tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post4599492778863357075..comments2024-01-01T15:38:28.710-05:00Comments on The Immortal Alcoholic: Surviving the Chaos: I drink because I'm depressed, I'm depressed because I drink...Linda Bartee Doynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01820717772193440848noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-62249038474862347392019-04-03T21:16:12.122-04:002019-04-03T21:16:12.122-04:00I'm 64 and still drinking. both my parents wer...I'm 64 and still drinking. both my parents were alcoholics and my mother died at 62 from malnutrition, she drank and smoked herself to death. she was 68 pounds when she died. my sister was a smoker and died 11 years ago at 62 from a stroke, my brother died of suicide 10 years ago. after drinking a bottle of j.d. he took a fork to his wrist and litterally dug the life out of him. he was 62. his daughter had the pleasure of finding him, she had 3 small children at the time. i have 1 sister left and she never drank or smoked but is 120 pounds overweight and on oxegine 100% of the time. i live in a beautiful home with a beautiful woman, my wife and we even have a few bucks in the bank. i just can't seem to quit drinking and it pisses me off, but apperantly not enough do do something about it.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-12495413730340224642018-02-19T01:16:26.481-05:002018-02-19T01:16:26.481-05:00I hope you keep blogging. You have a lot to offer ...I hope you keep blogging. You have a lot to offer the world, and at this time, the world needs some experience, strength and most especially, hope.<br /><a href="http://www.addictionrehabcenters.com/" rel="nofollow">Rehab center Indianapolis</a>pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128134885970566172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-51660641300086858502016-09-03T22:08:47.210-04:002016-09-03T22:08:47.210-04:00Mice don't think!!!!!Mice don't think!!!!!Shearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811803419193535856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-64045857510302927482016-09-03T22:04:55.155-04:002016-09-03T22:04:55.155-04:00Love it.... I've never drank before but I am d...Love it.... I've never drank before but I am drinking g now... Thank you! May God be with all of us!Shearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811803419193535856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-88658775354998494312015-08-18T19:51:40.069-04:002015-08-18T19:51:40.069-04:00Joe -- I don't think it is a quote from anyone...Joe -- I don't think it is a quote from anyone or anything. It's just a title I came up with. I may have heard it somewhere, but I have no idea where. Sometimes I hear things and they just sit there in my head until I can use them. -- Linda<br /><br />The Immortal Alcoholic's Wifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-45556194733660167302015-08-10T17:14:01.237-04:002015-08-10T17:14:01.237-04:00"I drink because I'm depressed, I'm d..."I drink because I'm depressed, I'm depressed because I drink." A source for this quote? Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983941101235364279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-62567373624924225372015-08-10T17:12:57.007-04:002015-08-10T17:12:57.007-04:00"I drink because I'm depressed, I'm d..."I drink because I'm depressed, I'm depressed because I drink." Is there a source for this quote? Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983941101235364279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-69747923331418883702014-08-19T08:45:03.686-04:002014-08-19T08:45:03.686-04:00There must be available help for those who are dep...There must be available help for those who are depressed and alcoholic, whether they’re famous or not. It’s pretty hard to start a battle against those advertisements about alcohol, but we shouldn’t stop stating our opinions against alcohol. Aside from wasting your money in a bottle of vodka, you’ll also suffer from the headache and nausea after your “happy hour.” Whoever you are and whatever you do, it’s best to reach out to those who are alcoholic and help them in their way to sobriety. Thanks for sharing your encouraging thoughts, Linda! I’m sure you'll post more encouragement to all your readers. :)<br /><br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/+MidwestInstituteforAddictionStLouis/posts?hl=en" rel="nofollow">Donnie Benson @ Midwest Institute</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006396940688672195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-81025533814268113552014-08-16T17:43:18.199-04:002014-08-16T17:43:18.199-04:00I am so sorry for Robin Williams and his family. ...I am so sorry for Robin Williams and his family. My father committed suicide because of depression. He did not drink....in fact, I never saw him touch a drop of alcohol in my whole life.....but, he could not beat depression. His suicide left a huge hole in my heart, as I was only 23 at that time. Now, being 40 years later....I wish I could have helped him in some way. Depression is a demon so many cannot beat.....and coupled w/alcohol, it can surely be deadly. RIP Robin Williams. My prayers for you and your family.copinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06760345888033220505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-52739123375902954022014-08-15T10:22:12.046-04:002014-08-15T10:22:12.046-04:00Psychological Projection
Psychological projection...Psychological Projection<br /><br />Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence in themselves, while attributing them to others. WikipediaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-20994946187704260912014-08-14T08:46:59.038-04:002014-08-14T08:46:59.038-04:00I saw a mouse struggling in a glue trap. I wonder ...I saw a mouse struggling in a glue trap. I wonder if it thought about how it shouldn't be there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-42438987667382673362014-08-12T23:58:40.023-04:002014-08-12T23:58:40.023-04:00You are saying what I have been thinking about my ...You are saying what I have been thinking about my husband. After the detox before last, I knew that he so needed help with what depresses him and I felt like they had only addressed the alcoholism and that was why he just relapsed again. He has issues he has never faced about his own mother dying from her alcoholism when he was a teenager. In those days the doctor gave him some strong pills to relax and make it through the funeral. They probably had alcohol to cope too. Never did he, his brother and father have a chance to work through their grief and I feel like that is the root of the depression. I recently drove my husband to his mothers grave and he simply sat there and wept. I hope that will be the beginning for him to find his way out without any alcohol or pills to dull his senses. It's a battle everyday for all that are afflictedLakesideladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670246239269697590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-11604707187314860272014-08-12T13:21:20.039-04:002014-08-12T13:21:20.039-04:00It is indeed a sad thing that people make the deci...It is indeed a sad thing that people make the decision that living is more painful than dying. But I do believe that sometimes, no matter whether alcohol is involved or not, people get to a point in which depression is so overwhelming that all hope is lost. That is a dark black hole that I have seen more than one person travel into.<br /><br />I have read that alcoholism co-occurs with other disorders, depression being one. I believe that. And I do believe that there is the physical craving, the mental obsession, and a spiritual malady in real alcoholics. Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6759421079279172044.post-32403535815303800582014-08-12T06:22:30.697-04:002014-08-12T06:22:30.697-04:00I think the programme he was on at Hazelden will h...I think the programme he was on at Hazelden will have been good for what he was suffering. Why do I say that? 10 years ago this summer I was in a residential rehab in the UK - based on a programme similar to the Hazelden one, when set up 20 years before the counsellors were known as the Minnesota Mafia!<br /><br />The programme there told me that I was an alcoholic as I was using alcohol to treat my depression. Personally I'm not sure if I'm a depressive alcoholic of an alcoholic who is depressed... which comes first becomes meaningless once you are over a certain point in addiction in my mind.<br /><br />Whatever today I'm sad that Robin lost his battle, also, and this tells me I truly am an alcoholic, I'm glad it wasn't me that failed today.Furtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.com