i got a kick out of this...

Jan 30, 2010 21:50


One man I know talks in meetings about returning to drinking after three years of continuous sobriety. He decided to "conduct a little experiment with controlled drinking" and bought a bottle of Scotch. He had a drink. Nothing "bad" happened - he didn't die right then and there or fly into a rage or go mad - so he had another. And then another. At ( Read more... )

excerpt, drinking: a love story, funny

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albertesmor January 31 2010, 12:32:58 UTC
lol. Love it. A nice reminder, there is no such thing as controlled drinking, when you don't have that control-button. ;)

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sober_cannibal February 1 2010, 16:34:00 UTC
haha, yes! i know, right? i have tried to get my hubby to accept that, but alcoholism = denial... so we'll let him try to "control" and "moderate" until it fails him. ;)

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thisgirl101 January 31 2010, 14:32:44 UTC
I hope your starting to get into the book. It does start off slow but it gets better!

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sober_cannibal February 1 2010, 16:33:05 UTC
yeah, i definitely am getting more interested as i read. at first, it just seemed like she was glorifying drinking; talking about how fun it was. which just made me tempted to drink! but now, she's progressing into the bad parts of the disease, which is more fair. i'm enjoying it.

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innana88 February 1 2010, 22:57:29 UTC
Oh, good! You're commenting! Just checking in. :) You doing okay?

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sober_cannibal February 2 2010, 13:33:36 UTC
i'm doing fairly well - i know right, i haven't hardly missed a day of posting since i started!! i'll try to get a post in today; just been busy i suppose. :)

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sober_cannibal February 2 2010, 13:32:05 UTC
haha, yeah... mine too, it seems. :D

great, i'll add you back! i love new friends.

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