When near death, would you drink?
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Jon, thank you for sharing that. Your post is an affirmation of everything I seek from SR. Really inspiring to see someone go so long, and remain so strong. Grace and courage indeed. My thoughts and hopes are with you.
TrueYou, I hope your fears are not realized, and that you are talking to a doctor about them.
TrueYou, I hope your fears are not realized, and that you are talking to a doctor about them.
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Thank you everyone.
I know as it is written: "There isn't a grain of sand out of place in God's universe."
Life is so much easier to appreciate sober, everyday is a miracle if we just stop and enjoy it. I am an optimist and am already getting involved in a support and research group that raises money for this obscure cancer and the research for medication and a cure. The Doctors I have are the best there are and the whole process is really quite fascinating.
AA has taught me all about support so this is nothing new, I am miles ahead of those who haven't ever experienced an overwhelming challenge before. I'm an old hand at this fear and scary stuff and I know how it ends if you just relax and take the next indicated step.
Thanks for all the love, that is what the world is all about.
Jon
I know as it is written: "There isn't a grain of sand out of place in God's universe."
Life is so much easier to appreciate sober, everyday is a miracle if we just stop and enjoy it. I am an optimist and am already getting involved in a support and research group that raises money for this obscure cancer and the research for medication and a cure. The Doctors I have are the best there are and the whole process is really quite fascinating.
AA has taught me all about support so this is nothing new, I am miles ahead of those who haven't ever experienced an overwhelming challenge before. I'm an old hand at this fear and scary stuff and I know how it ends if you just relax and take the next indicated step.
Thanks for all the love, that is what the world is all about.
Jon
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I might have a few quiet drinks, but I wouldn't get drunk, and I would keep my head completely clear for the final couple of days. I think prison is one of those places that's harder to take when you're drunk - like a long flight. If a couple of drinks can help you relax and doze off, that's not a problem.
If I was dying at home of some disease, I might drink a bit more, especially if it alleviated pain & cheered me up. But I would still try to stay fairly sober. Bill W. died screaming for drink and was denied any at all - that strikes me as having been needlessly cruel. Even smugly sadistic.
If I was dying at home of some disease, I might drink a bit more, especially if it alleviated pain & cheered me up. But I would still try to stay fairly sober. Bill W. died screaming for drink and was denied any at all - that strikes me as having been needlessly cruel. Even smugly sadistic.
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I came close to death as to motivate me into addiction treatment practices. Drinking as I tend to drink would cut my life short about 12 or 13 days before the execution.
I'd rather use that time learning a new hobby like soap carving and shoe polish painting
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I'd rather use that time learning a new hobby like soap carving and shoe polish painting
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I know this thread has evolved, but since the original question assumed I was on death row...At that point I think my family is going to be so taken up with the fact that I DID something heinous enough that I am being executed, that the fact that I am getting wasted is sort of immaterial. Dignity? Seems like I gave that up when I made the choice that landed me on death row.
getting executed IS a rather different scenario than being diagnosed with terminal illness, or through age, realizing the end is near. I want to die awake and aware. Dying as opposed to being executed.
getting executed IS a rather different scenario than being diagnosed with terminal illness, or through age, realizing the end is near. I want to die awake and aware. Dying as opposed to being executed.
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Being sober is a long term quality of life issue for me. If I knew for certain I only had a couple of days left, all bets are off the table. I can't imagine winding up on death row. I would kill myself if I ever murdered someone--I honestly can’t imagine taking someone else’s life. I doubt there would be a zombie apocalypse. Nuclear holocaust is also doubtful, but far more likely than zombies.
Maybe a more realistic scenario is terminal illness. My guess is I would be doing everything I could to get better up until the moment it becomes clear that I’m going to die very soon. I don’t believe in an afterlife and I don’t have anything to prove to myself. In that situation, if I got drunk, fine. If not, fine.
Maybe a more realistic scenario is terminal illness. My guess is I would be doing everything I could to get better up until the moment it becomes clear that I’m going to die very soon. I don’t believe in an afterlife and I don’t have anything to prove to myself. In that situation, if I got drunk, fine. If not, fine.
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Originally Posted by Zencat 
I came close to death as to motivate me into addiction treatment practices. Drinking as I tend to drink would cut my life short about 12 or 13 days before the execution.
I'd rather use that time learning a new hobby like soap carving and shoe polish painting.
I'd rather use that time learning a new hobby like soap carving and shoe polish painting
.13 days before execution.....take up soap carving!
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