Yes I fell

[griZZly64]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

N00b, threads like this are not for jokes and ribbing of the poster. You shouldn't have to be tols that.

my post was neither. i've never understood being on the wagon for such a long time. is it that you can only drink in excess?

[allen_kcCard]

Originally Posted by griZZly64

my post was neither. i've never understood being on the wagon for such a long time. is it that you can only drink in excess?

For some, drinking isn't as simple as having a couple and then stopping. It is a cycle of having a couple, and then a few more later, and being far from drunk, but still havign had 5 drinks in a few hours. Keep that up, and then start tossing in some drinks with friends where you have 8 in a couple hours. Go home, have a couple more with a pizza. '

Take that example and you might think it sounds fine if you aren't needing to be "on the wagon" but for some, that becoms a habit that expands to being every day life, and then they get to where even those 8 beers with friends hardly effect them, so they have to drink more to get the same buzz, and the cycle grows. For those people....the only way to stop the cycle is to never take a drink.

I knew a guy from my hometown that donated blood every single chance he could, and his reason was that it was the only way that he could feel anything off of a 12 pack of beer. So he would have a carton of cigaretts and 12 pack of beer cold and waiting for him after each donation. That is the type that needs the wagon to get things on track.

Good luck Smed. Talking about things helps, so vent away.

[griZZly64]

Originally Posted by allen_kcCard

For some, drinking isn't as simple as having a couple and then stopping. It is a cycle of having a couple, and then a few more later, and being far from drunk, but still havign had 5 drinks in a few hours. Keep that up, and then start tossing in some drinks with friends where you have 8 in a couple hours. Go home, have a couple more with a pizza. '

Take that example and you might think it sounds fine if you aren't needing to be "on the wagon" but for some, that becoms a habit that expands to being every day life, and then they get to where even those 8 beers with friends hardly effect them, so they have to drink more to get the same buzz, and the cycle grows. For those people....the only way to stop the cycle is to never take a drink.

I knew a guy from my hometown that donated blood every single chance he could, and his reason was that it was the only way that he could feel anything off of a 12 pack of beer. So he would have a carton of cigaretts and 12 pack of beer cold and waiting for him after each donation. That is the type that needs the wagon to get things on track.

Good luck Smed. Talking about things helps, so vent away.

WOW. Great story. Pretty ridic. Thanks for explaining.