oh i know all about her. she's been in the news alot. to me this is not rape. i know the law says that but the kid knew damn well what he was doing. so if a 17 yr old bangs a 16 yr old it's cool, but not if he bangs a 19 yr old bc he is underage ? sorry i don't get that.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...882d00d/ss_ben-affleck-checks-into-rehab.html back to rehab for Affleck. Sorry but this is your 3rd time. speaking from experience, you can beat this if you want too. you just don't seem to want to quit drinking.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...n-officials-reveal-cause-death-124647091.html wow. so she didn't die from drugs, an overdose or her past eating disorder battles. she died from drowning in a tub. wtf.
That's like Whitney all over again...just because drowning in the tub was the final blow doesn't mean all that other shit wasn't a huge part of why she died.
ok but she was drunk/intoxicated and passed out and went under the water and drown. toxicology proved clear for drugs. wasn't Whitney a mess with drugs when she died?? how you don't wake up from the water is beyond me but she could've been drunk as a skunk.
Catfish, you do know one of the guys that started AA died an activity drinking alcoholic? The psychological part of quitting alcohol and drugs can be very hard for some people to overcome. Doesn’t mean that they don’t want to, just that they don’t have the fortitude to fight through the issues that influence them to get buzzed.
hogwash. that's a cop out and excuse. you don't think i wanna drink? me? every friday night was a trip to the beer store. 8pm friday and saturday nights was beer time in my recliner with the tv on for 27 yrs of weekends. i lived for it. i loved it. i couldn't wait for it. i gave it all up without any medical care cold turkey bc i wanted to live. if i kept drinking, i would be dead by now or shortly thereafter. that's the difference. you need to make sobriety the most important thing in your life to pull it off. not get 30 days dry and think you're cured like so many celebs do. you need to personally want to quit in your gut. you can't do it half-ass or "i'll quit this time." it's not some wishy washy choice. it's all-in or nothing. affleck doesn't seem to want to make that commitment to himself. sobriety comes from within. affleck doesn't have that within him yet or he would've quit and stayed sober by now. in my local AA, there was a 65 yr old man named "Tom" who relapsed 3 times last year and came back each time to get his 24 hr coin after a 30 day stay in a hospice. after the second time, i was like this is the "boy who cried wolf." to me it doesn't work like that. either all-in or nothing. do you know why i can't go back Gid ? two reasons, i really think my body would reject it and kill me. #2 - after all the speeches and lectures i gave. after all the emails i've written about my journey the last 2 yrs, 4 months and 2 weeks, if i relapsed now, all that roadwork is over. all my grandstanding is over. all my "tougher than now over alcohol persona" is over. i can't go back bc no one would believe me next time i was serious to quit after relapsing after the first time. affleck doesn't seem serious enough to really quit or else he would have.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...lecting-donations-via-gofundme-174819733.html funny due to shrewd negotiating, she got more money from Gilligan's island than the rest of the cast. now she needs money. well so do a lot of people and they are not asking for money.
I think will power has a tremendous amount to do with it and some people have it more than others. I also believe there are pre-determined factors through genetics as well. The variables are different for all people. It’s really difficult to criticize those who are there trying. Yoda or Bruce Lee would probably disagree, but effort really does count to at least a degree. Success is the goal and you won’t get there without trying. Also, people with addiction issues should be shown some sympathy and care like those who suffer from cancer or other “respectable” diseases.
halo - i wish more people felt that way. i do feel bad for Affleck and Tom, but it still must come from within ! it's more than trying. it's telling yourself "i can't do this anymore." you can't go at this half ass. My parents both drank and were alcoholics. My Mom died in 1993 of cirrhosis of the liver. she was only 59. my oldest sister just turned 60. she outlived my Mom. I was against drinking and didn't drink in High School. Got to college and drank but my first year was tame. beers here and there. then i met some transfers my sophomore year and the party was on. the rest of my 20's and 30's were weekends only. most of my 40's were weekends only as well until the very end. love the Yoda reference.
I do drink but very little and intermittently. I’m usually happy enough with weed and I do blow on the regular and yo-yo-ing between cocaine and alcohol is for the most part a bad idea. Your body will feel like complete shit. I’ll probably be drinking less for the upcomg future as well. Lifestyle changes do happen.
I don't drink during the week, and I've been scaling back my beer consumption. But I still love a good IPA or a martini (gin; stirred, not shaken).
