Good evening everyone, Dr Richard Head here, but please, call me Richard. Or Rick. I like Rick. Or Rich. Rich is good too. But don't call me Dick. Really don't like being called Dick.
Now, I know many of you here know me very well. And I know many of you here don't particularly like me, and I am sorry that my attempts at bringing a sense of ease, a sense relief into your beautiful lives have been met with disdain, or the proverbial two fingers. My aim is not to cause harm. I am a doctor, after all.
The reason I am here is to let you all know that RunningCourage doesn't really have a problem. Of course he doesn't. He's just a bit weak willed. If he had a bit more steel in his spine, he wouldn't drink the way he does. He just needs to say "no, I will not have a second drink" once he has the first. But he can have the first. Of course he can. No harm in that.
Not only is RunningCourage somewhat weak willed, he has also created a bad habit over the last ten or so years, and habits, as I am quite sure we all know, are hard to break. But they can be broken. And all this lad needs to do is break the habit. That private bottle of wine? Well, he just needs to say "no" to it. He can still go to the pub and have a pint of Guinness. Even two. And he can still share the occasional dram with his father. And he can still enjoy wine with meals. Of course he can. He just needs to say no to the bottle up the stairs.
Just like normal drinkers the world over, RunningCourage can be this. Yes, yes, yes he can. Trust me. I'm a doctor. (But you can call me Rick.) He's just weak-willed and has established a bad habit. Little more. I'm sure you all understand. Once he gets this, he'll stop drinking. Once he gets this he'll realise that there doesn't need to be a day 1. There doesn't need to be that niggling fear that this blow out will be the last because he can never have a drink again. He can! And he wont fear Christmas and the holiday's. He wont! Because he knows he can have a drink. Maybe two even. And that it wont lead always to private bottles of wine being supped, or the surreptitious gulping of gin when nobody is looking.
So please, join me in telling RunningCourage that he can have a drink. That drink is a good and positive aspect to our lives, one that helps lace social occasions with joy and a sense of community reverie. And that if he were to be not so weak-willed that he too can be part of this without recourse to wanting more. I'm sure you all understand.
Yours
Rick (Dr Richard Head)
(NOT Dick)
Now, I know many of you here know me very well. And I know many of you here don't particularly like me, and I am sorry that my attempts at bringing a sense of ease, a sense relief into your beautiful lives have been met with disdain, or the proverbial two fingers. My aim is not to cause harm. I am a doctor, after all.
The reason I am here is to let you all know that RunningCourage doesn't really have a problem. Of course he doesn't. He's just a bit weak willed. If he had a bit more steel in his spine, he wouldn't drink the way he does. He just needs to say "no, I will not have a second drink" once he has the first. But he can have the first. Of course he can. No harm in that.
Not only is RunningCourage somewhat weak willed, he has also created a bad habit over the last ten or so years, and habits, as I am quite sure we all know, are hard to break. But they can be broken. And all this lad needs to do is break the habit. That private bottle of wine? Well, he just needs to say "no" to it. He can still go to the pub and have a pint of Guinness. Even two. And he can still share the occasional dram with his father. And he can still enjoy wine with meals. Of course he can. He just needs to say no to the bottle up the stairs.
Just like normal drinkers the world over, RunningCourage can be this. Yes, yes, yes he can. Trust me. I'm a doctor. (But you can call me Rick.) He's just weak-willed and has established a bad habit. Little more. I'm sure you all understand. Once he gets this, he'll stop drinking. Once he gets this he'll realise that there doesn't need to be a day 1. There doesn't need to be that niggling fear that this blow out will be the last because he can never have a drink again. He can! And he wont fear Christmas and the holiday's. He wont! Because he knows he can have a drink. Maybe two even. And that it wont lead always to private bottles of wine being supped, or the surreptitious gulping of gin when nobody is looking.
So please, join me in telling RunningCourage that he can have a drink. That drink is a good and positive aspect to our lives, one that helps lace social occasions with joy and a sense of community reverie. And that if he were to be not so weak-willed that he too can be part of this without recourse to wanting more. I'm sure you all understand.
Yours
Rick (Dr Richard Head)
(NOT Dick)
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