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by aestra 13y ago
Bed shaking alarms http://www.walmart.com/ip/Clarity-Alarm-Clock-With-Bed-Shake...
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by aestra 13y ago
>Financial services are considered a product Absolutely, but you won't die if you don't receive financial services. That's what makes healthcare very very different. It isn't simply a "product," it is a life
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>If I truly trusted that the insurance company would be there for me I don't believe they will be there for me either, and I've been burned before too. That's one of the reasons why I don't support the ACA. However, m
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by aestra 13y ago
Healthcare isn't a product by any stretch of the imagination. We are human, we get sick, we get injured. Even the best of us. It is also morally wrong to not treat those who can't pay. Disclaimer: I am not in support of the ACA,
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http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2012/world-popula...
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by aestra 13y ago
>Even if I do get hit with something catastrophic, I'd rather have them send me the bill and let me negotiate and pay it off myself. You do realize medical bills can be in the millions of dollars, right? It isn't even vary hard
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by aestra 13y ago
>not paying for birth control coverage when there is absolutely zero chance of pregnancy The argument here is.... It is in our best interest as a society as a whole to have a society that controls its fertility. We have less children bor
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by aestra 13y ago
That's what everyone in America was saying in 2006. Now there are millions underwater in their mortgages. Best investment indeed. The demographics of the area you buy a house in can change dramatically which affect your house's pr
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by aestra 13y ago
>First off, get a high interest savings account (or several) from your bank(s) Online savings accounts give a higher interest rate than any B&M bank out there, not that the interest rates are actually high. Compare here: http:/
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by aestra 13y ago
There is an interview with the founder of Vanguard in this video: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement-gamble/ The video is all about investing in your 401(k). Highly recommend watching.
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by aestra 13y ago
In the US, your capital gains grow tax free, making it an awesome deal. You only pay when you take the money out. We also have Roth IRAs which are tax free when you take it out. You pay tax when you put the money in. I would suggest the O
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by aestra 13y ago
I admit, it has been a while since I read it and that is what I remember. I went back and reread some of it, and you are right I couldn't find any direct quotes. That was my mistake. It does however have its roots in The Oxford Group.
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by aestra 13y ago
> It's sad that you find AA to be such a threat that you created an account exclusively to 'refute' the comments in this thread with vitriol and militant secularism. What are you talking about? My account is 254 days ago w
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by aestra 13y ago
>The one part of AA that can't be simply transferred to a professional therapeutic setting is the peer support. Have you ever been to CBT or DBT? I have (not for addiction, for psychiatric illness). It is specially and absolutely pr
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by aestra 13y ago
Indeed! This makes proper research hard.
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by aestra 13y ago
>it does explicitly say god as you understand him Sorta. Read here: http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_tableofcnt.cfm tell me it refers to any other God. The "as you understand him" part is somewhat a cop-
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by aestra 13y ago
Nope. http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_bigbook_chapt4.pdf "if that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experi- ence will conquer. To one who feels he is an atheist or agnosti
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by aestra 13y ago
> I still drink sparingly and am not sure that makes me an authority. Don't worry, there are a number of ex-problem drinkers that can and do practice moderation. Some can, some can't. Some need abstinence, some don't. Your
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by aestra 13y ago
> Atheism and other devout believers in a purely physical, meaningless and non-spiritual reality are pretty susceptible to things like alcoholism and born-again Christianty. [citation needed] Here's some nonsense I just made up: &qu
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by aestra 13y ago
>Your friend avoids getting help because he's an addict, not because he's offended by the 12 step program. Completely and totally incorrect. He has tried AA, and was completely disgusted with it. He just thinks if he tries to g
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by aestra 13y ago
>can be divorced from the idea of the supernatural, and actually boil down to an effective cognitive/behavioural therapy. So lets stop it with all the mumbo jumbo crap and go to real CBT.
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by aestra 13y ago
Yes. http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/alcohol-abuse/alcohol-abu... Signs of alcohol abuse You have problems at work or school because of your drinking, such as being late or not going at all. You drink
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by aestra 13y ago
Have you consulted a sleep specialist? Have you tried practicing proper sleep hygiene? http://sleepfoundation.org/ask-the-expert/sleep-hygiene
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by aestra 13y ago
>it's good that aa uses the 'god as you understand him' which most people just use that as meaning 'something outside yourself'. Have you read the AA "big book?" If you have it is very clear it refers t
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by aestra 13y ago
Many people I know have replaced their drug addiction with a religion addiction and have become intolerable to be around. My brother in law is the worst.
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by aestra 13y ago
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/1852/is-alcoholi... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous#Effectiven... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_An
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by aestra 13y ago
>And for all the people bitching about how AA is religious -- it's not! The "higher power" thing is more of a philosophy than a religion. Bull-fucking-shit. I've read the AA "big book" (enough of it that I c
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by aestra 13y ago
>You should find those people, meet them and get out of drinking I don't mean to be offensive but... This can work, however it might not work depending on who you find. Many former addicts I personally know have replaced their drug
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by aestra 13y ago
>Alcohol withdrawal can kill late stage addicts This is correct and very very important. Your brain is physically changed. Alcohol's primary effect is the increase in stimulation of the GABAA receptor, promoting central nervous syst
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by aestra 13y ago
I don't think we need to rework government forms. It could be used for new forms, or when the form gets a revision.

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