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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 21, 2009 14:57:40 GMT
Some people I worked with in Psychiatry had 'addictive-personalities'..they would get addicted to drink/drugs/glue etc etc whereas other people didn't, just smoked the occasional joint and drank the occasional few beers or had the occasional binge-drinking session... The point being that the former group had very little control over their addictions whereas the latter group had Some people (like me) are addicted to watching Stoke City..I've spent far too much money over the years watching them..and its destroyed a couple of relationships..but I just can't help it.. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/4tzqvp1fxEemag_TAXLJ.gif) 'Alcohol' they say 'Is a wonderful Servant but a terrible Master'....and this young lad became a victim of it...using alcohol as a coping mechanism to blot out the shit things in his life. OK most people have had shit things happen to them and they don't use alcohol/drugs...often turning to some other crutch like Religion or Jogging or working their bollox off to avoid thinking about something.... But as far as this young man is concerned...he didn't obviously have the inner-strength to sort himself out... Who am I to judge him? Very sad state of affairs...
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Post by beagriestache on Jul 21, 2009 18:33:00 GMT
Call me sick, but am I the only one to find BrianLeicsStokie's avatar and final line hilarious on this thread.
Sorry.
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Post by mermaidsal on Jul 21, 2009 18:53:43 GMT
Call me sick, but am I the only one to find BrianLeicsStokie's avatar and final line hilarious on this thread. Sorry. I think we can safely say he wasn't drinking watery lager like Bri's...
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Post by stokie25 on Jul 21, 2009 19:23:56 GMT
Alcoholism is totally destructive imho. My mum suffered with it all my childhood, and as a mother myself, i realise how little control she must of had, because i'd give up ANYTHING for my girls.
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Jul 21, 2009 20:09:35 GMT
Alcoholism is totally destructive imho. My mum suffered with it all my childhood, and as a mother myself, i realise how little control she must of had, because i'd give up ANYTHING for my girls. Perhaps your mum had an addictive personality(which led to the problem drinking) rather than an addiction to alcohol...and used booze as a 'coping-mechanism'....which eventually caused a lot more problems than it could ever have solved... 'You can drown your sorrows...until they learn to swim'...as somebody once said..
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2009 21:09:38 GMT
This is becoming an all too common problem in modern day Britain. Liver disease will absolutely explode over the next 15-20 years. The reason being massively increased alcohol consumption and the increased prevelence of hepatitus C.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jul 22, 2009 9:13:54 GMT
Alcoholism is totally destructive imho. My mum suffered with it all my childhood, and as a mother myself, i realise how little control she must of had, because i'd give up ANYTHING for my girls. If you were an alcoholic AD you would be unable to give up even for your girls I can assure you. I have two friends who both completely destroyed their families through alcoholism. One lost his teaching job, his family then his post office business before he would even admit he had a problem. His father paid for rehab in S. Africa where he dried out for 12 weeks. He is now a born again christian which has helped him through but he says that he still craves alcohol and expects to do so for many years. My other "friend" is a mother and grandmother who has lost her family and still drinks very heavily subsidised by disability allowance to fund her habit.
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Post by beagriestache on Jul 22, 2009 9:33:01 GMT
Yes, it's very easy to make trite statements (and I did it myself earlier) but I suppose until you've experienced alcoholism or any other serious addiction it's hard to know just how uncontrollable it must be.
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Post by stokie25 on Jul 22, 2009 9:35:38 GMT
That was my point fellas, that I spent my childhood hating her for 'choosing' drink over us, as it seemed to me at the time, but looking back i realise that she must've hated herself for it but had no control over it. Last I heard, she was sober and had been for some time.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Jul 22, 2009 9:37:08 GMT
That was my point fellas, that I spent my childhood hating her for 'choosing' drink over us, as it seemed to me at the time, but looking back i realise that she must've hated herself for it but had no control over it. Last I heard, she was sober and had been for some time. Would you consider contacting her again AD? I was born in Birches Head AD Hamiton Rd which is now Burnley St I think. Grandfather born in Acton St and lived in Birches Head Rd few houses above Hotel. Is Mayers still there?
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Post by beagriestache on Jul 22, 2009 9:38:32 GMT
That was my point fellas, that I spent my childhood hating her for 'choosing' drink over us, as it seemed to me at the time, but looking back i realise that she must've hated herself for it but had no control over it. Last I heard, she was sober and had been for some time. Well that sounds positive
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Post by stokie25 on Jul 22, 2009 9:43:04 GMT
No lawry. My sister asked me to go to ALANON with her to get some acceptance of how things were as kids, but I hated it. I just can't allow myself to think about feeling empathy when i was left to raise my sisters.
The point i made about being a mother myself would make it so difficult for me to feel any connection with her
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Post by BrianLeicsStokie on Jul 22, 2009 10:35:50 GMT
Call me sick, but am I the only one to find BrianLeicsStokie's avatar and final line hilarious on this thread. Sorry. I think we can safely say he wasn't drinking watery lager like Bri's... I think your right Sal, my poison is Carling. Does anybody what/how much he was drinking? i'd be fascinated to know, must have caned it big time.
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