FakeBusto's quest for real strength - Page 245

We're staying sober for ourselves, not for anyone else. Our body
and our spirit are at stake. And we know what we need to do to stay sober.

If we feel shaky about going to a party, we don't go--no matter who gets upset.

If our job makes it hard to stay sober, we get a different one---no matter
who it upsets.

It's simple: we must take good care of ourselves before we can be good to others. In doing this, we learn how to be a friend, a good parent, a good spouse. We have to care for ourselves to have good relationships.

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Sobriety can refer to many different things depending on the individual. For some, it means sobriety from substance abuse. For others, it means sobriety from dysfunction. For others, it means emotional sobriety.

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Members of a 12-step program find a way to solve their personality problems by recovering three things. First, they recover their personal integrity. They pull themselves together. They get honest with themselves and with other people. They face themselves and their problems honestly, instead of running away. They stop taking anyone else's inventory but their own. They take a personal inventory of themselves to see where they really stand. Then they face the facts instead of making excuses for themselves.

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With a Step Ten inventory, we are learning that we have choices. When we arrived at ACA, many of us used control disguised as choice. In reality, we had no choice before working Step One or the remaining Steps of ACA.

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Before finding ACA, many of us had control usually followed by loss of control and self-blaming despair that left us confused and lost. Our denial locked us into believing we must reapply ourselves. Before recovery, we did try again--countless times--and we failed again.

We repeated the same mistakes expecting different results. We blamed others for the results and failed to change our own behavior. We repeatedly picked people who could not love themselves and attempted to extract love from them.

Some of us developed a compulsion so strong for another person that we could not easily break away from that person even when we were clearly involved in a relationship that duplicated the abuse of our neglectful homes. Many of us needed intervention to move on and focus on ourselves.

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04-08-2018 , 06:16 PM

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The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

Glglglgl!

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04-08-2018 , 06:31 PM

#6103

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

TY Ygos. And thank you for looking at the manuscript. Your comments were a huge help.

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04-08-2018 , 07:24 PM

#6104

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE ON THE DAD. It better get published is all I'm saying.

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04-08-2018 , 07:36 PM

#6105

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

Man, you would be frustrated beyond belief if you read the chapter after where you stopped...

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04-08-2018 , 08:49 PM

#6106

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

Lol

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04-09-2018 , 07:59 PM

#6107

Rexx14

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 7,215

Exciting! Is it crime fiction?

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04-09-2018 , 08:40 PM

#6108

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. YA sci-fi romantic thriller. Though crime fiction coincidentally is where I got my start in the pub world!

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04-10-2018 , 08:04 AM

#6109

Soulman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 31,657

We get to say we knew you before you made the big leagues!

Best of luck!

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04-11-2018 , 12:58 AM

#6110

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

Ty Seolbro!

W6d1
LBBS
X3
350, 335s

275x10

Dicking around and considered an AMRAP but was sucking wind.

Comp bench
X3
285, 275s

225x16

Nice. 275 now my drop sets?!?!

all day.

Dicked around with 225 and knew there was a lot more than x10 so went to x16 to beat my years old PR of x15

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04-11-2018 , 02:56 PM

#6111

loco

The First Golden

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,846

My best 225 bench was 8. So you doubled that.

My best 225 squat was 10, you were there. Fack, you can definitely double that.

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04-11-2018 , 05:15 PM

#6112

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

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Originally Posted by loco

My best 225 bench was 8. So you doubled that.

My best 225 squat was 10, you were there. Fack, you can definitely double that.

Who would have thought that a former fatty like yourself from a third-world country could one day bench and squat half of my casual AMRAPs. Good job.

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04-14-2018 , 06:47 PM

#6113

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

W6D2

Close grip bench
x5
255

Larsen
x3
275

TNG
x5
275

Paused HBBS
x3
275

Paused LBBS
x3
300

W6D3
LBBS
x4
325

TNG bench
x4
280

Injury pain almost gone. Still holding off on deadlifitng and pull ups.

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04-18-2018 , 01:07 AM

#6114

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

W7D1
LBBS
x5
325

Relearning the importance of keeping my feet fully planted. My feet kept twisting slightly outward and lawd does it make the squat harder.

Comp bench
x5
275

3ct bench
x2
290 (PR)

At least I think that's a PR...

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04-20-2018 , 07:27 PM

#6115

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

Bad bicycle accident yesterday. Don't remember anything. Witness said I hit a bump, front tire came off and I went flying. Embarrassed to say I wasn't wearing a helmet.

Bad concussion. Chipped tooth. Left eye required immediate plastic surgery and is currently sealed shut. Cognitive functions good but recovery and endurance will take a while. In hospital.

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04-20-2018 , 07:47 PM

#6116

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

JFC

. So sorry to hear that. So frustrating to hear about unlucky stuff happening to good people.

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04-20-2018 , 08:00 PM

#6117

Rexx14

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 7,215

Hope that you have a speedy and full recovery. Take care.

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04-20-2018 , 08:06 PM

#6118

Aidan

Kroenke Out

Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 24,320

Damn, son. Hope your recovery goes well

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04-20-2018 , 08:16 PM

#6119

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

TY Hot mess rn. Crying at the drop of a hat. Pain ebbs from overwhelming to whatever. Just in general feel scared. My body has always been my go-to. But the doctor says mood swings and crying and fear and anger are normal for concussions.

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04-20-2018 , 08:30 PM

#6120

loco

The First Golden

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,846

Holy mother of God. Hope you recover fully my friend. Runbad sux.

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04-20-2018 , 09:04 PM

#6121

John Candy

adept

Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,098

Sorry man. With your WIM you'll be back and stronger than ever soon.

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04-20-2018 , 10:11 PM

#6122

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

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Originally Posted by BustoRhymes

Ugh, sounds awful. Hang I there and give it some time. I hope your bro or someone else can be there for you irl. Definitely don't be afraid to lean on friends.

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04-20-2018 , 10:40 PM

#6123

nuclear500

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 10,516

Damn bro, rest and heal.

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04-20-2018 , 10:53 PM

#6124

Weasel45

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,284

Jesus. Sorry man. Hope you heal up quickly

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04-20-2018 , 11:21 PM

#6125

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

TY

My brother and my girlfriend and her daughter have been with me most of the time. And my S&F bros and sistahs are only a text away.

Not even allowed to watch movies or read much because of the cognitive demands. A few minutes in and the headache from hell becomes bad enough I want to scream.

I should post a pic of my face. What loco will look like if he accepts all wagers. Fresh meat.

Passing out again.

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