as a former husband to a blithering alcoholic. i hate alcohol. i hate its effects. i hate people drinking.
its tough. yes, i need al anon. tw On Jan 23, 2008 12:44 PM, morgan l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Drinking responsibly *generally* does not fit in the category of drinking to > excess. > > A bit of perspective in my statement: I grew up on a college campus (my > mother was a student), so my experiences in watching people drink, from a > very young age was: > 1) my father getting drunk and being beligerent (until she divorced him when > I was 4) > followed immediately by > 2) ~12 years spent on campus watching "frat-boys" getting drunk trying to > act cool. > > I know plenty of people that can and do drink responsibly; kudos to them. > It's the ones that drink to get plastered (not just once in a while, but > every week, sometimes every day) that I was referring to. > > On Jan 23, 2008 11:25 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think it's great that you recognize an increased threat of alcoholism > > and > > have decided it's not worth it to take a chance. > > > > But why the need to look down on us who are quite capable of drinking > > responsibly. If you think I drink to "look" cool....keep wondering. > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 10:50 AM, morgan l <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I can, of course, only speak for myself, but I don't drink alcohol at > > all; > > > never have. Alcoholism is rampant in my family and it's just not worth > > it. > > > Not to mention, all these years of sobriety and I really do wonder why > > > anyone would ever drink to excess. They must not realise how plain > > stupid > > > they look being "cool", I guess. > > > > > > > -- > > There aint nothin' like the kisses > > From a jaded Chinese princess > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
