Showing posts with label Community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Community. Show all posts
Thursday, September 18, 2025

Consuming Strife, Perpetuating Envy & Ultimately Relegating Tribalism (Your Washing Machine Jerusalem)

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As humans, we're hard pressed to not become more and more biased / cliquish as we age.  Why? Advancing forward year to year inevitably c...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Hosting A Samson Society Newcomers' Meeting Has Bolstered Rob's Recovery / The Beauty Of Giving Back

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Prior to me "gaining access" / being formally invited into the First Baptist Church Jackson in-person Samson Society group back in...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Choosing To Not Be Bitter / Jaded In Spite Of Being Read (& Tremendously Scarred By) The Riot Act

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I had the privilege to delve into volunteer work in my early 30s (20+ years ago).  This volunteer leadership position that I was appointed t...
Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Is A Loved One / Friend / Professional Colleague Attempting To Drive A Wedge Between You & A Third Relational Leg (Parent / Common Friend / Professional Colleague or Bossman)? Read On.

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Firstly, what is a relational wedge?   It's an intentional (tangential) relational sabotaging technique used by individuals who feel a g...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Advice To Samson Newcomers

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I truly enjoy hosting a newcomers' meeting on Saturday mornings.  To initially hear these men's stories and how they came to take th...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Amazing Reunion

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I spoke with my freshman roommate (Mississippi State University) yesterday, (2/17) for the first time since last seeing him in '91 (we d...
Thursday, February 6, 2025

A Powerful Stream Of Piss

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One way to ensure high pressure urination is to hold it in for a while.  Another way is to acquiesce one's genitals into their "bes...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

Curiosity Guardrails

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As a 52-year-old, I have and continue to be a very curious person.  And this curiosity primarily is seated towards men / boys / males.  Whet...
Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Ready To Listen? Ready To Be Heard? If So, Samson Society Might Just Be For You In 2025.

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Mr. Nate Larkin has been hosting one of the (5-6 per week) "newcomer meetings" for quite a while now.  These meetings serve as a c...
Saturday, August 17, 2024

It's Been Ten Years Since I First Stepped Foot Into A Samson Society Meeting!

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Over the past ten years, I've attended at least one Samson Society meeting a week.  August 2014 at First Baptist Church Jackson (Summit ...
Saturday, May 25, 2024

Intimacy With Men Lives On Via Memory & Technology

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Sledge's birthday is 2024's Memorial Day.  Leading up to his birthday, each year, I re-listen to his audio journals & re-read hi...
Thursday, April 25, 2024

Resist Being Relationally Territorial Within Samson Society. Remember, You're Only "Brothers" In Concept Alone. Nonetheless, Never Stop Considering The Relational "What If?"

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Being an only child helps me in this regard.  I've no siblings to mar my relational outlook.   What I mean by that is, (as a child) I al...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

A Hard Funeral(s) To Sit Through

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Out of respect for my father, I attended a funeral (unrelated to family) today.  This wasn't the first time I'd done this.  When I w...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

What Is A Silas?

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Here is what our experience tells us: You can get sober from anything going to meetings, but you can’t stay sober just going to meetings. Th...