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    Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

    You should have seen me.
    I drank for happiness and became unhappy;
    I drank for joy and became miserable.
    I drank to be out-going and became self-centred;
    I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely;
    I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious.
    I drank for friendship and made enemies,
    I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity;
    I drank for sleep and awakened without rest.
    I drank for strength and felt weak.
    I drank for masculinity and it sapped my potency;
    I drank medicinally and got sick.
    I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job.
    I drank to stimulate thought and blacked out.
    I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all;
    I drank to forget and became haunted.
    I drank for freedom's sake and became a slave.
    I drank for power and became powerless;
    I drank to erase problems and saw them multiply.
    I drank to cope with life and invited death...
    Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read

    #2
    Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

    FANTASTIC...

    I LOVE this...printing this one out.

    Thanks so much for sharing Techie!
    "It's not your job to like me, it's mine!"

    AF 10th May 2010
    NF 12th May 2010

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      #3
      Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

      Good poem. Speaks the truth.

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        #4
        Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

        A keeper!
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        Never look down on a person unless you are offering them a hand up.
        awprint: RUBY Imagine yourself doing What you love and loving What you do, Being happy From the inside Out, experiencing your Dreams wide awake, Being creative, being Unique, being you - changing things to the way YOU know they can BE - Living the Life you Always imagined.awprint:

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          #5
          Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

          Thank you for sharing!!

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            #6
            Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

            All so true - for me, especially, "I drank to forget and became haunted"....
            Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

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              #7
              Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

              Brilliant.

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                #8
                Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

                love it thankx for sharing techie
                :beach: life does change as long as you are willing to change yourself ..
                best thing about the future it comes one day at a time..

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                  #9
                  Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

                  Thanks Techie!
                  Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
                  Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07


                  One day at a time.

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                    #10
                    Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

                    Too, true. Thanks.
                    And FTR, tofu is something you practice! And practice, and practice and practice. Until finally you can choke it down. Sort of like yoga.

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                      #11
                      Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

                      research;891551 wrote: Too, true. Thanks.
                      And FTR, tofu is something you practice! And practice, and practice and practice. Until finally you can choke it down. Sort of like yoga.
                      :H:H:H
                      Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read

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                        #12
                        Why I Don't Drink Anymore - poem by Tom Edwards

                        Thanks, Techi. Enjoyed the irony of it all.

                        Winefree

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