On 23 March 2014 I celebrated fours year's continuous sobriety
It may not mean much to you, but to me it's a bloody miracle.


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( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:04, 44 replies)

the opposite would be more impressive

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:12, closed)

Prior to the four years I did 23 years pretty much continuously drunk
but that's not something worth celebrating.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:16, closed)

how about celebrating your sobriety with a bottle of bourbon
delicious bourbon, brownest of the brown liquors
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:19, closed)

what's that? you want me to drink you, but i'm in the middle of a trial

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:20, closed)

you were just as dull on here four years ago
have you considered smack instead?
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:19, closed)

I've never been cool enough to do drugs

( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:27, closed)

yeah ... you might have misunderstood what alcohol is ... no wonder you're shit at drinking

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:35, closed)

For most people (about 95%) alcohol is a harmless self-regulating drug....
...they have a few drinks then they begin to feel it and they stop. That doesn't happen to alkies (the remaining 5%). Once I started drinking I had to drink more and more and more and more until I either passed out or was locked up

Now with "Drugs", on the other hand, - smack, crack, nicotine, even caffeine - these are additive to most people (about 95%) it's only about 5% who don't get addicted to these.

Alcoholics are the 5% of people who get addicted to alcohol. That's what makes alcohol very different to other drugs.

When you are giving up smoking no-one would even think of offering you a fag and you get all the encouragement you need. But if you are an alcoholic and you've quit drinking people think it's nonsense because they don't see it as an addiction. They think because they can just take it or leave it it means you'll be able to just stop if you wanted too. This makes alcohol addiction very different to addiction to other drugs.

Hope that makes sense.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:49, closed)

this is utter bollocks ... who told you this?

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:58, closed)

You should have a pint to celebrate.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:15, closed)

I might go for a pint at lunch.
A pint and then a nap. And then some crisps.
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:23, closed)

Pork scratchings or gtfo.

( .Yeti., Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:33, closed)

pork scratchings with the pint obvs
they do proper placky bags of butchers ones
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:34, closed)

That's the stuff.
Decent crunchy ones, none of this limp soggy nonsense that makes you feel like you've taken a bite out of a raw rasher.
( .Yeti., Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:42, closed)

^This
If after one bite your teeth aren't all shattered like you've been kicked in the face by a spooked horse then:

a) It's not a real pork scratching
b) You are not a real man
(The Magic Number is neither magic nor a number, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:52, closed)

Pub round here has started doing pork pies at lunch time. I approve of this innovation.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:47, closed)

Proper pub pork pies?
Damn this thread to hell and the insatiable hunger it's sowing in me.
( .Yeti., Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:55, closed)

And MUSTARD.
Proper, bastard-strength MUSTARD.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 14:03, closed)

Ah, now that's lovely.
I must stock up on the powdered Colman's next time I'm in Blighty.
( .Yeti., Wed 1 Oct 2014, 16:40, closed)

fuck ... totes got Pork Pie Pangs now and going to be tied up until 1
:(
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:57, closed)

Change the subject
All I've got are shitty tuna sandwiches for lunch :-(

I can hear the pub beckoning me with it's sweet siren song....and beer, lots of beer
(The Magic Number is neither magic nor a number, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:54, closed)

So if you're sober for four years, they let you pay with Masonic currency?
Only kidding, and congratulations on staying strong. Does it get easier with time?
( .Yeti., Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:15, closed)

No it gets worse at first. But there is away to get rid of the obsession. Once that goes it's a piece of piss
then it's just a case of doing a few simple things each day to ensure the obsession doesn't come back.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:19, closed)

Does that coin mark you out as a member of the Illuminati?
*adjust tinfoil*
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:17, closed)

Why does it have a quote from one of Shakespeare's most famous idiots?
I mean ... clearly you're a weak willed fool if you can't handle your booze ... but rewarding yourself with a Fool Medal seems unnecessary self-hatred.
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:18, closed)

It's not a medal it's a (poker) chip
I do have one but it doesn't look exactly like that one. My kids like it - it means a lot more to them than it does to me - to them it means daddy doesn't hit us any more.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:22, closed)

haha ... being intoxicated is definitely an excuse for child abuse ... yeah

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:23, closed)

It was only when I wanted a drink but couldn't get one that I got punchy - not when I was drunk.
and there is no excuse for that - you can't even blame being drunk on that can you ?
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:29, closed)

no ... you're clearly a weak and violent person and shouldn't be allowed near children without a real functioning adult present

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:33, closed)

Yes you are right, last time I saw them I was still being chaperoned by my Mother and Father and Mother-in-Law
God only knows if and when I'll be able to see them on my own. Luckily their mother isn't an alkie and knows how to bring them up. It can take years and years and years to build up any kind of trust with someone after treating them so badly.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:38, closed)

at least you don't have to drive them to soccer matches and school plays
leaves you more time to get pissed during the day
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:45, closed)

Well, looks like being banned hasn't stopped you being a cunt online.
I am Jack's total lack of surprise.
( jagwap, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:35, closed)

alright, J
how's tricks in the mysterious east?
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:41, closed)

Not turning tricks
I do it for free. No ladyboys in china
( jagwap, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:47, closed)

a clear gap in the market for a man of your feminine frame

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:52, closed)

Moobs don't count

( jagwap, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:53, closed)

nowt worse than a chest hair under the foreskin

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 13:03, closed)

Well done, see what opening up to us all did for you?

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 1 Oct 2014, 11:40, closed)

Well done fella and equally impressive is the way you have ignored the wanker baiting you.
(chovnik, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:33, closed)

wrong reply button, thicko

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:34, closed)

I can see it and you clearly can so why is it wrong, spunkbubble.
(chovnik, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:43, closed)

I can see your mum's Elvis tattoos ... that doesn't make her wrinkly mons an appropriate place to respond to your post

(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 12:53, closed)

mum jokes :), you really are a top notch cunt.
(chovnik, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 13:00, closed)

I don't even

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Wed 1 Oct 2014, 20:20, closed)

'grats, chap.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 13:40, closed)

Splendid
I'm 5 years last January
(roysin, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 16:09, closed)

christ ... this place is swarming with nonces and quitters
it's worse than a catholic monastery
(well that went better than expected, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 16:24, closed)

Everyone types, no one quits.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 16:35, closed)

Poof.

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Wed 1 Oct 2014, 17:09, closed)

your original post
was one of the best posts ever written on b3ta if you ask me.

Glad you are still staying strong. Congratulations, best wishes, and good luck.
(Carpe Cyprinidae, Wed 1 Oct 2014, 20:45, closed)

you're welcome

( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 18:42, closed)

Well done mate
I tried the AA and it was not for me.
(yeswehavenopasties, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 2:50, closed)

RAC?

( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 2 Oct 2014, 8:09, closed)

he can't read this
he's dead in a ditch after a three day tequila bender
(well that went better than expected, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 10:41, closed)

nope still sober

( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 18:41, closed)

megaclicks
I lost most of my childhood through a stepfather like you - people who haven't experienced it first hand have no idea what life can be like. Even those close to you have no real understanding. Well done for staying dry - keep it that way.
(zebideedoodah likes florence but prefers venice, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 11:04, closed)

will do

( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 18:42, closed)

It means nothing to me

( Zuowan, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 15:06, closed)

Oh, Vienna...

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 2 Oct 2014, 20:16, closed)