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I am such a wimp I get drunk on my own red wine jus (with brandy) on a Sunday afternoon (I am not kidding).
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
After a few months I had to not drink for a week to check that I could.
Then I think about something like coffee - I only have 2 cups a day, morning and mid afternoon. But if I miss the morning one, I'll probably have a headache. So that's a physical dependency, but for some reason society doesn't mind that or treat it like a moral or character failure.
A friend's dad had a real problem with drink - lost his license, job, and got kicked out of the family home. He took his dad to AA meetings a few times and said to me that it was very strange because some of the people there were describing stuff that just sounded normal to him - "I can't get home from work without looking forward to that first sip"... that's something a lot of people can relate to.
I guess to my mind, it's only a problem if it's causing problems. The difficulty is in having the self awareness to know if you've crossed that line, I guess - lots of people can live in denial for a long time.
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What I love about this forum is that we are on here discussing addiction. It’s vital especially in the times we are in. Often it’s easier to discuss addiction with those not close to you and as a result this forum can be of value far extending the advice of a pedal board set up.
On the subject of alcohol it's one area where I can claim a degree of expertise. My first wife was an alcoholic, but so cleverly concealed that it took several years and a total breakdown of the relationship before I realised. She suffered serious health issues shortly after the divorce, and I would guess she's probably dead now. My dad was similarly highly dependent on drink, and a chain smoker to boot, and he died before he was 50.
I have a particular aversion to drunkenness when used as a comedy construct, it really upsets me. There's nothing remotely funny about when you've regularly been on the receiving end of an alcoholic's bad temper. That's not to say I don't enjoy a drink myself, but I'd be very happy to live in a world where alcohol didn't exist.