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On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:39:21 GMT, Wound Up <none@your.disposal> wrote:
>Spike wrote:
>> On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 17:53:04 -0700, "66 6F HCS"
>> <69ta_mustang@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've been drinking almost non stop since Monday night. I'm so beat up over
>>>the crap I've gone through in the last week and a half that I'm about to
>>>crack, seriously. lets see, two bottles of wine, two bottles of vodka, 3 six
>>>packs and 1 bottle of rum. HELP!!! I'm so ****ing depressed out here!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Everyone heals at their own pace, and in their own way, and don't let
>> anyone try to rush it for you. Booze is NOT the way. It leaves you
>> with two choices... never sober up for the rest of your life, or, if
>> you do sober up, expect things to be just as bad as they were, or
>> maybe even worse.
>>
>> Meanwhile, two things... Volunteer work, which takes your mind off
>> your problems and puts it to work on other people's problems, and the
>> old adage that "what does not kill us, makes us stronger."
>>
>> Me, I find humor, even demented humor, which is an emergency services
>> trademark, in pretty much everything I face. If I'm laughing, it's
>> pretty hard to cry. Like this sample I saved...
>>
>> Twas the night before Tookie's execution ...
>>
>> Twas the night before D Day and all through San Quentin,
>> the Crypts were protesting, and liberals were ventin'.
>>
>> The syringes were hung by the chamber with care,
>> in hopes that the reaper soon would be there.
>>
>> The inmates were nestled all snug in their beds;
>> except for Old Tookie, who soon would be dead.
>>
>> And me with my beer mug, dressed warm in my flannel,
>> had curled up to watch it, on the Fox News Channel.
>>
>> I set up my TIVO to record the news station,
>> and thoroughly loved the momentous occasion.
>>
>> It seemed lady justice had gotten her way,
>> and that there would be one less savage today.
>>
>> When outside the jail there arose such a clatter,
>> the cameras had turned to see what was the matter.
>>
>> When what to my civilized eyes did appear,
>> but a lineup of actors, all liberal, half queer.
>>
>> The misguided freaks drew some curious looks,
>> as they proclaimed his innocence; clutching his books.
>>
>> The tears then flew out from Sarandon's eyes,
>> as she nominated him again for the Nobel Peace Prize.
>>
>> The actors were tethered to an ACLU sleigh,
>> all towing the line of the urban decay.
>>
>> On Asner, on Penn, on liberal cop-haters,
>> On Sharpton, on Jesse and other race-baiters.
>>
>> Then at 12:01 all curled up like a beetle,
>> Tookie, defiant, cried like a bitch as they gave him the needle.
>>
>> When up from the actors there arose such a cry,
>> they had failed in their mission, and Tookie DID DIE !!
>>
>> I heard Bill O'Reilly say, as I turned out my light,
>> What a marvelous sightl ... there was justice tonight !!
>>
>> Tookie didn't even get a last toke...
>>
>
>A least meal? Shoulda given the poor bastard a last bowl.
>
>Way off topic but very amusing.
>
>On his bed, Tookie said, "hey, are you doin' this right?"
>Took, how many murders are you accountable for tonight?
Actually it was not really OT in the venue that it's an example of the
humor "even demented" which I was talking about as a coping mechanism.
And it is humorous to me... : 0 )
--
All these things the others Snakes have offered are good advice.
I think everyone here has had bouts of this type of thing, whether
depression,self doubt, uncertainty at work or personal issues etc.
I've literally worried myself ill about some job at work the next day and I
have ALWAYS found when that day came it was never as bad as you figured it
would be. I don't anymore. It's just a job now... and knowing that is a
great burden lifter.
Main thing is don't worry about shit you can't change. Know yourself and
think about the things you have done and can do. Use these things to your
advantage, work on the things you CAN change
Stop drinking for BAD reasons. Play your favourite music LOUD and not the
depressing stuff either! Call friends, get out go for a walk....
I know some of this seems like psycho babble but it is really just common
sense.
Good Luck and as Red Green sez "Keep yer stick on the ice. We're all pulling
for ya."
StuK
ThunderSnake #11
"66 6F HCS" <69ta_mustang@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:5tidnQyoQLHW_13eRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
> I've been drinking almost non stop since Monday night. I'm so beat up over
> the crap I've gone through in the last week and a half that I'm about to
> crack, seriously. lets see, two bottles of wine, two bottles of vodka, 3
> six packs and 1 bottle of rum. HELP!!! I'm so ****ing depressed out here!!
>
> --
> Scott W.
> '66 HCS Mustang 289
> '68 Ranchero 500 302
> '69 Mustang Sportsroof 351W
> ThunderSnake #57
> http://home.comcast.net/~vanguard92/
>
In article <e371s1p4tl2loh07dudgrlku3evme5bcro@4ax.com>, Spike
<jma@snowcrest.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:26:11 GMT, CobraJet <coiled@basking.hiss>
> wrote:
> > And now I have to deal with a parent who is
> >advancing into Alzheimer's in a big way, and is total denial that
> >anything is wrong.
> Can't be denial when they really don't know anything is different.
Well, I disagree. When someone is *shown* that they do or say or
think things that are flat out wrong or don't make sense on a daily
basis, and they reply by saying, "Oh, don't bother me", then yes, they
are in denial.
CobraJet wrote:
> In article <e371s1p4tl2loh07dudgrlku3evme5bcro@4ax.com>, Spike
> <jma@snowcrest.net> wrote:
>
>
>>On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:26:11 GMT, CobraJet <coiled@basking.hiss>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>And now I have to deal with a parent who is
>>>advancing into Alzheimer's in a big way, and is total denial that
>>>anything is wrong.
>>
>
>> Can't be denial when they really don't know anything is different.
>
>
> Well, I disagree. When someone is *shown* that they do or say or
> think things that are flat out wrong or don't make sense on a daily
> basis, and they reply by saying, "Oh, don't bother me", then yes, they
> are in denial.
>
It's an illness that slowly but surely reduces someone's ability to
think rationally. At first, this may be true, but eventually, logic
most unfortunately becomes moot.
On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:50:47 GMT, CobraJet <coiled@basking.hiss>
wrote:
>In article <e371s1p4tl2loh07dudgrlku3evme5bcro@4ax.com>, Spike
><jma@snowcrest.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:26:11 GMT, CobraJet <coiled@basking.hiss>
>> wrote:
>> > And now I have to deal with a parent who is
>> >advancing into Alzheimer's in a big way, and is total denial that
>> >anything is wrong.
>
>> Can't be denial when they really don't know anything is different.
>
> Well, I disagree. When someone is *shown* that they do or say or
>think things that are flat out wrong or don't make sense on a daily
>basis, and they reply by saying, "Oh, don't bother me", then yes, they
>are in denial.
>
> CobraJet
I had to take a 12 week state certified course to learn the ins and
outs... People can "appear" to be fully functional, but their mind is
projecting a distorted reality which to them appears absolutely real.
It can be progressive and get worse over time, or it can go straight
to total distortion. This is one of the reasons why, when my ex
flipped out, she accused me of all manner of abused, then says to her
son that she wants him to maintain the same relationship we had for 15
years, but to remember that (I) abused her throughout our marriage.
Then calls him a liar when he tells her what she said to him. Granted,
that is hypo-manic depression (hyper manics go straight to a padded
cell), but Alzheimer works in very much the same way. Her grandmother
lived for years that way. The last 6, she didn't even recognize her
own children, but sure had fun on the "playground" her mind told her
she was on.
--
I recommend copious amounts of BC grown herb! It helps me so much more than
booze when I'm depressed.
Merc
FE powered bong to cure the blues:)
Thundersnake#16
78 f-150 351M plow truck
"STUK" <BLOODYBRIGAND@TREBEK.COM> wrote in message
news:9b2dnVFPl50Hy1zeRVn-tA@golden.net...
> Brother Snake!
>
> All these things the others Snakes have offered are good advice.
>
> I think everyone here has had bouts of this type of thing, whether
> depression,self doubt, uncertainty at work or personal issues etc.
>
> I've literally worried myself ill about some job at work the next day and
I
> have ALWAYS found when that day came it was never as bad as you figured it
> would be. I don't anymore. It's just a job now... and knowing that is a
> great burden lifter.
>
> Main thing is don't worry about shit you can't change. Know yourself and
> think about the things you have done and can do. Use these things to your
> advantage, work on the things you CAN change
>
> Stop drinking for BAD reasons. Play your favourite music LOUD and not the
> depressing stuff either! Call friends, get out go for a walk....
>
> I know some of this seems like psycho babble but it is really just common
> sense.
>
> Good Luck and as Red Green sez "Keep yer stick on the ice. We're all
pulling
> for ya."
>
> StuK
>
> ThunderSnake #11
>
>
>
>
> "66 6F HCS" <69ta_mustang@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:5tidnQyoQLHW_13eRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
> > I've been drinking almost non stop since Monday night. I'm so beat up
over
> > the crap I've gone through in the last week and a half that I'm about to
> > crack, seriously. lets see, two bottles of wine, two bottles of vodka, 3
> > six packs and 1 bottle of rum. HELP!!! I'm so ****ing depressed out
here!!
> >
> > --
> > Scott W.
> > '66 HCS Mustang 289
> > '68 Ranchero 500 302
> > '69 Mustang Sportsroof 351W
> > ThunderSnake #57
> > http://home.comcast.net/~vanguard92/
> >
>
>
Merc wrote:
> I recommend copious amounts of BC grown herb! It helps me so much more than
> booze when I'm depressed.
>
Ever heard of a gravity bong?
I was introduced to this simple device in college, easily make from
ordinary household items (of course it is) and ended up with my heart
pounding 140x / min at rest (I counted, for fear of cardiac arrest),
hiding in a dark bedroom. Then, I calmed myself down, laughed
hysterically, and did another. And another. And then I played hooky
from class.
Best done with some good sticky, which it sounds like you've got. Uses
a lot per time. Usually, even serious potheads need no more than one
good one.
>
> Merc
> FE powered bong to cure the blues:)
>
> Thundersnake#16
> 78 f-150 351M plow truck
>
> "STUK" <BLOODYBRIGAND@TREBEK.COM> wrote in message
> news:9b2dnVFPl50Hy1zeRVn-tA@golden.net...
>
>>Brother Snake!
>>
>>All these things the others Snakes have offered are good advice.
>>
>>I think everyone here has had bouts of this type of thing, whether
>>depression,self doubt, uncertainty at work or personal issues etc.
>>
>>I've literally worried myself ill about some job at work the next day and
>
> I
>
>>have ALWAYS found when that day came it was never as bad as you figured it
>>would be. I don't anymore. It's just a job now... and knowing that is a
>>great burden lifter.
>>
>>Main thing is don't worry about shit you can't change. Know yourself and
>>think about the things you have done and can do. Use these things to your
>>advantage, work on the things you CAN change
>>
>>Stop drinking for BAD reasons. Play your favourite music LOUD and not the
>>depressing stuff either! Call friends, get out go for a walk....
>>
>>I know some of this seems like psycho babble but it is really just common
>>sense.
>>
>>Good Luck and as Red Green sez "Keep yer stick on the ice. We're all
>
> pulling
>
>>for ya."
>>
>>StuK
>>
>>ThunderSnake #11
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"66 6F HCS" <69ta_mustang@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:5tidnQyoQLHW_13eRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
>>
>>>I've been drinking almost non stop since Monday night. I'm so beat up
>>
> over
>
>>>the crap I've gone through in the last week and a half that I'm about to
>>>crack, seriously. lets see, two bottles of wine, two bottles of vodka, 3
>>>six packs and 1 bottle of rum. HELP!!! I'm so ****ing depressed out
>>
> here!!
>
>>>--
>>>Scott W.
>>>'66 HCS Mustang 289
>>>'68 Ranchero 500 302
>>>'69 Mustang Sportsroof 351W
>>>ThunderSnake #57
>>>http://home.comcast.net/~vanguard92/
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
In article <r6a3s1pauce33u7c4kspiqi9qupoo4agjf@4ax.com>, Spike
<jma@snowcrest.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:50:47 GMT, CobraJet <coiled@basking.hiss>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <e371s1p4tl2loh07dudgrlku3evme5bcro@4ax.com>, Spike
> ><jma@snowcrest.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:26:11 GMT, CobraJet <coiled@basking.hiss>
> >> wrote:
> >> > And now I have to deal with a parent who is
> >> >advancing into Alzheimer's in a big way, and is total denial that
> >> >anything is wrong.
> >
> >> Can't be denial when they really don't know anything is different.
> >
> > Well, I disagree. When someone is *shown* that they do or say or
> >think things that are flat out wrong or don't make sense on a daily
> >basis, and they reply by saying, "Oh, don't bother me", then yes, they
> >are in denial.
> >
> > CobraJet
> I had to take a 12 week state certified course to learn the ins and
> outs... People can "appear" to be fully functional, but their mind is
> projecting a distorted reality which to them appears absolutely real.
> It can be progressive and get worse over time, or it can go straight
> to total distortion. This is one of the reasons why, when my ex
> flipped out, she accused me of all manner of abused, then says to her
> son that she wants him to maintain the same relationship we had for 15
> years, but to remember that (I) abused her throughout our marriage.
> Then calls him a liar when he tells her what she said to him. Granted,
> that is hypo-manic depression (hyper manics go straight to a padded
> cell), but Alzheimer works in very much the same way. Her grandmother
> lived for years that way. The last 6, she didn't even recognize her
> own children, but sure had fun on the "playground" her mind told her
> she was on.
Yeah, it gets more involved than just Alheimer's. She does a lot of
what you just said. However, she has a "normal" demeanor that most
people think is just really sweet, but as soon as she thinks anyone is
trying to BS her or overcharge her or anything negative, she goes into
bitch mode and it's all downhill from there. She has been in more
verbal disputes with people in the last two or three years than I have
in my whole life (not counting Usenet). Don't even get me started about
Martian monsters, parallel worlds, or ghosts of relatives who hang out
with her at home. At this point I have to start weighing my legal
options, as she is misplacing funds and forgetting the rules of the
road. I don't see a good outcome here.
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:55:49 GMT, CobraJet <coiled@basking.hiss>
wrote:
> Yeah, it gets more involved than just Alheimer's. She does a lot of
>what you just said. However, she has a "normal" demeanor that most
>people think is just really sweet, but as soon as she thinks anyone is
>trying to BS her or overcharge her or anything negative, she goes into
>bitch mode and it's all downhill from there. She has been in more
>verbal disputes with people in the last two or three years than I have
>in my whole life (not counting Usenet). Don't even get me started about
>Martian monsters, parallel worlds, or ghosts of relatives who hang out
>with her at home. At this point I have to start weighing my legal
>options, as she is misplacing funds and forgetting the rules of the
>road. I don't see a good outcome here.
>
> CobraJet
>
Ahhhh... that sounds like MY grandmother who, after living alone out
in the country because she refused to give up the last of the original
homestead, and did anything and everything to get attention. Even the
people hired to stop in and help her, were really nice at first, then,
after they had heard all her stories for the umpteenth time, she began
to accuse them of stealing her blind, so the state would get her a new
helper. She claimed to be blind, but we got her a painting for
Christmas one year. She ask what the painting was of and we told her
"ducks on a pond", to which she replied... 'they're mallards." Musta
been ESP. : 0 ) I'm just waiting for my folks (75 and 80) to start...
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