Comments on: Demon Rum, Part I http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/02/18/demon-rum-part-i/ A blog about women and drinking--the ups, downs and everything in between. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: irma gonzalez http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/02/18/demon-rum-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2622 irma gonzalez Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:11 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=2551#comment-2622 i loved yur honesty cd ths be true? memoirs, right? okay, i believe u. i saw yur video about right sized rat it was great! then i saw a video called . ? places where i have have drank...(drunken memoirs) whateva. i was really interested in yur bohemian attitude. also, i could relate to a view you had about a joint being so clicky that you did not meet one soul in there. That was awesome. this can be so true about people. if u go there without people, you may end up with a whole load of ---- that no one else usually deals with. you are brave.. thanks for inviting me. i got here from shewrites. cool. yur writing/reading is good. i loved yur honesty
cd ths be true?
memoirs, right? okay, i believe u.
i saw yur video about right sized rat
it was great! then i saw a video called . ? places where i have have drank…(drunken memoirs) whateva.
i was really interested in yur bohemian attitude. also, i could relate to a view you had about a joint being so clicky that you did not meet one soul in there. That was awesome. this can be so true about people. if u go there without people, you may end up with a whole load of —- that no one else usually deals with. you are brave.. thanks for inviting me. i got here from shewrites. cool.
yur writing/reading is good.

]]> By: Deirdre http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/02/18/demon-rum-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2526 Deirdre Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:36:25 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=2551#comment-2526 Roger, I knew for a long time that I was drinking too much and made hundreds of attempts to control the amount I drank. Sometimes I was successful and drank reasonably. But there were these other times when I couldn't. When I started drinking, I didn't know which time I'd be okay. From my first serious drink, at about 15 when I snuck a bottle to an upstairs guest room, I failed every "Are you an alcoholic?" quiz I took. However I was never physically addicted to alcohol. I usually didn't drink on Sundays, for example. It sounds a bit like a cliché, but I was sick and tired and being sick and tired. The final straw was an over-the-top drunk where I got lost a few blocks from home. This was soon after several people had suggested recovery meetings to me. It was also close on the heels of an embarrassing New Years Eve party. I then finally talked to a few people in recovery and decided to lay off for six months. But I found the lay-off to be so wonderful I stayed sober. I just had my 13-year anniversary. I guess it was talking to people who were in recovery at just the right moment, when I was feeling so stuck with my problems that there appeared to be no forward movement in my life. Deirdre Roger,
I knew for a long time that I was drinking too much and made hundreds of attempts to control the amount I drank. Sometimes I was successful and drank reasonably. But there were these other times when I couldn’t. When I started drinking, I didn’t know which time I’d be okay.

From my first serious drink, at about 15 when I snuck a bottle to an upstairs guest room, I failed every “Are you an alcoholic?” quiz I took.

However I was never physically addicted to alcohol. I usually didn’t drink on Sundays, for example. It sounds a bit like a cliché, but I was sick and tired and being sick and tired.

The final straw was an over-the-top drunk where I got lost a few blocks from home. This was soon after several people had suggested recovery meetings to me. It was also close on the heels of an embarrassing New Years Eve party. I then finally talked to a few people in recovery and decided to lay off for six months.

But I found the lay-off to be so wonderful I stayed sober. I just had my 13-year anniversary. I guess it was talking to people who were in recovery at just the right moment, when I was feeling so stuck with my problems that there appeared to be no forward movement in my life.

Deirdre

]]> By: Roger Smith http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/02/18/demon-rum-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2476 Roger Smith Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:38:18 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=2551#comment-2476 Recalling this can't be pleasant. Do you, when writing so, tempted to say, "Why didn't I realize then what a monster alcohol was going to be!" I'm interested to know the point at which you realized you were alcohol dependent. Fortification? Or making certain there is enough money in the weekly budget for alcohol? Planning a trip that includes stashing a bottle in your luggage, as John Creever did - fearing there wouldn't be booze available when he reached his destination. Recalling this can’t be pleasant. Do you, when writing so, tempted to say, “Why didn’t I realize then what a monster alcohol was going to be!” I’m interested to know the point at which you realized you were alcohol dependent. Fortification? Or making certain there is enough money in the weekly budget for alcohol? Planning a trip that includes stashing a bottle in your luggage, as John Creever did – fearing there wouldn’t be booze available when he reached his destination.

]]> By: Deirdre http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/02/18/demon-rum-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2378 Deirdre Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:48:26 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=2551#comment-2378 Mia, sorry too have made you queezy. But I'm glad you read it and liked the details. If only I could remember who the hell I was kissing! Well maybe not. Mia, sorry too have made you queezy. But I’m glad you read it and liked the details. If only I could remember who the hell I was kissing! Well maybe not.

]]> By: Mia http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/02/18/demon-rum-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 Mia Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:26:29 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=2551#comment-2374 Demon rum it is. I felt a little sick reading this. Good details. Demon rum it is. I felt a little sick reading this. Good details.

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