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Offline BomberMann650

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Stay Distinguished my fellow Gents
« on: February 18, 2017, 12:57:38 PM »
A pal of mine is having a tough go at life right now.

Stopped by the garage yesterday to find out he'd drank most of a half gallon of whisky to cope with the hardship.  As he watches parts of his life fall completely out of his control, he drinks more.  "What is there to live for?" He cries.  "I've buried so many people. I'm all alone here."

"No, you're wrong." I tell him.
"I'm here, your girl supports you, we care."

He becomes drunkenly argumentative, bemoaning all that he has lost.  Reminding me that I have never had to deal with all he has dealt with.

"You're right," I say.  "There is no comparison.  But I can tell you exactly what it's like to live with a death wish.  You and me, we got that in common.  Now I'm gonna cue you in on a secret."

"Whats that?" He says, swirling another mix of whisky.

"Do something worth doing."
I pause
"And for #$%* sake quit drinkin cause you're miserable."
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Re: Stay Distinguished my fellow Gents
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2017, 03:04:26 PM »
Quote from: BomberMann650 on February 18, 2017, 12:57:38 PM
"Do something worth doing."
I pause
"And for #$%* sake quit drinkin cause you're miserable."

I don't drink anywhere near as much as I want to. I guess I usually have something to do that is worth more than drinking. I had never realized that until you pointed it out. Hopefully your friend will heed your advice, I too have seen friends self destruct. Hard to watch.  :(

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Re: Stay Distinguished my fellow Gents
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2017, 08:30:06 AM »
That's rough. Self pity and self destruction.  :(
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Re: Stay Distinguished my fellow Gents
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2017, 08:56:25 AM »
I'm a year sober and though I miss drinking, I don't miss the things I've done when I was drunk. Including catching a tree with the left front of my foreman 500 at speed. The destruction was amazing. I started drinking heavily after work and on weekends around the time I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. That was about 8 years ago. For me, it was easy to stop as long as I didn't slip. Even a sip of liquor would drag me into a fifth. Now a days people laugh at me when I toast with club soda and I say laughingly "I'm an alcoholic man, and unless you want to see some #$%*, I'm staying sober." No AA here, none of that stuff. Just brutal honesty with myself got me through it.


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Re: Stay Distinguished my fellow Gents
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2017, 09:05:35 AM »
You're being the best kind of friend, keep at it no matter what.  Maybe take him on a slow road trip to visit the survivors and talk about good times past and in the future? Make plans. I notice that when I talk about the future with the people I care about now, that my outlook improves, it really sucks to have no possible future in mind.

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