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Are You Truly Free?

March 10, 2010

Earlier this week I received the most powerful, moving guest post I’ve ever read. About 24 hours later, the author decided that they were not comfortable having it published after all.
I was disappointed but I understood. The post was about overcoming a very serious addiction.
And although I won’t be able to publish it, I would [...]

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How To Have Tourette’s Part 17: Getting Better At Getting Worse

March 9, 2010

You there!
I was going to type this today, but the tics wouldn’t let me. So I turned on the recorder, but the audio actually gives some more relevant bearing to today’s topic than the writing would have. The recording has some advice I believe we can both use.
It’s about eight minutes long. I’m pretty noisy [...]

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Surprises

March 5, 2010

Surprises, reversals, relief, profound shame, and violent realizations that I’ve experienced in the last three decades

The Cheerio was a worm
His sister was a dwarf and I’d just made a midget joke and she was standing right next to me
I’d fallen in love with the young woman in the picture but didn’t know she was my [...]

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How To Have Tourette’s Part 16: Permission To Fall Apart

February 26, 2010

Yesterday I was on the phone at work. I was having some tics, but so far I’d been okay.
Then my jaw slammed shut with all the force it could find. I spit a piece of a molar onto my desk.

I looked at that tiny piece of my head, now a tiny paperweight, no longer [...]

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The Things We Already Know

February 22, 2010

We know the answers to many of the questions we ask ourselves, whether we admit it or not. We deny the answers for many reasons. They make us uncomfortable. They require action. They eliminate excuses. They challenge our belief systems and our sense of convenience.
Most of us know that:
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