I'm An Alcoholic (1422 hits)
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Submitted by NavyJester <xlations.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2007-02-23 05:28:06 EST
I'm an alcoholic.
Or so AA would have me believe. I've been to AA (that's Alocohlics Anonyomous for you non-diseased), and it is no fun. Meetings, coins, people who think they're just like you trying to make you feel better by feeling sorry for them. It doesn't impress me.
Yes, I can safely say that I am an alcoholic. I'm abuse alcohol and, while I'm not proud of it, I've learned a few things from being alcohol dependent. As I write this, I've been drinking, so forgive any spelling mistakes.
I moved from a cushy military job, last stationed at Ft. Meade, to Las Vegas, Sin City. My fiancee of a year and a half who had little to no prior knowledge of how bad it could get with me moved with me. I feel sorry for her, almost as much as I'm feeling sorry for myself.
Allow me to digress a bit.
I'm a polyglot. For those of you who don't know, a polyglot is a rare breed able to speak a large number of languanges and translate said languages with great ease. I myself speak 10 languages, 3 dialects of Arabic included.
I didn't begin drinking until enlisting in the Navy. I didn't really begin writing until that time either, however, most of my works up until now have been fiction. Alcohol can sometimes make you a little more creative at the cost of typing skills. I never felt alcohol could open me up to such potential while at the same time letting me down so much. To be honest, since drinking, I've felt like I could do anything, never get into trouble, and reach peaks of clarity and illumination beyond being sober. In a sense, I have been correct, and in a way, I have been totally wrong.
My fiancee left me tonight in light of wild allegations on my behalf of her infidelity and non-supportiveness. I was accused of being a drunk, insecure, and...I don't know what else. It's hard being a drunk; there's not much you (or one) can clearly remember, and for that, my audience, I apologize. Drunks are also apologetic.
If you'd like me to go into the story between my fiancee and I will in a seperate post. Beyond that, the only thing I can offer is to please, at any rate, police yourself with the sauce. It has destroyed basically everything good in my life so far and continues to do so, relationships and work opportunities included.
Yes, I believe alcohol is destructive. No, I cannot wean myself off of it. Yes, it has made me a better person, and it has also made me worse.
Perhaps I'll be leaving Las Vegas sooner than expected.
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Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:52:12 EDT (#)
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Every soldier I have met who went to Iraq is an alcoholic. I can guess why.
And I don't mean one or two either, I was in Mannheim Germany on the base there with a signal battalian and they had all become drunks, to a man. Kids went off to war and alcoholics came home.
Their families aren't proud anymore, they're scared. Scared for their sons and daughters. Worried everyday that if the conflict doesn't kill them now, it might later.
Damn I am angry at the moment. My brother is in Bahrain(sp) against his will and better judgement. His wife is leaving him. His world at home is a memory, and one that gets dimmer every day.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2007-02-27 03:35:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by Abbey (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:01:00 (#)
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Just my 2 cents that living in Vegas and ignoring alcohol is nearly impossible. It's free...readily available and fun. It's not like we're the arts capital of the world.
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not the hardest thing in the world to do, unless of course you are weakwilled.
ps: identifying yourself with "gambling" in your email address is disturbing. Only transplants here gamble. If you came here from somewhere else, you could just as easily leave, unless of course you pawned your car to play the blackjack.
Submitted by iambetteratit (user info) at 2007-02-27 03:11:52 EST (#)
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Alcohol is only a problem if you let it become one, you weak willed peice of shit. I drink every night, and still manage to kick ass at work. So why dont you send your wife my way? Ill take care of her!
ps. Unless she is one of those fat, ugly, nasty, navy wives. Then you can keep her !
Submitted by RamJetMax (user info) at 2007-02-26 14:30:37 EST (#)
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using "digress" in any uber post is an auto -2
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2007-02-26 07:53:03 EST (#)
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"Sitting on my ass in the Navy made me become a drunk."
Boo fucking hoo. It's your own damn fault. Don't blame it on the booze.
Submitted by deelo (user info) at 2007-02-26 03:55:26 EST (#)
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+2 for alcoholics
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-02-26 03:03:19 EST (#)
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I'd like to read the full story.
Both my parents were alcoholics. Both died young. People get the correct help.
Honest post. +2
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-02-25 22:34:34 EST (#)
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drink drinky drink drink
drive crash die
drink drinky drink drink
Submitted by Timmaaaaah (user info) at 2007-02-25 22:13:39 EST (#)
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I drove my tractor through your haystack last night
(ooh aah ooh aah)
I threw me pitchfork at your dog to keep quiet
(ooh aah ooh aah)
Now something's telling me
That you'm avoiding me
Come on now darling you've got something I need
Cuz I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Come on now let's get together
In perfect harmony
I got twenty acres
An' you got forty-three
Now I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
She made I laugh ha ha
I'll stick by you, I'll give you all that you need
We'll 'ave twins and triplets
I'm a man built for speed
And you know I'll love you darlin'
So give me your hand
But what I want the most
Is all they acres of land
Cuz I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Come on now let's get together
In perfect harmony
I got twenty acres
An' you got forty-three
Now I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Ooaah she's a lovely bit of stuff an' all
For seven long years I've been alone in this place
Eat, sleep, in the kitchen, it's a proper disgrace
Now if I cleaned it up would you change your mind
I'll give up drinking scrumpy and that lager and lime
Cuz I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Come on now let's get together
In perfect harmony
I got twenty acres
An' you got forty-three
Now I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Who loves ya baby ha
Weren't we a grand couple at that last wurzel dance
I wore brand new gaters and me cordouroy pants
In your new Sunday dress with your perfume smelling grand
We had our photos took and us holding hands
Now I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Now that we'me both past our fifties I think that you and me
Should stop this galavanting and will you marry me
Coz I got a brand new combine harvester
An' I'll give you the key
Aahh yu're a fine looking woman and I can't wait to get me 'ands on your land
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-02-25 15:41:08 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-25 14:03:07 EST (#)
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Murphy, where have you been?
Murph is a 100% right. i stopped going to AA because it made people believe they were weak and powerless. that, and it was super depressing. my father taught me how to be strong by his example. once i stopped going to AA and started to personally reflect on my drinking, i realized that i had the power to choose whatever i wanted. i now choose when i want to drink and how much i will drink. i don't drink until i pass out every day anymore. i drink socially now and if i have to drive i cut myself off at a couple drinks before i get a buzz. i still lose control from time to time and get just a little bit too trashed, but it happens once every couple months instead of almost every day. i call that progress. what makes me most happy is that there are days when friends ask me if i want to go out drinking with them and i actually say "no thanks, i don't feel like drinking tonight". i don't FEEL LIKE DRINKING. those words coming from my mouth were unimaginable to me 2 years ago.
i did the same with smoking. i just quit and told myself i didn't need it and that it was a disgusting habit. i have friends who have tried several stop-smoking aids and continue to smoke because they say they can't stop no matter how hard they try, but say they want to quit. they obviously don't want to quit bad enough.... when i want to do something, i do it no matter how big of an undertaking it may be. some things are hard to do, but no one ever said life is easy.
Submitted by Cadrach (user info) at 2007-02-25 11:33:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-02-23 20:59:36 (#)
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Have you ever sucked a dick for a beer? If not then shut the fuck up.
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If I'm not mistaken, that's a Bob Sagat quote. Sort of. Just can't remember the movie.
Submitted by WiKi (user info) at 2007-02-25 09:58:05 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-25 00:16:31 (#)
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everyone loves WiKi.
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Well. My, my. If I'd had any idea that I was so loved, I wouldn't make myself so scarce.
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2007-02-25 08:32:00 EST (#)
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There is a huge difference between being an alcoholic and having a drink problem.
If you have the latter, then AA will be of no use to you.
Good Luck.
-Dave
Submitted by Murphy1844 (user info) at 2007-02-25 06:29:22 EST (#)
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AA supports and encourages learned helplessness.
Some time ago a shrink shocked a bunch of dogs that were in a confined space. The dogs tried to relieve the shock by doing something different. The shocks still came, randomly. The dogs realized that nothing they could do would relieve the shock, so they gave up. They learned to do this. Re-read that last sentence five times, considering the context, and without any alcohol in your system.
AA, as a 'group conscious' believes and would have you believe that you are powerless over alcohol. This is simply not true. Actually, to call it 'not true' is kind of me. It's a complete lie. You have power over your consumption of alcohol. You are not in a confined the space with an I.V. randomly shooting pumps of 1844 through your system (that's Pabst). There is something you can do about this.
Good luck.
Murphy
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-02-25 00:35:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-02-23 20:59:36 (#)
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Have you ever sucked a dick for a beer? If not then shut the fuck up.
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You offering?
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-25 00:16:31 EST (#)
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everyone loves WiKi.
and no, you don't have to be a homeless mouthwash drinker to be an alcoholic. i know plenty of rich alcoholics. we're just saying being an alcoholic is only pathetic if you become a homeless mouthwash drinker. if you're rich, it's AWESOME!
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2007-02-24 21:45:43 EST (#)
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A lot of people in AA who are "low bottom" drunks will tell you "unless you're homeless and have nothing left, you're not really an alcoholic". Though I'd love nothing more than to take that concept and run with it, I recognize that alcohol can wreak havoc in a person's life in thousands of ways before they get to the point of being a homeless mouthwash-drinker. Being financially successful won't keep your liver from exploding.
Submitted by WiKi (user info) at 2007-02-24 20:23:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by NavyJester (user info) at 2007-02-23 05:50:33 (#)
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I'm really surprised to see people like Flack, Willzone, and Caulaincourt still on here. Guess I've been out of the loop for awhile. Whatever happened to people like WiKi and Sideburns and Matt Maiorano86 (spelling?)? I missed those guys.
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I've had a baby, so I'm not around so much anymore.. I lurk, though. A lot.
'Burns went and got married.. with a hot-shot job to go along, so he's NEVER around. I have no clue if he lurks.
and Matt's still here. All over the place.
And I, for one, missed you, too!! You've always been a favorite of mine.
Here's to making me come out of lurking status and review :)
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-02-24 13:48:26 EST (#)
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by small close together you mean piggy little eyes?
good job you're not fat you'd look good enough to eat.
Submitted by eric_the_bread (user info) at 2007-02-23 23:00:22 EST (#)
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Not bad, but why did you include the part about the language thing? Seems irrelevant.
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-02-23 22:41:38 EST (#)
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There seems to be definite pattern with the people who are angry at AA.
Don't begrudge or marginalize the other people in attendance just because it didn't work for you.
The zip code, where the meeting's being held, determines the type of people you will meet
and interact with.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-02-23 21:01:18 EST (#)
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Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-02-23 20:59:36 (#)
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Have you ever sucked a dick for a beer? If not then shut the fuck up.
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beer's cheap, dude.
Submitted by moneyshotforyou (user info) at 2007-02-23 20:59:36 EST (#)
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Have you ever sucked a dick for a beer? If not then shut the fuck up.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-02-23 20:38:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2007-02-23 17:27:58 (#)
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Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.—Frank Sinatra
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.—Dean Martin
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2007-02-23 19:24:19 EST (#)
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i went to a few AA meetings a while back. all it did is make me realize that i'm nto an alcoholic, and those people are way more fucked up than I.
felt good afterwards
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-02-23 17:37:12 EST (#)
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Awesome, St_Jimmy.
Submitted by St_Jimmy (user info) at 2007-02-23 17:27:58 EST (#)
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Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.—Frank Sinatra
I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.—Dean Martin
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 16:52:25 EST (#)
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i agree.
i'll eventually want a family myself, so i guess i have to keep on working hard for a while...
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 16:37:14 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 16:02:59 (#)
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anyway, i think being a beach bum is a nice dream, but i have no delusions and i do realize it would be rather silly to actually leave my current life behind for it.
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me it's not my current life that i care about.
it's the future.
i don't want to die alone. i wanna be surrounded with something like 7 children and 20 grand-children when i become an old useless fart who sits in the corner of the living room, waiting to croak. i could never gonna find a queen to lay all those eggs if i spent my time in bars, doing 8$/hour.
i know that's all cliché, but whatever...i'd rather have cliché dreams than crying about how humanity will fall apart in 50 years. it's so easy to be ETS.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2007-02-23 16:35:48 EST (#)
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Yes, I can safely say that I am an alcoholic. I'm abuse alcohol and, while I'm not proud of it, I've learned a few things from being alcohol dependent. As I write this, I've been drinking, so forgive any spelling mistakes.
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+2
I'll read the rest later.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 16:02:59 EST (#)
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i suppose we do have the same small, close together eyes, fat man. this Ponting fellow is in much better shape than i, so i take that as a compliment.
anyway, i think being a beach bum is a nice dream, but i have no delusions and i do realize it would be rather silly to actually leave my current life behind for it.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-02-23 16:02:22 EST (#)
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i think it's also easier to say live humbly when it's a choice instead of a situation you're in and don't want to be.
and before you go on about well make a change to your life then, just because you make a change doesn't mean the results are immediate, soon to be evident or even permanent once attained.
just saying is all.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:52:26 EST (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:20:50 (#)
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humble and happy are very different my cock swallowing friend.
Okay i'll elaborate:
Right now with the pressures of working and keeping up and consuming the bum life looks tempting.
It's not. Otherwise you'd still be doing it.
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cocks cannot be swallowed, only semen, sheepophile.
i'm not living the bum life because social pressure will tell you that it makes you a loser. nobody wants to be a loser. because loser = no pussy (or no cock). nether do i wanna wake up at 35 years old with an urge of building a family but no one is available because i am viewed as unreliable without any accumulated assets.
i'm not saying it's all society's fault and being emo about it. one must adapt to the reality around him. but it doesn't mean you can't have ideologies. or find middle grounds, like in my case. i don't own anything except a guitar and a comp and i found myself a girl who thinks exactly like me despite the fact that we both make decent money.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:40:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:51:55 (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:01:21 (#)
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well, i don't want to be homeless. that's a bit drastic.
being broke all the time was the good life, though.
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if you wanna be broker i could use some cash :D.
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what you need is a man to leech upon.
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i know :( then i end up feeling guilty for getting stuff. i need a sugar mama, or for one of my parents to die so i get their life insurance. i won't feel so bad then.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:20:50 EST (#)
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humble and happy are very different my cock swallowing friend.
Okay i'll elaborate:
Right now with the pressures of working and keeping up and consuming the bum life looks tempting.
It's not. Otherwise you'd still be doing it.
The grass is not always greener on the other side.
Hidden looks like Ricky Ponting.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:17:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:06:48 (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:49:19 (#)
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yes, it's the same fat man who i believe said "only the poor are truly happy" nice consistency, eh?
i don't remember saying that cousin fucker
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or was it your butt-boy shandy?
perhaps i mixed you up because of that comment http://www.ubersite.com/m/79810#1711562
either way, you didn't elaborate on this 'simplistic nonesense'.
not that you have to, you american.
Submitted by ticklish_squirrel (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:13:17 EST (#)
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And another for living in Sin City
Submitted by ticklish_squirrel (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:12:59 EST (#)
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+2 for being a polyglot.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-02-23 15:06:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:49:19 (#)
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yes, it's the same fat man who i believe said "only the poor are truly happy" nice consistency, eh?
i don't remember saying that cousin fucker
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:51:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:49:55 (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:01:21 (#)
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well, i don't want to be homeless. that's a bit drastic.
being broke all the time was the good life, though.
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if you wanna be broker i could use some cash :D.
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what you need is a man to leech upon.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:49:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:01:21 (#)
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well, i don't want to be homeless. that's a bit drastic.
being broke all the time was the good life, though.
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if you wanna be broker i could use some cash :D.
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Submitted by bob (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:05:25 EST (#)
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Fuck AA. I hate the thing. Id go see a specialized psychiatrist over AA meetings any day of the week.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:01:21 EST (#)
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well, i don't want to be homeless. that's a bit drastic.
being broke all the time was the good life, though.
Submitted by Abbey (user info) at 2007-02-23 14:01:00 EST (#)
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Just my 2 cents that living in Vegas and ignoring alcohol is nearly impossible. It's free...readily available and fun. It's not like we're the arts capital of the world.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:49:48 EST (#)
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fuck, i sound like a hippy!
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:49:19 EST (#)
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yes, it's the same fat man who i believe said "only the poor are truly happy" nice consistency, eh?
you feel stupid for buying stuff but like everybody, you'll always look up for the class immediatly above you. then when you reach that level, you start over again.
unless you force yourself into an environment completly devoided of mateliarism, like being homeless, it's very hard not to give in into that never-ending quest for "happiness and security".
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:39:31 EST (#)
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the fat man knows nothing. ignore him.
i feel really stupid for buying expensive things that just sit there and get no use when i know i just bought them because they were things i wanted when i was poor.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:35:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:18:42 (#)
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simplistic nonsense
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ok
elaborate, please?
it's true it might sound a bit romanticist and "fight clubish", but personally, owning stuff makes me worry. i'm the type of person who buys something, brings it back because he feels guilty and then spends the money in restaurant. whenever one of my belongings malfunctions, even if it's something i don't even use, i feel so anxious. since i've crashed my car, i feel like i got rid of a bag of rocks.
some people feel better when they earn more stuff. they enjoy shopping and appreciate good luxury. except for clothes and entertainment spending, it does exactly the opposite to me.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-02-23 13:18:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:25:00 (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:11:37 (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 11:50:09 (#)
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if you haven't lost everything and ended up homeless and alone, you ain't a real alcoholic. luckily, i was only homeless and alone for a short period of time.
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you were homeless?
man, i envy you. really.
i lived with artists/junkies in a stinky loft. i was the only one working. we slept on the floor. best days of my life.
everything is so trivial when you have nothing.
i fucking hate owning stuff and worrying about it.
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i agree wholeheartedly.
i don't know if i can ever go back to the simple life now. once you start making making and gathering more and more possessions, you can't stop and you have to keep working harder to get better possessions. everyone you must surround yourself with to get more money and possessions is a fake fucking piece of shit. also, you start to lose perspective.
i used to sleep on a floor myself and those really were the best days of my life. i was always happy and having fun. i realize now that i fucked up by actually getting the things i thought i wanted because i thought they would enrich my life. now i realize i never needed money and nice things to be happy. just a roof over my head and good friends. and steady pussy would be nice too.
simplistic nonsense
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:35:46 EST (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/99075#2325271
Nice points , there .
In my words : http://www.ubersite.com/m/99091#2325232
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:33:49 EST (#)
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you got that right, hidden.
fuck it, i'm quitting my job today and signing up on welfare!
WOOHOO!!!
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:25:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:11:37 (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 11:50:09 (#)
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if you haven't lost everything and ended up homeless and alone, you ain't a real alcoholic. luckily, i was only homeless and alone for a short period of time.
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you were homeless?
man, i envy you. really.
i lived with artists/junkies in a stinky loft. i was the only one working. we slept on the floor. best days of my life.
everything is so trivial when you have nothing.
i fucking hate owning stuff and worrying about it.
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i agree wholeheartedly.
i don't know if i can ever go back to the simple life now. once you start making making and gathering more and more possessions, you can't stop and you have to keep working harder to get better possessions. everyone you must surround yourself with to get more money and possessions is a fake fucking piece of shit. also, you start to lose perspective.
i used to sleep on a floor myself and those really were the best days of my life. i was always happy and having fun. i realize now that i fucked up by actually getting the things i thought i wanted because i thought they would enrich my life. now i realize i never needed money and nice things to be happy. just a roof over my head and good friends. and steady pussy would be nice too.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:17:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:02:14 (#)
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Caul,
We are all special, individual, little snowflakes who must feel unique and labeled that way. This means that if there's nothing wrong with you, you must invent something to BE wrong.
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so many people, especially of my age, try to be unique nowadays. you'd have more chance of being special if you were a perfectly healthy conformist or worse, a christian.
cynism and depression are so out of date. the news fill in that position just fine.
i think what's 'in' now is positive people
like me...see? :-D
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:11:37 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 11:50:09 (#)
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if you haven't lost everything and ended up homeless and alone, you ain't a real alcoholic. luckily, i was only homeless and alone for a short period of time.
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you were homeless?
man, i envy you. really.
i lived with artists/junkies in a stinky loft. i was the only one working. we slept on the floor. best days of my life.
everything is so trivial when you have nothing.
i fucking hate owning stuff and worrying about it.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-02-23 12:02:14 EST (#)
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Caul,
We are all special, individual, little snowflakes who must feel unique and labeled that way. This means that if there's nothing wrong with you, you must invent something to BE wrong.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 11:50:09 EST (#)
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i agree, Caul. there's a lot of that here.
if you haven't lost everything and ended up homeless and alone, you ain't a real alcoholic. luckily, i was only homeless and alone for a short period of time.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 11:47:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by Talibandrew (user info) at 2007-02-23 10:32:04 (#)
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AA is fucking stupid. All AA is is a place where mostly old people sit around everyday and bitch about how they can't drink anymore. They say the same shit every time and they do it everyday. The ones that expecially piss me off are those who have been doing this for 15 fucking years. i mean, if you have been sober for 15 years and you still have to come in here and make people listen to you bitch about how you can't drink anymore, I think it's time for a drink. I don't see the point...when i have to quit doing something...i try not to think about it. If I think about it everyday, it usually ends up being 10 times harder to stop doing it. I had to go to AA and NA because some stupid fuck stick said i was "addicted to marijuana." What a retard...and i forgot where i was going with this...so fuck AA...f it in the a and c all over it's t's!!!
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haha
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2007-02-23 11:45:06 EST (#)
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i'm sorry to ask this, but what defines as an alchoolic? because in america it seems that having a couple of beer every night makes you alcoholic.
here in quebec, the prov/state where people drink the most, an alcoholic is someone who is in the street, drinking mouthwash. basically someone whose daily routine is actually affected by alchool. someone who drinks a bottle of wine every dinner and feels guilty about it doesn't qualify, IMO.
plus in america it seems to be cool to have mental diseases (why?!) to the point where people make them up with self-diagnosis "I HAVE ADHD, PANIC ATTACKS AND I'M A SOCIOPATH...SPECIAL, ISN'T IT?" so i suspect most of these people declaring to be alchoolics do it for attention, like Britney signing up into rehab or something.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 11:22:08 EST (#)
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wow, this was an awesome "i'm an alcoholic" post. there's been plenty of them around here (including my own), but i actually enjoyed reading this one. it was seemingly sincere and slightly knowing. i remember when i told everyone i couldn't quit no matter what.
well i quit for a year. this is where you expect me to say i turned my life around. well, it didn't happen quite that way. alcohol worked the same for me as it does for you. it opens up my mind. it makes me a better person while at the same time making me worse. it's strange how alcohol is able to do that. during that year, i was useless. almost everyone i know turned away from me. i think maybe i gained some perspective, but i knew i had to start drinking again, just with moderation.
so i am extremely hungover as i type this and it's mornings like these that make me wonder why i started drinking again. i went to the Blackhawks game last night and started drinking. once the game was over, i just had to keep going. i went to three more bars. ouch.
i don't know where i was going with this, so i'll leave you with this- go to Baghdad for a couple years. if you still have your clearance, you can pretty much tell companies what they are going to pay you and as long as it's not over half a mil a year, they will hire you to be a translator. stay over there for a couple years and make a million bucks while at the same time sobering up, since you won't get to drink very often. it could change your life, think about it.
Submitted by Talibandrew (user info) at 2007-02-23 10:32:04 EST (#)
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AA is fucking stupid. All AA is is a place where mostly old people sit around everyday and bitch about how they can't drink anymore. They say the same shit every time and they do it everyday. The ones that expecially piss me off are those who have been doing this for 15 fucking years. i mean, if you have been sober for 15 years and you still have to come in here and make people listen to you bitch about how you can't drink anymore, I think it's time for a drink. I don't see the point...when i have to quit doing something...i try not to think about it. If I think about it everyday, it usually ends up being 10 times harder to stop doing it. I had to go to AA and NA because some stupid fuck stick said i was "addicted to marijuana." What a retard...and i forgot where i was going with this...so fuck AA...f it in the a and c all over it's t's!!!
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-02-23 10:09:33 EST (#)
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I drink maybe 1 beer a month . What i smoke, is a different story...
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2007-02-23 10:05:51 EST (#)
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I was an FC2. Served six years. The navy is fucking gay. Escape while you can and put your polyglot skills to good use making tons of money.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-02-23 10:02:31 EST (#)
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Should have been a sympathy +1 only.
Thanks Maddog for a nice song in my head to take me to work.
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2007-02-23 09:59:31 EST (#)
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Dizzy, drunk and fightin'
On tequila white lightnin'
My glass is getting shorter
On whiskey, ice and water
So come on and have a good time
And get blinded out of your mind
So don't worry about tomorrow
Take it today
Forget about the cheque
We'll get hell to pay
Have a drink on me
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-02-23 09:42:25 EST (#)
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OMG IT'S TEEPHAHAPAHAPHAPHAPHAPAHPAH!!!
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2007-02-23 09:34:03 EST (#)
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Alas, I'm too young to buy alcohol...
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2007-02-23 09:30:45 EST (#)
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222 days sober for me.
It's a record.
Also, nothing in this post is sincere. You're just feeling sorry for yourself and typing the things you think you are supposed to be typing to play the part of the remorseful alkie who has let everyone down (again) so that people will feel sorry for you and do the things you want them to do. Alcoholics are manipulative.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Worked for me for a long time. And frankly, Uber's a great place for it. Lots of folks who will flatter you and love you for the immensely entertaining spectacle of a train wreck that you become. Especially if you can write about it even semi-coherently. And it looks like you can. So congratulations with that.
Cheers and good luck.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-02-23 09:21:18 EST (#)
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"One draught above heat makes him a fool, the second mads him, and a third drowns him."
Good luck.
ps, Not to be unsympathetic, but Shlongy's comment cracked me up.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-02-23 09:10:14 EST (#)
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Who isn't?
I just don't have to carry a card that says so.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-02-23 09:10:12 EST (#)
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at least you didn't have kids. alcoholic parenting isn't a good idea.
good luck with that.
Submitted by ubetidid (user info) at 2007-02-23 08:51:28 EST (#)
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alcohol + writing = Ernest Hemingway
you're on your way to a
brilliant future!
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-02-23 08:25:33 EST (#)
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Go fellow drunk Woooot!
http://www.ubersite.com/m/70589
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2007-02-23 08:13:17 EST (#)
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So you speak 8 languages, you mean?
I'm sorry she left you.
I'm a drunk, myself. I quit drinking, though. I'm considering going to AA, but I probably wont.
You could have afforded to put a little more substance in this post of yours, but being drunk and newly single probably didn't put you in the state of mind to do that.
Okay bye.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-02-23 07:50:56 EST (#)
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She'll get over it.
Submitted by zimm0r (user info) at 2007-02-23 07:44:26 EST (#)
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!FIRE! !FIRE! !FIRE!
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 07:16:41 EST (#)
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Oh, and fuck AA because they require you believe in deity to absolve yourself of your responsibility to yourself, family, and community. Fuck that-my agnostic alcoholic homies shouldn't be excluded, nor should they be made to make metaphysical decisions just because they want to cut down on their beer intake.
Bunch of sanctimonious arseholes, that whole "Friends of Bill" group. Dickheads.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2007-02-23 07:16:07 EST (#)
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http://tinyurl.com/25a3lv
I wrote this blog oh about 5 hours ago
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-02-23 07:08:34 EST (#)
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Me too. Well, I'm a drunk.
Submitted by particle_man58 (user info) at 2007-02-23 07:06:06 EST (#)
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Dude I think its the military, I didn't start drinking till I joined the Army. But I've all but given it up. The main reason is because I don't want to end up like my father. He died in Dec 04 at the age of 52 from organ failure caused by years of severe alcohol abuse. I have a lot of friends that are in college that and they drink themselves stupid almost everyday. They think its ok and nothing is gonna happen, what they refuse to realize is that eventually it will catch up with them.
Put the bottle down and go buy your girl some flowers, if she's worth a damn she'll be there for ya. Good Luck.
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2007-02-23 06:14:29 EST (#)
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Good luck with it. I am begining to wonder if I shouldn't do something about my drinking. I have a stinking hangover, just like every day so far this week, and proberbly for the rest of the week too. Drinking has recently fucked up one of the best things to ever happen to me, well, it was partly to do with it anyway. I wish I could blame it all on the drink, but i know I cant. Anyhoo, I'm waffling.
Good luck.
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-02-23 06:12:34 EST (#)
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Good luck, man !
Submitted by sir_cowman (user info) at 2007-02-23 05:56:02 EST (#)
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When you wrote this you were my favorite kind of drunk.
Sober enough to be coherent, drunk enough to kinda meander around in a mildly tangential way, before returning to your original point.
it made me very happy.
iftherewas a plus three, you're get it.
Submitted by NavyJester (user info) at 2007-02-23 05:50:33 EST (#)
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I'm really surprised to see people like Flack, Willzone, and Caulaincourt still on here. Guess I've been out of the loop for awhile. Whatever happened to people like WiKi and Sideburns and Matt Maiorano86 (spelling?)? I missed those guys.
Submitted by Flack (user info) at 2007-02-23 05:46:31 EST (#)
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I thought I was an alcoholic at one point. My drinking was totally out of control and my life had become, more or less, unmanagable. I went to AA meetings all the time, and I hated it.
But I later learned down the road that it wasnt the fact that I was drinking too much, it was actually a variety of emotional problems like PTSD and clinical depression that was forcing me to drink and use to kill the pain.
After several meeting with army doctors, I later found that with the right therapy and medication, I was able to eventually enjoy drinking without making socially irresponisble decisions.
I still drink, though not as often as I used to.
Good luck, sailor and thank you for all you do!
----Flack