Oh boy, here come the flag police again 
We tend to only approve one flag on each person for derails, even if itās the start of a number of posts.
Selfishly, from a mod pov, itās much better when people take side chats straight here or a private message. Less admin for us anyway!
Also, for others going to a thread who are not part of the off topic conversation it can make it hard for them to find the into they are looking for, which is why the flag/ rule exists.
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When moderator @Dazercat disciplines us: āThis hurts me more than it hurts youā. But weāll know the discipline is out of love.
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Lol aha, thatās so spot on! And heāll be convincing at it too!! 
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Youāre right he did just 48 posts in the last 24 hours.
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He might be trying to keep his nose clean for the new job.
Canāt get caught up with the riff raff here.
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It wasnāt me 
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This is the best and funniest the derailment thread has been I love it
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In Chile too! We found this in a very uber educational Zoom. A very intellectual conversation about toilet swirls that occur below the equator 
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Donāt want to derail ā¦
Didnāt know where to put it. You cannot say Germans have no humour. Itās a speed limit sign to reduce noise on a bridge crossing a 6 lane highway.
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Thatās pretty ridiculous! Taking German precision to a whole ānother level.
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This is one for the meme thread A real life meme! Ich hƶre den Amtsschimmel wiehern 
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FĆ¼r mich fasst das die Umweltpolitik schƶn zusammen. Aber keine Politik hier 
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Perhaps us AAs need to ignore this post lol and not even go there (ironic Iām replying now lol). I actually discovered a whole bunch of specifically āAA hatingā groups on Facebook, and a few similar videos on YouTube. Maybe OP would find plenty of likeminded people there.
Jives aside, itās nice to see the spectrum of people in recovery here, albeit at times debating certain ideas, doing so for the most part respectfully. That being said I donāt think controversy necessarily is helpful to some in recovery, nor is aa, but again, thatās probably my AA brain talking lol. Iāll spare the quotations of AA literature to back that up 
. Personally Iām from New Zealand, and other than government sponsored (usually legally imposed) drug treatment and private counselling, I really donāt know where else to go to get recovery! I went through councilling, and government sponsored drug treatment. Personally, for me that really didnāt seemed to do it. But aa hasā¦ almost three years soberā¦ I do find people who do recovery without aa interesting, but also somewhat intimidating, perhaps because I really donāt know anyone like that. I was so alone in my using, I really didnāt even think people that got sober were tangibly accessible to me. Boy did AA change that! Peace n love 
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Iām not religious yet I work a 12 step program, Iām free to do this or stop whenever I want. I also choose to use the word God for a power I have found inside of me. Yes it is my imaginary friend and Iām likely mad or schizophrenic but itās better than the madness my mind was in before and Iām sober with a routine to share with my sponsees who are also sober so who gives a shit what anyone else thinks.
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