Why is the GOP so afraid?

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ClearwaterVol said:
Honestly, I never believed in alcoholism until about a year into the marriage. She did a good job of hiding it.
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I've had about 10 friends die of drug abuse and at least 5 were related to heroin. That being said, watching alcoholics on Intervention is the most painful IMO
 
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FLVOL69 said:
Jesus Christ man , that sux but personally I would have abandoned ship long before that, but that's just me. Sneaky devils they be..
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My dad was a moonshine alcoholic. Didn't have to be shine, but it was his choice. When I was too little to know better he'd "take me fishing" and pick up a quart jar of "honey" from his "beekeeper" moonshiner. Come back to the car, and take a sip. "Gooood honey"! Not until several years, houses, jobs, and the courts taking his house later, a couple of more court dates losing everything he had then one where his five kids were taken away by one of his best friends growing up who became the county judge.

Finally hit me, the "beekeeper" didn't have any hives. In fact, none of them did. Used his own kid as a cover to go get his alcohol.
 
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Alcoholism is hard. When I was married to her, I thought my will power would be enough to stop her from drinking. I emptied the house of booze. I didn't drink. I cut off her funding for alcohol. She'd drink the rubbing alcohol in the house. She drink hand sanitizer, the vanilla anything she thought would do the trick. I went through numerous home detoxes with her, she went to short term rehab (less than 30 days), long term rehab (some more than a year) and she would still come out and get messed up. The last few times she hasn't been drinking, but she started doing DXM (cough suppressant pills). It is definitely a sad spiral that nobody but the afflicted individual can stop.

When my daughter was 7 she had to call the police on her mom because she was going to drive. The cops baker acted her mom and took her away in a police car. I was incredibly proud of my daughter because just calling the police was a display of courage that I am not sure I could have followed through on. It was a shame she had to see so much so early, but she is a strong willed good hearted kid which is a curse and a blessing of its own.

But my point was, before I digressed into story time was that alcoholism is very real and impacts friends and family as much as it impacts the drunk.
 
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Orangedogsrule said:
My dad was a moonshine alcoholic. Didn't have to be shine, but it was his choice. When I was too little to know better he'd "take me fishing" and pick up a quart jar of "honey" from his "beekeeper" moonshiner. Come back to the car, and take a sip. "Gooood honey"! Not until several years, houses, jobs, and the courts taking his house later, a couple of more court dates losing everything he had then one where his five kids were taken away by one of his best friends growing up who became the county judge.

Finally hit me, the "beekeeper" didn't have any hives. In fact, none of them did. Used his own kid as a cover to go get his alcohol.
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Sad story man, I'm by no means making fun of alcoholism, it's a disease and should be treated as such.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
Alcoholism is hard. When I was married to her, I thought my will power would be enough to stop her from drinking. I emptied the house of booze. I didn't drink. I cut off her funding for alcohol. She'd drink the rubbing alcohol in the house. She drink hand sanitizer, the vanilla anything she thought would do the trick. I went through numerous home detoxes with her, she went to short term rehab (less than 30 days), long term rehab (some more than a year) and she would still come out and get messed up. The last few times she hasn't been drinking, but she started doing DXM (cough suppressant pills). It is definitely a sad spiral that nobody but the afflicted individual can stop.

When my daughter was 7 she had to call the police on her mom because she was going to drive. The cops baker acted her mom and took her away in a police car. I was incredibly proud of my daughter because just calling the police was a display of courage that I am not sure I could have followed through on. It was a shame she had to see so much so early, but she is a strong willed good hearted kid which is a curse and a blessing of its own.

But my point was, before I digressed into story time was that alcoholism is very real and impacts friends and family as much as it impacts the drunk.
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In my eyes it takes courage to share a life tragedy as this to total random strangers on a community message board. My thoughts & prayers go out to your ex-wife with her addiction to alcohol & I hope she will break the hold that's been placed on her. As I pretty much disagree with you on the political side of things & think that you are a total a-hole at times on here I have a lot of respect for you for what you've been through. I wish you & your family the best of luck & happiness from here on out.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
Alcoholism is hard. When I was married to her, I thought my will power would be enough to stop her from drinking. I emptied the house of booze. I didn't drink. I cut off her funding for alcohol. She'd drink the rubbing alcohol in the house. She drink hand sanitizer, the vanilla anything she thought would do the trick. I went through numerous home detoxes with her, she went to short term rehab (less than 30 days), long term rehab (some more than a year) and she would still come out and get messed up. The last few times she hasn't been drinking, but she started doing DXM (cough suppressant pills). It is definitely a sad spiral that nobody but the afflicted individual can stop.

When my daughter was 7 she had to call the police on her mom because she was going to drive. The cops baker acted her mom and took her away in a police car. I was incredibly proud of my daughter because just calling the police was a display of courage that I am not sure I could have followed through on. It was a shame she had to see so much so early, but she is a strong willed good hearted kid which is a curse and a blessing of its own.

But my point was, before I digressed into story time was that alcoholism is very real and impacts friends and family as much as it impacts the drunk.
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This thread has been derailed and maybe there should be a thread on this topic because I'm almost certain everyone here has a family member or friend that has alcohol or drug problems, but I commend you for trying your best to help her.
I have a nephew that has had drug problems most of his adult life. He is in rehab in Delray Beach, FL again for the umpteenth time and his parents are at a dead end with him.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
In my eyes it takes courage to share a life tragedy as this to total random strangers on a community message board. My thoughts & prayers go out to your ex-wife with her addiction to alcohol & I hope she will break the hold that's been placed on her. As I pretty much disagree with you on the political side of things & think that you are a total a-hole at times on here I have a lot of respect for you for what you've been through. I wish you & your family the best of luck & happiness from here on out.
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I am an ahole at times. Just view the politics as a nice diversion. I don't have any personal issues with anyone on here. I don't put people on ignore and the back and forth $hit talking is just fun. You can't take offense to what is said here because you never really know whether the views espoused are deeply held or just troll statements. My personal opinion is that the posters on here have a lot more common ground than they realize and the differences aren't insurmountable, but we've been conditioned to demonize based on nothing more than (R) or (D).

Thanks for the good wishes and right back at ya.
 
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I just seen a gay black man dressed like a woman walking in to targets. Don't worry about me though I have my car doors locked and gun ready if he tries to convert me to gayism. Picture coming soon.
 
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