Yeah, that would pretty much do it for me, too. Congrats on being able to avoid such problems. Nothing at all wrong in abstaining for these reasons.
One way to make sure you don't abuse alcohol is to develop an uncompromising palate for the really good stuff. That way you can't afford to stay drunk. Sort of a self-controlling mechanism. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: morgan l [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:45 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Heath Ledger Found Dead ...HIJACK! > > 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:251752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
