Alcohol Destroys... Fill in the blank: Alcohol destroys... |
Alcohol Destroys . . . . . . . absolutely nothing. . |
For me everything |
my spirit my mind my body my self-esteem my confidence my relationships my opportunities my memories my hope my joy |
Alcohol destroys....only if you let it. |
It is the same theory as the gun issue. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Alcohol use is fine if a person has an occasional drink. |
Originally Posted by Doug39
(Post 6219021)
It is the same theory as the gun issue. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Alcohol use is fine if a person has an occasional drink. |
Originally Posted by ScottFromWI
(Post 6219034)
While that may be true, in the context of our forum no one here can have an "occasional drink". For me alcohol destroyed a lot of things...fortunately I found a solution to it. Well of course nobody here should drink if it is a problem. I could never have one drink. for me it was get loaded or nothing. but there are actual people who can drink like one beer a month. I envy that type of control. |
There's a gal in my AA meeting that introduces herself as 'I'm an alcoholic and Mary is my problem'. Her name is Mary, obviously. So, I'm the destroyer. But I know what you're saying. |
Originally Posted by Doug39
(Post 6219080)
but there are actual people who can drink like one beer a month. I envy that type of control. |
I dunno for me it snuck up on me. What many would just consider someone getting older or "he just likes his beer" or thats life its stressful or your not getting any younger. ALl these sorts of thigns are the type of thigns one might have said about me or me about myself as I gained weight struggled to get upt he stairs was tired or tried to figure out how to fit beer into the budget. It didnt break me over night and I never realized how bad off i was as a heavy drinker till I had plenty of sober time under my belt. It was at that point I realized it robbed me of my health. It was a contributer to my morbid obesity. My inablity to quit seemed to go hand and hand with my inablity to quit smoking as well. Any drive I once head to do antyhign even remotely good for me (eat a healthy meal go for a walk or even just toss the football around) was totally gone. The list goes on I just never really realized it till long after I had sobered up. |
Originally Posted by Doug39
(Post 6219080)
Well of course nobody here should drink if it is a problem. I could never have one drink. for me it was get loaded or nothing. but there are actual people who can drink like one beer a month. I envy that type of control. My problems might stink but they are at least mine and i'm used to dealing with them. I hear about others problems and realize I porbably coudlnt handle many of those. This hten makes me glad for the ones i got they fit me i guess. |
It would depend on who you ask. To a "normal" person, they would likely say nothing, but to a drunk, it would be everything. |
I don't envy people that can have a beer once a month. I can only envy something that I wish to attain, or can maybe have some understanding of. I have zero desire to have a beer once a month. I like getting wasted. Hence the reason I'm an alcoholic :) I wish I could drink all the time with zero (and I mean zero) consequences. The pipe dream of the alcoholic. |
Originally Posted by Forward12
(Post 6219125)
It would depend on who you ask. To a "normal" person, they would likely say nothing, but to a drunk, it would be everything.
Originally Posted by Doug39
(Post 6219021)
It is the same theory as the gun issue. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Alcohol use is fine if a person has an occasional drink. |
Alcohol taken in excess destroys a body, it truly does. Like a lot of people, when I was young I had a beautiful body and good health that I didn’t have to work that hard for. Then I went on a 20 year drinking binge and over time I lost my beautiful body and my health. I gained, at my heaviest, about 75 pounds and suffered from chronic high blood pressure, obesity, pre-diabetes, ulcers, chronic stomach upset, headache and dehydration – all at the age of 42! I ended the war on my body 162 days ago. Not a nip, not a sip, not a drop has passed my lips. My blood pressure is normal. I have lost 25 pounds. When I go to the doctor now, they remark that my health is good, which didn’t happen for a very long time. I thank God every day. It is good to be free. Alcohol might not destroy normal people, but addiction will take away everything you love and leave you with everything you don’t. God bless and Happy Thanksgiving everyone. |
Originally Posted by HopeandFaith1
(Post 6219184)
Alcohol taken in excess destroys a body, it truly does. Like a lot of people, when I was young I had a beautiful body and good health that I didn’t have to work that hard for. Then I went on a 20 year drinking binge and over time I lost my beautiful body and my health. I gained, at my heaviest, about 75 pounds and suffered from chronic high blood pressure, obesity, pre-diabetes, ulcers, chronic stomach upset, headache and dehydration – I have lost 25 pounds. . I went on a 27 year binge, take 2 meds for high blood pressure, am borderline diabetic and I am overweight which ended up giving me sleep apnea. I quit drinking 30 days ago and I have already dropped 20 pounds. |
Serenity |
Originally Posted by Doug39
(Post 6219199)
I could have wrote this. I went on a 27 year binge, take 2 meds for high blood pressure, am borderline diabetic and I am overweight which ended up giving me sleep apnea. I quit drinking 30 days ago and I have already dropped 20 pounds. |
Not envious of normal drinkers What finally lifted my spirits (no pun intended), was the fact that when I came to the realization that alcohol does nothing positive for me and that I saw a lot of people who are so called normal drinkers not really having that much fun or even gaining anything from drinking except, stupidity, weight and debt. Why would I envy that? Once you get to accept that alcohol is nothing to glamorize then you can move on. If someone wants to drink, great for them but I sure don't miss it. I actually get anxiety just thinking about the awful things drinking led to. I still struggle with forgetting the thirty plus years of hell I was in. Your mileage may wary. I'm not on a moral high ground, just happy here in the states when it's Thanksgiving, that I can enjoy life without the misery of drinking. |
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