Let me start off by saying that this is a true story and I'm not looking for sympathy from the members by telling it as a matter a fact I'm a little pissed off that it came to this. My hope is that if there is someone out there in FABO land that is heading down this dark trail then hopefully they'll get some help and STOP.
My story starts out with me moving up to northern Alberta back in 77 to start a new job and shortly there after I met a gentleman who would be one of my friends for the last 30 years. We worked for the same company and I learned quickly that (I'll call him Bob) Bob liked to drink whiskey, as did we all, but at first just on weekends. As it later turned out I introduced Bob to his soon to be wife who was actually the sister of my soon to be wife. Bob started drinking heavily every day from the mid 80's till present day and yes myself and my wifes family tried on several occasions to get him into AA but Bob swore up and down that he wasn't an alcoholic. It didn't help that his wife, my sister in law, started drinking everyday about the same time and of course wouldn't admit the obvious either. Over the past 25 yrs. Bob has lost 4 high paying jobs (100K/yr) cuss he drank on the job, he lost his immediate family because they couldn't stand being around him and he lost his son for the same reason. Thankfully his 2 daughters and wife stood becide him all the way to his death bed.
Yup you guessed it, last night Bob died from alcohol abuse. Bob was 51 yrs old and if you saw him you'd swear that he looked 75, his heart gave out last month then finally his kidneys and liver over the last week. Bob was 70 lbs on his death bed, before he started drinking heavy he was 175#'s and 6 foot 2. The rest of this sad story is I give his wife 6 months before she follows Bob. Now I get to be one of Bobs pall bearers and I hate funerals with a passion especially funerals for someone who died for nothing.
So I guess the moral of this story is if you are like Bob was, someone who can't make it through the day without a drink, if you drink at work or if you go out every weekend and get gutter drunk then get some god damed help. Nobody that matters will think any less of you if you admit to yourself that you are an alcoholic and phone AA. The rest is easy when you consider the consequences of what will eventually happen to you.:angry7::angry7::angry7:
Terry
My story starts out with me moving up to northern Alberta back in 77 to start a new job and shortly there after I met a gentleman who would be one of my friends for the last 30 years. We worked for the same company and I learned quickly that (I'll call him Bob) Bob liked to drink whiskey, as did we all, but at first just on weekends. As it later turned out I introduced Bob to his soon to be wife who was actually the sister of my soon to be wife. Bob started drinking heavily every day from the mid 80's till present day and yes myself and my wifes family tried on several occasions to get him into AA but Bob swore up and down that he wasn't an alcoholic. It didn't help that his wife, my sister in law, started drinking everyday about the same time and of course wouldn't admit the obvious either. Over the past 25 yrs. Bob has lost 4 high paying jobs (100K/yr) cuss he drank on the job, he lost his immediate family because they couldn't stand being around him and he lost his son for the same reason. Thankfully his 2 daughters and wife stood becide him all the way to his death bed.
Yup you guessed it, last night Bob died from alcohol abuse. Bob was 51 yrs old and if you saw him you'd swear that he looked 75, his heart gave out last month then finally his kidneys and liver over the last week. Bob was 70 lbs on his death bed, before he started drinking heavy he was 175#'s and 6 foot 2. The rest of this sad story is I give his wife 6 months before she follows Bob. Now I get to be one of Bobs pall bearers and I hate funerals with a passion especially funerals for someone who died for nothing.
So I guess the moral of this story is if you are like Bob was, someone who can't make it through the day without a drink, if you drink at work or if you go out every weekend and get gutter drunk then get some god damed help. Nobody that matters will think any less of you if you admit to yourself that you are an alcoholic and phone AA. The rest is easy when you consider the consequences of what will eventually happen to you.:angry7::angry7::angry7:
Terry
