the mission statement redux

[Froggy]

i just want to say i like this mission statement. i strive to be a hundred percent raw and i have nothing against the diet. it's the only way to live imho. i'm hoping to get 144 days from today leading up to the raw spirit fest in sedona, az that some of you may have heard about. i come here for support for raw vegan and wouldn't want to go to a meat eating forum and have to discuss things and badmouth them. i was just on a raw forum where someone was doing that, badmouthing the diet and i told him off and got banned from that forum. so be it, there's other places to go. debate and discussion and concerns are fine but you should at least want to be a raw eater if you're going to be on a raw forum, like it says in the mission statement.

i don't know much about alissa cohen, i just try to eat a produce diet and nuts. that's how i'm happiest, mentally, emotionally, physically, spiritually, all ways. after all the junk i've been putting in my body for quite awhile now, i know i can eat this way without worrying about anything physical for now, proper nutrition or whatever for at least four and a half months. as long as someone is a rawfooder or wants to be, i don't mind what they discuss, but for someone to come on that other forum and have no interest in the diet, refer to meat often, cuss, etc., it was just ridiculous, but the owner has friends from other forums and i guess this was one of them. more's the pity.

i won't be having many questions on here, i just need to get solidly raw again, i need a few months eating my fruit, vegetables and nuts, and then i can start to think again, i don't need to think in the meantime. apparently i was here early last october, i don't remember but i fell into some hard times since then. i actually got prison time for a public drunk on federal land, center city phila., pa, near where i live. i couldn't believe the feds would give me prison for something so trivial but they did, three months, then a couple of months in a lockdown halfway house and now i've been on home confinement 'till mid-july, plenty of time to post on forums.

"This board is for people wanting support and connection." that's what i think they're for, that's what i tried to explain on that other board but to deaf ears. i just want to keep my raw food diet and coming here can help strengthen that resolve. i was over at alex's forum, the rawguru, it's slow, i don't know what happens here yet.:o :( :rolleyes:

[boxerfamily]

Well, you've certainly had a rough patch. I hope all the best for you. While some things in life are beyond our control, your being raw isn't. I find great comfort in the fact that I am totally in control of at least that aspect of my life. Even when other things get chaotic, I can almost always have a carrot or a cherry. ;)

I hope you find this BB supportive. I am very new to it as well, and have received advice and welcomes...quick style!;)

Welcome!

[Revvell]

Welcome home. :)

Revvell

[Rawkinlocs]

Hi there!

I'm very happy to hear your appreciation of the mission statement/rules of RFT! :D It is because of our enforcement of certain regulations here that many people love to visit and participate on this forum. Sometimes it's not clearly seen, but RFT is always said to be a favorite even if some do not agree with the rules that have been set forth by Alissa...most people still want to be here because we are such a friendly place and very supportive of the raw lifestyle.

We try to keep things as peaceable as possible...no, we don't always agree on all points and that is fine but we DO make it a point to try and respect one another in our disagreements. So, we do hope that you find this a great place of warm support!

[Froggy]

rough life more like it, but haven't we all. it's true that being raw isn't beyond my control as i can get what food i need on various trips out of the house, but i like to feel sorry for myself with this home confinement which i'd rather not do. i'll tell you though, a couple stops i had to make outside of prison it would have been way too difficult for me to be raw, they serve meals at the lockdown halfway house and don't let you out for much, but the sober living house i was in was a strange environment to get used to and it's a lot easier to just do like the meat eating recovering types. it's too fun to play in their world, it's like couples on here when often one of them isn't raw, it's difficult. of course, jail itself was a no question about what you will eat, no guilt, you have to eat. i even had to go to a mental hospital for my last stop before this home confinement as i drank for a day and my po found out about it but gave me a chance to find this crisis residential program and there of course, they serve you meals, i mean theoretically i might have been able to figure out how to get enough fruit for each day but it would have been too difficult to figure out that much plus it's just more fun to go along with whatever everyone else is eating for the experience when you're in a situation like that.

so even though i've been purposely failing for the last few weeks, "I find great comfort in the fact that I am totally in control of at least that (raw) aspect of my life." i am in complete control again pretty much, at least enough that i don't have to be around any new cooked eating environments and i can buy what i need in food. my mother here's a cooked eater but always has been. i need some alone time right now, i skipped my iop (for alcohol) and volunteering at the salvation army because i'm tired of going out and seeing something cooked and eating it or eating cooked over whatever frustration i imagine. here alone with just the pooter, plenty of produce to eat, i've no one to entertain with my cooked eating behavior. i'm getting tired of those two activities anyway, i could just as soon stay home, stay raw and wait to do things again after the next seven weeks. it's pleasant here, a nice townhouse, fairly relaxing, it's fun to explore on these internet forums anyway.



I hope you find this BB supportive. I am very new to it as well, and have received advice and welcomes...quick style!;)

Welcome!i think these chat setups are called phpbb, something like that, is that what you are referring to as a bb? thanks for the welcome, see you around.:o :cool: :D

[Froggy]

hello revvell. rawkinlocs, do you know of fruitarian one on the raw food circuit especially in the forums? he may even be here for all i know. obviously the traffic here's good. i remember you, i don't know if you remember my brief visit here last time, it probably was early '05 when i last had my good run of months at consecutive raw, but back then i went to that rawfood group on yahoo i mentioned and hung out there i remember, also nature's first law forum, i was on that one a lot over the last few weeks until the last week. here i would expect to find that the disagreements are more digestible if you're at least conversing with a fellow rawfooder. it's like i told the owner at that other site, if i walked into an aa meeting and said, hi my name's rich and i'm a casual drinker, i wouldn't be made to feel comfortable sharing. it'd be nice if for forum's like these the only requirement for membership is a desire to be raw (they say a desire to be sober). i mean checking something out is good but it helps if you have an interest and aren't there just to antagonize which you find in a lot of these raw food forums. hopefully i'm at least always respectful in the way i type. anywho, thanks for the welcome. have you been pretty consistently raw the whole time the last two and a half years since i've been here? you were the moderator back then and still living the lifestyle strong i see. warm fuzzies all around.;) :confused: :(


We try to keep things as peaceable as possible...no, we don't always agree on all points and that is fine but we DO make it a point to try and respect one another in our disagreements. So, we do hope that you find this a great place of warm support!