The giving up/cutting down alcohol thread part VI

Pippilongstocking

Waves chaps

First day of the new month - woo hoo

Thanks for great scorers and scoring to come

Back to the pesky spreadsheets. Kids come home a week today - woo hoo.

Different_Corner

Miss Piggy it was good, not sure it will be available to play again though judging by the website.
Anyway here's a link to Tom Edwards poem, is about halfway down the page...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rs8bm

RecoveringAlcoholic

For Miss P:

Tom Edwards' Poem "Why I don't drink anymore"

I changed because I have the sickness of alcoholism, alcoholism doesn't come in bottles it comes in people.
You should have seen me. I drank for happiness and became unhappy; I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be out-going and became self-centred; I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely; I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious. 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 masculinity and it sapped my potency; I drank medicinally and got sick. I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job. I drank to stimulate thought and blacked out. I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all; I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom's sake and became a slave. I drank for power and became powerless; I drank to erase problems and saw them multiply. I drank to cope with life and invited death...












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Miss_Piggy_2

RecoveringAlcoholic wrote: »

For Miss P:

Tom Edwards' Poem "Why I don't drink anymore"

I changed because I have the sickness of alcoholism, alcoholism doesn't come in bottles it comes in people.
You should have seen me. I drank for happiness and became unhappy; I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be out-going and became self-centred; I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely; I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious. 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 masculinity and it sapped my potency; I drank medicinally and got sick. I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job. I drank to stimulate thought and blacked out. I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all; I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom's sake and became a slave. I drank for power and became powerless; I drank to erase problems and saw them multiply. I drank to cope with life and invited death...












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Thank-you DC and RA. I've highlighted the bit that stands out for me. Thats me all over. How scary that is. Later on I may try the listen again thing and see if I can catch the interview.

Miss P
xx

RecoveringAlcoholic

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Thank-you DC and RA. I've highlighted the bit that stands out for me. Thats me all over. How scary that is. Later on I may try the listen again thing and see if I can catch the interview.

Miss P
xx

All of it applies to me!

Wanna_Bee_Free

honeybear wrote: »

I shall wander lonely as a bear,
round & round Trafalgar Square.

:rotfl:

I can make it to Trafalgar Square tomorrow if you like so you're not a lonely bear on your own. Cup of tea or hot chocolate or somefing?

Miss_Piggy_2

RecoveringAlcoholic wrote: »

All of it applies to me!

Oh ((hugs)) Ra.

I guess all of us on here can identify with at least one line of that poem. Some of us more lines than others. The fact your "name" is RA and not A shows you have overcome a lot!:T

And you KNOW you are an inspiration to all of us on here!:T

Miss P
xx

heath480

Thankyou RA for that,all of it applies to me as well.

graemecarter

RecoveringAlcoholic wrote: »

All of it applies to me!

Me too - however what's important is that today it is 'I drAnk' , not I 'drInk'
And that makes today a good day :j

Miss_Piggy_2

graemecarter wrote: »

Me too - however what's important is that today it is 'I drAnk' , not I 'drInk'
And that makes today a good day :j

Hear Hear! (or Here here??I'm never sure!):T:T