On Jan 13, 12:30 am, "somebody" <em...@email.com> wrote:
> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or 4 weeks?
> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
When I was in Germany, Asiatic people stated that a pregnancy lasted 10 month. I was amazed about that, I said that this wasn't right. After a while I understood that they were counting lunar months!
They were as amazed as I was when I proved them that a pregnancy last only 9 months and maybe a week.
On Jan 12, 9:30 pm, "somebody" <em...@email.com> wrote:
> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or 4 weeks?
> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
As was explained to me some time ago, the signifigance of 28 days stems back to the insurance industry. That is the maximum allotted time an insurer would pay for a stay in treatment on the greatest majority of health care policys. Resultngly most rehab centers designed their programs to last that length.
> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or 4 weeks?
> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
When I saw the title of this post I thought, oh no, here comes Somebody telling everybody he just went 28 days without drinking. I really did. I was all set with my response until I saw your post was about something else. It got me to thinking about the expression "One day at a time", how it's used in AA, yet at the same time members are encouraged to count the days they've gone without drinking. In a way, that's kind of contradictory to the 'one day at a time' philosophy, to go around counting days already past. If it's gong to be one day at a time going forward, it should be the same going back.
>> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or >> 4 weeks?
>> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
> When I saw the title of this post I thought, oh no, here comes > Somebody telling everybody he just went 28 days without drinking. > I really did. I was all set with my response until I saw your > post was about something else. It got me to thinking about the > expression "One day at a time", how it's used in AA, yet at the > same time members are encouraged to count the days they've gone > without drinking. In a way, that's kind of contradictory to the > 'one day at a time' philosophy, to go around counting days already > past. If it's gong to be one day at a time going forward, it > should be the same going back.
> Tommy Joe
I don't think you're Robinson Crusoe - but guess on Usenet one can never be sure;-)
>>> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or >>> 4 weeks?
>>> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
>> When I saw the title of this post I thought, oh no, here comes Somebody >> telling everybody he just went 28 days without drinking. >> I really did. I was all set with my response until I saw your >> post was about something else. It got me to thinking about the >> expression "One day at a time", how it's used in AA, yet at the >> same time members are encouraged to count the days they've gone >> without drinking. In a way, that's kind of contradictory to the >> 'one day at a time' philosophy, to go around counting days already >> past. If it's gong to be one day at a time going forward, it >> should be the same going back.
>> Tommy Joe
> I don't think you're Robinson Crusoe - but guess on Usenet one can > never be sure;-)
Anniversaries seemed to be very important at the few meetings I went to. It seemed to be the MOST IMPORTANT THING. The guy or gal could be an axe-murderer, but if they had gone 20 years without alcohol well then everyone clapped and smiled and gave testimonials.
> Anniversaries seemed to be very important at the few meetings I went to. It > seemed to be the MOST IMPORTANT THING. The guy or gal could be an > axe-murderer, but if they had gone 20 years without alcohol well then > everyone clapped and smiled and gave testimonials.
You wait till you hear the cheers for a quarter century of recovery for a five time divorced circus clown kidney harvester. Meanwhile the doofusss with a couple dwis practically gets booed. We do love our gore!
>>>> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or >>>> 4 weeks?
>>>> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
>>> When I saw the title of this post I thought, oh no, here comes >>> Somebody telling everybody he just went 28 days without drinking. >>> I really did. I was all set with my response until I saw your >>> post was about something else. It got me to thinking about the >>> expression "One day at a time", how it's used in AA, yet at the >>> same time members are encouraged to count the days they've gone >>> without drinking. In a way, that's kind of contradictory to the >>> 'one day at a time' philosophy, to go around counting days already >>> past. If it's gong to be one day at a time going forward, it >>> should be the same going back.
>>> Tommy Joe
>> I don't think you're Robinson Crusoe - but guess on Usenet one can >> never be sure;-)
> Anniversaries seemed to be very important at the few meetings I went > to. It seemed to be the MOST IMPORTANT THING. The guy or gal could be > an axe-murderer, but if they had gone 20 years without alcohol well then > everyone clapped and smiled and gave testimonials.
I don't think it is less of an achievement if you're an axe-murderer or not.
I can't help but wonder why he killed the axe in the first place.
-- JeePee
And HEY!! Let's be careful out there. - Sgt. Phil Esterhaus -
>>>>> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or >>>>> 4 weeks?
>>>>> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
>>>> When I saw the title of this post I thought, oh no, here comes >>>> Somebody telling everybody he just went 28 days without drinking. >>>> I really did. I was all set with my response until I saw your >>>> post was about something else. It got me to thinking about the >>>> expression "One day at a time", how it's used in AA, yet at the >>>> same time members are encouraged to count the days they've gone >>>> without drinking. In a way, that's kind of contradictory to the >>>> 'one day at a time' philosophy, to go around counting days already >>>> past. If it's gong to be one day at a time going forward, it >>>> should be the same going back.
>>>> Tommy Joe
>>> I don't think you're Robinson Crusoe - but guess on Usenet one can >>> never be sure;-)
>> Anniversaries seemed to be very important at the few meetings I went >> to. It seemed to be the MOST IMPORTANT THING. The guy or gal could >> be an axe-murderer, but if they had gone 20 years without alcohol well >> then everyone clapped and smiled and gave testimonials.
> I don't think it is less of an achievement if you're an axe-murderer or > not.
> I can't help but wonder why he killed the axe in the first place.
Maybe because there was a grudge between them and they were unable to bury the hatchet?
mikewestvale wrote: > On Jan 12, 9:30 pm, "somebody" <em...@email.com> wrote: > > Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or 4 weeks?
> > Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night.
> As was explained to me some time ago, the signifigance of 28 days > stems back to the insurance industry. That is the maximum allotted > time an insurer would pay for a stay in treatment on the greatest > majority of health care policys. Resultngly most rehab centers > designed their programs to last that length.
>> On Jan 12, 9:30 pm, "somebody" <em...@email.com> wrote: >>> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or 4 weeks?
>>> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night. >> As was explained to me some time ago, the signifigance of 28 days >> stems back to the insurance industry. That is the maximum allotted >> time an insurer would pay for a stay in treatment on the greatest >> majority of health care policys. Resultngly most rehab centers >> designed their programs to last that length.
> And those programs work in 28 days?
If you want them to.
--
-Bob
Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. -John F. Kennedy
There is no one definition that fits all alkies. Me, I wanted sobriety, so it worked just fine. Others get done with the program and run to the nearest bar. As someone surely said, "We're all different".
> >> On Jan 12, 9:30 pm, "somebody" <em...@email.com> wrote: > >>> Where does the expression come from? Why 28 days and not 30, or 4 weeks?
> >>> Not a bad movie so far. I watched half last night. > >> As was explained to me some time ago, the signifigance of 28 days > >> stems back to the insurance industry. That is the maximum allotted > >> time an insurer would pay for a stay in treatment on the greatest > >> majority of health care policys. Resultngly most rehab centers > >> designed their programs to last that length.
On Oct 16, 4:15 pm, "nhoop" <nlh193...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> And those programs work in 28 days?
> > If you want them to.
> > --
> > -Bob
> A very good answer!
> There is no one definition that fits all alkies. Me, I wanted sobriety, so > it worked just fine. Others get done with the program and run to the nearest > bar. As someone surely said, "We're all different".
I've been through rehab three times. Twice inpatient, once outpatient. I have found that most people are there to avoid/cut down jail time. Bleh...
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