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Short story: Do not allow life events to turn your life into a life of wantonness

emptychair @innertalks (23736) • Australia 1 Aug

Alexandra was a good shepherd, looking after his flock of sheep, until one night he fell into a deep sleep, while looking after them, and several sheep were then eaten by wolves. He was very upset when he awoke, but the...

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Short story: The drunken Zen Master

emptychair @innertalks (23736) • Australia 27 Mar 22

The old Zen master, Serpock Xedeashi, had been a Zen master, for the best part of forty years now. He liked to indulge in his old habit of getting drunk on Japanese rice wine, or saki, though, at least once a week, and...

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Another unusual event in Berkeley

The Horse @TheHorse (238279) • Walnut Creek, California 5 May 18

I am walking up University Avenue, enjoying the first minute of my 10-minute break from work. My destination is the coffee place on the corner. I see a familiar person 30 yards in front of me. He is a black man of about 60,...

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Have you ever taken a "selfie"?

The Horse @TheHorse (238279) • Walnut Creek, California 28 Dec 17

From what I understand, "selfies" are picture people take of themselves. I don't understand why someone would take a selfie when there are interesting things in the environment to photograph, but I'm told it's become something of...

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Minding my own business.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169439) • United States 25 Jul 12

I am old enough to have been around the block a bit and to have seen a few things, not all of them good. My sister was married to an abusive man for thirty years. I saw my uncle try to kill his wife in a drunken fit, because she...

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alcoholism and the effects

hellcowboy @hellcowboy (7374) • United States 11 Aug 08

I was just looking over a few essays my fiance and I wrote,and I got to thinking about alcoholism and the effects it has on underage drinking, my fiance thought of her old friend,one that is underage and drinks all the time,in my...

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drunkenness

brightnwangwu @brightnwangwu (7) • Nigeria 23 Jul 07

I have a friend that drinks and smoke each day yet he doesn't eat well. He tells me its good for his life but each day I continue telling him to avoid that.Think about this, the guy drinks, smoke, but yet is getting fatter...

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