This has probably been spoken about many times on the boards before.... but, I was lying in my bed this morning (fresh from abstinence!) and i was thinking about how they are banning smoking in public places in UK from July. Isn't that great? No puffing in the pubs, clubs and work places etc. It is a despicable stinking habit and we all know it kills the smokers and the poor people who don't smoke. The ads on tv are now showing us what out-casts of society we will be if we smoke; the breathing ventilators we will all be wearing, the black fumes going in and out through our mouths. I also think i know the NHS help-line no. off by heart by the amount of times i have seen it on tv. But when it comes to ALCOHOL it is a different story. We are all being positively encouraged to drink ourselves to death. 24 hr drinking is fine. The ads on tv show how refreshing it is, how sociable it is. Those mouth-watering bottles of vodka, whiskey, beer, cider, alco-pops, wine etc. I was even given a free bottle of chardonney last weekend from Marks and Spencers for spending over 20quid! ( I gave it to the man in the queue behind me, you should have seen his face light up) If it had been a pack of fags I'd given him, I'm sure I would have been quietly snubbed. We are told that the A and E hospitals are in-undated with alcohol related injuries; from fights, falling over, Alcohol related suicide attempts, but that's okay. Alcohol is enjoyed isn't it. It's okay for the NHS to pour money into fixing these people up again, just so they can perhaps get in their car and kill some people on the roads because they have drunk too much. I'm really ranting on here but I just feel so strongly about it because I am addressing this problem i have myself. But where are the ads showing people vomiting into toilets, yellow people with ulcerated legs? Why cant they show us what too much alcohol can do to us? No, alcohol is asociated with glamour and success. Have you ever watched the end of the Grand Prix where they hold up the huge bottle of Champagne and shower everyone with it? How cool is that! Now don't get me wrong, I am well aware that smoking is bad, that has been rammed down my throat. Alcohol in moderation is NOT bad. But we all know that alcoholism is a progressive disease. It is a gradual killer only if you abuse it. 2 glasses of wine is fine - but there are alot of people (more than anyone would like to admit) who abuse it, me for one. Why aren't there help-line nos. on tv for us drinkers? Why aren't there signs outside pubs saying "We are pleased to announce that we are a non-drinking pub!" Ha Ha, as if!!!! We would have a much more organised, sharper mix of people in our society if alcohol wasn't so freely encouraged. Why do we have to go secretly off to Alcoholics Anonymous? The name just brings fear and shame to my mind. We are made to look like out-casts because we drink too much. no wonder we drink secretly behind closed doors. God-for-bid anyone knows about our dirty little habit! It makes me feel ashamed that i have to hide this very common problem i have. If i am brave enough i tell my Dr - But i would love to stand on a platform and tell the world that " Yes, I am an alcoholic, Can you help!" I'm not ashamed of getting a cold, Why should i be ashamed of being an alcoholic? No wonder i have no confidence or self-esteem.
I think we SHOULD all be immensely proud for who we are - alcoholic, recovering alcoholic, whatever we are. I raise my cup of tea to all of you who have the courage and belief to address your problems. We may stumble into that awful black hole again and again but we have the strength to fight our way out again and again into that light of life!
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I really have got that off my chest now haven't I. I really hope that if you managed to get to this point in reading this rant of mine, that you will give me your views on this or anything else you want to get off your chest. Talking to YOU my distant friends, is my therapy and you know what? I feel better already.
Lastly, Congratulations to all of you for getting this far on your journey to happiness.
Lots of love to you all. Bella. xxx
P.S I am an alcoholic AND a smoker, Is there any hope for me?!?!
I think we SHOULD all be immensely proud for who we are - alcoholic, recovering alcoholic, whatever we are. I raise my cup of tea to all of you who have the courage and belief to address your problems. We may stumble into that awful black hole again and again but we have the strength to fight our way out again and again into that light of life!
,
I really have got that off my chest now haven't I. I really hope that if you managed to get to this point in reading this rant of mine, that you will give me your views on this or anything else you want to get off your chest. Talking to YOU my distant friends, is my therapy and you know what? I feel better already.
Lastly, Congratulations to all of you for getting this far on your journey to happiness.
Lots of love to you all. Bella. xxx
P.S I am an alcoholic AND a smoker, Is there any hope for me?!?!
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well....somebody has to do it! it's too good an idea.
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