this thread is to try and establish a
fellowship of men and women who have
recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of
mind and body. To show other beach bums
precisely how we have recovered is the main
purpose of this thread. For them, we hope
these posts will prove so convincing that no
further authentication will be necessary. We
think this account of our experiences will
help everyone to better understand the beach
bum. Many do not comprehend that the beach
bum is a very sick person. And besides, we
are sure that our way of living has its
advantages for all.
It is important that we remain anonymous
because we are too few, at present to handle
the overwhelming number of personal appeals
which may result from this thread. Being
mostly business or professional folk, we
could not well carry on our occupations in
such an event. We would like it understood
that our beach bum work is an avocation.
When writing or speaking publicly about beach
bums, we urge each of our Fellowship to omit
his personal life, designating himself
instead as "a member of beach bums"
Very earnestly we ask the press also, to
observe this request, for otherwise we shall
be greatly handicapped.
We are not an organization in the
conventional sense of the word. There are no
fees or dues whatsoever. The only requirement
for membership is an honest desire to be a
beach bum. We are not allied with any
particular faith, sect or denomination, nor
do we oppose anyone. We simply wish to be
helpful to those who are afflicted.
We shall be interested to hear from those who
are getting results from this thread,
particularly from those who have commenced
work with other beach bums. We should like to
be helpful to such cases.
Inquiry by scientific, medical, and religious
societies will be welcomed.
Hello my name NeilJsy, and I am a Beach Bum.
I am grateful that I can accept that fact for
today, and I hope that other Beach Bums, who
may be in denial, or thoroughly stuck in
frustration at the state of this affliction,
may be able to join me on the road to
recovery.
Scince realising my illness, I headed to the
nearest beach, and begun my recovery. My life
had become so unmanageable. I know that there
is a program behind this, though it has not
yet become visible to me. For the time being,
I have accepted my illness and thus have
taken the first steps to the road of
recovery.
I have heard that a suggestion is 90 posts in
90 days, and to practice honesty
open-mindedness and willingness, and with
these we are well on our way.
So there goes, my first step. I have admitted
that I am powerless over the beach and that
my life had become unmanageable. Thats enough
for now, I hope to post again tomorrow,
thankyou for listening.
Hello my name NeilJsy, and I am a Beach Bum.
I am grateful that I can accept that fact
for
today.
Well here is day 2 and post two, i think i
believe that I really can make 90 in 90
I have not been to the beach yet today, and I
am suffering quite painful withdrawl. Though
I have come to believe that a power greater
than ourselves can restore me to the beach.
Thankfully, that power greater than us has
provided me with the opportunity to make way
to the beach in the next 10 mins
So with that, I will leave this with you and
hope to post again tomorrow. Maybe I will
begin to have the courage to speak more about
my experience, strength and hope as this
progresses, but for now, thanks for listening
I went into the city today, wearing jeans.
Expecting the weather to remain overcast as
the weather man said. Low and behold, barely
before morning was over the sun shone
strongly.
Dressed in jeans, I was not a happy beach
bum. So I quickly entered a clothes shop and
bought some shirts to cheer me up, along with
some shorts for the beach.
Then I realised that I needed some trainer
socks, the situation was fast becoming
tedious. Precious beach time was being lost.
by around 1430Hrs, beach was nearer, I surely
made it to the sand in a timely manner.
well, i walked along the beach, it was
overcast, a little bit of rain and i was on
my own
i guess that could have been mysterious,
maybe it is possible to be mysterious on the
beach, i guess it doesnt have to be
restricted to those conditions either
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