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The Three Signs

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thom263:
Art borrowed quite freely from A.A.It wasn't until i got sober through AA that i realized just how much Art had lifted A.A.Major differences are that A.A. doesn't place anyone on a pedestal ,and if you don't like what you hear just walk out.AA was a positive experience for me, but i sure can't say that about the seed.

Antigen:
Think, Think, Think = Filter every thought, feeling and memory through the lense of program dogma.... but no getting into your head!

First Things First = Limit every thought and action to thos things you're sure Group will condone. Anything outside that tightly constricted box is probably not going to be approved... but always have your "awareness" about you!

Easy Does It Refer to first two signs... but hurry up and get with your program! Do you want to stay on your phases forever???

Anonymous:
You are a bright person.
Very bright.
And I agree.
You got alot out of the program.
The three signs and other seemingly meaningless thought icons helped develop your mind.
Do you consider yourself better or worse for it? I feel I was lucky to have the experiance. I continue to use the tools/principles you have brought me to recall come to think of it . Love is.
Clyde Freedom

GregFL:
Thanks Clyde ( Somejoker is my handle I use to do my job as a moderator, so it is I, in case you do not know)

Am I better or worse off for being in the Seed?

Clyde, it is what it is. I do not know the path my life would have taken had I not been incarcerated in thought reform. I may have died in a car accident or I may have become an accomplished vet (an early goal of mine). I really don't know the path I would have taken but  I do know it radically changed me and my future, and it has not all been rosy.

I also know this, it was a very negative experience for me emotionally and pyscologically. It was a very negative experience for my ego, very very negative, and for my confidance and for self love. It erased those things from a boy that was full of all of them. It was negative in the sense that I lost touch with my identity and spent years searching for it again.

It was very negative for my family. It caused a rift between me and my siblings and my parents that still has remnants to this day. It caused my mother much emotional grief and she ended up in the hospital with a nervous breakdown. It caused me to distrust my sister and my father for years and years.

It caused me to over-relate personal information (and still does) to total strangers and to people that haven't earned the right to know me personally.

Positives? It caused me to be suspicious of strangers, to distrust authority, to adopt skepticism as a guide to critical thinking. It strengthened my resolve to be independent at all costs and proved to me I am above all else, a survivor, a person who can come thru any adversity.

It made me stronger, but as Scott Wagner once said ( a seed descendent program survivor)...

" I NEVER NEEDED TO BE THIS STRONG"


How about you Clyde? What branch were you in? Did you graduate? what year?  How did you find us?

and....WELCOME to the SDF!

Anonymous:
bump. Revelant to the discussion now, except you oldtimers certainly remembered the three signs right off the top of your head, whatwith the 20 years or so of it being drilled in your head.

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