Addiction & Recovery

Backwoodsrider

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10. Yes to some of us who has been through it we can see addictive behaviors galore in politics

Reply to Comatose Sphagetti (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2018, 12:42 PM

Feb 2018

Nice catch on seeing the current state of our politics we could use an intervention.

But I ask myself 'what can I do about it?'.

First off I am not going to go out and tell a Trump supporter they are wrong. Confrontation does not work in this area expecially when both side are primed for a fight. I know some Trump supporters in my small town they are towards the lower end of the economic/education scale and have not done a lot of winning in their life time so they bought into what Trump as selling. So now they finally they see a chance to come out the winners over us Liberals and they bought what Trumps been selling. So they have bought in to Trumps propaganda and have had to swallow some BS this last year. With each bad thing about Trump they swallowed the blinders become darker and darker.

What I AM doing is listening to Trump supporters. I don't have to agree with them just list and let them do their own discovery and decision making.

Finally Trump is many of the supporters power their commander and chief so who are the Trump supporters going to jump to as the Truth about Trump becomes too obvious to ignore? Who is going to be the wind in the disenfranchised Trump supporters sails?

Every day on the news Trump helps me see my character defects in another person

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I used to be a drunk... [View all] Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 OP

Thanks! irisblue Feb 2018 #1

Great post, and thank you for cilla4progress Feb 2018 #2

Well said. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #4

I buried my best friend at 45 SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #3

"...even though I really don't think there was anything I could have done that would have worked." Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #5

The line between fear and rage is very thin - fear leads to rage. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #6

For me, rage is fear. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #9

So cool. cilla4progress Feb 2018 #13

Yep. Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #15

There is a big difference between what I see in myself and what I see in others. JayhawkSD Feb 2018 #7

We will have to agree to disagree, my friend. (N/T). Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #8

thanks old timer Backwoodsrider Feb 2018 #11

Yes to some of us who has been through it we can see addictive behaviors galore in politics Backwoodsrider Feb 2018 #10

"Every day on the news Trump helps me see my character defects in another person" Comatose Sphagetti Feb 2018 #12

I'm afraid they will turn on us - cilla4progress Feb 2018 #14

It's hard for me, sometimes, to not take trumpers inventory. Woman in the Mirror. irisblue Feb 2018 #16

Not an addict but gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #17

Ah geez🤦‍♀️ irisblue Feb 2018 #18

"...a growing awareness something was terribly wrong..." Iggo Mar 2018 #19

Yep. He is also a "higher power" of sorts to them JDC Mar 2018 #20

I've heard people in the program refer to non-alcoholics as "normies," as in normal people. Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2018 #21

IME Many people who don't go to any meetings really raccoon Jul 2018 #23

One of the most important lessons of the meetings...is ..acceptance... Stuart G May 2018 #22