Dock folders jumbled

I'm having problems with "documents" in Dock since upgrading to Mountain Lion... when I open it up with Icon view, I get this:
I then have to arrange them, but when I close and open it again, they're all jumbled.
Brian

Just drag those folders down to the right hand side of the Dock near the Trash (but not in it
btw - those other folders are aliases. in Finder go to, /Users/yourname/
EDIT: WITHOUT CREATING AN ALIAS?
Why would you want to do that?
-mj
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