Sure miss feeling non responsible and fun!
 

Well when I use to drink about an hour after taking several shots of Tequila Gold it felt like a big weight of stress was lifting slowly off my back and I could finally relax. Yes the sleep was terrible, yes the hang overs were too, but man o man to have some drinks and put on a Led Zeppelin record was about all I needed to be put in a really good fun loving mood even if my world sucked. Now I really miss those care free moments. But it does seem like the entire universe is much more sober, clean, strict, anal, and all that goes with it. It is hard to fight city hall after a while LOL!

Tequila is awful anyway. I could drink only one margarita and have a sour stomach all the next day. Hang in there - I bet we all can have care free moments with or without booze...

yes! that's the same thing i remember too.
that was a wonderful feeling.
music & liquor and solitude. i grew under these conditions.

but i kept trying to get that feeling back.
"The cuervo gold.
the fine columbian.
make tonite a wonderful thing."
It worked for a few years.
But then I found I couldn't achieve the same feeling.

i wish i were 4 shots into Led Zeppelin 1.
but that doesn't work for me any more.
if it did, i'd be on the Drunk & Luving It board.
really. i'd rather die at 70 than 80, if i could have 70 years
of the 1st time buzz every night.

So, since tequila, scotch, becks, columbian stopped
working for me, i had to figure out another way.

i looked around. i saw my uncle, desperate for his j&b.
i saw my mom, desperate for peace.
(my mum was really a gentle soul, caught in the storms of life,
with no compass.)

these two went to alcohol. but looking at it from the outside,
me watching them, was a lot different than the feelings they
were having inside. from the outside (even from someone who
could relate, who wanted them to get high)
i saw how it was a misinterpretation.

I also took a look at Jimmy Page, and Ozzy, and at Eddie V.
Jimmy Page hasn't completed much since his glory days
with zeppelin. Eric Clapton too. I really loved cream.
but after that period, i don't listen to any clapton,
even though he put out 20 albums.

Did you see Eddie V's YouTube.com video,
where he unveils his new guitar?
A great example of extended effects of alcohol
on the human mind.
He can't speak, he's scared, his confidence lost,
a rattled collection of nerves and phobias.
This man should be as confident as that teetotaler Ted Nugent.
I think eddie rocks better than ted. but ted is good too.
anyway, looking at the effects of chemical usage,
Ted's abstinence seems to have left him loving life.
Eddie's condition is scary. A brilliant musician, destroyed.
I know of 10 rock & rollers' who died of alcohol by 45.
this legal drug is lethal.

right now, i'm addicted to caffeine. it's lame.
but lame or not, i can't give it up.
stupid addictions. they sure start nice.
i really love it when they are just starting.
(just my opinion. i could be wrong).

*cues Achilles Last Stand....*

Yeah, but waking up the next morning at 4:30 AM with cold sweats and a vague sense of impending doom could only be fixed by....pause.....more alcohol.

I don't miss it. I'm starting to enjoy the little things in life. the things I missed when I was drunk.

When I start to miss those drinking days, I'm on a slippery slope.

Life maybe isn't as sparkly without the drama of alcohol and chaos, but I'll take today over yesterday, hands down.

Any good, fun-loving mood I was in while drinking lasted a verrry short time and then it was off to the races for this drunk! Never mind feeling good! I wanna feel great! Next thing I'm waking up next to a stranger, or on the bathroom floor.

No thanks!

Still can't hear Zeppelin without a yearning for the past....nobody's fault but mine )-:

well..dunno I must've quit at the right time :)
I like being resonsible, I still have loads of fun, and I'm listening to Jethro Tull Stand Up right now, kicking back with a soda, relaxing and it all still sounds good to me !

alcohol doesn't make things fun...it just happened to be around a lotta times it was IMO

D

When what I thought was fun was lined up beside the problems my so called fun caused...
Well I guess you could say that the scales came to balance out for me that drinking was not the better option. To say that life sucked around me so I drink... well I also realized that most all my problems were because I drank. I was causing my life to suck around me. Yup... I made the better choice I would say...Sober sure is better.

hi.....the only thing i can say i miss about not drinking every night is the instant relaxation it brought me at the end of the day..and THAT only lasted until i reached the point of no return.....then the depression would hit me,and i'd end up crying myself to sleep......
As far as the,"fun"....i find i am more sociable and open to people now that i am sober.....i can look people in the eye when i talk to them,without any feelings of shame or feeling,"less than a person"......
So,all in all, this sober life seems to agree with me..

it gets more manageable. hang in there, and stay sober - blessings, k

You'll find that feeling while you are sober..takes some work, but you'll get it. Be patient.

Ah...Led Zep.

Yea I had fun raising hell and stuff and every now and then I think I want to go and raise hell...however my sensible liver who seems to be the one in charge of such things always votes no and closes the issue without any debate...

Been there and done that is so true, but it was so much fun as well. Maybe growing up is just over rated?

Thank you for all of the smart words of wisdom and support. You are right the bottom line is that is does destroy you bit by bit and you do feel the mental and physical affects daily.

Thanks again! Mike

I hear that! You are right! So right! Thanks!

I hear ya...that is so true, better just to stay clean! Thanks for the back up! I need reminding sometimes lol! ;-)

Ya....I love that song!

Good points, real good! Thanks!