I'm certainly feeling better since I started this thread.

All of you, each of you, I thank for your wisdom and insights and remarkable perspectives.

I have something taped to a lamp that I should read more often. Here it is:

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

(source unknown)

That is something my late mother had loved as well! It is something that I try to live by.

Glad you're in a better perspective!

XO,
Blu

Hope you're not mixing benzo's with alcohol on a regular basis; that's REALLY hard on your liver,
dude. Anyone who drinks alcohol should be taking Silymarin for liver repair (Silibum marianum; milk thistle extract) Also a proven cure for hepatitis--an essential homestead plant.

That is quite an honor Blu, and I return to you as well the good wishes and good thoughts.

In the words of Charles Dickens from aTale of Two Cities



The times ahead will try us all, in some it will bring out the worst in them, in others it will bring out the best in them. Despite the fact others here do not see things in such terms as Darkness and Light, as in the time of Dickens such things become manifestly clear.

The world and this board need men like Heineken, and if these words helped to buck him up some, this is a good thing. Whether you prep in physical terms or prep yourself in your mind's eye for what is to come through discussion on Peak Oil, what is done here is important. Far as I can tell, in few other places is the Truth spoken in no uncertain terms by so many who can see it. Heineken is one of those people, so are you. It bucks me up quite a bit to know there are other Good Men out there who see the truth, and are willing to speak it as they see it here. That also is a good thing.

See you on the Other Side.

Reverse Engineer

Engineer, thank you.

I have seen changes in you since you joined.

Good job.

Most benzodiazepines (e.g., Valium) have a remarkably low toxicity profile. People who take huge overdoses of Valium in an attempt to commit suicide often fail.

As far as I know, combining benzodiazepines with alcohol potentiates their pharmacologic effect but is not particularly toxic to the liver.

One really bad drug to combine with alcohol is acetaminophen. That is murder on the liver.

My sense about alcohol is that in moderation it is not harmful and possibly beneficial. The cardioprotective benefits are compelling and backed by research.

The dose makes the poison, friend oowolf. That goes for water, even.

Really, there is no need to mix alcohol and benzos. They both sort of do the same thing, but in combo are dangerous.

You're better off getting really drunk or taking too many benzos than playing games mixing the two. And even taking too many benzos is stupid, since the more you take the more you need (tolerance).

I must be an old fogey now, as I cannot understand playing games with drugs. Heck, you're in enough danger as it is taking things as prescribed.

I understand the detachment issue.

I'm currently throwing myself into a new project and really enjoying it and being very productive but......

I sometimes look at myself and think WTF - it's all going tits up anyway, so why work so hard. When I say look at myself, it really is in a detached manner almost like I'm watching my actions.

I did a really good presentation to a group of salespeople the other day. End of the presentation they all flocked round really keen about what I'd been showing them. I was feeling quite pleased with myself, but simultaneously I was thinking about family and preps and the economy and peak oil and why're you wasting your time working. The fact the income is needed seems almost irrelevant sometimes.

I haven't changed Heineken. Your PERCEPTION of me has changed.

Reverse Engineer

Hello Heineken,

I've come into this thread a bit late, you're all better.
Glad to hear it mate. I thought I'd share with you a piece of music that always helps me through dispassionate times, it is Tool- Parabol.

Keep on truckin

Love that song thanks for the link

Yes, my perception of you, as shaped by what you write.

Can't say I'm ALL better, but I heartily thank you for your kind words.

Without doubt, because I have an outrageously dramatic style of writing, quite a few people here misperceive what I write, but as time goes by, more and more people here on Peak Oil have come to understand it. I am greatful that I have been able to achieve that now. So was the case on my own board, it took me quite some time to get people to understand the meaning behind the drama.

You know, I can write plain prose, but its not an accurate reflection of how I think. I do perceive life as a grand drama, and so I write to reflect that. Read for the underlying meaning, as you would seek the meaning in Shakespeare, its all couched in Comedy or Tragedy. I am no Shakespeare, but I do my best to evoke emotion and to ferret out the deeper truth that lies beyond the plain prose, the facts and the figures of depleting oil supplies and a shrinking Dow Jones Industrial Average.

I write to satisfy mainly my own muse, the reactions I get sometimes can be incredibly vitriolic, I am used to it. Read for the meaning, enjoy the entertainment value of it. Or if you disagree, take me on. Its what I live for.

Reverse Engineer

RE, some of your commentary has a bombastic air that I think turns many off, because it is perceived as egotistical. Perhaps you don't intend that, but that is how it comes off---less frequently now than formerly, perhaps, which is what I was getting at in my earlier post.

Consider writing with your audience more strongly in mind.