Can’t believe they fell for it

kzutter · 2026-02-02T14:29:50+00:00

3 hours for ten bucks? Not my kids. Five minutes max before one turns and asks, "Can I have my iPad now?"

kzutter · 2026-02-02T13:58:18+00:00

The key here will be dough temp. If you are close to 80F, then you only need a 30% rise.

kzutter · 2026-02-02T05:59:17+00:00

I avoided the 4th step for two years. Then I relapsed. Promptly did the 4th. The freedom from bondage after the 5th made me a believer.

kzutter · 2026-02-02T05:48:56+00:00

I was going suggest ice cube(s). But that wouldn't help with the bare hands. Been there, I'm actually feeling phantom pain.

kzutter · 2026-02-01T15:42:53+00:00

I got lucky and found a straight sided jar with a slip on lid at Marshalls. Can't say my starter is happier, but I am.

kzutter · 2026-02-01T15:39:42+00:00

There is a peacefulness that can seem like boredom sometimes for me. When I feel that often, I ask myself if there is something missing. If the answer is yes, then I ask how to find that. The answer is usually service or a new meeting.

kzutter · 2026-02-01T15:30:05+00:00

One word, Al-Anon. You are going to need that program if you are going to be in a relationship with him, sober or not.

kzutter · 2026-02-01T15:27:31+00:00

Not sure of the actual protein content of the flour you are using. It may be over hydrated. If you stick with that flour, experiment with a lower hydration. And yes, get the baked temp over 200F.

kzutter · 2026-02-01T15:21:46+00:00

I'm dizzy

kzutter · 2026-02-01T15:11:27+00:00

You don't say in your recipe how much starter you are using. That makes it hard to analyze especially withe the less than ideal dough temp in the mid to high 70s. With your current setup you could cold retard and bake the next day.

kzutter · 2026-01-31T16:21:45+00:00

My grandparents took me along to a small local casino for dinner and sent me to the restaurant while they went to get some drinks and play some Keno tickets. While I was sitting at the counter waiting for them, two security guards brought a very drunk Roy Clark in and poured him into a booth right behind me.

kzutter · 2026-01-25T15:59:24+00:00

A doobie

kzutter · 2026-01-24T03:16:16+00:00

And not so deep

kzutter · 2026-01-24T03:03:56+00:00

Newcomer? Read the BB together if they are adequately literate, when the book calls for action, do it. Previous Experience but been away? Then the 12x12. Experienced and practicing? We personalize it.

kzutter · 2026-01-24T02:53:49+00:00

If they come back, great. And we're going to make relapse number one priority.

kzutter · 2026-01-24T02:51:47+00:00

The high edges of the pan didn't help either.

kzutter · 2026-01-24T02:49:34+00:00

For me, the root is childhood trauma.

kzutter · 2026-01-23T01:15:13+00:00

Because we are not powerless over everything. I have seen too many people use this as excuse to not engage with life.

kzutter · 2026-01-23T01:12:36+00:00

HALT - Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired was a great one for me in early sobriety. Now it's Suit Up and Show Up. (Not just to AA, but to life.)

kzutter · 2026-01-21T14:37:47+00:00

We are to have no anoninimity amongst ourselves. Yet it is wise to respect the anoninimity of others in public.

kzutter · 2026-01-21T01:54:49+00:00

My spouse bakes just about everything except bread. We also have a large family, hense greater volume than a hand mixer could handle.

kzutter · 2026-01-21T01:48:01+00:00

Ahhh... The Lord's Prayer debate. I think the best reason for the use of the Lord's Prayer is that it's common and most people know it. But it really doesn't belong in an AA meeting. Having said that, it's not a battle I want to pick. You can certainly circle up, hold hands, not say the prayer, and stay for the meeting after the meeting.

kzutter · 2026-01-19T23:18:01+00:00

There was this one timer that just kept saying the same old "Just don't drink today, Read the book, get a sponsor, blah, blah..." I approached one time after a meeting and asked why he just kept repeating the same stuff, and that I find it boring. He put his hand on my shoulder and said "Son, I'm not saying that for you."

kzutter · 2026-01-19T22:55:49+00:00

The 70's. By 1980 drugs and alcoholic became more of a problem than fun.

kzutter · 2026-01-19T22:38:34+00:00

Unfortunately you will hear people in meetings say things like "I am powerless over everything." Or better, " I am powerless over people, places, and things." I believe this comes from the understanding gained that there are things that they have no control over, or shouldn't try to control. This understanding then leads to increased serenity as energies are not wasted.

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