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Republican candidates for Congress are slinging accusations of hypocrisy over marijuana use and policy, including the spectacle of a candidate who favors legalization defending a YouTube video focused on his opponent’s arrest a decade earlier for marijuana possession.



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Hey, I am new here. So far it is my 5th day without drinking. I am having a horrible time sleeping. I keep waking up with horrible nightmares and anxiety and I can't fall asleep afterwards. Yesterday I woke up with shakes that eventually went away later in the day. But today, I feel so horrible. I feel so dehydrated. I keep drinking water but I just feel like I am going to throw up. My whole body hurts and I can't seem to think straight what so ever and I have a horrible headache. Is this normal? and if so how long until I start feeling better?

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July 29
Expectations

Our behavior toward other people in our life is a mirror of our behavior toward ourselves. When we demand perfection of ourselves, we come to demand it from others around us, too. As we strive to repair and heal our lives in recovery, we may also expect others to work just as hard and to recover at the same pace as we do. And just as we are often unforgiving of our own mistakes, we may shut out friends and family members when they don't meet our expectations.

Working the steps helps us understand our own limitations and our humanity. We come to see our failures as human mistakes. We realize that we will never be perfect, that we will, at times, disappoint ourselves and others. We hope for forgiveness.

As we learn to gently accept ourselves, we can start to view others with the same accepting and tolerant heart. These people, too, are only human, trying to do their best and sometimes falling short.

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