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Da Shrinking Dawg
Ramon
on 4/13/10 11:21 pm - Houston, TX

Happy Hump Day..

Today I am grateful..

For no tickets..

That Mikal is going to be okay..

For good doctors..

For small victories..

That I am still Mon..

Ramon Lopez
Co-Founder
http://www.rydobesity.com
Interview on www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com Please check it out.. http://www.weightlosssurgerychannel.com/programs/wls-journeys/wls-journeys-guest-ramon-lopez.html/
Video, about me, made by my best friend Yvonne.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCxNTyRUo0
PEACE
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Thanks Obesityhelp.com

Da Shrinking Dawg
Ramon
on 4/7/10 11:03 pm - Houston, TX

RNY on 07/07/04

Topic: Grateful Post..

Happy Friday eve..

Today I am grateful..

For Starbucks..

That I know that although I may judge myself by my intentions the world judges me by my actions..

That I know that the old me has to stay the old me.. I can't be him again..

For friendship..

For being a friend..

RHONDA FROM KY
on 4/7/10 9:44 pm - ALEXANDRIA, KY

RNY on 05/05/04

Topic: ~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME

04/08 REFLECTIONS FOR THE DAY
Time after time, we learn in The Program, newcomers try to keep to themselves "shoddy facts" about their lives. Trying to avoid the humbling experience of the Fifth Step, they turn to a seemingly easier and softer way. Almost invariably, they slip. Having persevered with the rest of The Program, they then wonder why they fell. The probable reason is they never completed their housecleaning. They took inventory all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in stock. HAVE I ADMITTED TO GOD, TO MYSELF, AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING THE EXACT NATURE OF MY WRONGS?

TODAY I PRAY
That I may include all of the sleaziness of my past, my cruelities and my dishonesties, in a complete moral inventory of myself. May I hold back nothing out of shame or pride, for the "exact nature" of my wrongs means just that -- a thorough and exact recounting of past mistakes and character flaws. We have been provided with an appropriate "dumping-ground." May I use it as it was intended. May all my costumes of the past, be foundation "fill" on which to build a new life.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Trash can be a foundation for treasures.

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin

Da Shrinking Dawg
Ramon
on 4/6/10 10:51 pm - Houston, TX

RNY on 07/07/04

Topic: Grateful Post..

Happy Hump day..

Today I am grateful..

For a good meeting last night..

For smiles and cries..

That I have a job..

That I am smiling a little more each day..

For my co-workers..

Da Shrinking Dawg
Ramon
on 4/5/10 10:51 pm - Houston, TX

RNY on 07/07/04

Topic: Grateful Post..

Happy Tuesday..

Today I am grateful..

That I am not going to let the flat tire that I have on my car right now bother me in the wrong way.. It's just a flat, Ramon.. I have to repeat that to myself..

For new found friends..

For being accepted..

For text messages..

That I am still here..

RHONDA FROM KY
on 4/5/10 9:48 pm, edited 4/5/10 9:49 pm - ALEXANDRIA, KY

RNY on 05/05/04

Topic: ~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME

04/06 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
What do we say to a person who has slipped, or one who calls for help? We can carry the message, if they're willing to listen; we can share our experience, strength and hope. Perhaps most important thing we can do, however, is to tell the person that we love him or her, that we're truly happy he or she is back, and that we want to help all we can. And we must mean it. CAN I STILL "GO TO SCHOOL" AND CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES AND ADVERSITITES OF OTHERS?

TODAY I PRAY
May I always have enough love to welcome back to the group someone who has slipped. May I listen to that person's story-of-woe, humbly. For there, but for my Higher Power, go I. May I learn from others' mistakes and pray that I will not re-enact them.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Sobriety is never fail-safe.

It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin

Da Shrinking Dawg
Ramon
on 4/4/10 11:05 pm - Houston, TX

RNY on 07/07/04

Topic: Grateful Post..

Good Monday morning..

Today I am grateful..

That I made it home safely..

For no tickets..

That I am still Mon in the eyes of a two year old..

That I am non-judgemental.. Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone..

That I have something to be grateful for daily..

Da Shrinking Dawg
Ramon
on 4/1/10 10:51 pm - Houston, TX

RNY on 07/07/04

Topic: Grateful Post..

Good Morning OH'ers.. IT'S FRIDAY ! !

Today I am grateful..

For things that make me smile..

For the present.. We are not promised tomorrow..

That I am just me..

For knowing that I am not a bad person trying to be good just a sick person trying to get well..

For my job..

SONG OF THE WEEK

"I found someone" By Cher

Don't you know
So many things, they come and go
Like your words that once rang true
Just like the love I thought I found in you
And I remember the thunder
Talkin' 'bout that fire in your eyes
But you walked away, when I needed you most

Now, maybe baby, maybe baby
I found someone
To take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been feelin' since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

Dry your eyes
I never could bear to see you cry
Some day your love will shine through
And show you the feelings that ya never really knew
But baby don't ya loose that thunder
Talkin' 'bout that fire in your eyes
You're lookin' at me, but you still don't believe

Now, maybe baby, maybe baby
I found someone
To take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been feelin' since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

Too long on the border line
Wondering if your love was really mine
But you left me with open eyes
And when I realized

Now, maybe baby, maybe baby
I found someone
To take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been feelin' since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE WEEK..

"NOW PICTURE SHE IS WHITE" FROM A TIME TO KILL..

RHONDA FROM KY
on 4/1/10 2:28 am - ALEXANDRIA, KY

RNY on 05/05/04

Topic: ~SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS~ A DAY AT A TIME

04/01 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY
If we don't want to slip, we'll avoid slippery places. For the alcoholic, that means avoiding old drinking haunts; for the overeater, that means bypassing a once-favorite pastry shop; for the gambler, that means shunning poker parties and race tracks. For me, certain emotional situations can also be slippery places; so can indulgence of old ideas such as a well-nourished resentment that is allowed to build to explosive proportions. DO I CARRY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PROGRAM WITH ME WHEREVER I GO?

TODAY I PRAY
May I learn not to rest myself too harshly by "asking for it," by stopping in at the bar or the bakery or the track. Such "testing" can be dangerous, especially if I am egged on, not only by a thirst or an appetite or a craving for the old addiction, but by others still caught in it whose moral responsibility has been reduced to zero.

TODAY I WILL REMEMBER
Avoid slippery places.