Neeranam

What do you mean?

I never said you should buy bitcoin, my question was, "do you think Morgan Stanley are fools?" I wonder why you are not answering this ???? You said only fools buy this, which is a strange thing to say, just because you don't understand it. You obviously have an irrational hatred for crypto, as if GS, NY Mellon, etc would invest millions into a ponzi, jeez.

@gargamon I repeat my questions - are you saying MS didn't buy BTC recently? Do you think they are foolish?

There are many non alcoholics in AA. My ego tells me that I am better than them, but I am continually trying to smash that rock. The AA program has become diluted and I try to emphasise the God part but few listen to me, sadly. There is a tradition that states 'the only requirement for membership to AA is the desire to stop drinking'. However, this shortened version was introduced for treatment centres. The original version said ' our membership should be all who suffer from alcoholism' . I accept what has happened but would prefer to keep God in the meetings/program.

Is it possible to have a spiritual awakening by not believing in God? I believe it is.

I'd love to see the movie about Lama Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, a spiritual leader who died from over drinking. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/crazy-wisdom-life-times-chogyam-101120/

I saw that, I love Eckhart! Took me many years to read and 'understand' his classic book, The Power of Now.

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Although I'm not a Buddhist, I read this book a few years back, it's very good. https://www.amazon.com/One-Breath-Time-Buddhism-Twelve/dp/1579549055

Some of us are very sensitive, actually most of us are. Do what you have to do. You might find this useful, I've helped a lot of Thai alcoholics and the monk in the following link gave a workshop a few years back to them, in Thai. He was Aj. Buddhadassa Bikhu's translator. https://www.liberationpark.org/audio/12step.htm

If you are a foreigner, your wife must be working and you can't own the land.

I would never buy land with this type. Full chanote is nor sor 4

These banks will not tell you when they are buying Bitcoin, and the mainstream biased media certainly won't - are you saying MS didn't buy BTC recently? Do you think they are foolish? Look at Jamie Dimon, buying crypto while tell his employees they couldn't buy, creating FUD so as he could buy cheaply, you are being played! Read this thread and tell me that S&P has done better than BTC over the last 5 years. It's not rocket science, BTC compounded gains - 1330x

What a stupid thing to say. If you are not interested in stopping drinking, find a new place to troll.

I'm investing in DeFi right now, and Web3. The early adopters are going to be rewarded big.

Are you an alcoholic?

Interesting, I had the same experience, but it was very boring not getting that hit of natural opiates that alcoholics' bodies produce.

Bill Wilson said "Whether such a person can quit upon a nonspiritual basis depends upon the extent to which he has already lost the power to choose whether he will drink or not." So basically, in my understanding, this means if you never lost the power of choosing to drink or not, you can get by without a higher power. If you lost the power of choice, there is only a spiritual way out. He also said "For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead"

Were you here when Taksin was in power? If so, you'll remember he raised visa price from 500-1900 b or PR from 9,000 to 90,000 You would know how he killed thousands of innocent people in he war against drugs You will know how he orchestrated the Asian financial crisis and made billions You'll know about him making a fortune out of the poor, buy giving them free sim cards. Surely, you weren't here

Exactly, they want their candle and eat it.

What was she charged with?

Goldman Sachs recently announced plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to purchase or invest in crypto firms, following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, which dealt a significant blow to valuations and depressed investor interest. https://bitcoinist.com/goldman-sachs-to-axe-thousands-of-staff/

They don't know anything about it, like W. Buffet. Bitcoin against the S&P in 2023, I know where my money is.

The US could learn a thing or two from Thailand, especially about caring about the community by wearing masks and not about your oh so important freedom.