M> Hey, are you the "crazy indian" Marie keeps talking about?  Well 
M> welcome aboard!  I hope to get to know you better.  I assume she means 
M> Native American Indian as opposed to Oriental Indian.  I am part 
M> Tsalagi or Cherokee - about 1/16ths - and I'm 15/16ths Wannabe, as in I
M> Wannabe a full blooded Indian, otherwise known as FBI.  
M> .
M> I do keep some of the customs, in so far as I know them, I have a 
M> native american name given me by a healer/priest of a different tribe, 
M> I wear a medicine pouch and in it I have a coin I got with a medicine 
M> shield on it stating "Native American In Recovery" - with a prayer to 
M> the "Great Spirit" on it rather than the traditional Serenity prayer.
M> I'd like to learn more as I find the ceremonies an important part of my
M> total 11th step routine, which draws from as many sources within my 
M> mixed heritage as I can.
M> .
M> Anyway, I definitely am an alcoholic, drug addict, and codependent - 
M> have the compulsion so that the first drink or drug triggers craving 
M> for more, more, more, etc. ad nauseum, ad infinitum.  I can't drink or 
M> drug in safety and have been avoiding doing so for almost ten years 
M> now, a day at a time, with the help of my H.P. as I understand my H.P. 
M> and also the fellowships of recovery that I am in.
M> .
M> And any friend of Marie has got to be okay.
 yes it is I and I'm part polewap and american indian
although my nickname comes from my scooter it an Indian Chief
   I too am an alcohic ,addict and codependant and with out HP and the people 
in the rooms I know I could not stay clean and sober only by the doing 
what I've been told Have I amassed the 24 hours that I have
LOL 
Leo
Just for Today I will not use and I will go to a meeting
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