What's it like to be an alcoholic?
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What's it like to be an alcoholic?
-- What's it like to be an alcoholic?
An alcoholic?.... hmmmm.... Did ya know if ya put a frog in luke warm water and turn up the heat to a boil?..... That frog will sit there and die!
Like that. Being an alcoholic is like that.
-- really?
I don't know! It's a tough question to answer. It's just something ya are.
-- if it just is, then how do you know when you're one?
Well.... I don't drink that much really. Some drunks drink way more than I do. I just get lonely and like to go to the bar for company. A few times a week maybe.
Yeah sometimes I get outta hand. I can put back a whole 750ml bottle of vodka and still have a conversation. I've been told I never look drunk!
-- So then there's a chance you're not an alcoholic?
Well.... No. There's no chance I am not an alcoholic.
-- but?
There's NO buts! I just am. I accept that. I know that. Stop asking questions you don't want the answers to!
-- but I wanna know. I wanna know what's wrong with you?
What's wrong with me??? Hell.... There's nothing "wrong" with me. Just when I start drinking I don't stop. I wanna stop but I don't. That's all.
So I don't drink any more. Hurt to many people drinking. Myself included. Did things I wish had never happened. Said things that hurt. Lots of things. To many things.
Got in a mess a trouble with the law. I still get nervous when I see a cop.
-- will they come take you away?
No...no. They won't. If I drink they probably will. Keep me to dry Out. Spin dry me I used to call it. Ha ha ha.
-- are you gonna die an alcoholic?
Die? That's a hell of a question!
Die? I won't die soon but yeah.... Yeah I will die an alcoholic. Will I die from being an alcoholic?
No.
No I won't let that happen. See since I know I am an alcoholic I can do something about it. I can get help. I can help myself.
-- How did you become an alcoholic anyway?
I stopped asking how I got here. I started asking the where do I go from here? That's a better question to be asking. I work damn hard everyday.
I tell myself the truth daily. That's the key for me. I share with others about what's made me an alcoholic. About what my truth is.
Truth's different for everyone.
If the truth ever really does set you free..... Well?
An alcoholic?.... hmmmm.... Did ya know if ya put a frog in luke warm water and turn up the heat to a boil?..... That frog will sit there and die!
Like that. Being an alcoholic is like that.
-- really?
I don't know! It's a tough question to answer. It's just something ya are.
-- if it just is, then how do you know when you're one?
Well.... I don't drink that much really. Some drunks drink way more than I do. I just get lonely and like to go to the bar for company. A few times a week maybe.
Yeah sometimes I get outta hand. I can put back a whole 750ml bottle of vodka and still have a conversation. I've been told I never look drunk!
-- So then there's a chance you're not an alcoholic?
Well.... No. There's no chance I am not an alcoholic.
-- but?
There's NO buts! I just am. I accept that. I know that. Stop asking questions you don't want the answers to!
-- but I wanna know. I wanna know what's wrong with you?
What's wrong with me??? Hell.... There's nothing "wrong" with me. Just when I start drinking I don't stop. I wanna stop but I don't. That's all.
So I don't drink any more. Hurt to many people drinking. Myself included. Did things I wish had never happened. Said things that hurt. Lots of things. To many things.
Got in a mess a trouble with the law. I still get nervous when I see a cop.
-- will they come take you away?
No...no. They won't. If I drink they probably will. Keep me to dry Out. Spin dry me I used to call it. Ha ha ha.
-- are you gonna die an alcoholic?
Die? That's a hell of a question!
Die? I won't die soon but yeah.... Yeah I will die an alcoholic. Will I die from being an alcoholic?
No.
No I won't let that happen. See since I know I am an alcoholic I can do something about it. I can get help. I can help myself.
-- How did you become an alcoholic anyway?
I stopped asking how I got here. I started asking the where do I go from here? That's a better question to be asking. I work damn hard everyday.
I tell myself the truth daily. That's the key for me. I share with others about what's made me an alcoholic. About what my truth is.
Truth's different for everyone.
If the truth ever really does set you free..... Well?
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