Comments on: The Demon Drink http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:57:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Jay Fri, 30 May 2008 20:52:16 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-476 Thanks, <b>AnneDroid.</b> Yes, I imagine you'd see a lot of alcoholic offenders. It's very sad, when you think that they're perfectly nice people when they're sober. I don't know how you do it, I'd find a prison environment very depressing, I think - you have my admiration. Going to check out your blog! :) Thanks, AnneDroid.
Yes, I imagine you’d see a lot of alcoholic offenders. It’s very sad, when you think that they’re perfectly nice people when they’re sober. I don’t know how you do it, I’d find a prison environment very depressing, I think – you have my admiration.
Going to check out your blog! :)

]]> By: AnneDroid http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-474 AnneDroid Fri, 30 May 2008 19:38:07 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-474 Just found your blog, Jay, through Mr Nighttime. I like it very much, and this post and all the comments are moving. I work in prisons and, as you can imagine, a very large percentage of crime, especially violent crime, is drink-related. It's very sad. We have a high number of alcoholic prisoners who, even though they manage years of sobriety through their sentence, and are actually model prisoners, don't last half a day when they are released from jail. They end up coming in and out of jail all the time for "breach of the peace" charges. AnneDroids last blog post..<a href="http://annedroid-annedroid.blogspot.com/2008/05/today-drugs-were-in-news-here-in.html" rel="nofollow"></a> Just found your blog, Jay, through Mr Nighttime. I like it very much, and this post and all the comments are moving.
I work in prisons and, as you can imagine, a very large percentage of crime, especially violent crime, is drink-related. It’s very sad. We have a high number of alcoholic prisoners who, even though they manage years of sobriety through their sentence, and are actually model prisoners, don’t last half a day when they are released from jail. They end up coming in and out of jail all the time for “breach of the peace” charges.

AnneDroids last blog post..

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Jay Wed, 28 May 2008 09:19:10 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-433 Natural - Yeah, me too. Thanks. Personally, I doubt she will, but one can only hope. Natural – Yeah, me too. Thanks. Personally, I doubt she will, but one can only hope.

]]> By: Natural http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Natural Wed, 28 May 2008 01:35:37 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-427 wow, some story. it's true of every kind of addiction, you can't help people until they want to help themselves...usually when they hit rock bottom. hope she gets in together for herself and her family. Naturals last blog post..<a href="http://valeriemorrison.net/blog/how-to-get-out-and-stay-out-of-debt-book-giveaway/" rel="nofollow">How to Get Out and Stay Out of Debt Book Giveaway</a> wow, some story. it’s true of every kind of addiction, you can’t help people until they want to help themselves…usually when they hit rock bottom. hope she gets in together for herself and her family.

Naturals last blog post..How to Get Out and Stay Out of Debt Book Giveaway

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Jay Tue, 27 May 2008 18:30:04 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-423 Hats off to you, Kori, for beating the demon! And may you continue to beat it. Your comment doesn't sound mean - it's what everyone is thinking. I hope she makes it, too. Thanks for your insight. Hats off to you, Kori, for beating the demon! And may you continue to beat it. Your comment doesn’t sound mean – it’s what everyone is thinking. I hope she makes it, too. Thanks for your insight.

]]> By: Kori http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Kori Tue, 27 May 2008 17:59:40 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-421 I AM a recovering alcoholic; 8.5 years sober, a day (or, when it gets nutso, a minute) at a time. And I have been married to an addict and been forced to change a relstionship with a man I love with my whole heart because of his alcoholism. So. It sounds mean to say that I hope nice girl gets it, hope she hits her bottom, and I hope she makes it out alive. Statistically speaking, she won't, so here's to hoping she beats the odds. Koris last blog post..<a href="http://korij.blogspot.com/2008/05/losing-or-relinquishing-control.html" rel="nofollow">Losing-or Relinquishing-Control</a> I AM a recovering alcoholic; 8.5 years sober, a day (or, when it gets nutso, a minute) at a time. And I have been married to an addict and been forced to change a relstionship with a man I love with my whole heart because of his alcoholism. So. It sounds mean to say that I hope nice girl gets it, hope she hits her bottom, and I hope she makes it out alive. Statistically speaking, she won’t, so here’s to hoping she beats the odds.

Koris last blog post..Losing-or Relinquishing-Control

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Jay Tue, 27 May 2008 16:17:20 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-420 60 GO 16 - Sounds like you have far too much experience of this, with your best friend and your husband both having a problem. I'm so sorry about your husband, that must be hard to watch indeed. I'm pleased to hear your friend made it though. . I imagine my Nice Man's friends will be saying the same. "Good to have you back". It's so easy to lose yourself in that situation, like caring for a dependent parent. 60 GO 16 – Sounds like you have far too much experience of this, with your best friend and your husband both having a problem. I’m so sorry about your husband, that must be hard to watch indeed. I’m pleased to hear your friend made it though.
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I imagine my Nice Man’s friends will be saying the same. “Good to have you back”. It’s so easy to lose yourself in that situation, like caring for a dependent parent.

]]> By: 60 Going On 16 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-417 60 Going On 16 Tue, 27 May 2008 14:15:13 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-417 Even when an alcoholic/substance abuser acknowledges that they have a problem, they also know that they have a very long journey in front of them. Some make it - my best friend did - but others, sadly, do not. My late husband was one who did not, despite periodic clinic admissions. he eventually left our home in 1983 and died in 1985. He had been a bright, funny, beautiful, intelligent man and it was heartbreaking to see what he became. But I do remember after he left, so many of my friends said that it was good to have me back and that to them it seemed as if I had just lost myself in the years that he and I were together. I didn't ever marry again . . . I was asked but I couldn't even begin to contemplate it. I have no regrets about saying 'no' and now, at 60, I'm very, very happy to be single. 60 Going On 16s last blog post..<a href="http://60goingon16.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/05/shelter-from-th.html" rel="nofollow">Shelter from the storm</a> Even when an alcoholic/substance abuser acknowledges that they have a problem, they also know that they have a very long journey in front of them. Some make it – my best friend did – but others, sadly, do not. My late husband was one who did not, despite periodic clinic admissions. he eventually left our home in 1983 and died in 1985. He had been a bright, funny, beautiful, intelligent man and it was heartbreaking to see what he became. But I do remember after he left, so many of my friends said that it was good to have me back and that to them it seemed as if I had just lost myself in the years that he and I were together.

I didn’t ever marry again . . . I was asked but I couldn’t even begin to contemplate it. I have no regrets about saying ‘no’ and now, at 60, I’m very, very happy to be single.

60 Going On 16s last blog post..Shelter from the storm

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Jay Tue, 27 May 2008 11:18:05 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-415 Oh, and Punctuation - I'll go and read your poems! Thanks for the link. :) Oh, and Punctuation – I’ll go and read your poems! Thanks for the link. :)

]]> By: Jay http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Jay Tue, 27 May 2008 11:17:28 +0000 http://www.thedeppeffect.com/201/the-demon-drink/#comment-414 <b>Momma</b> - support groups really do work. I'm glad you've found something so helpful. So true that alcohol and drugs are not the only addictions. <b>Dawn</b> - Thanks. Yes, I understand the process too. I tend to like opiate painkillers, but I'm very careful not to overuse them because I do know the dangers. I think if I had to take them for very long at a time, I could see where addiction could be a possibility though. <b>Jenny</b> - I'm so sorry you went through that. You've come through it a strong woman though, and that's something to be thankful for, isn't it? We must count our blessings where we find them. <b>Doris</b> - it is disturbing. And it's perhaps more disturbing that alcohol is legal while something as <i>relatively</i> innocuous as marijuana (which also has medical uses) is not. I've never used any illegal drugs. I have drunk alcohol, sometimes to excess, though not to the point of addiction. I believe the real difference is that alcohol provides tax revenue while marijuana does not. Yes, I too am torn on the issue. I feel bad that he changed the locks on her, but I really, in all honesty, cannot blame him. He's protecting himself and the kids. <b>Gone Back South</b> - Hello and welcome - and thanks for the compliment! Good grief, another one. I'm sorry that you too have experienced this. <b>Punctuation</b> - Hello and welcome to you, too! Thank you for your kind words about my blog - I like yours too, and have added it to my RSS feed. It is indeed possible to have an addictive personality and I have to acknowledge that I have one. My personal addiction is with food, which is hard, because I can't <i>not</i> eat - I can't climb 'on the wagon'. So it's a daily battle to keep it within limits. If I eat refined sugar or carbs I'm sunk till I've slept them off and sometimes find it almost impossible not to eat till I feel nauseous. Not perhaps as serious or damaging addiction to anyone but me, but an addiction nevertheless. Momma – support groups really do work. I’m glad you’ve found something so helpful. So true that alcohol and drugs are not the only addictions.
Dawn – Thanks. Yes, I understand the process too. I tend to like opiate painkillers, but I’m very careful not to overuse them because I do know the dangers. I think if I had to take them for very long at a time, I could see where addiction could be a possibility though.

Jenny – I’m so sorry you went through that. You’ve come through it a strong woman though, and that’s something to be thankful for, isn’t it? We must count our blessings where we find them.

Doris – it is disturbing. And it’s perhaps more disturbing that alcohol is legal while something as relatively innocuous as marijuana (which also has medical uses) is not. I’ve never used any illegal drugs. I have drunk alcohol, sometimes to excess, though not to the point of addiction. I believe the real difference is that alcohol provides tax revenue while marijuana does not.

Yes, I too am torn on the issue. I feel bad that he changed the locks on her, but I really, in all honesty, cannot blame him. He’s protecting himself and the kids.
Gone Back South – Hello and welcome – and thanks for the compliment! Good grief, another one. I’m sorry that you too have experienced this.
Punctuation – Hello and welcome to you, too! Thank you for your kind words about my blog – I like yours too, and have added it to my RSS feed. It is indeed possible to have an addictive personality and I have to acknowledge that I have one. My personal addiction is with food, which is hard, because I can’t not eat – I can’t climb ‘on the wagon’. So it’s a daily battle to keep it within limits. If I eat refined sugar or carbs I’m sunk till I’ve slept them off and sometimes find it almost impossible not to eat till I feel nauseous. Not perhaps as serious or damaging addiction to anyone but me, but an addiction nevertheless.

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