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Thrill
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My goodbye letter I wrote from treatment group. The formatting is all messed up but whatever.
Dear Alcohol,
I am writing you a goodbye letter. If I don't leave you now I may
end up like Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom or Jeff Hanneman from
Slayer and die in my 40's from liver failure. Miraculously you failed on
your quest to kill Dave Mustaine, you just got him thrown out of
Metallica.
I am also saying goodbye because I want to be able to work shifts
that begin earlier than 11 am. You can't just tell an employer "I can't
work early shifts because I drink a liter of plastic bottle
vodka every night."
It is nice to be able to eat without the threat of barfing.
Constantly having to buy Pepto Bismol was an expensive nuisance. It's 9
dollars for a little box. Speaking of medicine I didn't like not being
able to take cold medicine when I was sick because the combination of the
acedemediphine and the alcohol would obliterate my liver.
The 14 years I was with you were as bad as the Jacksonville Jaguars
were during that same time frame. It made my life like Zelda 2 for
NES, overly difficult and not very fun.
Dear Alcohol,
I am writing you a goodbye letter. If I don't leave you now I may
end up like Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom or Jeff Hanneman from
Slayer and die in my 40's from liver failure. Miraculously you failed on
your quest to kill Dave Mustaine, you just got him thrown out of
Metallica.
I am also saying goodbye because I want to be able to work shifts
that begin earlier than 11 am. You can't just tell an employer "I can't
work early shifts because I drink a liter of plastic bottle
vodka every night."
It is nice to be able to eat without the threat of barfing.
Constantly having to buy Pepto Bismol was an expensive nuisance. It's 9
dollars for a little box. Speaking of medicine I didn't like not being
able to take cold medicine when I was sick because the combination of the
acedemediphine and the alcohol would obliterate my liver.
The 14 years I was with you were as bad as the Jacksonville Jaguars
were during that same time frame. It made my life like Zelda 2 for
NES, overly difficult and not very fun.
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Join Date: May 2019
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Well done, Thrillhou 👍
I guess Pepto Bismol is the equivalent of Gaviscon we have here. I too had a phase where I used to spend as much on that as I did on alcohol! if anyone needs a greater demonstration of addiction, that has to be up there. You’re doing great.
I think I get the Jackonsville Jaguars reference. I saw them at an NFL game in London. They lost 🤣 It’s not a sport I follow unfortunately.
I guess Pepto Bismol is the equivalent of Gaviscon we have here. I too had a phase where I used to spend as much on that as I did on alcohol! if anyone needs a greater demonstration of addiction, that has to be up there. You’re doing great.
I think I get the Jackonsville Jaguars reference. I saw them at an NFL game in London. They lost 🤣 It’s not a sport I follow unfortunately.
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You’ve dodged a bullet there, Thrill. An acquaintance about my age (and similar drinking amounts scarily) ended up with cirrhosis and was basically a dead man walking until he had a transplant a few weeks ago. That’s a whole new journey into check ups and taking immune whatever pills. Plus I’d struggle with the emotional hell of having another person’s liver in me. The survivors guilt would consume me.
But hey, Thrill, you and I and a lot of us will never need worry about that now. I’ll always see my acquaintance as a parallel version of me, but by luck, I stopped before getting to that stage (as you now have).
We’re the lucky ones, Thrill.
But hey, Thrill, you and I and a lot of us will never need worry about that now. I’ll always see my acquaintance as a parallel version of me, but by luck, I stopped before getting to that stage (as you now have).
We’re the lucky ones, Thrill.
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