Drinking was the only thing that saw me through the tough times

Recoil Magazine ^ | February 20, 2007 | John Andrews

[Yorlik803]

Booze...A great buddy but a terrible master....
There was a time I was up to two cases of Beer a week. I was bombed most every night.
It took a lot to snap out of it. I can now go a long time between drinks, and when I do, it is because I want to have a drink, insteading of needing to have a drink.
I always fear that going back to that is only one bad time away.
For all those fighting to stay sober, keep the faith. for all those who are drunk, find the faith.

[Mr. Blonde]

It's a joke. Didn't it seem a little over the top? I always want to drink when I'm already in a good mood. When times are tough I never wanted to drink, cause in the morning the problems will still be there, and on top of that I would feel physically miserable too.

[zerosix]

You might just consider giving up "the booze" all together, since you fear "going back is one bad time away."

All alcohol is a drug and life drug-free is a life worth living.

[Ozarkie]

"coming up on 26 in July"

"OMG! Me too...June 29:)"

"16 years this past December"

"July 7 will be 26 years sober"

Y'all make me feel like a piker. It'll be three years this August. I like my sobriety. Mr. Hyde is much better to live with. That damn Jekyll was a real thorn in my ass. Got to where he just completely took charge.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Drinking helped me through a horrible divorce! It was a great comfort to me. Just because some people abuse it doesn't mean it doesn't have a use.

Fortunately I'm not an intemperate dope, or Irish, so it never caused me trouble socially, work, or healthwise.

Of course I'm re-married to the Best Wife in the World, so I don't have to drink so much now....

Enjoying a big mug of Guinness right now.

[Cogadh na Sith]

Hey,Mr Andrews,they have a saying in AA that goes something like "my worst day sober was better than my best day drunk.....

Don't get all Carrie Nation on us. I know people who had to quit drinking 'cuz they couldn't be trusted to have just one, or even ten.

Of course you couldn't trust them sober either....

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Enjoying a big mug of Guinness right now.

Ataboy! If yer gonna do it...do it right.

[KoRn]

Both drinking and smoking were a couple of 'habits' that have lingered with me since my late teenage years. Now after turning 30 I see how these, what used to be 'habits', can quickly turn into serious issues. I recently dumped the smoking, and in the coming months drinking will be next to go. I hate to give them up as I enjoy both, but you can't do such things forever. They have never caused me any problems, health or otherwise, but I think it is best for me to quit while I'm ahead.

[jaime1959]

Few seem to have caught on that Recoil is an analogue to The Onion.

[KoRn]

mmmmm Guinness!

[Graybeard58]

This was supposed to be humorous:

TOPICS: Humor; Click to Add Topic
KEYWORDS: HUMOR; NOTSERIOUS;

I thought it was a funny story and as noted I am a recoverig alcoholic.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

24 years sober here....

Amazing, this young man has a long hard road ahead.

[Cogadh na Sith]

I thought it was a funny story and as noted I am a recoverig alcoholic.

Yeah, but it brought out the FR Temperance League....

[Ditter]

Yes other things give me migraines too but the alcohol intolerance is something else. Some people can't metabolize alcohol and it is toxic to them. I think I am one of those and my father was too.

[rawcatslyentist]

LOL...

Let Hillary take away your booze "For the Common Good"

[Rakkasan1]

reminds me of Merle Haggard's "The Bottle Let Me Down".

[absolootezer0]

Y'all make me feel like a piker. It'll be three years this August. I like my sobriety. Mr. Hyde is much better to live with. That damn Jekyll was a real thorn in my ass. Got to where he just completely took charge.

pssssst! jekyll was the doctor, hyde was the monster ;)

[WhiteGuy]

http://www.moderndrunkard.com/

[Jaysun]

I used to be a full time drunk. It was costing me a fortune, not only for the alcohol itself, but in lost productivity. So now I put all of the money that I was spending on booze in a jar and at the end of the week I use it to buy myself something nice. Something like heroin or crack.

[Jaysun]

That website looks to be on the fritz.