Warnings on alcohol
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Hello @Shkurka
Thanks for adding your thoughts here, this certainly is an interesting and thought provoking thread.
I'm glad that you found a club that is acting as a positive outlet for you, however I'm sorry to hear that alcohol has been a problem for you in the past. Hopefully it is something you feel as though you have better control over now0 -
woodbine said:Lost my brother in law 4 years ago to drink related illnesses, he had been a "boozer" from being 17/18 and a heavy drinker most of his life, he was definitely addicted to drink, it even got to the point where towards the end he was drinking all day everyday.1
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This is an interesting discussion. There are warnings (more advice than a warning) on bottles and cans of alcohol.I have a drink most nights; sometimes it`s red wine, sometimes it`s cider and sometime it`s a mixture of both (not in the same glass though ). I don`t need it, I don`t crave it when I don`t have it and I certainly don`t have shakes or stomach cramps that can only be "fixed" with a glass of wine or cider.I don`t smoke (thankfully, a disgusting habit in my opinion) but my deteriorating condition is slowly removing all activities that I used to enjoy. I used to enjoy running (both cross country and "pounding the roads"), I used to do weight lifting and I used to scuba dive (getting to Dive Master level) - but I can no longer do any of these. I used to love hiking / walking long distances but I no longer can. The only pleasures I have now are growing chilli plants, cooking and my evening tipples (or during the day on a weekend if I have company). I do, now and again, go "down town" for a session with friends.I spent 20 years in the Royal Navy partying around the world with the best of "partiers". On leaving the Navy, I worked with civilians who were harder partiers than sailors I`d worked with. Not one person from the Navy, to my knowledge (and the ex-military communications circle is very efficient), not one person has had a drink problem or drink related health problems.For me, personally, I wouldn`t care if they put the most explicit of warnings on bottles of wine or cans of cider. I`m not "addicted" (to use a frequent word in this thread), drinking is a pleasure to me and I will continue to do so until other factors dictate otherwise.Having said that, I do recognise that people can and do have issues / problems / challenges with alcohol for a whole range of reasons.0
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Hi @Cartini what an interesting read and an interesting/active life you've had.
I feel for you it's horrid that all your pleasures have been taken away from you.
I used to love walking/hiking/rambling extensive gardening work, and most of that as been taken away from me because of my illness and i miss it.
I like to have a glass of wine or two, mainly of a weekend, it's something i used to do when i was at work, to celebrate the weekend and i have carried on with it. We all need some pleasure in life, but as they say always in moderation, just wish i could remember that when i'm eating chocolate ha ha.
Take care and have a good day, what ever you are up to.0
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