ArtFriend

I drank for joy and became miserable.

I drank to be outgoing and became self centered.

I drank to be sociable and became lonely.

I drank for friendship and made enemies.

I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity.

I drank for sleep and awakened without rest.

I drank for strength and felt weak.

I drank for relaxation and got the shakes.

I drank for confidence and felt unsure

I drank for courage and became afraid

I drank for assurance and became doubtful

I drank to forget thoughts and had blackouts

I drank for conversation and tied my tongue

I drank to be in heaven and I came to know hell

I drank to forget and became haunted

I drank for freedom and became a slave (of alcohol)

I drank to ease problems and saw them multiply

I drank to cope with life and invited death.

I drank because I had the 'right' to and everything turned out wrong.

Said this fellow, 'It must have taken a bunch of booze to get you in this shape?

I said, 'Just one. For me one is too many and a thousand isn't enough.'

Ruby Mae Heard

Bailey3

Thanks Artfriend. That pretty much sums it up!

buk1000

I drank because...

I could do nothing else.

Lily123

That gave me goosebumps. Thanks for sharing art friend

Hope2014

I drank because I felt empty inside. But wine never fixed that. Now I'm working on me, starting to like who I see. Day 9 today and committed to fighting for myself.

Wholesome

Wow! I love this! I feel like printing myself a copy and sticking to my bedroom wall.

Dee74

Thanks for sharing that AF

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Thepatman

Well said!

Ruby2

Thank you ArtFriend! All so true.

MelindaFlowers

I lived every one of those. Powerful stuff.

I drank for relaxation and got the shakes.

Boy that jumped out at me.

An active end-stage alcoholic has to be the least relaxed person in the world.

livingnow

Artfriend - Wow
Speechless
Awesome
Thank you for this post

Spacegoat

How true is that.

determined99

Just subscribed to this thread so I don't lose your post! Love it.