[Magdalen] I've really grown to hate the Fourth of July

[Jay Weigel]

I drank a LOT in college and for a while after, but decided it wasn't a
good idea when I started having babies, so dialed it WAY back. Didn't drink
at all for 10 years. Then took to wine with meals on special occasions. The
late ex continued to drink, occasionally quitting for as long as 9-10
months; I don't think he ever made it for a year. Drank a fair amount of
wine when I was traveling, but it didn't affect my performance in the
least. Now I'm back to wine with meals when I feel like it, rarely more
than one glass.....although S/O and I did kill an entire bottle of vinho
verde (aka "summer in a glass") one evening recently. Much hilarity ensued.
But I can pretty much take it or leave it.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can *really* hold my liquor but never really partied hearty too much after
> leaving college... even went months without booze, wine or anything in the
> house except at holiday times, special occasions or if someone would bring
> it as a hostess gift... and since meeting my good friend 'Jim' almost 5
> years ago my drinking has become a 'weekend thing'... helped me pack on 30
> pounds really quick a few years ago... : (
>
> Lynn
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
>
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> From: "flyingfish224--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2015 4:56 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Cc: <flyingfish224 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] I've really grown to hate the Fourth of July
>
>  In a message dated 7/3/2015 2:25:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> thedonboyd at austin.rr.com writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> maybe  some people are just jerks wherever they go.  Particularly if
>>>>> they're  drunk.>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah yes, the proverbial drunk.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is sickening, but at the same time fascinating to see how  different
>>>>> people react differently to too much booze.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've known drunks in their cups who act silly, and some are actually
>>>>> funny.  Others go through a darker personality change, and  become
>>>>> angry and really nasty.
>>>>>
>>>>> With my brother, drinking usually turned into an attempt to relive  his
>>>>> childhood, and I got the "Mom liked you more" business.
>>>>>
>>>>> With me it was sleepiness.  I fell asleep in some very dangerous
>>>>> places and situations.  That I wasn't rolled and dumped on the  street
>>>>> is nothing short of a miracle, and has convinced me that I was made
>>>>> to do something else besides becoming a drunk, TBTG.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> David Strang.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> bills,
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>>>>
>>>>