tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post4310131776911235776..comments2024-03-27T04:35:59.203+00:00Comments on Alcoholic Daze: A week of ups and downsADDYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-15294659035832389702013-03-17T17:33:18.029+00:002013-03-17T17:33:18.029+00:00Sorry for your friend.
I went to rehab I was so ...Sorry for your friend. <br /><br />I went to rehab I was so lost and would do anything I was lucky to have the gift of desperation. That program was spot on I so related to the people in it and their issues. Rehab is difficult but still the safest place I've been in in 30 yearsFurtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-37680755987287670172013-03-17T10:51:42.067+00:002013-03-17T10:51:42.067+00:00I'm pleased to hear that your credit card comp...I'm pleased to hear that your credit card company did the right thing and made a token gesture towards the upset and inconvenience they had put you through. It's funny how it only takes one decent human being to help restore our faith in human nature.<br /><br />So sorry to hear of your friend's loss - you never know what's round the next corner and it's so important to make the most of every day.<br /><br />My sympaties to you at this time, I hope you are beginning to feel a little better now xEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917542327482001911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-86738624484178256892013-03-15T08:52:54.389+00:002013-03-15T08:52:54.389+00:00Glad to hear of the good news regarding Barclaycar...Glad to hear of the good news regarding Barclaycard! Whoopee - they did good!<br /><br />So sad to hear of your old friends husbands death - I think it hurts all the more if unexpected. It is good that you are 'in touch' again, and sometimes a loss brings with it a rebirth of friendship...<br /><br />I am sure Greg would appreciate your gesture of brightly-coloured blooms. As to him declining rehab - your 'Sadly, that is usually the case for an alcoholic in the grip of addiction: they can't see further than the bottom of their glass.' states his reasoning perfectly.<br /><br />A small number of the alcoholics I work for continue to drink, despite knowing it will be the death of them, simply stating "I am a alcohilic - I want my drink"...<br /><br />Kind regards<br /><br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-2168037060254142062013-03-14T19:35:41.179+00:002013-03-14T19:35:41.179+00:00This is an email comment receivedby Doglover.....
... This is an email comment receivedby Doglover.....<br /><br />I am so sorry for your friend; what a shock and such an instantaneous change of her life. But maybe that is preferable to the long lingering death that your Greg brought upon himself; you had a long painful goodbye. Perhaps a sudden departure is better in some cases. Inevitably, terrible regrets are left, whichever course is taken. <br /> <br />As for Greg's avoidance of rehab, my view (with all respect to Hippo) is that he was determined not to face up to the painful aspects of his character which it would have revealed. Once detox had cleared him from drinking, he probably felt he could resist drink in the future. Alcoholics never accept that they are powerless over alcohol until rehab convinces them through the Twelve Steps.<br /> <br />Doglover<br /> <br /> <br />ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-14825934416047971472013-03-14T15:50:09.781+00:002013-03-14T15:50:09.781+00:00Sorry to hear about your friend, that's really...Sorry to hear about your friend, that's really tragic.<br /><br />It is always a list of 'if only's' after the event and I imagine you've questioned them hundreds of times since Greg's passing. <br /><br />CJ xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-36864014781288738992013-03-13T17:18:03.019+00:002013-03-13T17:18:03.019+00:00Did you see Russell Brand's programme a few ni...Did you see Russell Brand's programme a few nights ago? It's still on BBC iplayer. There was also an article in the Guardian. Hopefully it will hit home with some addicts.<br />On a lighter note, about two months after moving here I realised that I had not received a credit card statement. Assuming it had got lost in the post, I rang them. <br />I live in Wales. Always have done. I had moved 3 miles.<br />A very pleasant person told me that they had sent the statement to my new address in Spain!!!!! I'm afraid I wasn't very pleasant to them, but I did receive abject apologies AND they put money into my account. <br />I can only assume that some junior had been given the job of changing addresses on the system and had got them mixed up!the veg artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029588460808570133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-37158646237651191492013-03-13T13:25:15.776+00:002013-03-13T13:25:15.776+00:00So glad about your victory with Barclaycard ... an...So glad about your victory with Barclaycard ... and so sad about Greg. I suppose it was his decision to make in the end. Maybe he suspected he would relapse even after six months of rehab? I think you should buy yourself some lovely cheery tulips and enjoy them at home xDD's Diaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398659302311180518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-48042579036359075472013-03-13T10:07:57.610+00:002013-03-13T10:07:57.610+00:00Very pleased about Barclaycard - so I should think...Very pleased about Barclaycard - so I should think - but sorry about your other bad news. Trouble is, we can't live others' lives for them, can we? Wish we could.....Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-86971045920215459312013-03-12T15:38:51.367+00:002013-03-12T15:38:51.367+00:00“He also once told me he was afraid I would take t...“He also once told me he was afraid I would take the opportunity to leave him, while he was away”<br /><br />Don’t make light of that sentiment.<br /><br />Having made the decision to go into a proper hospital, detoxification followed by rehabilitation, do you think that thought hasn’t crossed my mind? I mean, as alcoholics, we are hardly rational.<br /><br />I know, deep down, with the last of a once analytical mind, that my wife would be much better off without me. It will cost me Fifty Thousand Pounds to go into a specialized clinic with absolutely no guarantee of success. That’s equivalent to a couple of year’s school fees for my son. I should spend this when you admit that your Greg went through detox several times and still screwed things up?<br /><br />I have set the business up. Everything is in Marcia’s name. She’s an asset millionaire. I have done well for her but she is only thirty. Why should she watch a 53 year old alcoholic blow everything on useless rehab? It’s not her fault. Doesn’t she deserve a life, to enjoy the fruits of our joint labour?<br /><br />Believe me, as an alcoholic, I don’t have male friends anymore, just competitors. Those who know I will drink myself to death sooner rather than later leaving a rich widow and they are already sniffing around her. I could spend several months away and three and a half grand week only to come back to nothing and only have myself to blame.<br /><br />Better I accept the inevitable, do the decent thing and just put a round through my head.<br />Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-69353839195465016762013-03-12T14:39:30.176+00:002013-03-12T14:39:30.176+00:00good news about Barclaycard :)
Very sad news ab...good news about Barclaycard :) <br /><br />Very sad news about your friend, I see this as my future sometimes.<br /><br />If wishes were horses beggars would ride. If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for Tinkers.<br /><br />Greg will have done what he could do at the time in the circumstances. It's easy to wish with hindsight and so soul destroying as you do it.<br /><br />xxxxxAGuidingLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823333742737762759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978906014166411621.post-27153692692436802782013-03-12T13:08:42.757+00:002013-03-12T13:08:42.757+00:00"If only" Greg had taken what was on off..."If only" Greg had taken what was on offer...but we all miss opportunities offered on a plate...most don't have the same consequences.<br /><br />Sympathies to your friend...that must be truly awful.<br /><br />As for Barclaycard...always good to take a little bit back...Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.com