(Not So) New - Frank's Thread Part 2
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(Not So) New - Frank's Thread Part 2
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Subtle differences.....
Hemingway, on presumably what was not a good writing day:
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Maybe a better one:
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You can only work sober, which your 'AV' doesn't like. Hence needling you with 'I still can work relatively sober, maybe if just don't overdo it.' Won't work, as we know.
Hemingway and Scott. F. Fitzgerald were drinking buddies, btw, and pretty heavy I believe. .
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Maybe a better one:
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You can only work sober, which your 'AV' doesn't like. Hence needling you with 'I still can work relatively sober, maybe if just don't overdo it.' Won't work, as we know.
Hemingway and Scott. F. Fitzgerald were drinking buddies, btw, and pretty heavy I believe. .
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Frank, I mentioned something about sleep meds awhile back. I should also mention that I take an anti depressant for anxiety (started 11 years ago) and it has improved my quality of life tremendously. So while I get not wanting to take a pill, I do believe some have their place.
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Well, a new thread, a new name, and a new forum. That's all good, I guess. Dunno.
Hiya Dee, Cissy, Boozer, and Wolf. And Thomas, I'm putting together some more thoughts on anti-depressants, will probably post that tomorrow.
Thanks for the links, Shabby! Cool. Venecia's previous post/links led me to the book 'The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking', by Olivia Lang. It examines the alcoholism of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Cheever, Carver, Tennessee Williams, and John Berryman. (not familiar with Berryman, but the others are all faves of mine). I'm just barely into the book at this point, but it looks fascinating.
Hiya Dee, Cissy, Boozer, and Wolf. And Thomas, I'm putting together some more thoughts on anti-depressants, will probably post that tomorrow.
Thanks for the links, Shabby! Cool. Venecia's previous post/links led me to the book 'The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking', by Olivia Lang. It examines the alcoholism of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Cheever, Carver, Tennessee Williams, and John Berryman. (not familiar with Berryman, but the others are all faves of mine). I'm just barely into the book at this point, but it looks fascinating.
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Hey, that does sound like a good read. I've got completely out of the habit of reading and must get back into it. I read The Great Gatsby and really loved that. I remember reading 'The Old Man and the Sea' when I was about 13. It devastated me, but in a good way.
Keep us posted. You must be over a week sober now? :-)
Keep us posted. You must be over a week sober now? :-)
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Yes, I know what you mean soberwolf - true that. I do think there is a bit of a traffic issue though, you know, out of sight, out of mind, sort of thing.
While the host is in the kitchen preparing our food....Ginamarie, your dog is absolutely beautiful. I think I read elsewhere she is a shelter dog(?) Gorgeous.
While the host is in the kitchen preparing our food....Ginamarie, your dog is absolutely beautiful. I think I read elsewhere she is a shelter dog(?) Gorgeous.
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Originally Posted by soberwolf 
Frank anyone who posted on your thread in newcomers if they want to continue this thread is easily found as i prove by posting to you now
This forum just doesn't get the traffic for exposure to my situation, my struggles, my successes and (frequent) failures, or my bad jokes. Readers/posters are going to be mostly those who subscribed to my first thread .
Or . . . maybe I'm just a needy alcoholic attention wh*re.
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Just an idea, Frank. Start another thread with a different title in the newcomer's forum and you'll be all set. If you want to continue most of the interactions you have going on this thread and move it over to the new thread, just tell us to come on along.
That would work, wouldn't it?
That would work, wouldn't it?
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Originally Posted by Cissy
Just an idea, Frank. Start another thread with a different title in the newcomer's forum and you'll be all set. If you want to continue most of the interactions you have going on this thread and move it over to the new thread, just tell us to come on along.
That would work, wouldn't it?
That would work, wouldn't it?
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Yes, that's the idea. It would definitely work. And you're not an attention *****. There's no such thing. Seems to me it's only ever narcissists themselves that accuse others of attention-seeking, for obvious reasons. Help-seeking is healthy. You are right. You are a newcomer and that's where you belong. Go for it, I say :-)
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Originally Posted by Tooshabby
Yes, that's the idea. It would definitely work. And you're not an attention *****. There's no such thing. Seems to me it's only ever narcissists themselves that accuse others of attention-seeking, for obvious reasons. Help-seeking is healthy. You are right. You are a newcomer and that's where you belong. Go for it, I say :-)
So in my waning time on this thread, let's have some fun and decide what the title of my new thread should be. Branding is important.
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