Comments on: Beer

By: Deirdre Sinnott

Deirdre Sinnott — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:27:27 +0000

Yes! Mack truck. Whoops. Thanks for reading it Beth!

By: Beth Browne

Beth Browne — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:35:02 +0000

Great stuff!! Very bittersweet and rich with details. A mac is a computer, tho, I think you mean Mack, as in truck? You have a great voice and a very interesting story to tell. Write on!!

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:53:28 +0000

Thanks Erika. Some of that mayhem happened right where you live.

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:26:20 +0000

Great story, Deirdre!

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:50:28 +0000

Sweet misery is right Jay. I seemed to love the punishment. I can’s say that I can still have beer around anymore alas.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:13:56 +0000

Aaaah. Beer. Yes.

My first beer experience was also Genny Cream Ale (or Screamers, as we came to call them.) at a Science Fiction convention in….Utica? I had 14 of them, without vomiting or even feeling all that drunk.

My drinking and drugging machismo would come to an end five years later in a pysch ward. Thankfully, I lacked the genes for alcoholism, instead having a vicious bipolar 2, undiagnosed for 3 decades, which would periodically lead me to embarass myself in other ways, drug and alcohol free.

A six pack now lasts for weeks here; anything with too much flavor ends up half drunk, warm on end table the next morning. Mary Jane drinks a glass of wine a night.

But ah. The sweet miseries of youth.

Jay

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:32:16 +0000

Darryl, Thanks once again for your support and all the great work YOU are doing. I hope that we cross paths again soon!

By: Darryl Hagar

Darryl Hagar — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:26:39 +0000

Deidra

You are an inspiration and I think that essay and
your message is right on.
When it ceases to be fun and one chooses beer/alcohol
over friends and family, it’s time to consider
quitting.
I’m proud of you and your mission : )
Darryl

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:07:15 +0000

Yes, it’s best to keep us seperate. Thanks Katherine.

By: katherine Schofield

katherine Schofield — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:31:15 +0000

now that the beer and I have parted there are no hard feelings…..a true relationship statement ….but you left on good terms…the hard part would be if you ever got together again ,it would be more enjoyable for the beer. I love you Dee and I am so proud of you.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:31:40 +0000

“I drank and drank until I stank” says so much. Wonderful essay.

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:30:55 +0000

The poem was quite a lot of fun. Better than a six-pack.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:27:58 +0000

Deirdre: I love this post. You’re a poet, and I didn’t even know it!

By: Randy Watson

Randy Watson — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:35:14 +0000

Wine is divine, but beer is beautiful!