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What Are You Drinking? Four of your 'finest' purple tins, s'il vous plait

Not for one second intending to "cheapen" the tragic death of MTGG but the folks I'm thinking of were seriously oldskool alkies, Cherry. Different world to anything most of us will ever encounter - even the alcoholic contingent amongst us. Fuck knows how they managed to reach pensioner age but the state they are in by then is incomprehensible. My ex-fiancé used to spends hours scraping the rotting skin from his emaciated body for him cos he couldn't do it himself anymore. If he even made it to the toilet he left a trail of *bits* all the way which wasn't exactly pretty. Myself, my missus and those other of us who shared the house with him were the only ones that attended his funeral. The only time I've ever been inside a church for a service (other than my lil brother's funeral) I felt the need to attend. Fuckin' heartbreaking stuff. Smack addiction has nothing on serious alcoholism :(
 
That was eye opening to read, and if anything inspiration to sort myself the fuck out!

3 litres of cider a day, plus wine a day, then what ever I fill myself with on weekends drink or drugs isn't going to do me any good.

It's time I woke up. It's just so hard on my own. Especially sleeping, and the need to block stuff out of my head from the past year.
 
Honestly, Cherry, I doubt many have seen quite how bad alcoholism gets in the long term. Shocked the living shit outta me. By far the most fucked people I have ever witnessed. And I've seen some sights in my time. The fella whose funeral I attended was the worst case I have ever come across but some of his mates (not that they ever saw each other much cos they were all bedbound by that stage) weren't quite as far gone physically. But were still way beyond what most would ever witness. Once you've spent time with an alky near death purely through alcohol damage you will never get the stench of rotting flesh from your mind. Let alone the physical decay laid bare in front of your eyes. Truly shocking. Truly humbling. Hardcore alcoholism really is about as horrific as it gets for me.
 
when you start getting proper bad withdrawals shit flies into perspective real fast, although having the power to affect the path you've found yourself on given that fresh perspective is the bastard of it.

It's do-able though, to an extent. I spent 4-5 years drinking all day every day and was in a right state. Still a pisshead now but I don't need booze to function, and it's only after a couple days of binging that the horrible physical effects become an issue again.

Totally know how you feel about it being hard, being a shite sleeper too I really appreciate the value of using booze to gt some shuteye, although booze induced zzzz's are rarely restful in
my case.

I just have a pretty skewed outlook on normality, like it's being on standby until the next show is on, people think it's sad to confess that but what can ya do? I'm not making it up and I'm not an 'addict', I'm just pissed off a lot of the time, and with good reason too, there's lots of pissy offy shit going on in the world.
 
Just to put the above tale in context, the fella I mostly referred to was in his late 50s/early 60s and had been drinking extremely heavily since his teens non-stop. Alcoholism fucks most people hard enough to never get that far. Seeing what happens if they do is quite the eye-opener I can assure you.

Booze mostly keeps me awake, oddly enough.
 
Shambles said:
Honestly, Cherry, I doubt many have seen quite how bad alcoholism gets in the long term. Shocked the living shit outta me. By far the most fucked people I have ever witnessed. And I've seen some sights in my time. The fella whose funeral I attended was the worst case I have ever come across but some of his mates (not that they ever saw each other much cos they were all bedbound by that stage) weren't quite as far gone physically. But were still way beyond what most would ever witness. Once you've spent time with an alky near death purely through alcohol damage you will never get the stench of rotting flesh from your mind. Let alone the physical decay laid bare in front of your eyes. Truly shocking. Truly humbling. Hardcore alcoholism really is about as horrific as it gets for me.
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I hope I never do. It would be tragic to lose a friend that way. I can't even begin to imagine what you've just typed, and i'm not going to.

perfect haze said:
when you start getting proper bad withdrawals shit flies into perspective real fast, although having the power to affect the path you've found yourself on given that fresh perspective is the bastard of it.
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Aye it does. I've seen WD's from Tom (MTGG) so bad that i had to put him into detox in hospital 3 times (there were more before I met him) rang 999 for an opiate OD, rang 999 while I was 200 miles away, and have him taken into a psych ward for his own safety where he was sectioned, but he broke out!!!! Causing police to get involved, massive mess! Towards the end, I couldn't sleep in the same bed as him, as he lost the ability to leave the room to use the toilet, to be sick or piss, and his shakes kept me awake when I had to work the next day. He'd beg me as soon as I woke for a can of the strongest lager or cider you could buy. I have a lot of self blame for his death. That's for counsellling stuff to talk about with.

Having suffered mild ( I never let them go far, as I just drink again) WD's myself, on more than one occasion. Alcohol is not something to mess with, yet I still do.....it's my block out, my coping mechanism.
 
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so far tonight its been 8 cans of guinness draught and 6 bavaria, downed with some vallies

feels good but would love a good toot
 
^nice wee sup, I got home late fed the baby, cleaned the house, put the baby to bed done a pile of washing and ironing and I am going to allow myself one beer so I can get up early tomorrow, will make up for it on Saturday but.
 
Jus havin a glass of Gin n Rosso Vermouth. Haven't been drinking as much as I was a while ago but still, it's too much for my liking :|
 
Only tried Vermouth once - swiped a swig from a bottle as a nipper but it made me retch. Was more of a mead and whisky man as a boy :D

Currently drinking...

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Half-price at Spar just now so bought the last six bottles. Pretty tasty stuff. Not good at describing beer flavours but it's just a lil bit sweet but not so much as to be nasty. Not a bad find. Definitely an improvement on the 3l of cider I was gonna buy until I saw these :)
 
It's definitely a mixer rather than something to have by itself man lol =D Foo'!
Aw man Mead's absolutely lush - That with a bit of Lemonade is sooooo good ^_^

I've never tried that Ale so I'll have to keep a look out for it :)
 
=D That's just shear favouritism MOP :p ;)
Yea, booze isn't good.. But I've been drinking quite a lot lately compared to what I used to. I thought to myself that since my mum's an Alky, that I'd just be going down a dangerous and long-winded path... And I was right :\
 
Apple & boysenberry juice. Soon to be folllowed up with tea. Accompanied no doubt by a vallie and some toast.

All attempts to counteract the ill effects of last night's sorrow-drowning, shite-talking brandy binge. Brandy was my mother's drink. Which brings us neatly back to parents and their unfortunate ability to plant genetic timebombs in their offspring. :\

Not tried that Cleric's Cure. Will have to if I see it. Though I'm never drinking again, okay?
 
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Apple & boysenberry juice. Soon to be folllowed up with tea. Accompanied no doubt by a vallie and some toast.
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Now that's good eatin'!. :D

I'm chuggin' this'un.

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Different label, same shite. T'is quite smooth and doesn't really taste of anything. Thus making it easier to knock back. Once again I should be doing some paperwork, but I really can't be fucked. So I shall wing it with my boss tomorrow as usual. May the bullshit explanations and so-called detailed investigations begin. :D

I just found myself reminiscing over pics on facebook which were taken during a time which were less than pleasant. I dunno why we choose to filter out all the crappy stuff from such times when faced with a simple snapshot. :\
 
^Crabbie's is nice, but it may as well be non-alcoholic.

On't second to last glass of this stuff.
 
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