Hafnia Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Funny isn't it - alcohol has been in existance for thousands of years - you start off taking it to fit in and prove you can "handle it" and boast that you can do 12 pints and be ok. Then as the years take their toll the same person tries to disguise the fact that they actually can put away 12 a day.... the ultimate succesful state of being a human being is the person who has the ability to be indifferent to what is effectively "a lethal addictive drug". You can't be teetotal - that creates suspicion - but you can't be a drunk as that creates ridicule. Has anyone ever done the 30 days or so off it and seen how many of their drinking pals react almost "irritated" by it? For me along with smoking - alcohol is the most wicked trick that society has played on humans. The reversal of the brainwashing will take many more years. One of my friends is going teetotal and has replaced ale for running and he says its a better high.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Funny isn't it - alcohol has been in existance for thousands of years - you start off taking it to fit in and prove you can "handle it" and boast that you can do 12 pints and be ok. Then as the years take their toll the same person tries to disguise the fact that they actually can put away 12 a day.... the ultimate succesful state of being a human being is the person who has the ability to be indifferent to what is effectively "a lethal addictive drug". You can't be teetotal - that creates suspicion - but you can't be a drunk as that creates ridicule. Has anyone ever done the 30 days or so off it and seen how many of their drinking pals react almost "irritated" by it? For me along with smoking - alcohol is the most wicked trick that society has played on humans. The reversal of the brainwashing will take many more years. One of my friends is going teetotal and has replaced ale for running and he says its a better high.... If he's got a drinking problem, I sympathize. I know how hard that can be to a person. But driving around in an incredibly powerful sports can, knocking someone off their bike and hitting a petrol pump is beyond a drinking problem, it's plain irresponsible. Being sacked by the club might give him the jolt he needs to get his life back on track before he ends up killing himself or someone else. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newty82 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 12 pints Haf?! 12 whole to the rim filled pints? Fuck me. Not a chance I did that challenge. After 1 pint I get giddy, 2 pints giddy and rude with a bit of cock showing, 3 pints...I'll dance, 4 pints I'll do anything...don't know if I ever finish the 5th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 12 pints Haf?! 12 whole to the rim filled pints? Fuck me. Not a chance I did that challenge. After 1 pint I get giddy, 2 pints giddy and rude with a bit of cock showing, 3 pints...I'll dance, 4 pints I'll do anything...don't know if I ever finish the 5th. did 13 pints of Guinness 1 night in uni. Never.... Again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete0 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 He's on 50k a week, no doubt he has been warned by the club and offered help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 12 pints Haf?! 12 whole to the rim filled pints? Fuck me. Not a chance I did that challenge. After 1 pint I get giddy, 2 pints giddy and rude with a bit of cock showing, 3 pints...I'll dance, 4 pints I'll do anything...don't know if I ever finish the 5th. Used to routinely drink minimum four pints, often more, during work lunch break with an occasional short at the bar "on the way out". Then back down at 5.30 for opening time for several more. Wasn't just me, it was virtually everyone who worked for the company (including one of the directors). Most would then drive home. I'd either get a lift, get a train or ride my motorbike (not something I'm proud of but drink driving was almost acceptable back then, had nowhere near the stigma it rightly has now). Then I'd go to my local for a few more with my mates. Probably averaged around ten pints a day but would have hit the twelve on many occasions. Completely insane looking back on it but it was normality at the time, and was for a lot of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Used to routinely drink minimum four pints, often more, during work lunch break with an occasional short at the bar "on the way out". Then back down at 5.30 for opening time for several more. Wasn't just me, it was virtually everyone who worked for the company (including one of the directors). Most would then drive home. I'd either get a lift, get a train or ride my motorbike (not something I'm proud of but drink driving was almost acceptable back then, had nowhere near the stigma it rightly has now). Then I'd go to my local for a few more with my mates. Probably averaged around ten pints a day but would have hit the twelve on many occasions. Completely insane looking back on it but it was normality at the time, and was for a lot of years. Blimey Mike - how did you not end up in a bad rehab kinda way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Blimey Mike - how did you not end up in a bad rehab kinda way? I didn't. Detoxed during a three week spell on a psychiatric unit in 1989 (at twenty-nine, supported by work) then went back to it before full on rehab for ten months in 1994. Left the company and left London, didn't touch a drop then for 15/16 years. Now I can take it or leave it, still partial to the odd "session" but that's now three or four, five at a stretch. Too bloody expensive apart from anything else! MC11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 I didn't. Detoxed during a three week spell on a psychiatric unit in 1989 (at twenty-nine, supported by work) then went back to it before full on rehab for ten months in 1994. Left the company and left London, didn't touch a drop then for 15/16 years. Now I can take it or leave it, still partial to the odd "session" but that's now three or four, five at a stretch. Too bloody expensive apart from anything else! Some say 90 days off an addiction re wires the brain to pre addiction. Glad you got back to the land of living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Did jury duty a couple of weeks back, every case involved alcohol.The accused was pissed, the victums were pissed, witnesses were pissed, made for a bit of a dilema, who the fuc% to believe. ps......don't mean they were actualy drunk in court, that would be just too funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Shit me I need to detox. I have a Friday night bottle of red with the missus on fajitas night which isn't so bad. But if I go out on a Sunday afternoon with my close friend it often turns into 8 or 9 and i feel like crap for work the next day. I can honestly take it or leave it but admit to peer pressure at 42 as my friend loves his Sunday afternoon drinks. Feeling that I should slow it down now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted August 20, 2015 Report Share Posted August 20, 2015 Shit me I need to detox. I have a Friday night bottle of red with the missus on fajitas night which isn't so bad. But if I go out on a Sunday afternoon with my close friend it often turns into 8 or 9 and i feel like crap for work the next day. I can honestly take it or leave it but admit to peer pressure at 42 as my friend loves his Sunday afternoon drinks. Feeling that I should slow it down now. Family life and work responsibility has made me question it. When I do the odd month off I wonder why I drink because I feel great, it's social situations and the habit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 You can't defend what he's done the silly pisspot wants to spurn an opportunity and lifestyle most of us would dream of and potentially end someone else's He needs potting then the book thrown at him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Shit me I need to detox. I have a Friday night bottle of red with the missus on fajitas night which isn't so bad. But if I go out on a Sunday afternoon with my close friend it often turns into 8 or 9 and i feel like crap for work the next day. I can honestly take it or leave it but admit to peer pressure at 42 as my friend loves his Sunday afternoon drinks. Feeling that I should slow it down now. You need a detox? I'm usually through a bottle of red a night! But its good for you, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Drink in moderation like me matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFC-Paul Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) So they say Matt but I thought it was only women that drank the devils piss Edited August 21, 2015 by EFC-Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 It is [emoji38] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 So they say Matt but I thought it was only women that drank the devils piss You've never had Swiss wine then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Drink in moderation like me matt I do! I changed from the big glasses to the little ones, but they get empty quicker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shukes Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 You need a detox? I'm usually through a bottle of red a night! But its good for you, right? Haha yes I do admit as I have got older I have started to appreciate a good red more. And less of a headache for me....and never get sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanmckenzieismagic Posted August 26, 2015 Report Share Posted August 26, 2015 http://thestar.ie/darron-gibson-caught-on-camera-night-before-his-arrest-for-drunken-hit-and-run/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouse Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 still radio silence on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted August 31, 2015 Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 still radio silence on this? yeah i'm very surprised too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/462326/Darron-Gibson-Everton-drink-driving-charge-Trafford-Magistrates-Court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think he will get 2 year ban and community service. Really he should get a month in prison. I know someone who was over the limit before Christmas holidays and got 2 weeks in Walton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think he will get 2 year ban and community service. Really he should get a month in prison. I know someone who was over the limit before Christmas holidays and got 2 weeks in Walton. Different rules for people like Gibson :shaking fist: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Different rules for people like Gibson :shaking fist: . Tony Adams wiped out a garden wall in his Sierra cosworth, 4 times over the limit. 4 months he got, served 2 months. Should be standard. It will stop them. Edited September 1, 2015 by Hafnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Blue Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Failing to stop will be the serious bit, especially as he hit a cyclist and a petrol station. I would imagine 6 months down to 3 months prison time. Edited September 1, 2015 by London Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 The Mirror are reporting he has pleaded guilty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Just said that on ssn too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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