01 November, L A.S.

Detailed Notes

Intro

Welcome to 9sense. 9sense is A Satanic Perspective of Our Modern World and I am your host Adam Campbell. It’s great to have you. It’s November 1st and I have a great show for you this week.

• Halloween Fight!
• Southpaw knocked me out
• WortNation Pumpkin Ale final video

9sense Letters

• I am interested in your opinion on the question on the satanic way/method of handling a substance abuse problem? Obviously, Satanism and the Church of Satan’s philosophies are inconsistent with substance abuse, and I’m not asking about a vindication of drug or alcohol abuse, but how a Satanist would go about working on their own personal shortcomings, in this particular case meaning substance abuse.
  
  A little context: I have had a drinking problem since I was 15 or 16 years old. I have a long history of alcoholism in my family and my fraternal grandmother actually died of alcohol withdrawal. I joined the Marine Corps at 18 right out of high school (which clearly did not help matters) and my habitual binge drinking continued to wreak havoc on my life until I decided I was tired of it and quit cold turkey right after my 22nd birthday.
  
  I was sober for about 2 1/2 years, not even feeling tempted to drink. I kind of embraced a punk rock straight-edge philosophy and used the view of alcohol and drugs as being for losers as a way to mitigate any desires I might have had, and it worked astoundingly. I could go out with friends to bars and hang out with them while they drank all night  and not even feel a temptation.
  
  Fast forward a couple years later. I was getting ready to get married and decided I could have a beer or two on a special occasion, but that kind of awoke my old problems and after a few months of increasingly drinking more and more, with my now-wife warning my of how much I was drinking, I was pretty much back to my old ways. Long story short, an absinthe binge almost did some serious damage to my brand new marriage, and newly sober (again), I was wondering if you had any opinions on how a Satanist would handle a problem like this. Obviously, the responsibility is mine and mine alone (responsibility to the responsible), and I would never dream of blaming my wife, my parents, or anyone else for my actions. However, after listening to your show for a while, it seems like you might have an interesting or insightful take on it, and I am sure I am not the only Satanist in this kind of situation.
  
  Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this and keep on producing a great show. Hail Satan!

Something Different with Heather Height

• Episode 18 – Hysterical Zombie Uteruses

iSatanist Commercial

I Dream of Jessie

• Episode 30 – Saving Your God

(last paragraph: The God you save may be yourself.  Don’t hate yourself for failing to avoid depression.  Accept your imperfections and stand proudly knowing you can and will manage your emotional needs using whatever tools you deem appropriate.)

Down to the Crossroads Commercial

Between the Horns

• Episode 9 – The Magic of Humor

Creature Feature

• Listener Submitted Review of the comic ‘The Tithe’

Outro

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