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Shlitz21 10-24-2005 09:35 PM

It kinda sucks that most of these posts arent very nice so i thought i would throw one in that might get a few laughs. Hope it helps not everyone has only mean things to say. This is a repeat quote too but i laugh everytime

"Im gonna go do something productive with my life, like buy America" (this is while he is slurring and crawling on the floor to the couch)

sunshinebluesky 10-24-2005 11:00 PM

omG....i couldnt sleep...now i am lmao!! this was better than some stand up comics ive heard! (though,im sorry for anyone who had to deal with the really hurtful stuff)
i can only come up with a couple from my ex right now...ill have to ponder this some more tomorrow!!

"is my sister's mother in law my mother in law?" uh........duh
"the only problem i see in myself is my drinking" uh,yeah--i finally saw it too.
"my drinking is no worse than your cigarettes"

and the classic was when he said "you NEVER said it was the DRINKING"---and i was reading stuff on my computer and found like a dozen references/emails,etc to, was he gonna try and do anything about it to save our relationship.

CodeMaster 10-24-2005 11:09 PM

"I love you with all my heart"

Savana 54 10-24-2005 11:32 PM

"You drove me to drink because you bit*h all the time; no wonder I can't stay sober."

" The bank must've made a mistake, I only took out one or two atm deposits, at the casino, not four, the bank must of debited each transaction twice."

"I went gambling, but at least I didn't drink" :lmao:

"I just went out to dinner with my boss and his family." (after getting home at 2am)

"I drink a beer with dinner because it taste good, not to get drunk, and I usually only have a "few."

minnie 10-24-2005 11:58 PM

I love this thread!!

This was one of the first I read when I found SR. It made it really hit home that there was a big problem - how on earth could people thousands of miles away be saying the EXACT same things?

"I've only had a couple" - you do all realise that active alcoholics can't count beyond two, don't you? If someone admits to drinking 6, then they aren't an alcoholic.

"They were from before" - when I found yet more hidden bottles.

bahookie 10-25-2005 01:13 AM

me too, me too!
 
This is a brilliant thread...

"you've got a real problem, do you know that?" (starting to realise it!)

"you just don't get it, do you?" (eh, no.)

"AA meetings are boring"

"I only had a mini-joint"

"could be worse, I could be drinking"

"I don't like this hash" (while rolling another one)

"it's living with you that makes me like this"

"there's nothing to talk about"

"I'll have a job by the end of the week"

"no, I didn't lie about having any money left, this is my dad's money I'm spending, and it's nothing to do with you" (while buying food I'm going to eat)

"I'M NOT ANGRY!"

Ahhhh it did me good to get that out!
Isn't it weird they say such similar things?

Jane
xxx

Jazzman 10-25-2005 01:37 AM

Glad this thread was bumped, I didn't get my chance..

"The biggest mistake I ever made was going to rehab, now I've been labeled an alcoholic"

Pick-a-name 10-25-2005 03:50 AM

"I can't live with you,; you think I have a drinking problem that I don't................I moved because I was afraid I would drink myself to death being around you because you make me so angry"

To his family: "S. is a good person; she just has to get her act together"

I olly had a minute; bbl...here are 2 that came to mind. I love this thread! I actually startrd to think it "was me", sometimes..I guess most of us here know THAT feeling! haha

splendra 10-25-2005 04:55 AM

this will be my last hurrah...

cwohio 10-25-2005 05:08 AM

Mine always said, "I'm not doing anything to you."

GettingBy 10-25-2005 06:21 AM

5:30 pm on any given weekday night... "Start cooking dinner b/c I'm on my way out the door, I just have to finish this last beer!" 8:30 pm (on an early night!), when he walks in the door, "Where the hell is dinner? I told you I was on my way home?!?!?" "I ate it 2.5 hours ago, at the time you said you'd be home." "Well what am I suppose to do now? I'm hungry for godsakes!" "Be resourceful and make your own dinner."

But my all time favorite is.... "I didn't want to have that many beers but the guys just kept putting them in front of me! I seriously didn't mean to get this drunk, but you know how THOSE guys can be!"

Oh yeah... and another good one... "Well if you didn't calll me on my cellphone then the guys wouldn't think you were such a controlling b%&^!"

Hmmm... there's also the one... "I didn't get your call b/c I forget my phone in the truck. Otherwise I would have called you back right away!"

I don't bother calling anymore because of all that "phone crap." It causes me too much anxiety, and life is too short. He'll call me if he wants to tell me whats going on, and he'll come home on time if he's hungry... no more forcing him to engage in our life! Doing that one simple thing (no more calls to the cellphone) has brought me so much peace!!

gelfling 10-25-2005 06:37 AM

Man, gotta had my memories...

-I quit smoking because I'd rather die of liver cancer than lung cancer.

-Who pissed on the wall?

-I only had a couple...(six packs)

-You can't consider me an alcoholic. Alcoholics drink beer and I switched to whiskey.

-Well, George bought a round and I couldn't leave until I bought one and the others guys bought one to pay me back for the round I bought.

-And the winning quote...yes, I expect you to be psychic. I want dinner on the table the moment I walk in the door and I don't care if it's 2:00am in the morning.

JMT77 10-25-2005 06:39 AM

This Is My Favorite
 
I Am Under Alot Of Stress At Work.

equus 10-25-2005 07:01 AM


It's hard to shout PHILISTINE with an egg in your gob!!
Long story.... real quote though I promise!

And one from me (If you're male READ NO FURTHER)



























Ehem.... while suffering with *whispers* cistitsis (sp?) I was a tad grumpy - like Godzilla! D commented that I didn't seem to think the world was a very fair place and I replied:

I'll set your crotch on fire and see how fair you think the world is!!!!

Dan 10-25-2005 07:03 AM

One of my standards was:
I'm just a heavy drinker.

Celtica 10-25-2005 07:13 AM

My personal favorite- have to put it in context:

I walk into the bedroom one day after getting home from work to get a pair of shorts and find my ex-ABF on hands and knees, butt in the air on one side of the bed, apparently looking under it- obviously drunk.

Me: "What are you doing?"
Him: "Looking for the cat."
Me: "No, really, what are you doing?"
Him: "Looking for the cat, I'm looking for the cat."

This goes on for a few more rounds until I say:

"You mean this cat, the one sitting on top of the bed?"

At that point is when he got up and I found the vodka bottle under my nightstand.

Others:

"I'm not as drunk as you think I am."

"I'm not the f***-up you think I am."

"It's not as bad as you think it is."

"You don't get it."

Wow, the man must have been one heck of a psychic to know what I think.

And my final favorite, in a message a couple of weeks ago:

"I know you're angry, and that's okay....." GEE, thanks for giving me permission to be angry!!!

Jazzman 10-25-2005 07:25 AM

Ok. I was only gonna post one, but I think this is good therapy for me...

"I must have broken my rib when I was cutting the grass pushing that lawn mover"

"I only wet the bed when I'm upset"

"There are pleanty of other men that want to have sex with me"
(boy that one use to really get me in the mood...NOT!)

tuffenuff 10-25-2005 07:36 AM

"I only drink because I can't sleep" or "I hate my job soo much, I HAVE to drink.

elizabeth1979 10-25-2005 08:17 AM

Oh and you are perfect right?

You drink too much sometimes, maybe you are the alcoholic.

Im just really tired today and I think I am having some sort of reaction to something I ate.

Lets go out and just have a couple like we used to do!

Jeger coats my stomach!

Im not drinking vodka (allegedly)only beer, so whats the big deal?

What in the hell is your problem?

Shut your yapper (a personal favorite)


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