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Tim's avatar

So thoughtful and well said 🌞🙏🏼

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Unacceptable Bob's avatar

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Best wishes for the future from your northern neighbour.

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Frontera Lupita's avatar

Another great post WHD...I like your stream of consciousness reflections about the change of seasons and what you need to do to take care of yourself. A wise one...Born on The Fourth of July. A Cancer...so are we surprised with your watery musings! No...🙏🏼

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Tricheco's avatar

I get a feeling of peace reading your posts.

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Paul Scott's avatar

I am reckoning with your postiton William, from the fact that you are in a depression period following your extrication from the mess of Society that is the West now. On a bright note I assume you may have a cash base from your selling up, and this is to your advantage as the $USA is crashing all currencies , and even Gold and silver. You may have an opportunity when the Fed pivots to buy into reduced value assets. Your financial position is important. . Now I can write some unequiviocal truths based on my sound medical knowledge. Gather you strength to eliminate Sugar, Alcohol and Cannabis from your life. I know you will have heard this before and you will not see the depressive and destructive features mentally of Alcohol and dope till you give it up. This will be the toughest fight you have ever had in your life. I do not preach I had to do it myself and I have had to help other people return to reality,.Then too sugar. Believe me the medical effects of sugar on your body are destructive. You have a life that many of us would give a few fingers on our left hands for , I would indeed, Do Not be overtaken by drug addiction and sugar. . Do not home brew. Home brewing destroys men's lives . Take a deep breath and ask for help from your higher power. The recommended plan is in this order. 1. Remove all alcohol from your intake. This is the big one. Be prepared to go to a recovery program if necessary. You must prepare for this and recognise what alcohol is and what it does. 2. Remove the psychosis enabling Cannabis from your life. this takes about two months of withdrawals, then never comes back 3. Remove sugar from you life . Easy Don't have it in your home 4. Make provision for an outsider to get close to you, preferably living close; I suggest a man similar to yourself. 5. My attitude to God is that of Jordan Petterson n > I act as though he god [ or Cliff as we call him down here in NZ ] were guiding me Try it > You will recover if you fight for yourself .

>>> A clear sign of a negative pattern, not taking care of myself, not focusing on what is most important, not balanced, too impulsive, consuming obsessively sugar, coffee, alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, food generally and substack. I have been obsessively looking for Her, when I need to be focused on the feminine within."

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

I didn't add that my impulsive consumption is rather moderate compared to many. And I never said anything about being depressed, far from it in fact. And I would much rather be moderate in most things than absolute about all things.

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Paul Scott's avatar

Impulsive plus time = compulsive -

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Paul Scott's avatar

Yiou will see what you will see in time William . Denial is the primary syptom. Dope, Alcohol and Cannabis are a guarantee, Come back and look at this in one year.

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

You mistake my honest and heartfelt writing for my readers as a cry for help. It is instead coming from a place of power. And your assertion that I am in denial is an attempt to take my power away, but you can't.

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Also, I am going to paraphrase John Michael Greer: if the 4 horsepersons of the apocalypse come to your door, offer them a homebrew.

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