Ranger514
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LOL! Must have been a fun guy to have as a father.
How Many Did What I Did
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LOL! Must have been a fun guy to have as a father.
rog8732
US Veteran
The man takes a drink. The drink takes a drink. The drinks takes a man.
I expect that is true in many cases. I have two friends; since early adulthood, who became falling down drunks.
Wrecked their vehicles, fell in the yard and spent the night, lost wives and girl friends, and got D U Is.
I learned, while trying to talk some moderation to them, ( not necessarily quitting altogether), that as long as a person is satisfied with themselves as they are, nothing, outside their own head, is going to make a change.
I expect that is true in many cases. I have two friends; since early adulthood, who became falling down drunks.
Wrecked their vehicles, fell in the yard and spent the night, lost wives and girl friends, and got D U Is.
I learned, while trying to talk some moderation to them, ( not necessarily quitting altogether), that as long as a person is satisfied with themselves as they are, nothing, outside their own head, is going to make a change.
I've not been afflicted as such, but I have several relatives who have been. Some were able to step away, many have, so far, not. My best friend died from liver failure several years ago, being found at home by his brother with a half gallon of tequila empty beside him. He did get to a hospital but he was too far gone. It's an ugly way to die.
Congratulations Lab, for being able to walk away.
Congratulations Lab, for being able to walk away.
Two of my friends died far too young.A few others and my ex are still battling it.
cmort666
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Other than stopping at a restaurant/bar for lunch or dinner on the way home from the gunshow, I don't go to bars. Most of the ones around here are sports bars anyway, and five TVs worth of sports babble distracts me when I'm trying to read about the Sten Gun...
BearBio
Member
I've always been able to take it or leave it. Thanksgiving, a couple of friends came over and we did mezcal shooters. We went through a bottle and a half, and all 4 of us did a worm apiece. Since then, I've had exactly one beer. Before that, I had a couple or three beers on Labor Day.
On the other hand, I was a two pack smoker who put them down and never went back!
On the other hand, I was a two pack smoker who put them down and never went back!
Nope.
Not me; I like beer waaaaaaay too much. (I also like wine on occasion...and will have some tequila for 'special' occasions.)
Probably have consumed more than I should have a few times, but alcohol has never caused me personal or professional difficulties.
I try not to disppoint myself by making bad decisions regardless if I have had a drink. That philosophy has served me welll.
That said, it's almost happy hour in my 'hood. Local tavern offers PBR 'pounders' fro $2.00...American. Tasty; cheap enough, too.
In case some may wonder, I dig beer in cans, and PBR helps me relive my youth.
The beerroom I most often frequent is chock full of beer snobs and has about 15 craft beers on tap with many more in bottles. Some of the 'snobs' mock (playfully) my choice.
Be safe.
Not me; I like beer waaaaaaay too much. (I also like wine on occasion...and will have some tequila for 'special' occasions.)
Probably have consumed more than I should have a few times, but alcohol has never caused me personal or professional difficulties.
I try not to disppoint myself by making bad decisions regardless if I have had a drink. That philosophy has served me welll.
That said, it's almost happy hour in my 'hood. Local tavern offers PBR 'pounders' fro $2.00...American. Tasty; cheap enough, too.
In case some may wonder, I dig beer in cans, and PBR helps me relive my youth.
The beerroom I most often frequent is chock full of beer snobs and has about 15 craft beers on tap with many more in bottles. Some of the 'snobs' mock (playfully) my choice. Be safe.
Not me; I like beer waaaaaaay too much. (I also like wine on occasion...and will have some tequila for 'special' occasions.)
Probably have consumed more than I should have a few times, but alcohol has never caused me personal or professional difficulties.
I try not to disppoint myself by making bad decisions regardless if I have had a drink. That philosophy has served me welll.
That said, it's almost happy hour in my 'hood. Local tavern offers PBR 'pounders' fro $2.00...American. Tasty; cheap enough, too.
In case some may wonder, I dig beer in cans, and PBR helps me relive my youth.
Be safe.
I too subscribe to the "cheap taste better" creed.
Besides, after you cauterize your taste buds with the first one the rest taste fine.
Cheers!
model70hunter
Member
In a normal state 10 bucks are 2 packs. You did not smoke much or it's been a long time.
But good for you.26 years ago,Nov. 11th.
williamlayton
Member
I grew up in some hard drinking times.
I just decided it wasn't fun no more.
Now cigs----well, I stopped for 10 years. Most miserable 10 years of my life.
Dope---wish it were legal and I am to the point where i really don't care about that but all my contacts are dead.
Did have a good time with a fat boy in Amsterdam---and my wife was there.
Blessings
I just decided it wasn't fun no more.
Now cigs----well, I stopped for 10 years. Most miserable 10 years of my life.
Dope---wish it were legal and I am to the point where i really don't care about that but all my contacts are dead.
Did have a good time with a fat boy in Amsterdam---and my wife was there.
Blessings
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Ok you guys......
If you can handle it, no problem. Every once in a while I'd like a margarita or a King Edward. To me, though, it just ain't worth it. I've never been one for moderation.
If you can handle it, no problem. Every once in a while I'd like a margarita or a King Edward. To me, though, it just ain't worth it. I've never been one for moderation.
It ain't knowledge based. Most addictions have their roots in genetic predisposition. Many others are based on environment and availability.
The gun addiction is fairly prevalent here I think......
Straightshooter2
US Veteran
My father would take leave from the Army and go on a bender finally showing up at home after a week or so. Once, he loaned our one year old '65 Chevy to someone he had never seen before. The car was found a couple of weeks later wrecked and stripped two states away. Even when he wasn't on a bender he would come home drunk spoiling for a fight with my mother or, when I got older, me. Because of him, as an adult I've never been tempted by, or for that matter, a fan of alcohol. Sure, I drank a little in the Navy but now, well I think I had a drink in 2001 and just a tiny sip of scuppernong shine last year.
CW
CW
My family has a history of alcohol abuse. I had a supervisor at the factory that I credit setting me straight. I'm so very thankful that he took the time to talk to me and even more thankful that for once I listened to someone who cared about my life more than I did at the time. Let's just use his first name. Thank you Herb. He is in heaven now and I'm sure giving good advice.
Started at 12. Quit at 19. Drank too much too young. Complete change in life direction and haven't looked back.
Just pretend this is witty.
Just pretend this is witty.
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Actually we did have rehab in the '70's--I went to work in a treatment center in 1974--and there had been treatment facilities, mostly in hospitals, for many years before that.
Treating alcoholics and addicts and their families got a lot easier when I quit drinking in 1981.
I enjoy a glass or two of some fine Tennessee whiskey every now and then. I do it at the house though since I know for a fact that no one has ever been arrested for driving a sofa while intoxicated. Cigarettes, quit them cold turkey in 1980. Funny cigarettes, the stuff they smoke these days just makes me paranoid as **** so I leave it alone. 
I'm in the paint business so drinking comes with the territory.
I'm in the paint business so drinking comes with the territory.
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