"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message news:<ciu6sr$9lr$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
> Well that didn't go as planned, its 10.48am & I'm on my second can of
> Special Brew. I hate being an alcoholic I kid myself that if I give up I
> won't be able to have a pint with my friends down the pub, the truth is my >friends & family gave up on me a long time ago.

Hello again, SB. I'm glad you came back. So you posted yesterday and
you didn't manage to follow through *this* time but you still posted
again today. And, not only that, you sound like you've got a pretty
good handle on what's going on.

You reminded me a lot of ME when you mentioned the look you sometimes
get when you buy your cans. I remember that well.

I used to shop around a few stores to try and avoid any one shopkeeper
measuring up my habit but I guess they all knew the score. You said it
yourself (in as many words, anyway...): that stuff ain't brewed for
anyone but alkies, everyone knows it, and no-one else but alkies
drinks it!

Here's something else that rang a bell. Three days off the sauce,
feeling a bit better, then off to the races again. With me (not
speaking for you, here) I'd be back on full-time, retching my guts up
every morning, not being able to eat, anxiety ripping outa me,
gastritis, shakes, and all the rest. Brutal.

I don't much about acamprosate (sp?) but I *am* a big supporter of
anyone who takes a drinking problem to a doctor. I respect that a lot,
in fact.

Check in again, SB, good luck tomorrow and follow the good doctor's
orders! ;-)

Cheggs

Phoned in sick at work & spent the day in bed. Will check in again when I
feel more human. It's bloody awful atm, throwing up one end, shits the
other.
"Cheggers" <cheggers2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ffb957f.0409232131.39f0c2da@posting.google.co m...
> "Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
> news:<ciu6sr$9lr$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
>> Well that didn't go as planned, its 10.48am & I'm on my second can of
>> Special Brew. I hate being an alcoholic I kid myself that if I give up I
>> won't be able to have a pint with my friends down the pub, the truth is
>> my >friends & family gave up on me a long time ago.
>
> Hello again, SB. I'm glad you came back. So you posted yesterday and
> you didn't manage to follow through *this* time but you still posted
> again today. And, not only that, you sound like you've got a pretty
> good handle on what's going on.
>
> You reminded me a lot of ME when you mentioned the look you sometimes
> get when you buy your cans. I remember that well.
>
> I used to shop around a few stores to try and avoid any one shopkeeper
> measuring up my habit but I guess they all knew the score. You said it
> yourself (in as many words, anyway...): that stuff ain't brewed for
> anyone but alkies, everyone knows it, and no-one else but alkies
> drinks it!
>
> Here's something else that rang a bell. Three days off the sauce,
> feeling a bit better, then off to the races again. With me (not
> speaking for you, here) I'd be back on full-time, retching my guts up
> every morning, not being able to eat, anxiety ripping outa me,
> gastritis, shakes, and all the rest. Brutal.
>
> I don't much about acamprosate (sp?) but I *am* a big supporter of
> anyone who takes a drinking problem to a doctor. I respect that a lot,
> in fact.
>
> Check in again, SB, good luck tomorrow and follow the good doctor's
> orders! ;-)
>
> Cheggs

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:33:36 +0000 (UTC), "Special Brew" <no@go.com>
wrote:

>Major & I do mean major alcoholic. First day sober tomorrow 23/09/04.

As you're learning ... tomorrow never comes.

--
Blue Moon

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message news:<cj27e3$3o1$1@hercules.btinternet.com>...
> Phoned in sick at work & spent the day in bed. Will check in again when I
> feel more human. It's bloody awful atm, throwing up one end, shits the
> other.

Yep, remember it well, and it doesn't get much worse than that. Well,
for some people, it actually gets a *lot* worse than that, but what
I'm saying is, I empathize. Based on my own experience I wouldn't be
at all surprised if you were wedging in cans here and there between
bathroom visits. My bathroom trash can was often full of bottles and
cans.

Look back in again soon, SB, always room for another alkie around
here.

Cheggers
Who put it all down to Irritable Bowel Syndrome for quite a long
time...

On 22 Sep 2004 20:45:21 -0700, Cheggers <cheggers2004@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Off topic, mention of Special Brew (the beer, not the poster) brings
> back many memories. You US-based alkies have been sorely denied that
> particular European "beer of the gods" to quote a fan's website.
>
> Coming in at a cool 9%ABV (if memory serves) it aims to please and
> truly is the breakfast of champions. Not to mention lunch. And supper.
>
> That stuff is *foul.*

We do have a product with the same name here, but it's a weak
fruit-flavored malt beverage with only 6% ABV.

But to appease the true alkie, we still have MD 20/20, a ghetto wine
cooler with 13% ABV that comes in a quart bottle.

anon <anon@anonn.com> wrote in message news:<2roerkF1cpnviU1@uni-berlin.de>...

> We do have a product with the same name here, but it's a weak
> fruit-flavored malt beverage with only 6% ABV.
>
> But to appease the true alkie, we still have MD 20/20, a ghetto wine
> cooler with 13% ABV that comes in a quart bottle.

Ah, MegaDeath 20/20, the global ghetto lubricant. OR is that WD-40?
They both do the job in a pinch, I'm sure.

Thanks anon. Working up a thirst here...

Cheggs

: Ah, MegaDeath 20/20, the global ghetto lubricant. OR is that
WD-40?
: They both do the job in a pinch, I'm sure.
:
: Thanks anon. Working up a thirst here...
:
: Cheggs


lol!

Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober for six days
so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each day goes
on.

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober for six
> days so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each day
> goes on.

Happy to hear this, Mr. Brew!

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
news:ck5oe4$3fs$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober for six
> days so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each day
> goes on.

Dude! Welcome aboard. I'm not pushing this, just suggesting it, but
meetings really help and especially at the beginning.
Stay with it.
Dan