Originally Posted by
lostbutterfly 
I knew I had a drinking problem when i preferred the bottle to the company of a horse!
do you know what, LB, I misread yr post first time round and thought you were saying: 'I knew I had a donkey problem when I preferred............"
LoL - it's great to be a nutter when abolutely sober
I tried to 'mix' riding and drinking for a time - while still drinking frightening amounts, I was riding out just outside Paris in Maisons Laffitte.
Quite terrifying looking back on it.
Luckily I crashed into a truck in Florida (long story - suffice to say the other guy didn't have mark on him), spent 2 1/2 weeks in coma, 3 months in hospital and came out the other end otherwise unscathed apart from a few scars and a conviction that alcohol wasn't for me.
This followed 6 years spent with harldy a waking moment un-intoxicated.
I subsequently went back to Paris and spent 6 years riding out every weekend NOT drinking - much safer for the horses.......
Actually did a riding safari in Kenya for honeymoon - MEGA.
cheers