Warnings on alcohol

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  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    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 now :) 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    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.

    Sorry to hear this, but thanks for sharing your experience. It's an issue that impacts so many people in so many different ways.
  • Cartini
    Cartini Online Community Member Posts: 1,107 Trailblazing
    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.
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    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.

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