well that does it....

[TeeShock]

Identify your priorities and organize your schedule accordingly. Execute small tasks before they become a dilemma.

[Damnittsteve]

Grats Steve, that's an ambitious goal. You might consider the Celebrate Recovery program as one to work with. From what I know about you, your testimony fits in w/the whole CR thing.

i was considering that as well, the only thing is i stopped drinking without the 12step program and ive heard that they embrace it.

[Mike]

So are you going to change your screen name to "SaveYouSteve"?

Fuck YES

[talisman]

Grats Steve, that's an ambitious goal. You might consider the Celebrate Recovery program as one to work with. From what I know about you, your testimony fits in w/the whole CR thing.

I've heard that's a great place to pick up easy women.

[SSMAN]

nope, Arlington Baptist College. aka abc. that's right ladies, damnittsteve is going to seminary.


now where is my flame suit.........

You will burst into flames as soon as you walk in.

[Damnittsteve]

So are you going to change your screen name to "SaveYouSteve"?

ya know , that's something ive been struggling with. i mean i still talk to the same people and go out and do stuff, i just don't drink and im trying to keep certain words outta my mouth now, but im still the same old fool ive always been, only difference is i want to educate myself and THEN become something different. But i cant just sign up for some classes and start calling myself a Christian and all of a sudden im gunna try to save you guys, and i never will, jesus and your relationship with him whether it exists or not determines that role, at best all i am is a lesson of what not to do and can advice to those pulling themselves up from rock bottom. though i am named after Stephen in bible i look at Paul's example and transformation more that i do anybody. if i can help just one person in my life turn theirs around then its all worth it.


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[Mike]

ya know , that's something ive been struggling with. i mean i still talk to the same people and go out and do stuff, i just don't drink and im trying to keep certain words outta my mouth now, but im still the same old fool ive always been, only difference is i want to educate myself and THEN become something different. But i cant just sign up for some classes and start calling myself a Christian and all of a sudden im gunna try to save you guys, and i never will, jesus and your relationship with him whether it exists or not determines that role, at best all i am is a lesson of what not to do and can advice to those pulling themselves up from rock bottom. though i am named after Stephen in bible i look at Paul's example and transformation more that i do anybody. if i can help just one person in my life turn theirs around then its all worth it.


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So changing your name to SaveYouSteve is kosher?

[Damnittsteve]

So changing your name to SaveYouSteve is kosher?

Wait what? huh?

[talisman]

Good for you man. Genuinely.

[Gear_Jammer]

This is a little different than your story, but I took some time off between college and law school. My GPA in college wasn't great so I was scared too. Maybe it was the time I took off or maturity, but I took law school seriously and worked really hard all the way through. In the end, I graduated in the top 10 people in my class and scored very high on the Bar exam. Just like many things in life, good results usually come from hard work and determination. I applaud you for going back to school, especially to seminary. Best of luck!

[Treasure Chest]

I've heard that's a great place to pick up easy women.

::::snort:::: They prefer the term "recovering lesbian".

[Damnittsteve]

thanks eric

This is a little different than your story, but I took some time off between college and law school. My GPA in college wasn't great so I was scared too. Maybe it was the time I took off or maturity, but I took law school seriously and worked really hard all the way through. In the end, I graduated in the top 10 people in my class and scored very high on the Bar exam. Just like many things in life, good results usually come from hard work and determination. I applaud you for going back to school, especially to seminary. Best of luck!

that's what im looking for, im hoping I didn't drink myself stewpied in the last 15 years but we will have to see.

[Big A]

i was considering that as well, the only thing is i stopped drinking without the 12step program and ive heard that they embrace it.

That shouldn't be a concern, 12-stepping's foundation is a belief in a higher power, and allowing God to do for you what you couldn't do for yourself. It is specifically stated as a higher power, and "God as you understand him" to include all faiths, and as importantly, to include those that don't currently have a God.

The 12-step program is not about alcohol really, when you boil it down, it's about learning how to live a better life, and how to deal with everyday situations in a positive way as not to drive someone to drink. Alcohols is viewed not as the problem, but as a symptom of living a self-centered and spiritually empty life.

[Big A]

ya know , that's something ive been struggling with. i mean i still talk to the same people and go out and do stuff, i just don't drink and im trying to keep certain words outta my mouth now, but im still the same old fool ive always been, only difference is i want to educate myself and THEN become something different. But i cant just sign up for some classes and start calling myself a Christian and all of a sudden im gunna try to save you guys, and i never will, jesus and your relationship with him whether it exists or not determines that role, at best all i am is a lesson of what not to do and can advice to those pulling themselves up from rock bottom. though i am named after Stephen in bible i look at Paul's example and transformation more that i do anybody. if i can help just one person in my life turn theirs around then its all worth it.


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I understand where you're coming from with wanting the knowledge first, but thios brings to mind one of my favorite sayings, which rings true in this case as well.

"You cannot think your way into better living, you must live your way into better thinking,"

[The King]

although i am very excited about doing serious learning about the bible and being about to use it properly, i think my testimony from my past mistakes will make up a good part of my message as well. kind of a don't make the mistakes i did and why thing instead of the squeaky clean approach that a lot of pastors take these days.

Sounds good, and parallels the manner in which many individuals in the Bible found themselves called by God.