How do you handle the weight of the world?

[m-jean03]

Me, I'm fond of crying and booze.

[nini]

1. I post here..

:-)

[m-jean03]

6. Good one

Forgot that one. Very good one. I make mine -- posting on DU after boozing and crying.

[nini]

12. don't cry :-( come here and talk it out.

we're all here for you!

:hug:

[m-jean03]

15. Aw, thanks, nini. Sometimes crying is good for the soul though.

Wish I knew DU was here last year, when I read that story of the little boy getting paid $2 a body to bury civilian war dead in shallow graves in iraq. The grief I felt when I read that, I can't explain; it went beyond anything I ever felt before in my life. It was so immediate, like there was no distance between me and that makeshift cemetery that shouldn't have been. I'd never cried for people in another country before.

It was an amazing, heartbreaking kind of an awakening. I sometimes wish I hadn't awoken. But anything is better that having your head buried in the sand. I guess.

[nini]

18. The world is definitely a difficult place these days..

.. which is why I value this place so much to keep me informed with truth instead of what the US media thinks we should know.

The only way to change things is to be aware they are happening and get off our butts and do something about it. This includes voting this corrupt admin out of office and anything else we can do to help change things.

But, yes crying does help sometimes.. we all need to let our grief out from time to time.

Hang in there and keep coming back here.

[Cuban_Liberal]

2. I either make mad love with Paddy, or take the dogs for a walk.

:)

[Padraig18]

14. TONY!!!

*smack* :P

[nini]

20. LOL

you TWO!! :-)

[Padraig18]

22. I never know what's gonna come out of his mouth!

But I adore him, nonetheless. :)

[qwertyMike]

3. Vodka

[tinrobot]

4. A large lever...

...with the moon as a fulcrum. Makes the weighty world much easier to lift.

[m-jean03]

5. close second:

M*A*S*H reruns

[Lindsay]

7. It's getting more difficult every day.

But DU certainly helps.

[AG78]

8. Go out at night...

when it's quiet, especially if it's a crisp, cold, clear night in the dead of winter, and just watch the stars. Not thinking about whether there's life around one of them, just watching them.

[m-jean03]

11. Yes

Do I have to be sober when I do this?:-)
welcome to DU!

[Deja Q]

9. Getting trapped in television...

Unfortunately, my source of escapism will be useless within a few years...

[m-jean03]

10. why is that? n/t

[Deja Q]

24. many possible reasons

1. layoff or job becomes expendable. With my debt, they'll take everything...

2. Peak oil. 'nuff said.

[Robb]

13. As my dearly departed father used to say...

...well, 'e departed only yesterday fer 'ome, looked fine if a bit blotto...

"When all else fails, son, switch to scotch!" :toast:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

16. I cry

seriously i am right now!

[m-jean03]

19. What seems to be the matter?

I'm headed out to get some beer, you want some?

Does beer make tears come faster the same way it makes ya pee?:)

[JaySherman]

17. Driving or walking

When I had a car I used to go driving late at night, especially on those cool clear evenings. I would drive around for hours, flipping through radio stations and tapes. Once spring comes and the weather here warms up to a bearable level, I'll go walking.

In the meantime, booze works :evilgrin:.

[Donkeyboy75]

21. Realize that things have always

sucked all over the world. And even though things suck now, we still have it pretty good.

Oh, and lotsa booze.

[Character Assassin]

23. I take out the trash. Quite literally.

[Lizz612]

25. I make some noise

"I exist!! I have an impact!!" I walk around in the cold. I come here and either wallow in apathy, or pick up some hope. If all else fails I find a way to get into DC and feel the city.

:hug: Maggie

[fishnfla]

26. Sugar free Red Bull

pistachios, yuengling lager, music, DU, and crying

[AlFrankenFan]

27. A lot of things

I play my saxophone and keyboard, I post on DU, I surf the Internet, I talk to friends on AIM, I read, write, draw.......basically anything to channel my stress sadness and frustration away from anything drastic.