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there is a fine line btwn recreation and full blown substance abuse. as i have mentioned regarding my ex and the above statement. addiction kills the person addicted and kills the family unit slowly. no matter if its beer pot wine(basically socially acceptable) abused prescribed drugs, or illegal hard drugs coke heroin meth or hard alcohol.

make no mistake, that if you need a drink, snort,take a pill, smoke to start your day or end your day, everyday you have a problem.................a big problem that will affect everyone that surrounds you. and you or your codependent will find out that drugs/booze is more powerful than money jobs family love hobbies everything that matters.


the medical community has now proven that addictive personalities can be traced thru genes. i have no objection about celebrating a important date or anniversary by kicking back and pounding a few thousand beers. hell its a given that once a week usually cowboy saturdays and nights i can be found in my garage sweating my brains out, underneath or crammed into my p-car slamming beers working on it. but after my ex's .254 AGG DUI i found out first hand what the courts will do to you! basically kiss alot of your time(jail) and money away for avery very long time. the only reason we are on this goofy ass site is because of our basic addiction to porsches and all things fast.

getting into any substance will ASSURE you dont get to drive your p-car for some time when caught...............not IF caught.


heres a real nutshell rough chronology of ANY SUBSTANCE ABUSE:

1) introduced substance by circle of friends-peer pressure

2) enjoy substance on occasion

3) increase substance usage to get better buzz

4)increase times and days of abuse

5) find yourself needing buzz everyday

6)addicted to substance

7) crave substance

8) family -job-friends suffer

9)spiral downward includes possible arrest

10) YOU DIE-KILL SOMEONE ELSE-GO TO JAIL/PRISON- or you GET HELP AND REHAB!


THE END


thats how the ANY SUBSTANCE ABUSE BOOK BEGINS AND ENDS!

thats a PROVEN FACT! and i for one know what to look for in addictive personalitys........................2 of my family members fell into it.

Old 08-23-2006, 11:31 AM
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Preacher goes to the pulpit with two glasses of clear liquid and sets them down on top of the pulpit.
He then says "on the right I have a glass of gin, on the left a glass of water."
He then produces two earthworms and drops one into each glass, the one on the right immediately curls up and dies, the one on the left happily swims around.
The preacher asks "Now what have we learned?"
A little boy in the back of the church yells out "If you drink gin you won't get worms!"

But seriously, tough call... some people can handle it and some can't. Personally I feel I drink too much, I could stop or limit myself if I had to but I don't... I find that somewhat disturbing.

I hear naked skydiving is very relaxing!
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Get a hottub.
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The alcohol hits you faster if you drink in one. Then you do not have to drink as much.
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Eat and drink in moderation; you'll live longer and enjoy yourself better.

(quote from my high school english teacher, circa 1978)
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Ask your wife for a blow job or something that kind. That will work much better than alcohol for relaxation...

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I think Bill Clinton was a healthy man who knew how to deal with stress at work. Bush, on the other hand, would be more likely to hit the bottle in stressful situations. This may seem more moral, but I like the Clinton approach better. Of course, Hilary should have been under the desk, but you can`t make a horse drink if he doesn`t want to...

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