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  • #261
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    Thank you Wharf Rats - One Show at a Time
    Shoreline 5/10/09 was Magical!!! Every time I go to a show, whether it is Phil & Friends or The Dead, I enjoy the Spiritual Nature of the Wharf Rat Meetings at intermission. It is such a joy to get to hang out and meet the other Wharf Rats at the table with the yellow balloons. As the years roll by, it has become a family get together. We are family. You are my brothers and sisters. I am extremely Grateful I got to experience the 2009 Dead Tour, and even more Grateful I got to enjoy it clean. One Show at a Time!!!
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    Thank You to the MidWest Rats
    Thanks for all the fellowship at Camp traction, th etables, & the meetings at set break at Rothbury. You guyz & galz made my trip the most memorable festie I have possibly ever been two. Look forward to seeing me family down the road... Peace Franko "No matter where you go, there you are..." Buckaroo Bonzai
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    uncle lefty
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    hey jerry girl
    We will have a booth at Rothbury,I am part of the team. Also check the map for camping and look for the yellow balloon.There will be camp traction available. send me PM if you want.Peace, Love and Recovery, lefty
  • #264
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    I'd love to know if any Rats from Ohio are going to Rothbury? I've been a WR since 1987 and had to miss this latest tour due to getting a new job and moving to Ohio. Now I'm ready for a long weekend of excellent music at a new venue (Roo just played itself out.) Looks like I'm going to drive in solo; I know once I get there, I won't be alone. But wanted to pitch my tent near likeminded souls... Always looking for my old Tour rats 1989-1984. Anyone out there? Thanks to all who've taken on the tables in this century and welcome to the family to those who are new. You know it's going to get stranger, so let's get on with the show! much gratitude, Jerry Girl new to Ohio
  • #265
    dport
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    first sober shows
    this spring was my first sober shows, except when i was too burned out on a long tour to use on a particular night. i actually remember most of what i experienced. DC and C-Ville were all i could ask for with favorites played in..dark star, st.stephen, foolish heart, passenger, pride of cuc., mason's... and so on. wish i had found the wharf rats long ago, but, "everything leads up to this day" any wharf rats around the winchester, va area? contact me, please...Peace
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    peace and love to you all
  • #267
    theotherone2
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    ♪♪♪Sayin thank you...for a real good time! ♪♪♪
    Heart felt thanks to all of my Wharf Rat brothers and sisters, especially Jimmy B. from Santa Cruz for your support before during and after the shows, and to my new friend Kym from Az who will be joining me for Ratdog in September. First night @ Shoreline I was celebrating 18 months sober! Awesome stuff. We sang Black Peter in the circle at the end of the meeting. Gave me chills. Second night the serenity prayer. Really don't need dope to dance. My neighbors in my aisle had to clear out around me during China>Rider on the second night. Can't wait for the fall/winter. I know the band had a great time on this tour and they'll need to do it again real soon. Until then.... :-) :-) :-)
  • #268
    Tom Thumb
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    It was great to see so many of you at the break meeting in Mt. View. Thanks for being there! I also really enjoyed looking around during the show and spotting the yellow stickers on so many of you. I truly enjoyed seeing the show clean and sober. It gave me a lot of encouragement to see so many others committed to having a good time without the drugs. You don't need dope to dance!
  • #269
    Frankly
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    yes stu,bro...
    the vivid.lifelike dreams are surely comin from yer medication.know that thing only too good....
  • #270
    gypsy soul
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    do good things and good things happen-earl
    hey all. just an observation here. lately it seems that if i miss out on some meetings, things start to go a little south for me. as soon as i start back, good things come round-job interviews, jobs, and good news all around. sounds a bit superstitious maybe and it could be that my spiritual level gets a little drained without a meeting. it's kinda cosmic to me, but i was wonderin if anyone else has noticed anything similar. nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
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Submitted by hockey_john on Sat, 10/28/2017 - 06:00

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Band Grateful Dead Venue Tompkins Square Park Location New York, NY Date 6/1/67 - Thursday posters tickets, passes & laminates Comments Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 13:36:15 -0800 From: Mike Bobrik [nvbobrm@nv.cc.va.us] Subject: Old Set Lists Like your site. Was looking through the early set lists. and please add: 6/1/67 tompkins Square Park NY, NY. [Incomplete and in very approximate order]: Golden Road, Dancin' in the Streets, Midnight Hour, BIODTL, Schoolgirl, Cold Rain and Snow, Dew, Viola Lee. My first show. Thanks, MAB For a review see Ed Doherty's page: < http://www.winternet.com/~edoherty/ > Recordings Download Sources
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Submitted by hockey_john on Sat, 10/28/2017 - 06:16

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As someone sober for many years to me it's as the saying goes. To thine own self be true. If it makes your life better by stopping taking the most controlling substance this worlds known I say it is up to you. If you no your doing what's rite then your doing what's rite. Because it makes you more content when you put your head on the pillow at night with a clear conscious . For me I can't take any chances with any substances at all which includes booze for that matter also.
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Submitted by JackJones99 on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 07:52

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Where is everyone meeting up for this? If nothing is setup, would anyone like to meet? I'd suggest we meet down under the pier, or by its pylons. We are Wharf Rats after all...9:30am daily? I don't see any other Barcelo Riviera Maya AA.
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Submitted by Smitty9971 on Fri, 05/25/2018 - 03:09

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A Grateful morning to all. I was wondering if there are still meetings at half time of Dead &Co. shows?
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Submitted by Nickedoes1 on Fri, 05/25/2018 - 09:43

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Will there be a Wharf Rat group at Riverbend next week?
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Submitted by patgarity52@gm… on Mon, 08/20/2018 - 23:25

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This Wharf Rat is tryin to go. I'll find the meeting by hook or by crook!
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Submitted by patgarity52@gm… on Mon, 08/20/2018 - 23:32

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I had just checked in at the Wharf Rat table at the last show in Chula Vista. The guy that was sitting behind the booth said a girl had noticed the table on her way to the bar. She said I've only been sober a week! Glad you were here to remind me........ Don't know if she lasted through the show but ya never know, sometimes sobriety is measured in minutes....
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Submitted by patgarity52@gm… on Mon, 08/20/2018 - 23:36

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I'll check back here to let you know if I win the ticket lottery. I'll need a meeting. Years ago while staying in Playa Del Carmen I was walking down a side street and found an Alano Club. It was in Spanish which I;m not towell versed but I understood what they were sayun'. Traeted me like a long lost brother.
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Submitted by Daz on Thu, 12/06/2018 - 18:24

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Never saw the band. By the time I became an avid listener it was too late. Thus, not really a Wharf Rat as such... Just wanted to share that my listening to masses of Grateful Dead is a huge part of my sobriety. Wishing you all a blessed and sober day.

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Submitted by marye on Fri, 12/07/2018 - 11:26

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but I think you'll find they're still at shows and you'd be welcome. People with a better clue, please say more.
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Submitted by patgarity52@gm… on Sun, 04/14/2019 - 21:57

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Heading to Hollywood for two days of the Dead in June. Looking for some good meetings on tuesday before the show.

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Submitted by cmhaz on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 06:35

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Hi-Ho friends and neighbors! CMHAZ -GoodAZDead here from Phoenix. Just celebrated 33 years of Drink & Dope-Free sobriety. It's never easy, but it does get easier. "Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right..."

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Submitted by DelilahJoness on Thu, 01/30/2020 - 06:13

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Now more than ever I love Wharf Rat. Each time I listen to it I learn somethung new about the song. What’s amazing about Wharf Rat is the community and deep sense of connection it has with so many people. When you are feeling low we are here for you. My favorite part- I’ll get up and fly away!

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Submitted by marye on Wed, 02/10/2021 - 09:45

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I'll see if I can find out.
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Submitted by windysuisun on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 11:08

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Hello Friends- Big week/weekend ahead for Bay Area and was able at last minute to pic up a tix for final show: Now the big question: Will there be any W.Rats meeting up in person prior to or during the night of music? If so how would a person in recovery meet up? Have to say watching the thinking process prior to the show: IE: stay sober no matter what, etc. Thx for reply. Best- windysuisun