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I'm the opposite, practicing alkie who couldnt get it right so I gave it up
as a bad job. That was some years ago.. let me think... 24? Im sober today. Thats the important number for me. Its more fun being nutso when sober. I wasnt nuts when drunk, just stupid. There are so many things in my life that I cannot imagine having now if I had chosen to keep drinking. DH, DD, DGS,... et al. Beads, quilting...Ok.. lets sum it up as "a Life"... Congrats to you on your 14 years! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Yeah, I used to be a practicing alcoholic. But I got it perfect and don't have to practice any more. I can be just as crazy stone cold sober. (14 years now). Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Stupidity is a lot more fun sober. Thats what I found with age. At least this way I can remember who to apologize to! :-) Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Many things are poisonous for us, but only when we reach a saturation point. My inventor friend, Walter is like that with gas, especially diesel fuel. Driving behind a truck for an hour would make him very ill for a couple days. Needless to say, he can't live in any city. I think alcohol is like that too. One reason I think that, is that if an alcoholic stops drinking, even for a couple decades, and then begins to drink a little again, the addiction returns almost immediately. But with age our bodies handle toxins (and other damage) less readily. And also with age, I think we are less willing to put up with the side effects of intoxication -- you know, like stupidity (sometimes). Tina "Kalera Stratton" wrote in message ... I know for sure that I used to be able to drink a lot more and not feel sick, LOL! I didn't even get hung over unless I really overdid it. Now I get a hangover after two beers... it's sad. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay LC aka Fiddy wrote: Is this something that happened to you with age? Because the older I get, the less alcohol I can handle before feeling sick to my stomach. Ya know, I don't really know! I do know tho, that I used to be able to handle quite a bit of liquor, and yes, I'd get drunk and be stupid, but I didn't get sick. Now, a few sips of alcohol and my stomach is queasy, my face is flushed, and I feel ICK!! Maybe it's maturity telling me that those things used to happen to me then, too, but I was too stupid to stop at a few sips! HAW! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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Same here, hon. If, once you are addicted, you remain an alcoholic, then I
am still an alcoholic (as I claim if I go to an AA meeting). But not a practicing one. When I was drinking, what I got perfect was to be perfectly awful, especially to myself. Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... I'm the opposite, practicing alkie who couldnt get it right so I gave it up as a bad job. That was some years ago.. let me think... 24? Im sober today. Thats the important number for me. Its more fun being nutso when sober. I wasnt nuts when drunk, just stupid. There are so many things in my life that I cannot imagine having now if I had chosen to keep drinking. DH, DD, DGS,... et al. Beads, quilting...Ok.. lets sum it up as "a Life"... Congrats to you on your 14 years! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Yeah, I used to be a practicing alcoholic. But I got it perfect and don't have to practice any more. I can be just as crazy stone cold sober. (14 years now). Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Stupidity is a lot more fun sober. Thats what I found with age. At least this way I can remember who to apologize to! :-) Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Many things are poisonous for us, but only when we reach a saturation point. My inventor friend, Walter is like that with gas, especially diesel fuel. Driving behind a truck for an hour would make him very ill for a couple days. Needless to say, he can't live in any city. I think alcohol is like that too. One reason I think that, is that if an alcoholic stops drinking, even for a couple decades, and then begins to drink a little again, the addiction returns almost immediately. But with age our bodies handle toxins (and other damage) less readily. And also with age, I think we are less willing to put up with the side effects of intoxication -- you know, like stupidity (sometimes). Tina "Kalera Stratton" wrote in message ... I know for sure that I used to be able to drink a lot more and not feel sick, LOL! I didn't even get hung over unless I really overdid it. Now I get a hangover after two beers... it's sad. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay LC aka Fiddy wrote: Is this something that happened to you with age? Because the older I get, the less alcohol I can handle before feeling sick to my stomach. Ya know, I don't really know! I do know tho, that I used to be able to handle quite a bit of liquor, and yes, I'd get drunk and be stupid, but I didn't get sick. Now, a few sips of alcohol and my stomach is queasy, my face is flushed, and I feel ICK!! Maybe it's maturity telling me that those things used to happen to me then, too, but I was too stupid to stop at a few sips! HAW! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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Thanks, Kathy. I have to say, though, that the hard part was working on the
co-dependence that was behind the behaviour, and the continuing work on Depression which made the use of the depressant alcohol so natural. Tina "Kathy N-V" wrote in message . giganews.com... On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 3:12:38 -0500, Christina Peterson wrote (in message ): Yeah, I used to be a practicing alcoholic. But I got it perfect and don't have to practice any more. I can be just as crazy stone cold sober. (14 years now). Tina Have I told you how proud I am of you for overcoming that? Kathy N-V |
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(((((Tina and Diana)))) I was a mean drunk...and a young one. Would sneak out at
age 12 and get smashed. When drunk, I would smash things, even. I don't remember a lot of what went on for the 3 years I drank, but I do remember quitting. For some reason, I can still drink on occasion, but there are very very strict rules about it now, since DH's father and grandfather were both alcoholics. 1. I have to eat first, 2. never drink alone, always with someone who knows my rules and will help me enforce them, 3. only one drink in a 24 hour period, and 4. never ever drink when sad/depressed/angry. Even following the rules, it's a little bit scary for me, but so far, so good. It's been 18.5 years since the last time I got drunk, and I was 14 years old. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Same here, hon. If, once you are addicted, you remain an alcoholic, then I am still an alcoholic (as I claim if I go to an AA meeting). But not a practicing one. When I was drinking, what I got perfect was to be perfectly awful, especially to myself. Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... I'm the opposite, practicing alkie who couldnt get it right so I gave it up as a bad job. That was some years ago.. let me think... 24? Im sober today. Thats the important number for me. Its more fun being nutso when sober. I wasnt nuts when drunk, just stupid. There are so many things in my life that I cannot imagine having now if I had chosen to keep drinking. DH, DD, DGS,... et al. Beads, quilting...Ok.. lets sum it up as "a Life"... Congrats to you on your 14 years! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Yeah, I used to be a practicing alcoholic. But I got it perfect and don't have to practice any more. I can be just as crazy stone cold sober. (14 years now). Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Stupidity is a lot more fun sober. Thats what I found with age. At least this way I can remember who to apologize to! :-) Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Many things are poisonous for us, but only when we reach a saturation point. My inventor friend, Walter is like that with gas, especially diesel fuel. Driving behind a truck for an hour would make him very ill for a couple days. Needless to say, he can't live in any city. I think alcohol is like that too. One reason I think that, is that if an alcoholic stops drinking, even for a couple decades, and then begins to drink a little again, the addiction returns almost immediately. But with age our bodies handle toxins (and other damage) less readily. And also with age, I think we are less willing to put up with the side effects of intoxication -- you know, like stupidity (sometimes). Tina "Kalera Stratton" wrote in message ... I know for sure that I used to be able to drink a lot more and not feel sick, LOL! I didn't even get hung over unless I really overdid it. Now I get a hangover after two beers... it's sad. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay LC aka Fiddy wrote: Is this something that happened to you with age? Because the older I get, the less alcohol I can handle before feeling sick to my stomach. Ya know, I don't really know! I do know tho, that I used to be able to handle quite a bit of liquor, and yes, I'd get drunk and be stupid, but I didn't get sick. Now, a few sips of alcohol and my stomach is queasy, my face is flushed, and I feel ICK!! Maybe it's maturity telling me that those things used to happen to me then, too, but I was too stupid to stop at a few sips! HAW! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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Wow. That is quite some escape you had! There must be quite a story behind
it. And quite a story of recovery too (from what was behind the drinking). You are more ambitious than I am. I'm too lazy to follow rules. It's easier to not drink. Tina "Jalynne" wrote in message nk.net... (((((Tina and Diana)))) I was a mean drunk...and a young one. Would sneak out at age 12 and get smashed. When drunk, I would smash things, even. I don't remember a lot of what went on for the 3 years I drank, but I do remember quitting. For some reason, I can still drink on occasion, but there are very very strict rules about it now, since DH's father and grandfather were both alcoholics. 1. I have to eat first, 2. never drink alone, always with someone who knows my rules and will help me enforce them, 3. only one drink in a 24 hour period, and 4. never ever drink when sad/depressed/angry. Even following the rules, it's a little bit scary for me, but so far, so good. It's been 18.5 years since the last time I got drunk, and I was 14 years old. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Same here, hon. If, once you are addicted, you remain an alcoholic, then I am still an alcoholic (as I claim if I go to an AA meeting). But not a practicing one. When I was drinking, what I got perfect was to be perfectly awful, especially to myself. Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... I'm the opposite, practicing alkie who couldnt get it right so I gave it up as a bad job. That was some years ago.. let me think... 24? Im sober today. Thats the important number for me. Its more fun being nutso when sober. I wasnt nuts when drunk, just stupid. There are so many things in my life that I cannot imagine having now if I had chosen to keep drinking. DH, DD, DGS,... et al. Beads, quilting...Ok.. lets sum it up as "a Life"... Congrats to you on your 14 years! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Yeah, I used to be a practicing alcoholic. But I got it perfect and don't have to practice any more. I can be just as crazy stone cold sober. (14 years now). Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Stupidity is a lot more fun sober. Thats what I found with age. At least this way I can remember who to apologize to! :-) Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Many things are poisonous for us, but only when we reach a saturation point. My inventor friend, Walter is like that with gas, especially diesel fuel. Driving behind a truck for an hour would make him very ill for a couple days. Needless to say, he can't live in any city. I think alcohol is like that too. One reason I think that, is that if an alcoholic stops drinking, even for a couple decades, and then begins to drink a little again, the addiction returns almost immediately. But with age our bodies handle toxins (and other damage) less readily. And also with age, I think we are less willing to put up with the side effects of intoxication -- you know, like stupidity (sometimes). Tina "Kalera Stratton" wrote in message ... I know for sure that I used to be able to drink a lot more and not feel sick, LOL! I didn't even get hung over unless I really overdid it. Now I get a hangover after two beers... it's sad. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay LC aka Fiddy wrote: Is this something that happened to you with age? Because the older I get, the less alcohol I can handle before feeling sick to my stomach. Ya know, I don't really know! I do know tho, that I used to be able to handle quite a bit of liquor, and yes, I'd get drunk and be stupid, but I didn't get sick. Now, a few sips of alcohol and my stomach is queasy, my face is flushed, and I feel ICK!! Maybe it's maturity telling me that those things used to happen to me then, too, but I was too stupid to stop at a few sips! HAW! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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Basically, I was self medicating. I had been sexually abused when i was 8 by my
brother, and in middle school, i fell in with the wrong kids, and they had parties all the time. I was really lucky I didn't try drugs. The drinking stopped when a friend foiled a suicide attempt when i was 14. I don't know where he is now, but I still think of him often. He saved my life. I spent all the time i used to spend partying at his house, and when i got out on my own, I got therapy (because i didn't want my parents knowing before). I'm a lot healthier now, but I never forget. If I forget, I'll slip back into that dark place. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Wow. That is quite some escape you had! There must be quite a story behind it. And quite a story of recovery too (from what was behind the drinking). You are more ambitious than I am. I'm too lazy to follow rules. It's easier to not drink. Tina "Jalynne" wrote in message nk.net... (((((Tina and Diana)))) I was a mean drunk...and a young one. Would sneak out at age 12 and get smashed. When drunk, I would smash things, even. I don't remember a lot of what went on for the 3 years I drank, but I do remember quitting. For some reason, I can still drink on occasion, but there are very very strict rules about it now, since DH's father and grandfather were both alcoholics. 1. I have to eat first, 2. never drink alone, always with someone who knows my rules and will help me enforce them, 3. only one drink in a 24 hour period, and 4. never ever drink when sad/depressed/angry. Even following the rules, it's a little bit scary for me, but so far, so good. It's been 18.5 years since the last time I got drunk, and I was 14 years old. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Same here, hon. If, once you are addicted, you remain an alcoholic, then I am still an alcoholic (as I claim if I go to an AA meeting). But not a practicing one. When I was drinking, what I got perfect was to be perfectly awful, especially to myself. Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... I'm the opposite, practicing alkie who couldnt get it right so I gave it up as a bad job. That was some years ago.. let me think... 24? Im sober today. Thats the important number for me. Its more fun being nutso when sober. I wasnt nuts when drunk, just stupid. There are so many things in my life that I cannot imagine having now if I had chosen to keep drinking. DH, DD, DGS,... et al. Beads, quilting...Ok.. lets sum it up as "a Life"... Congrats to you on your 14 years! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Yeah, I used to be a practicing alcoholic. But I got it perfect and don't have to practice any more. I can be just as crazy stone cold sober. (14 years now). Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Stupidity is a lot more fun sober. Thats what I found with age. At least this way I can remember who to apologize to! :-) Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Many things are poisonous for us, but only when we reach a saturation point. My inventor friend, Walter is like that with gas, especially diesel fuel. Driving behind a truck for an hour would make him very ill for a couple days. Needless to say, he can't live in any city. I think alcohol is like that too. One reason I think that, is that if an alcoholic stops drinking, even for a couple decades, and then begins to drink a little again, the addiction returns almost immediately. But with age our bodies handle toxins (and other damage) less readily. And also with age, I think we are less willing to put up with the side effects of intoxication -- you know, like stupidity (sometimes). Tina "Kalera Stratton" wrote in message ... I know for sure that I used to be able to drink a lot more and not feel sick, LOL! I didn't even get hung over unless I really overdid it. Now I get a hangover after two beers... it's sad. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay LC aka Fiddy wrote: Is this something that happened to you with age? Because the older I get, the less alcohol I can handle before feeling sick to my stomach. Ya know, I don't really know! I do know tho, that I used to be able to handle quite a bit of liquor, and yes, I'd get drunk and be stupid, but I didn't get sick. Now, a few sips of alcohol and my stomach is queasy, my face is flushed, and I feel ICK!! Maybe it's maturity telling me that those things used to happen to me then, too, but I was too stupid to stop at a few sips! HAW! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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Congratulations is too tame a word!
Tina "Jalynne" wrote in message ink.net... Basically, I was self medicating. I had been sexually abused when i was 8 by my brother, and in middle school, i fell in with the wrong kids, and they had parties all the time. I was really lucky I didn't try drugs. The drinking stopped when a friend foiled a suicide attempt when i was 14. I don't know where he is now, but I still think of him often. He saved my life. I spent all the time i used to spend partying at his house, and when i got out on my own, I got therapy (because i didn't want my parents knowing before). I'm a lot healthier now, but I never forget. If I forget, I'll slip back into that dark place. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Wow. That is quite some escape you had! There must be quite a story behind it. And quite a story of recovery too (from what was behind the drinking). You are more ambitious than I am. I'm too lazy to follow rules. It's easier to not drink. Tina "Jalynne" wrote in message nk.net... (((((Tina and Diana)))) I was a mean drunk...and a young one. Would sneak out at age 12 and get smashed. When drunk, I would smash things, even. I don't remember a lot of what went on for the 3 years I drank, but I do remember quitting. For some reason, I can still drink on occasion, but there are very very strict rules about it now, since DH's father and grandfather were both alcoholics. 1. I have to eat first, 2. never drink alone, always with someone who knows my rules and will help me enforce them, 3. only one drink in a 24 hour period, and 4. never ever drink when sad/depressed/angry. Even following the rules, it's a little bit scary for me, but so far, so good. It's been 18.5 years since the last time I got drunk, and I was 14 years old. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Same here, hon. If, once you are addicted, you remain an alcoholic, then I am still an alcoholic (as I claim if I go to an AA meeting). But not a practicing one. When I was drinking, what I got perfect was to be perfectly awful, especially to myself. Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... I'm the opposite, practicing alkie who couldnt get it right so I gave it up as a bad job. That was some years ago.. let me think... 24? Im sober today. Thats the important number for me. Its more fun being nutso when sober. I wasnt nuts when drunk, just stupid. There are so many things in my life that I cannot imagine having now if I had chosen to keep drinking. DH, DD, DGS,... et al. Beads, quilting...Ok.. lets sum it up as "a Life"... Congrats to you on your 14 years! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Yeah, I used to be a practicing alcoholic. But I got it perfect and don't have to practice any more. I can be just as crazy stone cold sober. (14 years now). Tina "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Stupidity is a lot more fun sober. Thats what I found with age. At least this way I can remember who to apologize to! :-) Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "Christina Peterson" wrote in message ... Many things are poisonous for us, but only when we reach a saturation point. My inventor friend, Walter is like that with gas, especially diesel fuel. Driving behind a truck for an hour would make him very ill for a couple days. Needless to say, he can't live in any city. I think alcohol is like that too. One reason I think that, is that if an alcoholic stops drinking, even for a couple decades, and then begins to drink a little again, the addiction returns almost immediately. But with age our bodies handle toxins (and other damage) less readily. And also with age, I think we are less willing to put up with the side effects of intoxication -- you know, like stupidity (sometimes). Tina "Kalera Stratton" wrote in message ... I know for sure that I used to be able to drink a lot more and not feel sick, LOL! I didn't even get hung over unless I really overdid it. Now I get a hangover after two beers... it's sad. -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.snipurl.com/kebay LC aka Fiddy wrote: Is this something that happened to you with age? Because the older I get, the less alcohol I can handle before feeling sick to my stomach. Ya know, I don't really know! I do know tho, that I used to be able to handle quite a bit of liquor, and yes, I'd get drunk and be stupid, but I didn't get sick. Now, a few sips of alcohol and my stomach is queasy, my face is flushed, and I feel ICK!! Maybe it's maturity telling me that those things used to happen to me then, too, but I was too stupid to stop at a few sips! HAW! The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!) |
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