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yeah, i like rabbits too. got to cook'em with a lot of fat though, like bacon or something.
i had a girlfriend years ago that was really against hunting. 'how could you eat bambi?" she would cry.
this was the same woman who first cooked me a rabbit. "how can you eat thumper?" was my reply. her answer was, "shut up and eat your dinner!"
me? Not a wabbit fan personally but beats the hippie trail mix. Ugh.
Tastes just like cow feed to me.
I try to keep some decent coping strategies going in my life, but they always seem to get kinda worn out and tired, then they don't really work anymore. That thing, whatsis called - a calendar - used to work for me. Now it must be wearing camoflage or something, I haven't noticed it in 3 months. And I used to have a little bin for my mail so I didn't lose it. Can't even see the little bin anymore under the piles of mail. Anybody have some ideas about how to recycle coping strategies when they get old and smelly?
Reisa
I am wondering if reisa used to be on yahoo chats.Got meds. Had 8 yrs of therapy.
Those were my new techniques, those were like th 3rd round of new techniques.
Live with another ADDer and his 1/2 ADDer wife, we got tons of techniques around here. Just that a lotta stuff doesn't stand up to follow through over time. Backsliding here.
Heh, wanna have a rude contest dipwad? (your momma was so mean, she...) *grin*
And no yahoo chats, sorry.
How about this old gem "No man (or woman) is an island"??????
You are trying this all by yourself aren't you?? Probably med free too. Don't be a dumbass. Get into your doc and get a referral to a psychiatrist versed in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. They teach NEW coping techniques as the ones you have are ADHD born. They are tainted and you must lose them.
Clear enough for ya kiddo??
Seriously - I hope you do. It's worth it - made me the rude dipwad you see today. Warts and all.
damn glen! you off dex and on some bad bathtub meth now?
reading your posts, you've gone in tone from mr. rogers, to wilford brimley with a bad case of shingles. 
so reisa, i know just what you mean.
i get something working for me, and then it gets to be as palatable as used kitty litter granola.
glen's got a good point about getting a professional involved to help you identify and break old, non-functional habits.
i don't have anything against cog. behav. therapy, except that i react to those types of pressures as if it were the same as that scene in clockwork orange, where they strap him in the chair and show him films, his eyelids held open by that frightening looking device, until he cracks and becomes 'normal'. passive, compliant, predictable.
i have a hard time distinguishing who's troll, and who's not.
i don't know how that steffybabe keeps posting. the moderators must be afraid of getting their computers searched by the nsa for porn, so they let that poster through on this help website.
just having some breakfast. this granola tastes like sh*t!
It's not too hard after a while to see which are trolls and which aren't. A troll will attack your opinion but give no alternative. That way there is no good defense. It would end up as "is not - is too" and that's hard to keep adult you know.
the porn spammer steffy - they are under attack on email ads with the can-spam act up here and the US anti-spam legislation (5000 dollars fine per violation) so they are hitting forums which stay out of the legal domain for now. The admin I suspect are getting paid for them as I have yet to see them removed after over a month of being here. Just apalling but to be expected. Money makes the world go around yadda yadda.
As to granola - now you have discovered their secret ingredient. That's why I stay away from anything that tastes even remotely of roots twigs or berries. Feed them to the rabbits and eat the rabbits I say - it's far tastier and less yucky.
seeker, I don't really know what works, Played any loud Beethoven lately?
Please use some Banaca before answering! I still need to develop the habits so they can get old
damn glen! you off dex and on some bad bathtub meth now?
reading your posts, you've gone in tone from mr. rogers, to wilford brimley with a bad case of shingles.
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Now there's a picture I really never want to see! LOL!!
Nah - just a bite of reality right at ya is all. Sometimes I have an edge - I'm not all new-age touchy-feely bla bla bla agh! No - when asked for the truth I can be like a box cutter in a rapper's hand. Nice and clean but hurts sometimes I'm sure.
Don't worry the focus is still on help. Except for trolls I'll help them to leave is all.
And watch out for some of our old friendly trolls. They are on angel dust they say and acting all too wierd. Be ready to defend yourselves.
Is a coach one of those people that pop into my universe with reminders until the get put on auto-tune-out? I have issues when I feel pressured to "do it right."
Dave,
The 19 day rule sounds good, how does that work out though? Do you spontaneously change the routine? I think I might need a bit of structure. Maybe a list of options/alternatives? How do I remember to change it up?
Personally, I think that a coach that lives with you that is not ADD can be a real help. They seem to see what you don't see. I know that it helps me.
Erm, Glenn?
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT COW FEED TASTES LIKE?
I try to keep some decent coping strategies going in my life, but they always seem to get kinda worn out and tired, then they don't really work anymore. That thing, whatsis called - a calendar - used to work for me. Now it must be wearing camoflage or something, I haven't noticed it in 3 months. And I used to have a little bin for my mail so I didn't lose it. Can't even see the little bin anymore under the piles of mail. Anybody have some ideas about how to recycle coping strategies when they get old and smelly?
Reisa
[/QUOTE]Follow the 9 day rule.
In retail sales, the 19 day rule says that something left in the same place for 19 days dissappears on the 19th day.
Change coping mechs before they fail on you.
Rotate them, like rotating your tires.
Interrupt your routine with weekends and vacations.
In other words, do something different with a routine, and it breaks up it's mono tone.