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Liars!

Of course, "fuck you ociffer" is the only answer in tune with the TONE.

The TONE died out here, along with sobriety.

like absinthe, it's passe.

I certainly am not! I just happen to enjoy sleeping under the table like this!

Be patient, Jack. The results only reflect those of us who have been sober enough to find the keyboard yet.

Its flame is still burning in my heart, so it's dead no longer.

Maybe it's just something you ate.

Lack of alcoholism is what makes this place boring.

And for the record, I'm a drunk, not an alcoholic.

Why fight history.

Define Alcoholic.

You.

Hmmm. That's what my wife keeps saying.

Sobriety lives. I've given up drinking to make the Lounge less boring.

Yeah, I really think you're doing it backwards.

Not the first time, won't be the last.

I'll hafta say, I haven't been able to tell a difference.

I've given it up too . . .


as they say "just for today"

Good luck with those DTs...

And for the record, I'm a drunk, not an alcoholic.(oops, edited off the quote brackets)


The difference between being a drunk and an alcoholic is that you don't have to attend any meetings!

So many lies.

So true.

I consider myself a functional alchoholic.

When (if) I can no longer get it up, I'll cease to be functional.

Let's be clear.
Alcoholism is defined as alcohol dependency.

Which is not to be confused with alcohol abuse.
And that's really a misnomer because it's not the alcohol that's being abused so much as my liver.

Someone misspelt ocifucker.

I fought against the bottle
but I had to do it drunk

Actually, you're wrong. They've recently redefined the meaning of "alcoholic." You don't have to be dependant anymore...

What do you have to be?

I think it has more to do with the reactions you get
(from the alcohol)

Djirk is partially correct...the recent definition of alcoholism is when alcohol affects your life in a negative way and you allow it - there doesn't have to be any chemical dependancy. B'lieve me, I argued with my ex-shrink on that one....

Alive.

Your shrink is livin' in psychobabble land. The above is 1 good indicator but not difinitive by any means. Say your wife is against drinking at all and gives you hell for having a couple of beers a week, does that make you an alcoholic?

Say you were followed coming out of a bar (set up as it were) by a cop who was watching the joint and gave you a ticket for driving with a .08 BAC -- you wound up having to go to ASAP classes. Does that make you an alcoholic?

Say your basement is loaded with aging booze, you make your own beer and are obsessesed with booze spending most of your time hanging around in bars or online alcohol posting boards AND continue drinking even though it's had negative effects on your life (loss of jobs, marriage . . .). OK, in that case, you are probably an alcoholic.

There are also many examples of successful peope who are/were alcoholics and have not suffered negative consequences.

Now if the above is true and you have also had "blackouts" and the shakes, you qualify as an alcoholic as opposed to a social drinker or even an abuser sans dependence.

I don't really drink anymore, rummy.

Have you invented a new term for it or is the operative term really?

Me, I drink a glass or two about 4-5 evenings a week and if anything, it improves my quality of life.

I'm just hoarding booze since I'm allergic to cats.

I'm allergic to 'em too!


and children!

The conversation with my ex-shrink was about you.

Your ex-shrink comes in a bottle (ooops, there goes confidentiality)!

A shrink?


Why do you need to pay someone to tell you what you think.

It was probably the booze talking anyway.

You make it sound like a bad thing.

I fired that ex-shrink, hence the "ex" part...

Good move. Better to spend the money on booze anyway.

Ok, so my liver which now appears to be "mildly increased in it's echogenecity suggesting fatty infiltration" does not qualify? Good.

I feel better now.

Think how much better you'd feel if you stayed the fuck away from Doctors.

i'll drink to that!!

I aint gonna drink no more.

Unless I am by myself,

Or with somebody.

RIP R.L. Burnside

How to tell if you're an alcoholic.