Reply to: To the recovering alcoholic

[NotAllThere]

well we are all going to die of something -- may as well make it something you enjoy...

I know a guy who deliberately set out to drink himself to death. Paid the rent for a year on a flat next door to an offy, lived off his savings. He said it was bloody miserable. After a while, you stop enjoying the booze... but you can't do without it. And you feel ill all the time.

[d000hg]

Yeah when i get to 60 and the kids are sorted, I'll start chain smoking and drinking huge amounts of single malt.

why wait??

Indeed, you only need to time it so you are not dying until you reach 60, so you could probably start a decade earlier.

[original PM]

Yeah when i get to 60 and the kids are sorted, I'll start chain smoking and drinking huge amounts of single malt.

why wait??

[nomadd]

Yeah when i get to 60 and the kids are sorted, I'll start chain smoking and drinking huge amounts of single malt.

By the time you hit 60, the kids will have spent all your money.

Probably on tobacco and booze.

[nomadd]

The greatest aspect of recovery is being able to look the world in the eye, wake up with a clear head and have a daily programme for living based on spiritual lines that facilitates a more fulfilled life.

I'd have thought a spirit-free life was more applicable.

[sasguru]

well we are all going to die of something -- may as well make it something you enjoy...

Yeah when i get to 60 and the kids are sorted, I'll start chain smoking and drinking huge amounts of single malt.

[original PM]

well we are all going to die of something -- may as well make it something you enjoy...

[oscarose]

A man drank himself to death. At the funeral, his widow was asked whether he'd tried Alcoholics Anonymous - oh no, she said, he wasn't that bad.

With ever more people hitting the bottle due to numerous factors, the AA fellowship does offer hope to the sufferer when all can seem lost. Alcohol doesn’t discriminate on creed, colour and income bands.

The greatest aspect of recovery is being able to look the world in the eye, wake up with a clear head and have a daily programme for living based on spiritual lines that facilitates a more fulfilled life.

[Sysman]

I watched two friends die from alcoholism after a tough battle. Addiction of any kind is nothing to make light about.

WHS. I lost a good friend that way.

[NotAllThere]

A man drank himself to death. At the funeral, his widow was asked whether he'd tried Alcoholics Anonymous - oh no, she said, he wasn't that bad.

[oscarose]

Oh, didn't realise it was a W.I.P.

Handy tip: complete it when sober.

EDIT: OK, you've brought out the Vogon poet in me. Here's my edit:

When you confront a sober alcoholic,
You confront a fighter.

With a mortal enemy still slumbering within;
An enemy, whom cannot be defeated.

Traveling, within a world of alcoholic abuse,
Misunderstand weighing upon every step.

Society, still scorning in shameful ignorance,
Looking down, in unconcealed contempt.

A forgotton citizen,
Pushing through the crowds,
Alert amongst the alcoholic seas.

But know this, my friend:
Few are more alive than he!

Good work Nomadd!

To make all-encompassing and with you on the ‘hero’ thing,

When you confront a reformed addict,
You confront a survivor who’s found the lifeboat.

[TestMangler]

How about:

There was a young man from Aberystwyth,
Who took out a girl to play whist with,
When she trumped his last trick,
He whipped out his d**k,
And played hell with the hole that she pissed with !!

[nomadd]

Thanks for the feedback. This draft does need some 'tweaking'. I'll publish the final version shortly.

Oh, didn't realise it was a W.I.P.

Handy tip: complete it when sober.

EDIT: OK, you've brought out the Vogon poet in me. Here's my edit:

When you confront a sober alcoholic,
You confront a fighter.

With a mortal enemy still slumbering within;
An enemy, whom cannot be defeated.

Traveling, within a world of alcoholic abuse,
Misunderstand weighing upon every step.

Society, still scorning in shameful ignorance,
Looking down, in unconcealed contempt.

A forgotton citizen,
Pushing through the crowds,
Alert amongst the alcoholic seas.

But know this, my friend:
Few are more alive than he!

[oscarose]

work in progress

Hero? I can think of many people to whom I'd happily apply that word, but never an ex-pisshead.

How about recovering coke heads, pill heads, smokers, tokers, speed freaks and congenital masturbators?

Thanks for the feedback. This draft does need some 'tweaking'. I'll publish the final version shortly.

[Ruprect]

How about recovering coke heads, pill heads, smokers, tokers, speed freaks and congenital masturbators?

I've never conned anyone, let alone my own john thomas