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Serious poll
« on: June 06, 2024, 10:31:58 pm »
What made you see the light?
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« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2024, 10:42:52 pm »
Got sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2024, 10:56:38 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on June 06, 2024, 10:42:52 pm
Got sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Me too!
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« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2024, 11:41:03 pm »
I had to surrender to end the fight/battle that I was losing.  When you are your own worst enemy, there is no victory to be had.

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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2024, 12:43:45 pm »
I ran out of beer
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« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2024, 12:55:07 pm »
Damned judge, anyway.
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« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2024, 12:59:23 pm »
When the f***ing Kenyan was reelected.
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« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2024, 01:00:31 pm »
I got old and it takes too long to recover now!
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« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2024, 02:16:15 pm »
Typos! (in titles, no less!)
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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2024, 05:02:52 pm »
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« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2024, 09:29:11 am »
I never had a problem.  I still imbibe, and enjoy wine with dinner, and an occasional drink when I feel like it.

I can count on one hand the times I had too much, and have fingers left over on one hand.  Had three relatives that were alcoholics.  I never comprehended why one would want to do that to oneself.  2 of the 3 were in the same hospital, and on the same day, doctors indicated neither would live through the night.  Both did, one for nine years, the other for 25 years.  The one that got 25 more years stopped drinking completely.

There is no question, drinking in excess shortens one's life.  Even if you live to be 100 years of age, life is short already in the grand scheme of things, so why hasten death?  At 70, I know I am on the downside of life, but I hope I get 20 more years, and I will gladly take 30 more years if I have my health and mind.
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« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2024, 11:41:36 am »
 :pondering: I never really did a lot of drinking, the only two time I really got $h!tfaced was at weddings with open bars. I found it much more entertaining to nurse a few drinks and be entertained by all the drunks and their antics, and now that I am diabetic I still drink occasionally but usually only one mixed or maybe two beers.
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« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2024, 12:33:59 pm »
Quote from: LMAO on June 07, 2024, 12:43:45 pm
I ran out of beer

Everybody else ran out of beer.  :whistle:
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« Reply #13 on: June 09, 2024, 12:36:25 pm »
Never liked alcohol, or pot for that matter. Food on the other hand, oh I like food.
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« Reply #14 on: June 09, 2024, 12:47:55 pm »
Ah, a good scotch, margarita, and a nice chardonnay I do miss.  Never had a drinking problem, I just have health issues and I can no longer drink!  Last couple sips of scotch I had was after Ian hit and we found a liquor store that was open and bought a bottle of Glenfiddich.  We still have a couple of sips left.
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« Reply #15 on: June 09, 2024, 02:07:42 pm »
Once when I was a young woman, I deliberately got drunk. My BFF was getting married and I was her maid of honor. It was a very special and meaningful occasion and it took place just a few months after my husband had passed. At the party after the reception, I was missing my husband like crazy. We had all 4 gone through school together and now he was missing. I decided that I would tie one on.

I had a glass of wine in both hands. It didn't take long. I don't remember a whole lot about that evening, but I do remember that I was in the bathroom puking, Daddy was helping me aim for the toilet and keep my hair out of my vomit. When the puking would let up, he'd hand me over to Uncle Bob at the sink who would help me wipe away the puke that didn't make it into the toilet. Then when the puke alarm would sound again, Uncle Bob would hand me back to Daddy to start the process all over again.

My beautiful dress didn't escape the foul fluid. And try as we might, some of my hair was also tainted by it. The next day I felt like hell, my dress was stinky and my husband was still dead. Lesson learned. 
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« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2024, 02:41:39 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on June 09, 2024, 02:07:42 pm
Once when I was a young woman, I deliberately got drunk. My BFF was getting married and I was her maid of honor. It was a very special and meaningful occasion and it took place just a few months after my husband had passed. At the party after the reception, I was missing my husband like crazy. We had all 4 gone through school together and now he was missing. I decided that I would tie one on.

I had a glass of wine in both hands. It didn't take long. I don't remember a whole lot about that evening, but I do remember that I was in the bathroom puking, Daddy was helping me aim for the toilet and keep my hair out of my vomit. When the puking would let up, he'd hand me over to Uncle Bob at the sink who would help me wipe away the puke that didn't make it into the toilet. Then when the puke alarm would sound again, Uncle Bob would hand me back to Daddy to start the process all over again.

My beautiful dress didn't escape the foul fluid. And try as we might, some of my hair was also tainted by it. The next day I felt like hell, my dress was stinky and my husband was still dead. Lesson learned.

I have been drunk more times than I care to remember then, one day the light went on, WHY am I spending my hard-earned money to wake up feeling like hell every morning?   
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Re: Serious poll
« Reply #17 on: June 09, 2024, 04:47:08 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on June 09, 2024, 12:33:59 pm
Everybody else ran out of beer.  :whistle:

That reminds me...I need a new keg.
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« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2024, 03:16:10 pm »
Drank a lot in college, but first industrial job was shift work . 

The two don't mix well. 
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« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2024, 03:17:10 pm »
Who said I did???
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« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2024, 03:44:49 pm »
Quote from: AllThatJazzZ on June 09, 2024, 02:07:42 pm
The next day I felt like hell, my dress was stinky and my husband was still dead. Lesson learned.
That's the sad truth of it. All the alcohol - or weed or harder drugs - doesn't change or solve anything.
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« Reply #21 on: July 05, 2024, 04:00:37 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on July 05, 2024, 03:44:49 pm
That's the sad truth of it. All the alcohol - or weed or harder drugs - doesn't change or solve anything.

I can take any problem that I face today.  Adding alcohol to it will only make it worse.
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« Reply #22 on: July 05, 2024, 04:22:50 pm »
There's this thing...
Country folks will throw a party for any number of reasons... A wedding, or a son coming back from war...
But it's a big bash with a calf on a spit and a pig in the smoke, live music, a portable dance floor, maybe a mud hole, certainly water sports if it happens to be by the river or a lake... and it may last all weekend.

It's a weird conjunction between party life and family life.
Everybody is nicely lit, feeling no pain.
but the kids are there, and the grandfolks are there, so no one gets sloshing drunk
It's a high ol time.

I think that's the sort of thing you chase after - That really good time
But mostly, for those who chase it, it don't turn out that way.  :shrug:
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« Reply #23 on: July 05, 2024, 05:11:04 pm »
Quote from: jafo2010 on June 09, 2024, 09:29:11 am
I never had a problem.  I still imbibe, and enjoy wine with dinner, and an occasional drink when I feel like it.

I can count on one hand the times I had too much, and have fingers left over on one hand.

I have never been able to understand people like you.  I do not possess the ability to have just one (fill in drug of choice here).
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« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2024, 05:59:15 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on July 05, 2024, 05:11:04 pm
I have never been able to understand people like you.  I do not possess the ability to have just one (fill in drug of choice here).

I cannot regularly do any drug, I truly hate them all. Food on the other hand, i have a real problem with food.
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