong. It's objectively, not subjectively, wrong. You won't learn anything useful in a 400hp car because you won't be able to get the most out of the car. And that's not mentioning that a car set up the way you ultimately want to have it is going to be overly expensive to maintain for absolutely no reason. You'll also lose drivability. You'll learn much quicker, have more fun, and will be safer in a stock-ish E46. I've been doing this in a 180hp car for 3 years and I still get scared. You won't learn unless you drive at a reasonably high level. And if you can't drive a 400hp car at a reasonably high level, y'ain't gon' learn s
Second, "my main goal is to make my car my own" is nothing more than an excuse for not knowing what you want to do with it. If you're going to spend this kind of money you need to have more of a concrete plan than "I'm going to do the things I like." You need a more concrete plan than that because "what you like" will vastly VASTLY VASTLY change over the course of your time on track. Even after your first day you'll realize lots of things that you view differently.
Third, there's no such thing as a "somewhat race setup." You either have a race car or you have a street car with upgraded suspension and brakes. (I'll get to interior safety equipment later). To tell you the truth, it doesn't even matter what kind of car you have because a car doesn't make you faster - the driver makes the car faster. Here's an example: I was at Watkins Glen about a year and a half ago when a gentleman showed up in a rented Hyundai and was running faster lap times than a bunch of E36 cars - he was certainly running faster laps than a bunch of beginners (one of them in one of those 500hp CTS-V things). And, I gotta tell ya, he was having way more fun. Driving a slow car fast and at the limit is much more fun than driving a fast car slowly. Here's one thing a powerful car can, however, do VERY FAST - put an inexperienced driver (AND HIS/HER INSTRUCTOR) into the wall. Don't ever forget that as a novice you're not only putting yourself in peril - you've also got another person on board.
I've put my car into a wall (luckily with 2 rows of tire barrier in front of it), head first (40mph at impact), with an instructor in the passenger seat. HEAD FIRST. I shouldn't have to tell you how I felt and still feel. Imagine the speed I would have been carrying into that same corner with a 400+hp car (I was at about 110mph at the braking point with only 180hp). Now imagine at what speed that impact would have been had I overshot the braking point by the same margin going in at a much higher speed.
Fourth, the problem with doing FI on a track car is many-fold. First of all, you're going to have the heat problem. You are going to have heating issues. Some FI owners will disagree with me. Fine. Even if you don't have significant heat issues, the risk that you will have heating issues is much higher. To me, that's an unacceptable risk. Second of all, you're going to have the reliability problem. Any time something breaks, it's going to be a nightmare to fix. I've seen tons of guys lose their entire weekend because of something stupid happening with a supercharger or turbocharger on the first day. DEs are not cheap. The first thing you should want, indeed need, is the simplest and most reliable car possible. Third of all, you will have the inexperience problem, as I've explained above.
Finally, the controversial "safety" issue. Bolt-in roll bars can actually make your car more dangerous than being stock. You'd be surprised how much your body stretches during an accident. Just because the roll bar is behind you, it doesn't mean you can't crack your arms on it - especially if you don't have a containment seat. If you don't have a containment seat, you could even crack your head on the diagonal bar. Anyways, containment seats do not solve all the problems because you'll need a proper 6-point harness - which can also be more dangerous than having a regular 3-point seat belt. A 3-point seat belt allows your body to rotate around the diagonal belt and follow your head when you have an impact. A 6-point belt keeps your body in place, but your head is still free and because your body can't follow it, your neck will follow it. Well, there's only so far your neck can go before it gets severely injured. Ok, fine - add a HANS. Problem fixed. Not so fast. A bolt in bar is still inherently weak in it's mounting points. Indeed, there are many stories of roll bars ripping from or punching through the car's floor. Remember, your harnesses are connected to that bar. If you rollover and the roll bar pushes through the floor, it will pull you down with it. It will break your spine. If you have a frontal impact and the bar rips from its base, it moves forward, potentially striking your head. Even worse, if it moves forward, you've got no more tension on your shoulder belts and you're screwed. What about the person sitting in your passenger seat?
In my opinion, you've already done more to your car than you'll be able to handle. I find it particularly interesting that you've thought about doubling your horsepower but that you haven't mentioned anything about the issue of a brake upgrade - not even pads. As I said before, I've been doing this for 3 years and am still learning to drive a 180hp car. I still haven't started racing because I don't feel comfortable with my level of competence. Being on track is a big responsibility. You aren't the only one who can get hurt. Don't ever forget that.
So, what's the conclusion? Learn to drive. Don't learn to drive a particular car or setup - just learn to god damned drive. If you really want to feel more "in tune" with your car I would do the following AT MOST: 1) Schroth 4-Point ASM seatbelt (i.e. "Quick Fit"), 2) brake lines, and 3) brake pads. You should, at the very least, change your brake fluid and check/change all other fluids anyways.
Food for thought - even if you did get all those power upgrades (FI, etc.), any half-intelligent instructor wouldn't allow you to use them. After a 1/4 of a lap they'll know your level of skill and will tell you to keep the power down. Thus, even if you had the power, you couldn't use it. So what's the point of having it?
One more thing, do yourself (and everyone else) a favor by doing the following: take your car as it now sits to a DE and ask to be paired with the most experienced instructor that is still available (the really good ones get scooped up quickly). You'll very quickly learn how much car the E46 can be - if you don't feel that it's a lot to handle, you aren't driving hard enough. And, if you aren't driving hard enough to feel the E46 getting upset, you have no business driving a 400+ hp car.
Also, during that same DE, find the maddest f
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Look, the reason I wrote the large dissertation above was more to make a point about how many things there are to think about and to help you understand some, indeed many, things you haven't yet thought about (which there is nothing wrong with because you are new at it). That post could have been 5 or 6 times longer - easily. But I just wanted to cover the basics.
Now, back to the tangibles. The roll bars - I believe AutoPower and Kirk make weld-in units - but, I ask, what's the point? I would not drive a car with a roll bar on the street. I have before, I won't even lie about that, but I realize that it was STUPID. Any street car with any sort of exposed steel near your body is a massive liability for you and your passenger. If you get into an accident on the street, you aren't wearing a helmet and you could crack your noggin' on the tubing. INCREDIBLY UNSAFE. And that's why I wrote the bit about safety. It amazes me how many people I see at the track who have some experience and yet insist on driving a car with exposed steel tubing on the street. It absolutely baffles me.
And, that's why I concluded that you shouldn't do anything to your car at all; because doing it properly will turn into a horrific slippery slope.
As for the QuickFits - they are designed to be used with a factory seat. They are DOT approved. You don't need a 1-piece shell. Many people use QuickFits with their factory seats on track and they love them. The QuickFits give you all the benefits of a 3-point belt and a 6-point belt (yes, a 6-point belt - the ASM prevents you from submarining as the crotch straps on a 6-point do, albeit differently). They're brilliant. Now, you can use QuickFits in a 1-piece shell - it would be even safer. Note, however, that such a configuration wouldn't be safer as a result of the seat belts functioning any better. The seat belts will not function any better at all, actually. What makes that configuration safer is that the seat will give more protection and support.
If you simply don't want the QuickFits, you could get a cheap CGLock for your 3-point. The CGLocks sometimes crap out, but they are a really cheap compromise and do work pretty well.
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Bayerische E46 has some great advice. His thoughts as well as bigjae1976's are why I decided to go N/A with a 328 which I feel gives me the most opportunity for power as well as bullet proof reliability lap after lap. You want the car that you can turn lap after lap in and keep learning, not the car that you spend the track day trying to get running right.
The car is making over 200whp now which is as much as any stock ZHP and it's getting cams soon. Plus, I don't have to worry about harmonic issues with the 2.8 block. FI is just going to give you headaches on a track car unless you have a huge supply of money.
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Remember, the short term goal is to learn how to safely drive your car at the limit. Acceleration is the easy, cornering is hard, braking is (IMO) the most difficult. The real challenge comes in when you mix acceleration and cornering and cornering and braking...even accelerating and braking in some odd circumstances. Drag racing down the straights is OK...dancing the car on the limit of traction in the turns...that's fun. You'll get there faster with a stock or lightly modded car.
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My baseline dyno had numbers all over the map from 178 to 184, my dyno after Epic was a steady 193-195. I tried to flash back to stock on the dyno day with the Epic tune and only noticed a decrease of 2-3 horsepower. The thing is that this can be attributed to the car slowly unlearning what it had from the Epic tune and therefore it would take some time to go back to stock values. I should have cleared adaptations but I didn't know they stayed after the software change. The thing is with the tune it was dead conistent, without, it was not. That could mean that from my lowest before tune number to all my after tune numbers, I could be making 15-17 more horsepower depending on the run.
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After several messages of friends online asking "How do I help an alcoholic friend stop drinking?" I decided to share how I stopped drinking and what helped me continue to stay stopped drinking. Therefore, I am going to offer some suggestions. But before you take off with these suggestions, I am sure to have some Al-Anons or Codependents who've arrived at this page and their mouths may be agape with the thought, "I knew it! I knew it was possible! I knew I could get him to stop drinking!" Or for those of you in Al-Anon or Codependent recovery, "They never told me this in Al-Anon!"
Rest assured. These tips are coming only from me; Being a double winner of Al-Anon recovery [by way of Alateen in High School] and, when alcohol proved more successful than Alateen, finally to Alcoholics Anonymous I went and then back to Al-Anon I went. :)
This is my experience from both sides - being alcoholic as well as living with others' alcoholism - and if Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon/Codependent Recovery has taught me anything about "advice" it's that I can only share my experience, strength, and hope. I will not offer advice or any other thing that I did not do or that did not work for me to get sober. Everything I will share played a part in turning this self-loathing helpless and hopeless daily drinking life-fearing suicide-attempting alcoholic into the woman who writes this article; A happy, whole, sober, non-drinking plethora of sanity and joy with life human being. Yep. I've come a long way. And you can too.
Despite what you are currently facing - whether it's your own alcoholism or alcoholic friend or family member or codependency in general, or an amalgamation of all of the above [like me] - you CAN heal. And I hope this to be my core message. So let's get to it.
How to Help an Alcoholic Quit Drinking
1. Don't let it remain a secret. Secrets have no light. Under the cloak of darkness and hiding is where dis-ease flourishes and they best flourish as secrets. It encourages shame and as long as shame by way of secrecy is an aspect of any dis-ease, healing cannot begin. Remove the secrecy; remove the shame and stigma. Then we can start.
Examples of not allowing the suspected alcoholism remain a secret: "You're drinking a lot. This worries me." or "Have you ever thought about trying to quit drinking?" or "I don't know but it seems like you're drinking an awful lot these days."
2. Don't judge or label. The trick with not letting the potential victim of alcoholism maintain the secrecy and shame is an attitude of tolerance and non-judgment.
Trust me. Believe me. If you pass judgment on an alcoholic or potential alcoholic, or shame them, this will feed their alcoholism and provide a great excuse to keep going. Alcoholics deal with their emotions by drinking [it is all they know] and if you're trying to help them, this would be counter-productive to the goal of "getting them sober." [If you need help with learning how to communicate please read my Words can Harm. Words can Heal series.]
If you have a difficult time believing that alcoholism is more than a matter of sheer willpower and you somehow think that shaming might work, think about this truth. I am a typical alcoholic. I did not have any tools other than alcohol in which to deal with myself. If I had a bad memory, I drank. If I felt sad, I drank. If I felt happy, I drank. If I had something to celebrate, I drank. Something to mourn, I drank. I did not know what else to do in the face of emotions; particularly fear and shame. You shame an alcoholic and what have you just done? You have just shamed an alcoholic. That's it. Just given another excuse to need to drink. It is not about willpower. It is about a real live deficiency in their emotional and mental toolkit. Would you shame a retarded person or a schizophrenic or even a diabetic or cancer victim? The American Medical Association does classify alcoholism as a disease. Therefore, this is not a matter of "just stopping" for the alcoholic by way of shaming or insulting. It is a disease.
3. Don't force but do make the offer to help. Timing, however, is critical. In the life of an alcoholic there are often presented many small to large windows of opportunity in which s/he would be receptive to alcoholism assistance. These windows are usually after some episode in which one could characterize as an unusual experience.
Some times I was receptive to assistance were plenty: When I threw up on myself after passing out on my bed naked. When I'd been arrested for underage drinking. When I was taken to the emergency room for alcohol poisoning and black-out. After yet another regrettable night of promiscuous sex in which I'd either been passed out, in a black out or using bad judgement. When I drove drunk to pick up a child. When I destroyed my sister's living room furniture in a drunken disorderly episode. When the police were called on me because I was having fun with a butcher knife. When I was having my stomach pumped and drowned with charcoal after another night of a drunken suicide attempt.
The reason for this timing should be clear; Alcoholics are more receptive to assistance when they have just suffered a consequence due to their drinking. It would not be advisable to approach an alcoholic who is drunk, however, if a drunk alcoholic approaches you or begins crying for help while drunk or under the influence - even just buzzed up - it may be appropriate to leave the following information with her/him as opposed to giving her/him an audience s/he is too buzzed up to be receptive to.
How to help during these windows of opportunity. Here are some suggestions:
- Call your local Alcoholics Anonymous and get their meeting information to give to your friend or email the local meeting schedule to your friend. [Meeting areas can be found at the AA website.]
- Call another alcoholic you may know who has quit drinking and see if s/he would be willing to sit down with your loved one for a talk; Not to recruit into any membership or religion or anything, just to share his/her story about what it was like, how s/he got sober and what it is like now.
- Visit your local A.A. and buy a copy of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous [or pick up a new/used one on Amazon] to offer your friend or relative as a gift. [Buying the A.A. Book from an A.A. meeting place will be at cost - which is usually $6 to $9 - depending upon where you are in the world; if you buy it elsewhere you may pay a higher price but if you click the above link, there are usually people on Amazon who will sell their *used* book rather cheaply!]
- Pick up other alcoholic or sobriety books that sound good. A.A. it was NOT what got me sober; Going to meetings gave me something to do besides drink, yes. It allowed me to know I was not alone, yes. It enabled me to meet friends who would understand when 'nothing in particular' was driving me to want to drink, yes. But what got me sober were ALL SORTS of tools and resources. Three books I bought after I realized the A.A. group I was attending was less than 'healthy' and subsequently needed a hiatus from were the Tao of Sobriety, The Zen of Recovery, and Rational Recovery.
- Share with your loved one [remember; do this when they are NOT drunk or buzzed up] precisely how his or her drinking is affecting you.
- If you have maintained some sanity (or have gotten some through your own healing processes) and are ready to make a boundary or set a limit or condition, tell them. But only tell them if you mean it otherwise once they cross the line again and see there are no such thing as limits with you, they've been made aware that, once again, reality is something they cannot trust as a safe place; but the blurred 'reality' of alcohol is what they can count on. The object is to get them to trust reality...even if in small doses. [ie, "I will not bail you out of jail next time." "Do not come over if you've been drinking. If you've been drinking, I will not let you in." To your child maybe: "I am taking your car keys away until you've attended 5 A.A. meetings this week." "Your allowance is going to be withheld until you write a report on what alcoholism is."] I certainly did not like my limits but - even if I could not see it at the time - I felt a warmth and safety in knowing that there WAS a reality outside of my drunken haze that I could trust. And this WAS one of the seeds that would contribute to my eventual sobriety.
4. Remember that you are 'just' the seed planter. But your role is vital! It is true that you cannot get an alcoholic sober. It is not true that you are powerless. You have many options depending upon your relationship with the one you are concerned is suffering with an alcohol addiction. Do not feel discouraged if your "help" has not been acted upon or you see nothing "good" coming from it yet. Too often we're eager to see the fruits of our work take hold but when an addiction like alcoholism is involved, the victim of it must seek the actual help herself and must do the work in getting and staying sober I do not care what anyone else tells you. [Please see the end of these suggestions for more general information of the mind of an active alcoholic.]
If we can think of ourselves as doing the good work, for the right reason, then the results are really none of our business is how I look at it. Now, I fully realize that that's a harsh pill to swallow if you're the parent, the child, or the spouse or relative of an alcoholic who is killing herself. I know this. I know how hard it is to accept. So, until they're ready, continue to love them but no need to love or enable their disease. [See #5.]
Seeds that were planted within me that eventually took hold were many! I am very glad that the seeds that were planted - from my teenage years on - eventually did root and grow! I am also glad that the people who took time with me didn't say, "She is not ready yet! We should withhold our efforts for someone who is ready!" (Solid A.A.'s may do well to remember this when a newcomer comes into the rooms.)
5. Get help for yourself if necessary. Alcoholism or alcoholic family members or relatives do not live in a vacuum separate from the alcoholic, even though it may feel like you're on different planets! Chances are that if you're currently living with an alcoholic, you are living according to what I call "Alcoholic Rules." These rules are usually generational, meaning that if you never even pick up a drink and your Dad is currently "the alcoholic" in the household, you are going to adopt these rules, function within these rules and then pass these rules to your own children or household:
- Anticipate. Anticipate the alcoholics needs so they need not do anything! After all, if you meet their needs, they may not *want* to drink! Turn into a people-pleaser and a mind-reader!
- Beg. Beg the alcoholic to change! Add some nagging for good measure.
- Control. Make sure to try to control the alcoholic. Manipulating is good too. In fact, why stop there? Make sure to control every situation and even the non-alcoholics in the family! If you can exert more control, surely things will change!
- Deny. Denial is necessary! Don't think about it. Don't talk on it. Don't tell on it. Tell yourself there is no problem.
- Enable. Enable the disease. Don't allow the victim to feel the consequences. Bail out of jail. Give money. Call in sick for the victim. Make plenty of excuses.
- Fret. Walk on eggshells. Feel hopeless and helpless but only when no one is looking.
- Gag Order. Make sure you gag order the family so they cannot get help! See #3 & #4.
- Hero. Be the hero of the family. Everyone loves a martyr!
- Isolate. Make sure to isolate. Alcoholism loves this one and tries to get everyone doing it. Remember that dis-ease loves secrecy! See #7 so everyone does it!
- Justify. Justify why all of the above are necessary and work for your way of living and repeat. These rules will then infiltrate every aspect of your life enabling the progression of your own dis-ease! [Codependency, raging, workaholism, over-eating, pills, and even the beginning of your drinking career!]
The above rules can sometimes even be seen even in households in which there is no alcoholism due to the nature of how we pass along what we know down generational lines. But if these rules are exhibited in a household with no alcoholic, you may still seek help in order to stop these rules from destroying you. [Resources: My Codependent Recovery Articles will share which books helped me the best and how; Or start at the Codependency Recovery page to see how it affected me; Or read one such recent article for inspiration that healing is possible: Codependents Guide to the 12 Steps]
If these rules seem familiar to you while having remembered that an alcoholic did influence your early life and you think you need help, Al-Anon and Alateen are organizations comprised of people who understand. They understand the secrecy, the pain, the powerlessness, the anger... Both helped me to understand the effects of alcoholism and how to choose a different way of living that led to serenity despite and while living in the midst of a person whose solution was to stay lit. Al-Anon and Alateen are versions of Codependent Recovery but specific to a loved one being an alcoholic. In my life story of recovery, I outgrew Al-Anon and adopted Codependent Recovery because it was a more complete picture of what I needed as most of my younger life had been characterized by "alcoholic rules" dysfunction - not necessarily arising from 'an alcoholic.' And once I gained a sane outlook on my life as a whole, dealing with alcoholics, addicts, or just generally dysfunctional relationships or people fell into place.
More about Alcoholism for the Non-Alcoholic
The Mind of an Alcoholic - An alcoholics mind can be perfectly well-balanced except as it pertains to alcohol. A normally honest spouse will lie if he has to regarding his alcohol. Normally smart about money-matters, if you have a relative you suspect of drinking [or doing drugs for that matter] and it becomes coupled with not having enough money and the punchline is 'can they borrow some?' it may very well be related to their drinking.
Alcoholics are funny, too, in that - although they may not be completely aware of it [I wasn't] - they think they have a secret. The entire world can witness the barrage of trouble they seem to find themselves in or take note [as was my case] how they would shut the door and unplug the phone and not emerge for weeks, but they really think as if it will go unnoticed. Alcoholism is a very twisted disease.
Drinking is only a Symptom - I know it is strange for non-alcoholic people to even begin to understand this disease called alcoholism, and to tell you the truth, even alcoholics in recovery frequently refer to the disease as it's relayed in the Big Book, "cunning, baffling, powerful!" What we do know is that over-drinking or dependence on drinking or drinking despite negative consequences is only a symptom. Where recovery comes in is equipping the alcoholic with more productive tools than the drinking that has turned damaging.
Alcohol was my Friend until it Wasn't - Alcohol did not judge me. Alcohol gave me confidence for my otherwise introverted nature. Alcohol eased my discomfort at being around other people. Alcohol eased my emotional turbulence. Alcohol was always there for me. This is my truth and this is how it started. But, not even getting started good as a teenager, it began turning on me.
I could never seem to just stick with any limit I would impose upon myself. I remember begging my sister, as a teenager, before I began drinking for the night, to not let me drink more than three. [Three happened to be my magic number when the *feel really good* kicked in.] I remember how she tried, my poor sister. But in the end, my manipulation, my lies of "Oh I didn't mean it" worked. It always worked. But in case I sensed it wouldn't, there was always the threat of physical violence or ruining the good time we were having. Nothing was off limits when it came to feeding my alcoholism.
So what does an alcoholic do when her only solution turns into her biggest problem? She looks for another solution. Some alcoholics choose suicide and still, others choose to continue drinking [sometimes being directly or indirectly responsible for leading them to jails, institutions, and/or an alcohol-related death]. I chose a different route.
My solution was to learn other tools so I would not have to drink for my solution and that is what I did. There are a few ways to get into this solution. Alcoholics Anonymous [I did this one] Rational Recovery [this too!], a spiritual awakening [like I had] ... The point is, there is no monopoly on solutions to stop drinking although some solutions may try to claim as such. Even the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous concedes this point. The main point for you, as the person who wants to help a potential alcoholic, is that for every personality of alcoholic, there is a solution. However, if you start throwing 500 different alternatives to an alcoholic hoping one of them will stick, you may frustrate them so go slow, easy does it, don't force. Simply be available.
Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? Yes, maybe and no, not at all. First of all, if you read the first 164 pages of the Alcoholics Anonymous Book [as well as the Traditions] - and you can read it online here - you will see that A.A. is almost anarchy in it's approach! There are no rules, no mandates, no lectures to be endured... And those are facts. The program within the Big Book is Alcoholics Anonymous at the core.
Then we have the meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous - or what we call 'the fellowship' - and meetings are only as good as the Traditions of A.A. they follow. This means that some people have, indeed, suffered some bad A.A. meetings or groups that do not keep the Traditions in mind. So like any social organization it is prone to the indulgences of ego. The good news is that there are many meetings and some, even online. [ALSO, there are resources that are not Alcoholics Anonymous related, to be fair.]
So can you be an Al-Anon as well as an Alcoholic? Absolutely. I was. I am. I was in Alateen while I was using drinking. Eventually I went full fledged over to drinking in order to deal with every problem I had. When I got sober is when I went back to Al-Anon because although I was now sober and developing new tools in which to deal with life in general, I still wasn't at ease with family members and friends who continued drinking or living within alcoholic rules. Going around them or talking to them made me feel scared, angry, and powerless; All the reasons I drank to start with.
Final Word about Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a treatable disease. Although it manifests as a physical affliction, the disease centers around the mind. No one can force an alcoholic to seek treatment or force an alcoholic into sobriety or make an alcoholic quit drinking short of trying to lose your mind in the process. However, as a friend or family member who cares for and loves an alcoholic we can help the alcoholic stop drinking. Our best and most loving response is to carry the message that there is hope. If we judge or maybe even label the drinker as an alcoholic to their face [much less without their acknowledgement or acceptance over what that even means] or try to manipulate situations in which to force outcomes we want or enable their disease an easy time of continuing to ruin our beloved's life, we can be always assured that WE are now contributing to the problem.
The 'disease' of alcoholism will use everything it can to isolate the drinker from help or sanity. 'It' [thought processes, feelings, emotions] will manipulate, lie, ruin relationships, and everything else it can think of. If we do the same thing - given that we are human beings and not diseases - Alcoholism has no Spirit; We do. Alcoholism has no feelings; We do. Alcoholism does not care; We do. Alcohol has no limits; We do. - Who will win this? Who will suffer? If you want to keep your sanity through this - or regain it - and have ANY chance at helping your loved one, engage the mentality of "fighting fire with water."
We continue to love our friends and relatives who are harming themselves. We listen with compassion at their plight when they want to talk. We do not allow, though, the disease to lie to us or to remain activated in secrecy. We are honest with our loved ones and strong in the face of their sickness. We do not enable, make excuses, or agree to the alcoholic rules. And at the same time, we are loving, kind, and patient. But sometimes this means getting well, ourselves, first - before we can help our loved ones who may be under the influence of alcohol.
If you are currently living in hell with an alcoholic I pray and encourage you to seek health and serenity for yourself first. We can't transmit hope or sanity for anyone until we have realized hope and sanity for ourselves. If I can help in any other way, please leave a comment at the bottom of this article or send a private message.
Suggested Links or Links Mentioned in this Article
Alcoholics Anonymous Specific
A.A. Website
Find an A.A. Meeting
Read the Big Book Online
A.A. Big Book New/Used
Other A.A. Literature New/Used
Help with Not Drinking and Sobriety
Rational Recovery Book (Website)
Non-AA Recovery Books New/Used
Other Alcoholic Recovery Books
Alcoholic Recovery Articles
Help for Dealing with A Loved One's Drinking
Al-Anon and Alateen Family Services Website
Al-Anon Recovery Books New/Used
A Relatives Alcoholic Drinking [Newsvine Article]
Getting to the core of Healing with/from Dysfunction
Codependent Recovery - This is a solid place to start.
Codependent Articles - These articles are linked from the above page.
Codependents Guide to the 12 Steps - Instructions & inspiration.
Codependent Recovery Books New/Used
My Autobiography - My Recovery Story
© Samsara [Digits on Newsvine] 2008-2013. Last Updated Jan 15, 2013.


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On-Site Geo-Referencing of 3D Static Terrestrial Laser Scans
By Jens-André Paffenholz This blog presents an efficient procedure for directly geo-referencing static 3D laser scans. This is a worthwhile way to obtain the required transformation parameters from the local sensor-defined coordinate system to a global system. Therefore, a multi-sensor systems (MSS) is designed with a phase-measuring laser scanner and 3D positional sensors (see Figure 1). By means of at least... read more


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Chris is the Artistic Director and one of the owners of Go Comedy! Even thought he has been improvising since 1990 and he still has a passion for improv that is contagious. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and has been in a few films and commercials over the last few of years. He hates having to write bios because he thinks its odd to talk about himself in the third person. He lives in Ferndale with his cat, Clark Kent. Warning: Be careful if you race Crawford, He cheats.
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LA school district lunch program spawns thriving junk food black market
posted at 11:57 am on January 21, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
It appears we have all been selling the Obama administration short—or at least its de facto "food czar," Michelle Obama. Her threats to wrest the salt shakers from the cold dead hands of dissenting Americans and force manufacturers of empty calorie foods to go on "an advertising diet" may sound intrusive. But now a picture is emerging that reveals that the First Lady is being intrusive like a fox.
The Los Angeles Times reports that an underground cadre of junk food bootleggers have been doing a bang-up business selling "forbidden fruits"—candy, chips, corn dogs, chicken nuggets, and more—to the 650,000 students enrolled in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Despite Mrs. Obama's efforts to cram vegetarian curries and quinoa salads down the kiddies' throats at lunchtime, students have rejected these alternatives to burgers and fries while—and this is key—developing a healthy streak of self-reliance by learning to "forage" for lunch. At the same time, the failed enterprise has put legions of black market junk food peddlers to work. It is the American dream twice over!
Two of those teenage self-starters, Iraides Renteria and Mayra Gutierrez, told the Times in a separate story that they don't even bother lining up anymore for the "nasty, rotty stuff" served at Van Nuys High School at lunchtime. Instead the girls, both juniors, make a meal of several bags of Flamin' Hot Cheetos and soda smuggled onto school grounds in their backpacks. "This is our daily lunch," Iraides is quoted as saying. "We're eating more junk food now than last year."
In response to the mass rejection of the healthful alternatives the school district was ordered to feed its students, its food services director, Dennis Barrett, announced that some of the "more exotic dishes" (read: lentil and brown rice cutlets, and quinoa and black-eyed pea salads) will be phased out in favor of burgers.
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Brevard, N.C. - The Tornados came into Thursday night's game against Belmont Abbey looking for revenge after their season-opening 83-81 loss. Led by Josh Roper's 21 points, Brevard came back from a 21-point second half deficit to bring the game within single digits, but Crusaders' Richard Barbee's 30 points were too much to overcome as Brevard fell in Boshamer Gymnasium, 85-75.
Jacques Dovonou scored in double-figures for Brevard (5-2, 1-0 SAC) with 15 points, going four of five from the field and seven of eight from the free throw line, while Jonathan Whitson and Sam Carlisle each had nine points. Darin Dellinger had seven points and seven assists while leading the Tornados offense which connected on 47.2 percent (25-53) of their attempts on the evening.
Kyle Phillips had 13 points and Andre Fells added 10 as Belmont Abbey (4-3, 1-1 CC) completes the season sweep of the Tornados. Barbee added seven assists to his 30 point effort and Phillips led the team with six rebounds and two blocked shots.
The Tornados scored the opening points of the game as Roper was fouled on a drive by Phillips and connected on a pair of free throws. Belmont Abbey responded with a 20-7 run which spanned 7:45 of the first half as Barbee score five and Phillips added four to put the score at 20-9 with 11:15 left in the opening period. Brevard brought the game back within single digits at 30-21 with 5:39 on the clock after a three-pointer by Drew Schauss, but the Crusaders again went on a run, closing out the half with a 50-31 lead as the teams headed into the locker rooms.
Barbee led all scorers with 16 points and seven assists at the break as the Tornados, despite connecting on 46.2 percent of their shots were undone in the turnover battle, coughing up the ball 11 times to the Crusaders three.
In the second half the Tornados battled back behind the play of Roper and Dovonou as the duo combined for 26 of Brevard's 44 second half points as the Tornados twice brought the game back within 11 points through their full-court pressure, but clutch free throws down the stretch by Barbee gave the game to the visitors, 85-75.
Brevard is back in action on Tuesday, January 29th, as the Tornados head north to Oakland City, Ind. to take on Oakland City College. Tipoff between the Tornados and the Mighty Oaks is set for 7 p.m.


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FOSSIL FLOOD LOG JAM UNEARTHED 2006. GYMPIE (Australia) FLOOD TREE SITE EXCAVATION success as a good group of helpers turned up to excavate the fossil logjam we discovered quite a few years ago. Now read on and enjoy what we excavated.
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August 16, 2012 - Hundreds of tiny coloured lights annually take over the Chinese Garden of the Montréal Botanical Garden. Imagine a multitude of fabulous lanterns shaped like animals and mythical figures. Designed in Montréal, these delicate fixtures are meticulously made by artisans in Shanghai, and then placed into the heart of a yin and yang inspired composition whose effects are magical! This old Chinese tradition reveals various historical aspects of Asian culture.
This year, the public is invited to the heavenly banquet of Xi Wangmu, the Queen Mother of the West, who is surrounded by figures, including the Laughing Buddha, the Goddess of Mercy, and the Jade Emperor.
Young and old alike are invited to savour a cup of Jasmine green tea and a delicious Chinese pastry as they take in these marvellous illuminated works of art, the reflections of which dance on the Garden pond. Visitors can also take home their own piece of magic by purchasing small paper Chinese lanterns at the Garden Gift Shop.
Next to the Chinese Garden, the Japanese Garden uses light and shadow to bring out foliage dressed in autumn colors and to create an atmosphere of calm and refined beauty. In the mystery of darkness, the various elements of the garden—pavilions, stone lanterns, bridges, and trails—reveal a remarkable splendor.
The 20th edition of The Magic of Lanterns runs from September 7 to November 4, 2012, at the Montréal Botanical Garden, which will extend its opening hours until 9 p.m. every evening for the event.


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Ill-advised selfie leads to guy's arrest
(NEWSER) – Pro tip: It may not be a great idea to post selfies on Facebook that show you dealing drugs ... particularly if you were doing so next to sheriff's deputies. That's what Taylor Harrison, a 21-year-old South Florida man, allegedly did before he was arrested last week, First Coast News reports. The Martin County Sheriff's Office then hilariously shared those photos on its Facebook pageFriday after Harrison's arrest, along with a shot from an undercover camera capturing Harrison selling drugs to an undercover officer.
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My father was born in Hingham MA. My favorite place on the planet. I'd love to move there someday when I'm older and can afford a 1.5 million dollar ranch.
If by ranch you mean one-story house on a fair-sized plot of land, then those are in Hingham. You won't soon see any cattle roping on those grounds.
Hingham is not Masshole country. It's 98% white and 98% of those whites have never driven through the Dirty Dot, let alone got out of their cars in it.
I'd peg the median income between 125-150k there right about now. Seems to fit you perfectly. Those kids never had to landscape or dig ditches in the hot sun during summers in high school or college. They all get trophies just for showing up, too.
Seems perfect. My great uncle also owns a significant portion of the land in Hingham and would be more than happy to give me a job in his company. He gets me Celtics playoff tickets whenever I want. Whether or not there will be any of those for the next couple years remains to be seen.
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Five years ago, I wrote a short blog post noting that HBO was developing a biopic on Sam Kinison, the Pentecostal preacher turned politically-incorrect stand-up comic.
Now, today, comes news that this project, which already had a few producers attached to it, finally has a director and an actor — and it turns out nearly everyone involved has mixed religion with comedy in one form or another in the past.
First, one of the producers is Tom Shadyac, director of Bruce Almighty (2003) and its sequel Evan Almighty (2007); more recently, he has documented his own personal spiritual quest in a film called I Am (2010).


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American Indians
Nowah! That means hello in the Pawnee language. In Oklahoma, thirty-eight federally recognized tribes represent about eight percent of the population. Most of these tribes came from places around the country, but were removed from their homelands to Oklahoma in the nineteenth century. Their diverse cultures and rich heritage make Oklahoma (which literally means "land of the red people" in Choctaw) a special state. American Indians have impacted Oklahoma's growth from territory to statehood and have made it into the great state it is today.
This site allows you to learn more about American Indian tribes in Oklahoma. First, read the Background pages for more information. Then click on the picture of an influential American Indian to learn more about him or her. The activities section has coloring sheets, games, and other activities which can be done as part of a group or on your own.
Indian Territory prior to 1889, Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division.


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Overthrow of the powers of wickedness in the heavenlies and on the earth
Chapter 24 sets before us the overturning of everything in the earth. The land of Israel is first in view. But there all the elements of all the systems of this world will be gathered together and judged. We have already remarked that this extends to the judicial overthrow of the power of wickedness in the heavenlies, as well as of the kings of the earth upon the earth: the succeeding chapters shew us with what intent. Without it the evil would not be set aside and put a stop to. Hence when Christ rides into Jerusalem in Luke it is said, "peace in heaven." For till the power of evil is set aside thus, any blessing established on the earth is soon corrupted and fades.
Before examining them, let us retrace the objects of the judgments we have spoken of; let us retrace them in their moral order. We have Babylon, the power of organised corruption, where the people of God are captive; the public open enemy of God and His people -- the Assyrian; the inward enemy -- the Philistine; then Moab, the pride of man. Damascus is that which has been the enemy of God's people, but allied with the apostate part of that people against the faithful part. From all these the people are delivered. Afterwards we find, under judgment, Egypt, or the world in its state of nature, the wisdom of which is lost in confusion; Babylon, now desert in the midst of the nations; Dumah, the liberty, the independence, of man; Jerusalem, the professing people; Tyre, the glory of the world; and, finally, all that is on the earth, and, to sum up all power, spiritual wickedness in the heavenly places, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.Synopsis by John Darby


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Ah, more vexing vetting rhetoric.
As we noted yesterday, conservative critics of Obama and the press won't stop complaining about how the president has never been properly vetted and that there are all kinds of unknowns about his mysterious past.
Obama has gotten a total free ride!
Last night Sean Hannity echoed that point:
Here's the problem though, with Hannity's claim that Obama "successfully hid who he really was for the entire last election cycle": Hannity works for what's supposed to be a news organization, Fox News. Y'know, a cable channel with reporters and producers and researchers and everything. And yes, Fox News was supposed to have covered the 2008 campaign and helped inform the electorate about the candidates running for president.
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Hi, I recently acquired a pristine 99 740i, but am having a curious problem.
When I wash the car (and also when it rains) and the weather goes below freezing, the drivers door and the rear passenger door "freeze" up.
Drivers door: The latch does not "grab" the locking bar on the door post. The inner locking cams (the ones you can see) move freely, they just do not secure the door. aka, when you close the door, it just bounces back open.
When the door finally does close, it can not be opened from either inside or outside. The door handles move freely, but don't seem to "engage" the opening mechanism. After the car warms up, all works as it is supposed to again.
Rear Passenger Door: Same opening symptoms except the door closes correctly.
I'm from northern Wisconsin, so I'm familiar with doors freezing after washing. My standard practice is to towel dry the car after washing, paying particular attention to the door gaskets and mating surfaces. This doesn't seem to be a typical case of the doors freezing shut...
I'm kind of stuck here (no pun intended )
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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You've got to get some type of lubricant up in there that will dispel/displace moisture after getting her unthawed.
This is a common issue for those that live in snow country that don't regularly winterize the door locks/catches/hinges/handles and lubricate their gaskets.
I use the 2 products below...Tri-Flow (which contains TEFLON) for all the moving parts that bind/rub against other parts as well as the bowden cables & the locks/catches/springs in the hood area..and 100% silicone (sprayed into a cloth rag) and all gaskets (doors/trunk/hood) are wiped.
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2006 E53 X5 4.4i (Sterling Gray) 12/05 mfg date <<~>> 97 740iL (Arctic Silver) 3/97 mfg date
99 540iT (Orient Blue) <<~>> 95 525IT (Alpine White)
91 735iL (Schwarz Black) <<~>> 85 325e (Bronzit)
Any update?
Q {BMW CCA Member #191509}
2006 E53 X5 4.4i (Sterling Gray) 12/05 mfg date <<~>> 97 740iL (Arctic Silver) 3/97 mfg date
99 540iT (Orient Blue) <<~>> 95 525IT (Alpine White)
91 735iL (Schwarz Black) <<~>> 85 325e (Bronzit)
Thanks for the advice. I've been real busy as of late, so I haven't had a lot of time to devote to this. I have some silicone spray that I intend to treat the gaskets with, (great idea by the way) but that isn't the main problem...
I used to use tri-flo years ago, and loved it. I checked around for an old can, and not finding one, I looked at a few local stores, with no success.
Next issue, how to get the lube where I need it... just beyond the actual locking "arm" inside the mechanism (the one that engages the bolt on the door post) is a plastic guard that presumably protects the rest of the latch assembly from dirt... It also protects it from someone trying to lubricate it...
is there any way of accessing the rest of the mechanism without removing the interior door panel? If not, what is the best way to remove the panel without damage?
EDIT: OOPS! For some reason I thought I was still on the X5 forum...so sorry for all the X5 diagrams and references etc. I will leave the reply as is because there is some cross-over in the larger scheme of things...water still enters the interior of the door, and freezes if temps drop etc. and a lubricant the dispels/displaces moisture still helps prevent frozen doors on BMWs.
Tri Flow can usually be found at bicycle shops...its a popular lubricant for the cycling community...and there's always eBay & amazon.com. You can also go to http://www.triflowlubricants.com/buyonline/ to find local vendors using your zip code...or purchase online.
I used the "straw" that came with my can of Tri Flow to get into the small crevices etc (like the door lock cylinder & around the lifted handles). There's also a removable plug (#3 in the diagram below and circled in red in the image below) that can be found just above the lock actuator (#1). In the diagrams, the encircled numbers indicate hardware...and usually there's a separate index within the illustration that gives an idea of what the hardware looks like.
(the center piece (#3) is what's removable)
I also found an old thread from 2005 on Xoutpost that has a SI Bulletin that officially recognized there was an issue with water freezing on the bowden cable (#5 in diagram above)...I'm not sure if there is an updated SI that includes X5s built after 7/02...because I am sure this issue occurs on multiple BMW models built after this date:
Here is one of the service bulletins sent out by BMW. They are are aware of the problem but, still, no recall to fix this design fault.
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2006 E53 X5 4.4i (Sterling Gray) 12/05 mfg date <<~>> 97 740iL (Arctic Silver) 3/97 mfg date
99 540iT (Orient Blue) <<~>> 95 525IT (Alpine White)
91 735iL (Schwarz Black) <<~>> 85 325e (Bronzit)
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Rubber care
If it's the actual door rubbers sticking go to your BMW dealer and ask if they have a product called a "rubber care stick" from Wurth. It's a non-silicone based lube for door gaskets/rubbers that keeps them from freezing. Because it has no silicone in it it won't make the car impossible to repaint either
Fantastic info, the diagram really helps.
I'm going to give this a try in the next few days, then give her a good wash and let you guys know how it went...
Thanks !
IIRC that little oval rubber plug is actually access for the stealer tool to remove the door handle. You need an angle tube to direct lube to the lock. If you have time get the cables out and lube them with Castrol GRR. Water repellant and wont make rubber components swell or jam cables. I use loads of it.
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Hi Guys, just a quick update...
Armed with some high grade lubricant (LPS 2) I finally was able to attack the project.
I tried to gain access through the little oval access hole, which proved almost completely useless... so, I decided to "simply" remove the interior door panel (spoken as a Ford/Chevy owner) and attack the thing from the inside. Well, an hour later, with the panel removed, the airbag removed, and the insulation barrier removed, I was looking (with mirrors and LED flex lights) at the inside of the door. Still the latch seemed inaccessible, and I couldn't figure out how to remove it. So, I just squirted lubricant where I could. I sprayed the cable connecting the inside handle to the latch, the latch itself, and the exterior handle "hinge".
Well, I have washed the car twice since, and the rear door has frozen, but not the drivers door !!!
As soon as I have a little more time, I will attack the other door.
Also, If anyone knows how to remove the exterior handle assembly, I think I could lube the appropriate spots much more effectively.
Anyway, thanks for all the info, I really appreciate it !
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