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Old 04-05-2012, 01:31 PM
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case of the chills

I was sitting here the other day, lurking around on SR and I got a phone call, i saw on the caller id, it was one of my good friends, he goes, I'm SO GLad To Hear your voice! , an i'm thinkin, hmm, that's a bit unusual... he starts rambling, or i just couldn't understand what the heck he was talking about. he say's one of your (previous) drinking friends was in the dump (the bar) and heard from another, who heard from another that so in so had died, I'm like who? wah? and he goes on to tell me about a good friend of mine, who had called him up and told him that he heard from someone that I (mwah) had died, (doing something i love doing by the way) anyways, he's like, oh wow, we thought you were dead... i'm like no, let me check, no, i'm alive...he's like, i gotta call him back, he's freakin about you,, i said ok man, thanks for the call, i appreciate that.. then i took my walk after diner and was thinkin, wow, people do sorta go through hell when someone has a problem, i dunno, i was just touched by it.. and kinda !!!(((chilled)))!!!

actually, I have had times when i was sure i would expire, and the family and loved ones really do race through your mind..
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Old 04-05-2012, 01:34 PM
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Maybe it's a sign Dan.....To watch yourself...
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Old 04-05-2012, 02:27 PM
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i dunno, i was just touched by it.. and kinda !!!(((chilled)))!!!
Touched enough to quit I hope.
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Old 04-05-2012, 02:35 PM
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........was thinkin, wow, people do sorta go through hell when someone has a problem
......yes. They sure do....and they don't always tell us about it.

I too was one of those folks who was CONVINCED my drinking and partying was only hurting me. I see others echo that sentiment over and over and over and they believe it juuuuust as much as I did.

It's more than a little freaky and sometimes a little painful to find out that we're quite wrong and that our alcoholic lives worried and scared a fair number of ppl.

.....it's also kinda funny for me to hear someone tell me something like that cuz it totally destroys the notion that my partying was such a great secret and that nooooooobody knows. LOL...... EVERYbody knows!!!
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Old 04-05-2012, 02:45 PM
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Thanks Sapling, Girl and Dt, Comradras? just being acknowledged, let alone the concern (for lack of a better term) is nice, thanks... we're all (at least i am) here for the hugs.. (and help of course) Dan
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Old 04-05-2012, 03:34 PM
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I'm sure you matter to a great deal of people, Dan. Don't act so surprised
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I'm glad you are alive, too, Dan!
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Old 04-05-2012, 03:41 PM
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