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"No wonder an alcoholic is strangely irrational. Who wouldn't be, with such a fevered brain? Normal drinkers are not so affected, nor can they understand the abberations of the alcoholic."
- The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 140

"I got thrown out of Alcoholics Anonymous because when the other clients saw me they thought they were having the DT's."
- Dave Dutton

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Light bulb
Q: How many recovering alcoholics does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Many will gladly help, but it's important for the light bulb to really want to change.

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"We know only two things about the future: It cannot be known, and it will be different from what exists now and from what we now expect."
- Peter Drucker

"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."
- Horace Walpole

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Light bulb
Q: How many drunks does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one. He holds on to the light bulb and waits for the room to spin.

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"The Kingdom of God is within you."
- Jesus

"Your lost friends are not dead, but gone before, advanced a step or two upon the road, which you must travel in the steps they trod."
- Aristophane

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Vacation
Q: Where do drunks like to go on vacation?
A: To a different bar on the other side of town.

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"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are."
- Bernice Reagon

"If penicillin can cure those who are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life."
- Alexander Fleming

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Avalanche
Two drunks got lost trying to do some mountain climbing in the Rockies. To make it worse, a small avalanche came roaring their way and left them buried in snow up to their necks. Unable to move, they kept busy by telling drinking stories. Both agreed they had been in worse pedicaments many times before. Suddenly they saw something that looked like a scene out of a movie. Running toward them was a large hairy dog with a small keg-shaped cannister of liquor tied under its chin. The first drunk exclaimed, "Look at that, it's man's best friend coming to save us!" The second drunk agreed: "It sure is, and look at the size of the dog bringing it."

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Photo
A drunk was in the mood for love, so to speak, when he noticed an attractive woman sitting alone at the end of the bar. As he plopped himself down on the barstool next her, he noticed she was holding a picture of a handsome man. Breaking the ice, he asked, "What are you doing?" She told him she was just reminiscing. The drunk thought that was a hopeful sign but needed more information, "Is that a photo of your husband?" She dismissed the thought, "I'm not married." He pulled his stool closer to her, "It must be your son." She replied, "I don't have any children." He moved his stool closer still, "Your Brother?" She simply answered, "Nope." The drunk surrendered, "I give up! Who's the guy in the picture?" She replied: "It's a picture of me before my operation."

DAILY QUOTA:

"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal."
- Mike Ditka

"A woman is a lot like beer: they smell good, they look good, and you'd step over your own mother to get one."
- Homer Simpson

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"It is not by accident that the happiest people are those who make a conscious effort to live useful lives. Their happiness, of course, is not a shallow exhilaration where life is one continuous intoxicating party. Rather, their happiness is a deep sense of inner peace."
- Ernest Fitzgerald

"What is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself! If that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi."
- PJ O'Rourke

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Drinking party
A drunk is the first to arrive at his buddy's drinking party because he heard there would be lots of free booze. He looks around and notices the place is messy. For example, on the kitchen table are a few bottles of whisky and wine, along with a couple of full ashtrays, some old newspapers, dirty dishes and half a loaf of bread. This seems to really upset the drunk. He raises his voice and says: "I thought this was a drinking party. So why is all this bread here?"

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Staggering down the street
A drunk is staggering down the street after a bender. There are two nuns dressed in traditional habits walking toward him. As they pass, the drunk watches as one nun goes by him on his left, the other on the right. The drunk is amazed: "It's a miracle! How did she manage to do that?"

DAILY QUOTA:

"Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature."
- Saint Augustine

"Miracles happen to those who believe in them."
- Bernard Berenson

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"If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality."
- Norman Cousins

"Life is subject to change without notice."
- Richard Eaton

World's oldest drinking song
Below is an english translation of what is thought by literary experts to be the oldest existing drinking song. These are the first two stanzas of Poem 174 in the Chinese Shih Ching (Classic of Poetry). Confucius (551-479 BC) was long held to be the author of this book, but it is now widely believed that the works are much older and that at most he only compiled and edited it (Wu-chi 1966).

"Soaking wet is the dew;
Without the sun it dries not.
Long, long we drink at night,
Do not return home until drunk!

Soaking wet is the dew;
On yonder thick grass.
Long, long we drink at night,
In the clan hall, until all's over."

- Author Unknown
(translation by Liu Wu-chi 1966 'An Introduction to Chinese Literature' p. 14)

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Flash Alcohol Warnings
Link: Albino Blacksheep

DAILY QUOTA:

"My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad."
- Olive Schreiner

"I feel good!"
- James Brown

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The eyes have it
A drunk is staggering home from the bar when a policeman pulls over to ask him if he's alright. The cop quickly sees that the man is just plain drunk so he asks, "Sir, your eyes are pretty red, perhaps you've had too much to drink?" The drunk slurs: "Well officer, your eyes look sort of glazed, so maybe you've had too many donuts."

DAILY QUOTA:

"To get rich, never risk your health...health is the wealth."
- Richard Baker

"I didn't drink enough to get drunk; I drank enough to get sick."
- Lawrence Taylor

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The pass
A drunk was in a bar and after having a few too many, he decided to make a pass at one of the female customers. He sat down beside her and told her how beautiful she was, and how she looked like a younger version of his wife. The woman was appalled, "You're stinking drunk! You're not getting anywhere with me, so don't even think about it!" The drunk couldn't believe what he heard, and replied: "This is uncanny. Now you even sound like my wife."

DAILY QUOTA:

"Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried -- you float."
-John Barrymore

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He heard a voice
A drunk stepped into the men's room at the bar. While there, he heard a voice coming from one of the stalls. It simply repeated, "9, 9, 9..." Over and over, the same thing, "9, 9, 9..." Just then he noticed a small hole in the stall door. The drunk never was a peeping Tom as such, but he just had to sneak a peek and see what this "9, 9, 9" business was all about. When he bent over to take a look, a long sharp finger quickly darted out and jabbed him hard, right in the eye! Half-blind and traumatized, the drunk heard the voice from the stall change its tune: "10, 10, 10, 10..."

DAILY QUOTA:

"We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility."
- Albert Einstein

"The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol."
- Mignon McLaughlin

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Rude, crude and obnoxious
A drunk was being rude, crude and obnoxious so the bartender cut him off. The drunk was outraged, "I don't care if you cut me off! I work at the brewery and we have plenty of beer there!" As he was showing the drunk the door, the bartender replied: "And I don't mind tossing you out. I work at the bar and we have plenty of drunks there."

Best sober wishes to all celebrating New Year's Daytoday according to the traditional Julian calendar

(New daily posts resume on Thursday, January 15, 2004)

DAILY QUOTA:

"When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life."
- Jean Bolen

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
--Mahatma Gandhi

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Drunk Professor
A drunk professor is staggering home late after a long night of drinking. A cop pulls over and asks him, "Hey buddy, it looks like you've had a few too many. Mind if I ask where you're going at this time of night?" The drunk explains, "I'm a professor and I'm going to a lecture." The cop isn't amused but plays along, "Really? You always give lectures at three o'clock in the morning?" The professor replies: "I don't, but my wife does."

DAILY QUOTA:

"As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others."
Robert Schuller

"If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."
- Wittgenstein

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Cowboy
Did you hear about the drunk who walked into a western bar? He was wearing a tacky all-polyester cowboy outfit that made a loud swishing sound whenever he moved, so the bouncer threw him out for rustling.

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"Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."
- John Updike

"Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons, that you cannot see with the naked eye, unless you have been drinking."
- Dave Barry

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Grouchy
A psychologist was doing a study on people's morning habits. One lady interviewed happened to be the wife of a drunk. The psychologist began, "The first question is, do you ever wake up grouchy?" The drunk's wife replied: "Sometimes, but usually I just let him sleep."

DAILY QUOTA:

"And so we get an obvious analogy, which Saint Augustine makes explicit. Just as our thought is clothed externally in our words, so is the thought of God...deployed externally in the creation. This is, as it were, God's speech. That is why everything is a sign, if we can see it properly."
- Charles Taylor

"I got so wasted one night I waited for the Stop sign to change, and it did."
- Steve Krabitz

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Mars Bar
The new space rover has successfully landed on Mars to look for signs of life. NASA reports that so far it has only found one bar on the red planet, but scientists insist it's nothing to get excited about: The drinks are cheap, but the place is said to have no atmosphere.

Wishing sober serenity to allcelebrating Christmas todayaccording to the Julian calendar

(New daily posts will resume on Thursday, January 8, 2004)

DAILY QUOTA:

"I found out that if you are going to win, you'd better be ready to adapt."
- Scotty Bowman

"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."
- Mae West

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First Date
A couple is out on their first date. After a lovely lunch in a fancy restaurant, the woman confesses, "I'll be honest with you. I almost didn't go out with you because I heard that you swear, smoke and drink too much. But you've been nothing but a perfect gentleman." Just then, the intimate moment is interrupted as the man becomes distracted and starts frantically searching through all of his pockets. Finally, he says at the top of his voice: "Well dammit, I must have left my cigarettes at the liquor store this morning."

DAILY QUOTA:

"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
- Andy Warhol

"Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself."
- John Bernal

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Change
At lunch time, a recovering alcoholic decides to pay a visit to his new sponsee, who sells hot dogs from a push cart. "Make me one with everything," says the sponsor. The sponsee fixes up a hot dog with all the trimmings and hands it to the sponsor, who pays with a $20 bill. The vendor puts the bill in the cash box and closes it. "Where's my change?" asks the sponsor. The sponsee responds, "Change must come from within."
(This post from Marc P)

DAILY QUOTA:

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
- Albert Einstein

"The hardest part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid."
- Richard Braunstein

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Brewery Rule
A drunk landed a job working at a brewery. At the orientation the manager told him, "Remember that we have a strict rule. If you get caught sampling the beer there will be a fine deducted from your pay. Its $20 for your first offense, $30 for a second time and $40 for a third." The drunk quickly asked: "How much does it cost for a one-year pass?"

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Daily news updates will resume on Monday, January 5, 2004

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HAPPY SOBER NEW YEAR TO ALL -- ONE DAY AT A TIME

(Daily new posts will resume Friday, January 02, 2004)