Teenage drinking is preferable to doing hard drugs, but I do have to wonder where teens get the money from to sustain their habit(s)? Are you a parent that just doles out pocket money because you feel guilty because you can’t spend as much time as you’d like with your kid(s) (because you’re busy putting …
Football vs. Soccer: A Real Drinking Match
I still get annoyed when I have to call Football by its American term: Soccer. You think I’d get over it after over four decades of living in the USA! Why mention this? Well, I’m from the UK originally, and I’ve lived in sunny central Florida for the past 40+ years. I just heard that …
As The Stomach Turns
It’s funny how easily your stomach turns its nose up at odors you once found pleasant but now abhor. A couple of nights a week, hubby pops himself a beer. Nothing wrong with that. He can handle alcohol and finds that one beer is enough — just enough to relax him after a long day at …
High Time To Quit The Addiction Cycle
Guest Post by Alex Hello, it’s Alex here. I’ve noticed that when someone is a drinker or smoker, they may have a genetic reason for doing certain behaviors. It may be an action they had no real desire to start but may have been predisposed if that gene was a dominant one in their DNA …
I Was So Drunk At A Keg Party – My Eye Popped Out
Guest Post by Alex We would typically have a keg party on the weekends when school was in session. I was a member of a social fraternity at a small Midwestern college. During one keg party, I remember getting so drunk and I had to blink really hard to clear my vision. Lo and behold, …
Take A Break From Booze
Do you need to take a break from booze? You know I’m a proponent of quitting booze totally. A site visitor asked me the other day about going on a cleanse. I fought the urge to say, “No way!” and sat back and thought about her question a little bit more before jumping down her …