Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: embarrassment of riches Message-ID: <479@opus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-May-84 22:54:07 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.479 Posted: Tue May 15 22:54:07 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 18-May-84 07:26:58 EDT References: <50@stat-l> <702@pucc-h> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 19 <> >> Bag the prayer; try kicking back and drinking a few beers; *that* >> is the ultimate psychotherapy. > >In my experience, drinking does not drown one's sorrows; it merely irrigates >them a little. None of the situation I described would have been possible >without some heavy-duty opening of my dark emotions to God so He could heal >the wounds of my past and enable me to live more abundantly in the present. No, drinking to get drunk won't help - so drink a beer or two (as suggested) and not a fifth of scotch. (There may be reasons for doing that too, but they're different!) Jeff (>), you might rewrite what you wrote as "None of the situation... would have been possible FOR ME without..." and you'll get more insight into it. -- ...A friend of the devil is a friend of mine. Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303) 444-5710 x3086