Army Dread Thursday 8th November

[RunningCourage]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

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[RunningCourage]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

mollyka;1407941 wrote: :H Well, at least the livers are alright now Jacks - nice to have done summat right:H
Can I ask a question ---- does anyone give a rats arse bout the tomatoes:H

ME!

[mama bear]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

Molly...you were a "buddy of mine"...I think you are one of the few still here from when I started.
Maybe Nora joined around the same time....
So...Molls is trying to kill her family and tomatoes are expensive over there????
Same here....all produce and MEAT are ridiculous right now
so my family is living on.....uhmmmmmm...marshmellows!!

[mama bear]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

OMG Rc...you are too damn funny
and I wish you well on whatever path you chose.....that's the beauty of this place
well, at least on most threads!

[RunningCourage]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

Alcoholic;1407932 wrote: RC:

You are hilarious. Your mind goes from A to 5635 and sometimes you lose me completely. But gotta agree w you about those friggin' tomatoes. You never answered my question: how are March and Orange associated ?

Ah! From the word thread...

Orange Marches... Every July in Northern Oirland... and Scotland too. Oirish protestant thing.

Shant go into politics here in case i get myself beheaded

[Alcoholic]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

Molly:

May I ask the reason behind your homicidal thoughts of your family?

[RunningCourage]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

mama bear;1407946 wrote: OMG Rc...you are too damn funny
and I wish you well on whatever path you chose.....that's the beauty of this place
well, at least on most threads!

Thank you mama!

(Gotta admit, i have a weird guilty conscience thing going on when i write "mama" to someone who aint my, well, mama :H)

:l

[Alcoholic]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

Mama, rc, Molly:

Yes I have had the experience of almost taken out and shot and executed on certain threads. Now I tread very carefully. But I feel like I'm walking on eggshells. Never know if I'm going to offend the tomato lovers or the devil worshippers or whoever. You know what I mean?

[RunningCourage]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

mollyka;1407952 wrote: Well now Arsey - ya lost me at the end with the journey, traverse, voyage, odyssey (all shite - we'll stick with journey!) Are you asking did circumstances in your life dictate whether alcohol became a problem or not?
If that's the question:H I'll be like a politician and answer it anyway! In my case, I pretty much drank 'normally' all my life -- but in truth 'normal' was always more than other normallers. I had 'a great let-down' - didn't get smashed when my mates were smashed sort of thing. But when drama came into my life a few years ago - I crossed the line with booze - and for me, there would never ever in a month of Sundays be any going back once that happened - but tbh - I think eventually even if the drama hadn't happened my 'normal' drinking would have caught up with me ---- just a bit slower. Now if that wasn't the question ---- what was it???:H

Sorry for confusing you there Molls! But you did well - and worked out the darned question from my near-incomprehensible question. And thank you for the reply. What eventually brought me here was the fear that the older i got, the more i'd drink because it was becoming the way to deal with everything... when does 1 bottle of wine become 3...? I didn't want to find out.

[Alcoholic]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

mollyka;1407956 wrote: That's right Mama --- Nora was deffo one, and Papmom ---- god she's flying!! Joey's still alive after steak and sausages from freezer ---- that's good innit!!??

Ah Jaysus that's a long one. Bite size again - my mum got very ill about 6-7 yrs ago and my 2 sisters wanted to 'treat' her a certain way - one is a doctor and the other a nurse - and they were treating her like a 'patient' - and she was miserably unhappy. I stood up for her - and it ended up in feckin MAYHEM --- one of my sisters is barking anyway and the other one just wanted anything she could get out of my mum - money etc. and it was just a friggin nightmare. They even turned on my kids - and that was the rock they perished on, cos Joe got involved (MrInevergetinvolved) and after Mum died we lost contact ---- obviously there was a lot more to it --- but ya get the gist

Ah.,. Got it.... Very common... Sorry to hear that. Thanks for explaining. Very sad situation, indeed.

[JackieClaire]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

It's a rite of passage moderation/controlled drinking what ever you want to call it. Done it meself many times.

There may be cases when alcohol has been used to ease stress during a divorce or bereavement and has gone back to normal uses but once that line has been crossed into continual drinking it's nigh on impossible IMHO.

Continual's not the right word. Give us a minute while I try and think of the correct one.

[Alcoholic]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

But the starting out section is for newbies to the site who are the least likely to know to tread carefully there, you know what I mean? They should direct newbies to the general discussion site instead!

[JackieClaire]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

I actually fell to bits and into the bottle big stylie when my Dad died. When I look back now he was a sort of defence wall between me mother and me.

[Alcoholic]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

JackieClaire;1407964 wrote: I actually fell to bits and into the bottle big stylie when my Dad died. When I look back now he was a sort of defence wall between me mother and me.

Sounds like dad was your rock

[JackieClaire]

Army Dread Thursday 8th November

Alcoholic;1407966 wrote: Sounds like dad was your rock

Loved him to bits.

Ackshully that post made it sound like me mother used to come after me with a hammer. She didn't. She just had a way with words that landed in my direction most of the time.