The third stage of suffering comes when you face your inner wound and either move to heal it, strike out against your symptoms, or choose denial.

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It was too late to inquire, so I continued, uncertainly, thinking, This could set your highly wound individual back several psychic centuries.

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It's impossible to have a creature that physical and spiritual size in your home and not have it leave a gaping wound when it's excised.

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Both types of bacteria can live harmlessly on your skin until they enter through a cut or other wound and cause an infection.

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The parasites can then enter your body through your eyes, mouth, a cut or scratch, or the wound from the bug's bite.

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You can hear your pulse in your ears, that rapid heartbeat ... and you're wound up.

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Too much alcohol also irritates your gastrointestinal tract. (Imagine pouring a class of Absolut on an open wound.) Eating just about anything while you drink eases the pain because the food coats the lining of your intestines.

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Late one night this week, your columnist met a young global leader who, after a happy drinking session, had wound up outside the wrong hotel.

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