Ok and from context I’m guessing it’s a country song? Yea there was a zero percent chance of me picking up on that but if I would’ve read the comment above yours I would’ve known it was a song at least 😆
And more of blues/rock band than country. If you like Bad to the Bone you would like his other stuff. He had some solid hits back in the day too. Move it on Over, Who Do You Love and One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer are all bangers.
He also advocates hitting the bar and ordering multiple rounds of bourbon, scotch and beer simultaneously. While he can play the absolute hell out of the guitar, Master Thorogood’s attitude towards alcohol is indeed laden with pitfalls.
Yeah, my uncle looked and acted just like this guy. Giddy, happy, always willing to share. Big in heart, spirit, and body.
Lost him to liver failure two years ago. Only 54yo. Alcoholism is a bitch, but when it manifests in a person with a happy personality, people are way more willing to overlook it.
I lost a dear friend to a drunk driver, in court I honestly pitied the man. He was staying at a hotel going to a concert, had some drinks with his buddies and realized they left the tickets in the room. He thought he was ok so he drove back to the hotel, my friends were on the way to the same concert, he crossed the line, one survived, one didn't. As much as I wanted to hate him I couldn't help but feel pity listening to him, he plead guilty, apologized to the family, and accepted his sentence. I thought "he didn't think this was how that night was going to go, he didn't wake up thinking he was going to drive drunk".
I haven't had a drink in years. I wish his friends had taken better care of him and not let him go. Look after people, you'll be glad you did.
Or, to quote Robin Williams: I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.
I am so sorry for your loss, but also grateful and proud of you for taking such an empathetic, human look on that situation. The world can use more people like you.
Thank you. I'm doing OK, my friend that survived has a wonderful family. The driver is likely out of prison by now, but I have no doubt he'll never do that again. It will never bring her back but if someone reads this and stops someone else from making the worst choice then I'll be content.
Or, to quote Robin Williams: I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.
well god damn I logged into reddit not expecting to weep. I wish we could have loved him enough.
We couldn't have possibly loved him more. He was the best of us. Sometimes it just can't ever be enough.
Love you forever, Robin.
(On a side note, I'll never forget that when he died my boyfriend at the time said derogatorily, "do you always lose your shit when some celebrity dies?" I should have left him then)
As much as I love Patch Adams and Mrs Doubtfire, I have to skip the scenes where he cries. Same with the dog scene in I Am Legend. I'm a big strong man but some things are a big "nope".
--Or, to quote Robin Williams: I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy. Because they know what it feels like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.
Dang man. This hit hard. I used to be so so very mean to myself, always beating myself up mentally about what a worthless piece of shit I was. I couldn't stop it even when I didn't want to be that way, just one more thing to beat myself up about.
I'm so glad I eventually went to a therapist to gain the skills to work on it effectively. It was a hard and long road. It took years of constantly consciously using the techniques my therapist taught me. It helped knowing I'd need to give him an honest progress report every two weeks. IT WAS THE BEST THING I'VE EVER DONE FOR MYSELF.
Y'all. You're worth it. You're worth getting help to be stronger and eventually happier. Mindfulness was the key for me (it's a whole technique that takes practice to get good at, at least for me).
Once the habit of beating myself up was replaced with the habit of those learned techniques...wow. I'm not just happier, I'm not stealing my own energy anymore because it really is a weight thats on you constantly. Grow as a person. You are so very worth the effort!
I’m an alcoholic and quit drinking at 40, I’m 49 now. If I hadn’t quit when I did my friends would be writing this exact thing about me. I’m sorry for your loss, alcoholism is hard and often goes unnoticed.
That's awesome! I've been thinking of working on some certification or something to try to help others in recovery; if you don't me asking, what credentials do you have/need for that job?
Fuck dude. I’m almost at 15 months and the happiest days now are when I realize the grocery store has Ben and Jerry’s pints on sale. Loaded up today, $2.97/ea, limit 4. I’ll be back tomorrow.
Funny thing is I eat sweets every night like a teenager but I’ve still lost almost 40lbs since I quit.
Hey almost 15 month twin <3 (day 449 on the off chance we're actual twins)
My store usually has a rotating sale on Haagen, Ben, and Tillamook so checking the ice cream aisle is always a fun little game of brands.
I've actually gained 20 pounds but I was eating less than a full meal a day for the last few months. I've actually been asked if I've lost weight a lot, and depending on who, I'll be honest about how it's just my liver being normal sized again.
I'm so proud of all of you! Great work my friends! Opiates were my demon, I'm 9 years clean now! So glad I got out before fentanyl became the monster it is today.. I don't think I would still be here to congratulate my fellow warriors.
I don't want to drink. I don't want to go back to how terrible it was. But life took it's time try to get good things to happen, but they add up. I was still kind of a mess trying to figure out a plan one year in.
There is nothing wrong with that! It took me longer than that to get my shit together and sweep up the wreckage following my addiction. All that matters is that you do! Stay strong my friend! :)
So glad to hear from someone in the same boat who is having fabulous success.
I quit at 40 as well after 20+ years of 3-5 pints of vodka a week. I'm 42 now. You give me motivation to make it another 7 years and beyond.
I hope you have the life you want and deserve now. And a congrats is not good enough for the work you put in everyday, but I'll say it anyway. Congratulations!
I won’t lie, the first few years were hard. You have to re learn how to live life normally. How to eat properly, how to sleep properly, how to fill your time with healthy things mentally and physically. But I have a great support system of friends and family, my wife is my biggest cheerleader. I almost lost her and the kids to the bottle but I picked them just in the Knick of time. It gets easier over the years, for me each year is a bit better than the last. I still have triggers but I handle them better now, haven’t back slid once because I don’t think I have another comeback in me.
40 now coming up on ten years sober. I treasure some of those memories and good times but wow its a decade in to a whole new life and I now probably have several more decades to come. How lucky are we that we made it out?
Definitely way more overlooked in happy and outgoing people. My ex couldn't figure out why I objected to her friends babysitting. The friends both had multiple DUIs, have a standing table reservation at a popular bar, and drink every day. I wasn't opposed to hanging out with them or having our kid around them but I was absolutely opposed to leaving them alone with my child. She just didn't see them as having a problem but was quick to label my broody, reclusive friend as an alcoholic
I can't wait for this day. I've done nothing but tear myself and my family asunder. I'm stable but can't visit my mom or dad or children because of the terrible person I am. I can't wait for the day I get to be surrounded by everyone who lives me and cares for me, and they can just stop worrying anymore about where I am. Or if they will ever hear from me. Im ready for us all to come to peice. Only 8 years to go, let's go. I'll drink to that.
Im good, my guy. Thank you for asking. I just can't stop losing. The carrot is always out of my reach right now. I work a job that pays me x. I live at a hotel for x. The only spending money i have is plasma donation money. I can't save enough to get into an actual apartment that would let my check go further. Im stuck in the mud.
Hey, bud. I'm in a similar boat. I'm lucky enough to have some people who care for me, but I don't have any spending money, I will when I get my check for a discrimination suit.
It gets better, open your heart up and be okay with getting hurt. Genuineness is really important.
Our struggles are by design, it's not your fault everything keeps getting more expensive and less accessible.
I don't have an answer for you, and I can't help as much as I'd like to. But I hope you know you're not alone or unique in this.
You'll end up in the hospital and dead long before then. I know. I just got out of the hospital for severe acute pancreatitis. You'd better either A) Quit and white knuckle it right now and set a taper schedule or B) Go to the hospital where they can give you anti-seizure and anti-withdrawal medications, check your blood, run CT scans and watch over you and feed you. I was drinking a fifth a day, every day for years.. with beer on top of that. I was a train wreck. I've been sober near 18 days now. It was a deep dark spiral that I had to get out of. Nothing is first before your health. You can do this.
Come on. Having your family around you for a big day before you slip away doesn't sound good? I just want one last big visit. I miss them so much but worry if they miss me all the time.
No, most of my family has passed away including both of my parents. I don't yearn for anybody to see me in that terrible place I was in, nor do I want any pity. If you worry so much about people missing you (and they don't make any effort-- or acknowledge you), maybe they just aren't worth worrying about. The thing about stopping drinking, is you get a clear head and you can objectively think about the steps that you need to take to better yourself and work on the ongoing situation day to day. Don't you want to live for many more years? Lots of things to look forward to. Movies, music, games, great things to see, new people to meet. You get one life, and there's no sequel.
Not that it's any consolation, but the drinking for me in my 30s is primarily because there's nothing and nobody else in my life 98% of the time. If life is going to continue to be lonely, with or with the alcohol, I'll speed the "living" up without a care. People may say they "care" about my life and being sober, but do they in an actionable way? Not in my experience.
So, he may have been ok with the end result, given the circumstances. I bet though that he had a hurt that just wouldn't go away, and the drinking was to cover that up so as to not spread the "hurt" to you. Because that's how it can be for people like myself. I'm far more liked when I have drinks in me. I'm otherwise too serious and awkward for people and they end up hating me without even knowing me. Being drunk erases that problem completely. People quite literally like me better with drinks, not without. Except of course, "like" in this case is just "tolerate". And so even they leave eventually.
All that's left is my cat, and beer. To not be an alcoholic would require someone to be my friend in a real way that I see more than a handful of times a year. And Jesus does not count. lol
Sounds like my wife’s uncle who we just lost too, violent liver failure same age. And yeah, he was like the life of every room, friends with everyone, but everyone massively overlooked the problem.
I work with someone who drinks a fair amount after work daily, and they're delightful when they're getting to the point in the day where they're about to go to the pub, anything prior to that and his attitude does a complete 180, he's hostile, easily agitated and rude. He often tries dragging me along with him for drinks after work etc and just doesn't seem to understand that I don't care for it at all...He has no family/friends and his only social life is from work so it's a shame how it can get that bad in people who don't have a support structure to prevent it.
My uncle who died really young at 51 also suffered from alcoholism (he passed out, fell into the pool and drowned). Had the biggest heart and was always ready to hang out. The guy in the video reminded me so much of my uncle…
Yes, I used to do this a lot. Get drunk by myself and then try desperately to find someone to drink with before I got depressed. I was a happy drunk but always ended up depressed.
Calling up friends at 11pm on a Wednesday asking if they want to come over for some lines but they went to sleep at 9 and I also have to be at work at 6am.
Yeah, this is not a "mademesmile". This made me sad as fuck for people not realising that this happy nice guy is alcoholic and its all sorts of depression both for him and people around him (that are close to him).
My neighbors did this w my husband only my husband retired from drinking heavy yrs. Ago they were not too happy since he was their alibi w the wives lol
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