Roanoke times obits

CAREER EMPLOYEES! Tired of seeing all these jobs go to the street? Your chance to join the gravy train ranks is here! Apply yourself, you can do it! MSS Coordinator varies by District. Find an APWU steward and ask for more information if the Exam Open Season blurb is not posted at your facility.
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Good afternoon. Brief listing of CAREER JOBS pulled from usps.com/careers/ for your convenience.
Some jobs may be part-time regular however all listed jobs should qualify for federal benefits from day one. To save text I have only listed the location and date of posting for each. Use the posting number for your search term. LC and MM are entry-level Maintenance. Here is a testimonial from a recent convert, prima1981.
NOTE: USPS NEVER charges a fee for entrance exams. If payment is requested during the application process, walk the fuck away, go to usps.com/careers/ and APPLY THERE. We even has a video walkthrough prepared.
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Laborer Custodial:
MELVILLE NY NC11291730 03/20/2023
CLAREMORE OK NC11291776 03/17/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA NC11272282 03/16/2023
REDMOND WA NC11290022 03/15/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11277594 03/13/2023
SAN RAFAEL CA NC11285765 03/13/2023
FAIRFIELD IA NC11296093 03/20/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA NC11285816 03/20/2023
BROOKLYN NY NC11292944 03/20/2023
LEESBURG VA NC11294817 03/19/2023
TRAVERSE CITY MI NC11293101 03/18/2023
MAMMOTH LAKES CA NC11290446 03/18/2023
MONROE TOWNSHIP NJ NC11293078 03/17/2023
MUSCATINE IA NC11292212 03/17/2023
MOUNT VERNON NY NC11291637 03/17/2023
NEWTON CENTER MA NC11291721 03/17/2023
SANDSTON VA NC11291556 03/16/2023
ROANOKE VA NC11290490 03/16/2023
ARLINGTON VA NC11290479 03/16/2023
MC LEAN VA NC11290442 03/16/2023
HARRISBURG NC NC11290191 03/16/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11271997 03/13/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11271924 03/11/2023
PALATINE IL NC11280862 03/08/2023
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Maintenance Mechanic:
SEATTLE WA NC11286273 03/11/2023
SAN JOSE CA NC11289187 03/21/2023
RALEIGH NC NC11293249 03/18/2023
PHOENIX AZ NC11294808 03/20/2023
MERRIFIELD VA NC11294815 03/19/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288732 03/20/2023
GREENSBORO NC NC11293304 03/18/2023
GARDEN CITY NY NC11293312 03/18/2023
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11284476 03/11/2023
BROCKTON MA NC11288736 03/15/2023
BOSTON MA NC11291646 03/17/2023
ALBUQUERQUE NM NC11291724 03/17/2023
MILAN IL NC11282668 03/09/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293083 03/18/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288711 03/20/2023
CHICAGO IL NC11292143 03/17/2023
AUGUSTA GA NC11292936 03/17/2023
ATLANTA GA NC11281021 03/08/2023
ATLANTA GA NC11281019 03/08/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11289177 03/21/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288728 03/20/2023
GREENSBORO NC NC11294638 03/19/2023
GREEN BAY WI NC11293192 03/18/2023
DULUTH GA NC11281020 03/08/2023
CAROL STREAM IL NC11292109 03/17/2023
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11287388 03/12/2023
SANDSTON VA NC11290579 03/16/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11271987 03/11/2023
OMAHA NE NC11293020 03/18/2023
MELVILLE NY NC11288811 03/20/2023
MACON GA NC11292871 03/17/2023
KEARNY NJ NC11288707 03/17/2023
JERSEY CITY NJ NC11288716 03/18/2023
JAMAICA NY NC11288928 03/20/2023
GREENSBORO NC NC11289212 03/15/2023
BELL GARDENS CA NC11287325 03/21/2023
FARMINGTON NM NC11294794 03/20/2023
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Special! Interesting Maintenance Jobs: (may be skills required)
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Maintenance Mechanic MPE:
MELVILLE NY NC11288836 03/20/2023
DULLES VA NC11294816 03/19/2023
REDMOND WA NC11288605 03/12/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11288705 03/13/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284259 03/09/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284258 03/09/2023
GRAND RAPIDS MI NC11290165 03/16/2023
PETALUMA CA NC11289175 03/21/2023
WASHINGTON DC NC11285943 03/11/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293003 03/18/2023
LOUISVILLE KY NC11288712 03/20/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284231 03/09/2023
INDIANAPOLIS IN NC11284228 03/09/2023
HARRISBURG PA NC11288609 03/13/2023
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT NC11291734 03/17/2023
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Building Equipment Mechanic:
HEIGHTS MD NC11290064 03/16/2023
PROVIDENCE RI NC11285939 03/11/2023
SPRINGFIELD MA NC11287631 03/12/2023
SEATTLE WA NC11294603 03/18/2023
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Garage Assistant:
MCALLEN TX NC11291630 03/16/2023
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Electronic Technician:
CHICAGO IL NC11292188 03/17/2023
MEMPHIS TN NC11293110 03/18/2023
MILAN IL NC11282633 03/09/2023
CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD NC11294867 03/19/2023
MANKATO MN NC11288581 03/13/2023
MANKATO MN NC11288608 03/13/2023
RALEIGH NC NC11293202 03/18/2023
RAPID CITY SD NC11293181 03/18/2023
ROCKY MOUNT NC NC11294669 03/19/2023
BROCKTON MA NC11288735 03/15/2023
LUBBOCK TX NC11294802 03/19/2023
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NON-Maintenance jerbs:
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SALES,SVCS/DISTRIBUTION ASSOC:
IDAHO SPRINGS CO NC11290443 03/16/2023
MOSS LANDING CA NC11289973 03/15/2023
GLASGOW MT NC11296091 03/21/2023
MACCLENNY FL NC11293116 03/18/2023
TIMBER LAKE SD NC11292942 03/17/2023
MOSS BEACH CA NC11295113 03/19/2023
MAPLE FALLS WA NC11296082 03/19/2023
LAKE CITY CO NC11290061 03/15/2023
EASTSOUND WA NC11295971 03/20/2023
CULLEOKA TN NC11294523 03/18/2023
WORDEN IL NC11292989 03/17/2023
PIEDMONT SD NC11287291 03/11/2023
GYPSUM CO NC11290318 03/16/2023
BASSETT NE NC11294668 03/18/2023
SPRINGDALE WA NC11296087 03/20/2023
SURING WI NC11280556 03/06/2023
CEDAR MI NC11284195 03/09/2023
BIG SUR CA NC11296150 03/21/2023
ASPEN CO NC11290054 03/15/2023
ANZA CA NC11291564 03/16/2023
VAN HORN TX NC11284178 03/09/2023
OAK GROVE MO NC11292947 03/17/2023
SLOUGHHOUSE CA NC11296098 03/20/2023
KINGS BEACH CA NC11296096 03/20/2023
EL GRANADA CA NC11295117 03/19/2023
SEAFORD VA NC11288801 03/15/2023
ROY WA NC11296081 03/20/2023
QUILCENE WA NC11296078 03/20/2023
OLIVET MI NC11291746 03/17/2023
DEXTER OR NC11296094 03/21/2023
CLARKSTON WA NC11295974 03/20/2023
CLANTON AL NC11294399 03/18/2023
BREMEN OH NC11293002 03/18/2023
BETHPAGE TN NC11294606 03/18/2023
CRESTED BUTTE CO NC11288703 03/13/2023
CAVE JUNCTION OR NC11296085 03/21/2023
JACKSON WY NC11285851 03/17/2023
BELTON SC NC11291709 03/17/2023
HICO TX NC11293402 03/18/2023
WAIMANALO HI NC11294630 03/18/2023
STURTEVANT WI NC11291641 03/17/2023
SOMERVILLE AL NC11294490 03/18/2023
ROSS CA NC11295061 03/19/2023
NORTH LIBERTY IN NC11294813 03/19/2023
MONTROSE CA NC11294635 03/18/2023
FELTON CA NC11289302 03/15/2023
CENTURY FL NC11294548 03/21/2023
GORDON NE NC11294636 03/18/2023
MAMMOTH LAKES CA NC11294924 03/21/2023
BIG BEAR CITY CA NC11291563 03/16/2023
BLOOMING PRAIRIE MN NC11296095 03/20/2023
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City Carrier:
SAN MATEO CA NC11290796 03/16/2023
MOUNTAIN VIEW CA NC11291999 03/17/2023
MOORHEAD MN NC11292895 03/17/2023
BUFFALO GROVE IL NC11294447 03/20/2023
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND WA NC11290758 03/19/2023
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS IL NC11294487 03/18/2023
NORTH SHORE - BOSTON MA NC11290276 03/19/2023
VILLA PARK IL NC11291816 03/20/2023
SANTA CLARA CA NC11290773 03/17/2023
SAN MATEO CA NC11290763 03/16/2023
NORTHBROOK IL NC11293598 03/19/2023
MOUNT PROSPECT IL NC11293606 03/19/2023
MICHIGAN CITY IN NC11282385 03/11/2023
MANCHESTER NH NC11294861 03/19/2023
LOS ALTOS CA NC11291568 03/17/2023
LEWISTON ME NC11294546 03/18/2023
KANSAS CITY MO NC11290351 03/19/2023
HANOVER PARK IL NC11291648 03/20/2023
GRAND FORKS ND NC11292104 03/17/2023
FRANKLIN PARK IL NC11291801 03/20/2023
EAST PALO ALTO CA NC11291995 03/17/2023
DES MOINES WA NC11290715 03/19/2023
CORALVILLE IA NC11291547 03/18/2023
CONCORD MA NC11295012 03/20/2023
CAPITOLA CA NC11291518 03/17/2023
BARRINGTON IL NC11294394 03/18/2023
WHEELING IL NC11293699 03/20/2023
WAYNESBORO VA NC11291790 03/17/2023
WATSONVILLE CA NC11291560 03/17/2023
SANTA CRUZ CA NC11291516 03/17/2023
SANTA BARBARA CA NC11291570 03/18/2023
OAK PARK IL NC11291778 03/20/2023
NASHUA NH NC11294872 03/19/2023
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE WA NC11290708 03/19/2023
MORGAN HILL CA NC11292039 03/17/2023
MINOT ND NC11292939 03/17/2023
MILPITAS CA NC11291559 03/16/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11290721 03/16/2023
MADAWASKA ME NC11294513 03/18/2023
GRAND ISLAND NE NC11294510 03/20/2023
ENGLEWOOD CO NC11292941 03/17/2023
DES PLAINES IL NC11294525 03/18/2023
CAMPBELL CA NC11290779 03/17/2023
BURLINGTON VT NC11294626 03/18/2023
BOZEMAN MT NC11291789 03/17/2023
GREATER BOSTON - BOSTON MA NC11290459 03/19/2023
SOUTH SAINT PAUL MN NC11292899 03/17/2023
GLENVIEW IL NC11294530 03/19/2023
WILMETTE IL NC11294374 03/19/2023
WAUKEGAN IL NC11293516 03/20/2023
SUNNYVALE CA NC11291849 03/17/2023
SEATTLE WA NC11290724 03/19/2023
SAN CARLOS CA NC11290716 03/16/2023
SACO ME NC11294503 03/18/2023
REDWOOD CITY CA NC11290799 03/16/2023
NORTHGLENN CO NC11290711 03/19/2023
NORTHBOROUGH MA NC11294971 03/20/2023
MUNDELEIN IL NC11293524 03/20/2023
MENLO PARK CA NC11290788 03/16/2023
MEDINA OH NC11291825 03/17/2023
LOS GATOS CA NC11290806 03/17/2023
LAKE FOREST IL NC11294393 03/18/2023
IOWA CITY IA NC11291510 03/18/2023
HOPKINS MN NC11292070 03/17/2023
GREAT FALLS MT NC11291827 03/17/2023
GRAFTON ND NC11292874 03/17/2023
FARGO ND NC11292873 03/17/2023
ELGIN IL NC11291739 03/20/2023
DULUTH MN NC11292872 03/17/2023
CUPERTINO CA NC11291517 03/17/2023
APTOS CA NC11291604 03/17/2023
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Rural Carrier:
PARK RIVER ND NC11290591 03/16/2023
MIDDLETON WI NC11294805 03/19/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294698 03/19/2023
MANITOWOC WI NC11294770 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294682 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294641 03/19/2023
FORKS WA NC11284401 03/15/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294679 03/19/2023
EAU CLAIRE WI NC11294677 03/19/2023
AMERY WI NC11294788 03/19/2023
MENOMONIE WI NC11294782 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294795 03/19/2023
MADISON WI NC11294647 03/19/2023
LEBANON NH NC11290073 03/16/2023
EAST DUBUQUE IL NC11294850 03/19/2023
CLINTONVILLE WI NC11294692 03/19/2023
BASALT CO NC11288701 03/13/2023
SALIDA CO NC11296151 03/20/2023
GLENWOOD SPRINGS CO NC11289738 03/15/2023
ENFIELD NH NC11289739 03/16/2023
CARBONDALE CO NC11289737 03/15/2023
MADISON WI NC11294777 03/19/2023
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Motor Vehicle Operator:
PORTLAND OR NC11294928 03/18/2023
KCMO MO P&DC NC11294600 03/18/2023
MIAMI FL P&DC NC11294605 03/18/2023
NASHVILLE TN P&DC NC11296342 03/20/2023
BOSTON MA P&DC NC11294706 03/18/2023
MORGAN NY P&DC NC11294711 03/18/2023
ROCHESTER NY P&DC NC11294707 03/18/2023
SAN JOSE CA P&DC NC11294941 03/18/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11294945 03/18/2023
SOUTHERN ME P&DC NC11294709 03/18/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC NC11294933 03/18/2023
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Tractor Trailer Operator:
ALBANY NY P&DC NC11294618 03/18/2023
DULLES VA P&DC NC11296403 03/20/2023
MILWAUKEE WI P&DC NC11296348 03/20/2023
MIDDLESEX-ESSEX MA P&DC NC11294700 03/18/2023
SAN FRANCISCO CA P&DC NC11294723 03/18/2023
BALTIMORE MD P&DC NC11294712 03/18/2023
DVD BLDG NJ P&DC NC11294703 03/18/2023
NEW JERSEY NDC NC11294704 03/18/2023
OAKLAND CA P&DC NC11294713 03/18/2023
PORTLAND OR P&DC NC11294716 03/18/2023
ROCHESTER NY P&DC NC11294702 03/18/2023
SEATTLE NDC NC11294876 03/18/2023
SEATTLE WA P&DC NC11294879 03/18/2023
TACOMA WA NC11294898 03/18/2023
SACRAMENTO CA P&DC NC11294719 03/18/2023
ATLANTA GA P&DC NC11294705 03/18/2023
GRAND RAPIDS P&DF NC11294708 03/18/2023
MIAMI FL P&DC NC11294619 03/18/2023
ROYAL PALM FL P&DC NC11294623 03/18/2023
ST LOUIS MO P&DC NC11294710 03/18/2023
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No experience necessary for the laborer custodial or maintenance mechanic positions. It helps on the interview but you can surely think of maintenance related experience to relay for an interview. Based on fixing things around your house, the car etc. Always mention working safely.
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Pro tip: You can apply for any job that has an exam opening and the test is administered local to yourself. Make sure you're serious and score decently; you can turn down the job offer. Keep a physical copy of your exam score, I believe they are good for two years.
The reason is: These job postings can be posted externally at capacity for testing, meaning they will not allow you to take the exam if they have enough qualified applicants. However, if you have a test score on the books, you are a qualified applicant.
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Explanation of MVO/TTO to save time:
MVO= CDL B Can only drive box trucks on public roads, can drive anything for moves on postal property.
TTO= CDL A Can drive anything.
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USPS provides the training. (Maintenance jobs at least. TTO and management...GOOD LUCK)
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You don't have to be crazy to work here. We'll train you. Everything but proper email usage.

Commentary: Life’s Narrative Pays Homage to Thoreau
link to original publication
As I enter my 70s, I realize that in some deeply immersive sense I was captured by Henry David Thoreau.
When I read “Walden” for the first time as a high school student, I understood that Thoreau’s idealizing of isolation in nature was the perfect solution to my incredibly rudimentary social skills, particularly with girls. If I lived in a cabin by myself, I wouldn’t have to socialize much at all.
Fortunately, in college, I developed skills in dealing with women and that led me to a number of rewarding relationships, though spending time in the natural world remained a pervasive and passionate escape.
Thoreau writes in his chapter titled “Solitude”: “I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was as companionable as solitude.”
For the next 20 years I spent as much time as possible in the outdoors, exploring especially the National Parks in the United States and Canada. However, my dream of an isolated cabin never left.
When I finished my doctoral work at 35 and took an assistant professor’s position at Radford University, I now felt financially comfortable to begin my search for land where I could really begin my Thoreauvian quest.
I drove all over Montgomery, Giles, Floyd, Craig and Pulaski, exploring dozens of potential sites, and after years of searching I finally settled on 140 acres in Reese Hollow. I lived in a teepee for parts of an entire year and that convinced me that a cabin would be the perfect next step.
I hired Richard, a carpenter friend, and working as his assistant, in two months my 16-by-20-foot cabin was complete, without running water and with a self-dug outhouse. For most people such a dwelling would have been a nightmare but for me it was living the American Dream.
For the next eight years, I spent most mornings out hiking the Pedlar Hills or fishing the North Fork of the Roanoke River. So many wildflowers came under my inspection, including coltsfoot, spring beauty, bloodroot and wood anemone. Poplars, boxwoods, sugar maples, red and white oaks and many more filled my property. Wood thrushes, scarlet tanagers and white-eyed vireos, among others, sang to me.
Perhaps the most important thing I did was something I think Thoreau would have heartily approved. I put 135 of my 140 acres in a Forever Wild conservation easement. The process was a struggle until a botanist found the federally endangered smooth coneflower on the property.
Toward the end of my stay, I married and my wife and I contracted to have a log home built near the cabin. After a half-dozen years my wife left, but I stayed in the hollow for another seven years, vowing to live there at least till 70. That goal was interrupted by kidney lupus, and at 65 I found myself living in an apartment in Blacksburg. I was still in touch with nature, kayaking the New, hiking the Cascades, following the spring flush of flowers in Wildwood Park, fishing Big Walker, but all traces of my Thoreauvian adventure were gone.
Ben Okri, a Nigerian storyteller, writes: “If we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change our lives.” I was so lucky to have found my story so early with no need to change anything about it.
Justin Askins is a professor emeritus who taught in the English department at Radford University. He lives in Blacksburg.

This title reads like clickbait, or a phony testimonial, but I am just a person who's come here over the years to find community as I navigate diagnoses of mental health and neurodivergence. I have been deep in the alcohol use subs lately, but I wanted to pop over here to share my experience with benzo addiction and recovery. In fact, it was my successful taper off benzo's, over the past year, after ~12 years of daily use and a raging addiction, that prompted me to consider that maybe I actually I do have the strength and the tools to address my problematic relationship with alcohol as well. That is journey I have just embarked on just recently but with encouraging early progress. I wouldn't have even begun if it weren't for my experience beating benzo's.
I want to be the rare person who logs returns to a forum/support group to share a success story. We most seek support when we are struggling deeply-- as we should-- but that leaves our collective successes greatly underrepresented, an imbalance which can make recovery feel all but impossible. I'm here to remind you that it isn't. Recovery from benzo's Absolutely. Is. Possible. In fact, with the right tools, you stand a very excellent change of recovery. Truly, I did not believe these words myself even one year ago, but now I want to shout it from the rooftops: You can do this. There are tools to help you. It's called the Ashton Method; It works, and it's easy. There is hope. A lot of hope. I promise.
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A year ago I thought I was doomed to a life forever in service of clonazepam-- obtaining it, taking it, withdrawing from it-- if not an untimely death. I'd been prescribed clonazepam for anxiety attacks since 2011, with daily use since soon after that. I relied on my own prescribed pills and never took more than I felt sufficiently relieved my anxiety. It worked like a charm-- until it didn't. Rebound symptoms between doses eventually led me to take the occasional extra tablet until I was regularly taking more than my prescription supplied, gradually running out earlier and earlier each month. Withdrawals before my next refill grew worse and landed me in the ER more times than I can count. Once I even went by ambulance, my EKG showing a worrisome heart arrhythmia. My boyfriend started lending me doses lorazepam when I was having a particularly hard time; Before long, I started asking for them, then sneaking them. I resorted to taking shots of tequila when my prescription ran out, leading to a further compounding of problems. I'd been a "responsible" benzo- user for years until suddenly I found myself, to summarize, in a bad, bad place.
I don't remember when or where I first learned about the Ashton Method. I had read that people often used diazepam (valium) to taper off of benzodiazepine drugs; I may have even heard the method's name. I'd considered asking my psychiatrist about a longer-acting medication, but the idea of tapering off benzo's remained antithetical to me, a still more terrifying prospect than the imminent withdrawals awaiting at the bottom of my Rx bottle. My next refill would bring incredible relief, after all. I kept my doctor in the dark, lurking on message boards in shame and terror. The cycle continued in a downward spiral for a long time.
I vividly remember the day things changed. I came across, in the NY Times, the 2020 obituary of the woman whose life's work would later save me. I always enjoyed reading the science sections, especially accounts of the groundbreaking female scientists whose work remained previously under-recognized. British psychopharmacologist Dr. Heather Ashthon was a truly remarkable woman who dedicated her career to helping benzo-dependent patients, but it wasn't an earth-shattering obituary that struck me. For whatever fate or reason, i followed a hyperlink within the article, which linked not to another news story or research foundation, but directly to the primary, foremost published work of Dr. Ashton, "Benzodiazepines: How they Work and How to Withdrawal". This is The Ashton Manual. If you are struggling with benzodiazepines, heck even if you were prescribed a benzo for the first time yesterday, you should read this book. It's also available as a free ebook download on Amazon, and probably countless other places on the internet.
Whats remarkable about The Ashton Method is that it doesn't require willpower. It doesn't require you to confess your deepest flaws to a room full of strangers. It doesn't even require detox/withdrawal or abstinence. I will expand on this below, but first I want to speak to how, for me, reading the manual was life-changing medicine all on its own. By reading the science behind how benzodiazepines work, and the mechanisms driving physical dependence and addiction, I came to realize that my problem was not only a normal consequence of human physiology, but also simply-- not my fault. You might be here because you've made mistakes with these powerful drugs, mistakes which can have severe and debilitating consequences. These mistakes are also not your fault.
The manual is written with such a compassionate yet matter-of-fact tone, I'd never before felt so validated and seen, represented right there in the very data of that publication. Layers of shame fell away. I came to realize the real place where things went wrong: benzo's should never have been prescribed to me as a daily medication in the first place, not for more than a few weeks at a time. By the time I recognized I had an addiction, I was too far in its grasp to make "good" choices. My mistakes were simply choices made by a desperate brain trying its best to survive.
Not only does she envelop you in compassion and hope, The Ashton Manual also is your step by step out of benzo's ever-tightening grip. Its full of statistics showing you how very achievable tapering completely off benzo's actually is (The manual reports an overall success rate over 90%). Reading this book will make you *want* to taper off, not because you are an addict who needs to get clean, but because you'll learn that doing so is remarkably possible, requires no withdrawals, and will bring you immense relief. If you're like me, as soon as you start the proces, you'll begin to feel a lot better right away.
In addition to the Ashton Manual itself, there are many excellent summaries of the basic strategy and its principles across the web. I won't attempt to do so here other than outline the most major points.

• you will switch to a long-acting benzodiazepine, most likely diazepam (aka, valium). This switch is made based on dosage charts of estimated benzo equivalency. The longer acting drug (The half life of diazepam is a full 48-hours) will even out the amount of benzo in your bloodstream throughout the day(s). You will no longer experience rebound symptoms or mini withdrawals between doses. Instead of taking the drug "as needed" , you will take the diazepam at the same dose at the same time or times each day. This is the most difficult step, but none of them should be all that hard. It may feel like like your "baseline" anxiety level is somewhat greater than you're used to achieving from a dose of more potent short acting drug, but the relief you soon experience from the extremes of panic and relief will be sweet.
• From there you will taper the amount of valium you take each day/week/month very very gradually. Dr. Ashton recommends step downs of ten percent at a time. The pace of dose reductions should be self-directed. That means that a prescriber should never force you to drop your dose before you are ready, and never more than about 10-20% or an amount you are comfortable with .
• A good physician will help you assess your progress and to realize you are ready to step down even though it's likely a little scary. You may have suffered traumatizing withdrawals in the course of benzo addiction, so it's only natural to be scared. But these acute withdrawals simply won't happen with small reductions of a benzo with a 48-hour half-life. In practice, its actually quite manageable. After the first dose reduction, the next one are less and less of a big deal.
• It's perfectly well and good to start the Ashton method without knowing exactly how it will all pan out. The Manual has in the appendix extensive, detailed suggested taper schedules for pretty much every conceivable benzodiazepine regimen prescribed to patients in the US and UK that you and your doctor can use as a starting point. These taper regimens have been distilled from the experiences of many thousands of patients treated in Ashton's clinic over more than two decades.
• You will inevitably run into times when, in the past you, would have taken extra tablets or otherwise increased your dosage. These will be challenging blips, but they will be manageable and nothing compared to the vicious cycle you were trapped in before. It is fine to pause your taper for a while, but you should never backtrack up to a higher dosing regimen. Again, once you take the first step in dose reduction, the next ones soon become no big deal, they may even start to feel like accomplishments to celebrate.

Two other points that you wont find in the manual, but come up in unofficial accounts, and definitely match my own experience:

• I don't recommend this, but even if you mess up, cave and take extra tablets of diazepam (addiction can be slow to relax it's grip, after all), you'll be okay. The consequent withdrawal may be somewhat unpleasant, but you should not undergo any symptoms of severe withdrawal. Diazepam is "self-tapering", meaning that its half-life is so long that if you were to stop cold turkey, it would still leave your system in such a gradual manner as to spare you the worst repercussions. This is why it is used in emergent settings to help people undergoing alcohol detoxification. Id love to preach 1000% adherence, but the fact is that even after switching to diazepam, I continued to run out of pills a bit early each month for a while, but this wasn't the end of the world anymore and I naturally got better. Several months in the process it became more natural to take my tablets as prescribed. Do your very best.
• Most people taper off diazepam completely over the course of several to many months or even a year or more. You will probably be surprised by how great you actually feel on a low dose of valium and it may begin to feel unnecessary. You may find that after completing all but the final step of the Ashton Method (a complete taper to zero) that you are able to continue with a small prescription of diazepam to use sparingly for cases of acute anxiety, the long half-life of drug and low overall quantity of medication take will allow you exercise more control and as-needed use of your monthly prescription shouldn't send you spiraling back into addiction. This is something to decide with your doctor when you have almost completed the entire taper and are feeling largely released from the control the benzo used to have over you

In my case, I tapered down over 8 months until i got to half a 2mg tab of diazepam a day (diazepam doseages are huge by comparison to many benzos like ativan or xanax). An acute anxiety attack, which are less frequent now than anytime in the past 5 years, for me requires about 4mg to fully treat. My doc has me held me at ten 2-mg pills a month, with permission to use this supply however helps me feel best. I now have the control to save those pills for times I know I'll kick myself if I had them, such as an upcoming trip involving plane travel. At the same time, I no longer recoil in horror at the idea of fully abandoning benzos. At some point, perhaps soon I may find I forget to refill the rx at all.
After reading the manual, I "came clean" to my psychiatrist. It was scary, but I knew that change was not only possible but would make me feel a lot better. My doc is an older, curmudgeonly guy, pretty strict and cautious with my adhd stimulant prescription (no early refills, not even the time an airline lost my luggage). So when I admitted I could no longer control my clonazepam use to the point of extreme duress, I was prepared with research papers in hand, to ask about diazepam and the possibility for long slow taper as per the Ashton Manual. It turned out, not only was he familiar with the technique, he was scribbling down a diazepam script before I even had the chance to ask.
So if you're struggling, I can't encourage you enough to read the manual. Get yourself to a psychiatrist who is willing to work with you using the Ashton Method, even if you have to pay out of pocket, you will likely save yourself many times over in (ineffective!) future rehab or emergency room visits. I was in a terrible place and felt *truly* hopeless and helpless. The Ashton method worked exactly as described in the manual. The hardest part was getting up the courage to ask my doctor for help. If I can help you do that or to clarify details of what i've written here, I absolutely welcome direct messages.
I'm just a person on the internet who stumbled across an incredible solution to what once seemed like an impossible problem. I'm messaging the folks over in the alcohol use subs all the time ;) Together we got this.
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The Ashton Manual
Dr. Heather Ashton, NY Times obit
*If youre worried about having your benzo prescription yanked away from you entirely, you may wish to inquire about a switch to diazepam an Ashton-style taper while keeping the reasons vague. This is an understandable instinct. Know that experiencing troublesome rebound symptoms between benzo doses, even if you're taking meds at exactly the dosage and intervals prescribed, is a sign that the drug may no longer be serving you well. Rebound symptoms are a perfectly reasonable cause to seek a change in your benzo treatment, whether the problem has progressed to dependence and addiction or not.

Arbitrum's native token, ARB, is a governance token that will be used for protocol governance, unlike Ethereum's ether, which is used to pay transaction fees. The total supply of ARB is 10 billion, with 56% of those tokens being controlled by the community. The remaining tokens will be distributed to DAOs operating within the Arbitrum ecosystem, investors, employees of Offchain Labs, the development firm behind Arbitrum, and a treasury controlled by the new Arbitrum DAO.
The release of ARB coincides with the launch of Arbitrum Obit, which allows third-party applications and protocols to build new "layer 3" blockchains on top of Arbitrum's low-fee infrastructure. This expansion of the Arbitrum ecosystem may increase the demand for ARB as the token used for protocol governance.
The Arbitrum DAO will have significant authority to control crucial decisions at the core protocol level, including the allocation of chain revenue to support the ecosystem and how the technology of the chain is upgraded. The ARB token will provide ARB holders with the ability to participate in important decisions regarding Arbitrum One and Arbitrum Nova, which allow users to transact on the Ethereum blockchain more efficiently, with faster speeds and lower fees.
The introduction of the ARB token is expected to bring greater decentralization to the Arbitrum ecosystem compared to other scaling chains. However, the success of ARB and the Arbitrum ecosystem will depend on the adoption and usage of the technology by developers and users.
As with any investment, it is important to conduct your own research and due diligence before making any decisions. The success of ARB will depend on factors such as the adoption of Arbitrum by developers and users, the effectiveness of the governance process, and the overall performance of the cryptocurrency market. Investors should carefully consider the potential risks and rewards before investing in ARB.
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GMX is a decentralized perpetual and spot exchange that operates with a native token, GMX. The platform offers low swap fees and trading with zero price impact, which can be beneficial to users. Furthermore, GMX allows users to trade various assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Avalanche, and leverage their positions up to 30x.
Utility and Governance Token:
GMX's native token, GMX, offers both utility and governance benefits. Thirty percent of the generated fees are distributed to token holders, providing a passive revenue stream and an incentive to hold the asset for extended periods. Users can also stake the GMX token to earn more passive revenue, with APRs hovering above 10% at the time of writing. The trading platform also offers a secondary token called GLP, which accrues 70% of the generated fees and can also be staked on both blockchains, with APRs near 20%.
Exchange Listings:
GMX has recently been listed on major exchanges such as Binance and FTX, with more platforms likely to follow. This listing has created short-term price momentum, but interest in the decentralized platform has been high for several months. As a result, GMX is one of the better-performing crypto assets of Q3 2022. However, the success of GMX depends on getting more people to use the platform.
Analysis:
GMX's low swap fees and trading with zero price impact are highly attractive to users. The platform's ability to trade various assets and leverage up to 30x provides users with market exposure that can yield significant profits. Moreover, the GMX token's utility and governance benefits offer a passive revenue stream to holders and create an incentive to hold the asset for extended periods. The recent listing of GMX on major exchanges will likely create short-term price momentum, but the success of the platform ultimately depends on getting more people to use it.
Conclusion:
GMX is a decentralized perpetual and spot exchange that offers low swap fees and trading with zero price impact. The platform allows users to trade various assets and leverage up to 30x, providing market exposure that can yield significant profits. Moreover, the GMX token's utility and governance benefits provide a passive revenue stream to holders and create an incentive to hold the asset for extended periods. The recent listing of GMX on major exchanges has created short-term price momentum, but the platform's success ultimately depends on getting more people to use it.
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I'm traveling from Northern NJ to Roanoke, VA in May. I'm planning an overnight stop somewhere in PA or VA area depending on the route I take (Gettysburg? Harrisburg? somewhere outside Baltimore?) to break up the trip into 3-4 hours each day. Total trip time is about 7 hours.
I keep seeing suggestions that Skyline Drive is a must to drive on when going down that way. It looks very pretty and I would love to stop at some of the overlooks, take in the scenery, take some photographs and just have some mini breaks. However, going the whole way from the Fort Royal to Rockfish Gap will add about 2.5 hours to my trip (too much).
I researched from the website that there are four entrances onto Skyline Drive

• Front Royal Entrance Station (mile 0) by Rt. 66 and 340 in Front Royal, Virginia.
• Thornton Gap Entrance Station (mile 31.5) by Rt. 211 near Luray, Virginia.
• Swift Run Gap Entrance Station (mile 65.5) by Rt. 33 near Elkton, Virginia.
• Rockfish Gap Entrance Station (mile 104.6) by Rt. 64 and Rt. 250

What would be a best part of Skyline Drive to enter and exit so that I see a good representative portion of it and catch some good overlook sights before returning to Route 81 to get Roanoke? In other words, which section of Skyline Drive would give me the best experience?

Arbitrum, one of the top layer 2 scaling solutions on Ethereum, has been hitting new milestones in recent weeks. According to DeFillama data, the decentralized exchange (DEX) transactions volume on Arbitrum rose to a new all-time high, reaching $4.34 billion in the last seven days. Uniswap remains the dominant DEX platform on Arbitrum, accounting for 48% of all trades on the network.
Despite the recent issues surrounding the stablecoin USD Coin (USDC), Arbitrum's stablecoin inflow has also risen, with more inflow of Tether's USDT and algorithmic stablecoin DAI into the network as compared to USDC.
Moreover, the Arbitrum Foundation has launched its long-awaited governance token, ARB, which will mark the network's transition to a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). This move will enable ARB holders to vote on key decisions governing the network, including upgrades to the technology and the use of revenue to support the ecosystem. The ARB token will make the Arbitrum ecosystem more decentralized than alternative scaling chains, according to Offchain Labs, the creator of Arbitrum.
The launch of ARB has been timed to coincide with the launch of Arbitrum Obit, which will enable third-party apps and protocols to build new "layer 3" blockchains based atop Arbitrum's low-fee infrastructure. This is a significant development that could potentially benefit businesses looking for cost-effective and efficient solutions for their operations.
The recent developments on Arbitrum show promising signs of growth and innovation, providing businesses with a unique opportunity to leverage its layer 2 scaling solutions.
Do you think Arbitrum is the best Layer 2 solution for now? 👇

User: “The Handsome Devil” Urama
Story: Urama is obsessed with his good looks and an was outcast because of this obsession and he’s conceded personally. He’s mother used to always tell him how handsome he was and tell him he was the families pride and joy of the family and would bring happiness and riches. He would often look at him self in his bathroom mirror after school and tell himself how good he had it, until his mother killed herself cause of their poverty and debt using broken mirror shards of the same mirror.
Technique: Cursed Mirrors
Urama can make mirrors that can project blasts of light from mirror an reflect anything be it physical or spiritual attacks throwing it back at user however if its too strong it can shatter the mirror. He can also make a single self-reflection clone of one person at a time to help aid in battle or other things. He can manipulate the mirror to float and obit around him but not very far or they lose speed. Also can use shards of mirror like sword to cut and stab. Occasionally can teleport between mirror but takes great stamina depending on distance, not just his mirrors any mirror.
Domain: Land of Broken Shards
White realm of floating mirror shard that Urama can teleport through with ease or send blast through increasing speed significantly he cannot use clones here or reflect but in return anything residing in this domain will have their durability reduced to that of glass, even shattering on impact but kept alive while in pieces and can only put back together by Urama. If domain is expelled while a target is broken they will be left in pieces leaving a bloody mess.