THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THOSE AROUND THEM

I CAN SPEAK FROM YEARS OF BEING ONE!
AT THE TIME I DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT!

THE WHO, HOW, WHY AND THE EFFECTS TO THOSE THEY THINK DOES NOT EFFECT THEM AND THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM AT ALL.

I COULD POST ANY AND ALL LINKS HERE!
BUT! I WOULD LIKE TO TELL MY OWN STORY.

IT STARTED WAY BACK!
IN THE MID 1960'S.

MY SISTER MARRIED AN ALCOHOLIC, WIFE BEATER, CONVICT, SPENT MORE TIME AT THE BAR THAN AT HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND SON.
I WOULD GO THERE DURING THE SUMMER AND MY SISTER WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK CARE OF ME.
AND I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER STORE AND BUY MY BROTHER-IN-LAW THE BEER.
BOTH HIM AND I WOULD THINK HE WAS SO COOL (BY THE 60'S STANDARDS OF COOL!) HE WOULD GIVE ME A BOTTLE OF BEER AND WE WOULD WATCH TV AND DRINK THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.
HE EVEN TAUGHT ME HOW TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE!

THEN LATER IN THE 1970'S!
I WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY BEER ON MY OWN!
BECAUSE I LOOKED OLDER THAN I WAS AND IT WAS SO EASY TO BUY IT FROM ANY,DELI STORE OR WHATEVER!!

I WAS EVEN ABLE TO BUY CIGARETTES FOR MY BOTHER-IN-LAW AS WELL!
BUT! THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

THEN WHEN I WAS 17!
I GOT MY FIRST JOB!
AND WENT TO RESTAURANT'S AND ORDER BEER, WINE!
IT WAS THAT EASY.

EVEN MY SO-CALLED FRIEND!
USED ME TO BUT THE HARD STUFF.


IT'S BEEN SAID!
THAT THE LAST PERSON TO KNOW WHO'S AN ALCOHOLIC!
IS THE ALCOHOLIC THEMSELVES.

"ALL IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD BUT ME"!

IS WHAT THE ALCOHOLIC THINKS AND SAYS TO HIM/HERSELF!

THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM.
ARE EVEN MUCH WORSE!

THE FAMILIES OF ALCOHOLICS SUFFER THE MOST!!!!

THE WIFE, KIDS.
EVEN THEY! ARE NOT SURE JUST WHEN AND HOW TO TALK TO THEM.
FOR FEAR OF HOW S/HE WILL RESPOND, REACT WHEN EVEN TALKED OR ASKED SOMETHING.

THERE WAS A BAR NEAR ME.
AND EACH AND EVERY FRIDAY!
THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH CUSTOMERS.

SOME OF THEM WERE OUTSIDE YELLING ON THEIR CELL PHONE TELLING THE WIFE TO "GET THE ELECTRICITY BACK ON"!!!!!!

IT SEEMS! THAT MEN ARE SOMEHOW BROUGHT UP TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S THEIR RIGHT TO DRINK UP THEIR TAKE HOME PAY AND LET THE WIFE WORRY ABOUT THE REST!

I WAS LIKE THAT!

I DID NOT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING!
AS LONG AS I HAD MY BEER!
THAT WAS ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW!

I DID SEEK HELP!

I LATER FOUND OUT THAT MY DRINKING PROBLEM WAS BECAUSE OF ME WANTING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT SOMETHING!
AND DRINKING WAS ONE PLACE WHERE I WAS!

THE JOBS THAT I HAD AT THAT TIME!
I HATED THEM!!!!

I WAS A SHIPPER AT THEN THE OLDEST PRINTING CO. IN TOWN.
THEN A WAREHOUSEMAN.
I HEAR THOSE JOBS ARE BASICALLY!
FOR THE MINORITIES.

THE MOST THAT I EVER HAD AT ONE TIME IN MY LIFE!
WAS 2 1/2 CASES OF BEER EACH AND EVERY WEEK!
BOUGHT ON THURSDAY!
GONE!!!!
BY THE WEEKEND (IF THERE WAS ANY LEFT BY THEN!).


LATER!
I DID CONTROL IT.
BUT! SLIPPED BACK TO WHERE I WAS BEFORE.

AT THAT TIME I WAS A SECURITY GUARD.
AND THE HOURS I KEPT WERE SO GRUELING!!!
BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO GO ANYWHERE! EVERYWHERE!!!

AND AT THAT TIME I NEEDED SOMETHING TO HELP ME SLEEP BY.
AND AGAIN!!!! THERE WAS THE BEER!

NOT W/O HARDSHIP TO THOSE I LOVED EVEN THOUGH!!!!
THEY DID IN A WAY LOVE ME.
BUT! SINCE THAT TIME!

THINGS HAVE CHANGED FOR THE WORSE!
I WILL NOT GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT IT HERE!

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY!
THAT! THE REASON WHY I AM WRITING THIS.
IS BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF SOMEONE DOES READ THIS AND KNOWS SOMEONE WHO IS ONE!
CAN HELP AND POINT TO THIS POST AND SOMEHOW UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY OR YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC.
THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!!!!!!!

I'M GOING TO LET YOU DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!
ARE YOU ONE?????







SIGNS OF ALCOHOLISM - Bing
SIGNS TO LOOK FOR!

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IN MEMORY OF JFK

I KNOW!
THAT I HAD A POST ABOUT JFK.

BUT THIS ONE IS FROM MY OWN LIFE & TIMES GROWING UP AND VIEWS ABOUT THAT TIME AND PLACE IN MY LIFE WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT JFK.

WHERE WERE YOU AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO JFK? I THINK THIS I WILL ALWAYS BE ON EVERYONE'S MIND FOREVER PLUS TWO DAYS!

HE GAVE US HOPE, TRUST, RESPECT TO US AS A NATION.
A NEW VISION FOR AMERICA!
SO FAR! NO PRESIDENT HAS EVER EVEN COME CLOSE!

IN MY FURTHER READING OF JFK.
I FOUND THAT WHEN HIS FATHER JOSEPH P.KENNEDY WAS AMBASSADOR TO THE UK.
JACK WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL TO MANY COUNTRIES AND THAT IS WHAT MADE HIM WHO HE WAS.

BIO OF JFK

IN SEARCH OF JFK

HERE IS A MAN!
WHERE HE AND WE COULD SEE TOMORROW!
WHEN OTHERS COULD NOT!
FDR CAME CLOSE!
BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO JACK!

IN OUR GENERATION!
HE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS AND WE WILL ALWAYS BE THINKING "WHAT IF"?

FROM WHAT I READ.
HE KNEW PEOPLE.
TO ME HE SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU!
NOT AT YOU!
HE WAS MORE THAN THE "PRESSING OF THE FLESH" KIND OF MAN.

HIS WIFE JACKIE!
HAD THAT ONE OF A KIND WAY ABOUT HER.
AND HOW SHE RELATED TO THE PEOPLE OF OTHER LANDS.
NO FIRST LADY EVER COMES EVEN CLOSE TO HER.


WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED.
I WAS AT HOME AND WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS.
I DID NOT AT THAT TIME.KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

THEN LATER ON.
IT HIT ME.
I REMEMBER I WAS AT  MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND SHE WAS CRYING WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS LATER THAT SAME EVENING AND THE NEWS MADE IT OFFICIAL RIGHT THERE ON THE TV SCREEN "PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS DEAD".

I WAS SEVEN ROUNDING EIGHT YEARS OLD (ON NOV. 25 ,1963 I WOULD BE TURN 8).

IT WAS SO VERY QUIET!!!!!
THE WHOLE AREA THE STREETS.
NO CARS MOVING ALL WAS A STAND STILL BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE TIME WHEN THINGS WERE LIKE THIS "9/11".

I DON'T RECALL! ANYTHING OPEN.
ONLY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WAS RUNNING.
ALL THREE (AT THAT TIME THERE WERE ONLY THREE TV STATIONS) WERE CARRYING THE PRESIDENTS FUNERAL ALL DAY (AND IT SEEMED!) AND ALL INTO THE NIGHT.NOTHING ELSE BUT THAT!

I REMEMBER MY MOM.
SAYING THAT THE PRIEST WHO DID A READING FROM THE BIBLE.
AS HE WAS READING FROM IT THE WIND BLEW A PAGE OVER BUT HE KEPT ON READING.

THE ETERNAL FLAME!
WHOEVER THOUGHT OF IT!
GENIUS!
I KNOW! I WOULD NOT EVEN HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT NAME.

TO ME!
HE HAD ALL THE THINGS WE NEEDED AT THAT TIME!
AND THEN SOME!

WHAT WE NEED!
EVEN THOUGH!
WE CANNOT GET JFK!
WE DO NEED A JFK TYPE.
AND A JACKIE TYPE AS WELL.
TO BRING BACK STYLE AND CLASS TO THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN!

EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT MEET!

R.I.P. JFK!

DEAR FRIEND!

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The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself

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This is one of the songs of the Bacharach-David songwriting team.
Before Dionne Warwick made them a household name!

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CONSUMERISM STRIKES AGAIN!

I AM ONE THAT DOES NOT LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MUCH OF ANYTHING! BUT! SO FAR! I HAVE FOUND 3 COMPANIES THAT ARE SO VERY ANYWHERE FROM! IGNORANT, IGNORING, UNCARING AND ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO MORE!!!!! NO LESS!!!!!!!!! ABOUT THE CONSUMERS! THEY ARE ((((DRUMROLL)))))!!!!!!!! ASSURANCE-WIRELESS (O & O BY VIRGIN MOBILE USA), DOMINO'S PIZZA, PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA!

FIRST! ASSURANCE-WIRELESS! THIS IS WHAT I FIRST THOUGHT WAS A CLASS CO.!
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!
THE CSR'S (AS THEY CALL THEM "SERVICE ADVISER'S" VERY MISLEADING IN ITSELF!) THIS IS A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED CELL PHONE COMPANY THAT IF QUALIFY CAN GET A FREE CELL PHONE WITH 250 TALK/250 TEXT MINS. EACH MONTH.
THE ISSUE HERE!
IS THE CSR'S DO NOT KNOW WHICH END IS UP 24/7!
EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM WILL GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT RESPONSE TO THE SAME QUESTION EVEN WHEN YOU EMAIL THEM!

THEN! IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH!
WHEN IT COMES TIME TO RE-CERTIFY!
YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS TO DO SO.
1. CALL THE RE-CERTIFICATION LINE.
2. ASK FOR THE PAPERWORK TO BE SENT BY MAIL.
3. TALK TO A CSR AND DO IT.

KEEP IN MIND!
ALL THREE OPTIONS BEGIN AND END RIGHT WHERE YOU START!

I THINK THAT THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF AMAZON HAS A MUCH BETTER GRIP/HANDLE ON HIS CO. THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF VIRGIN COMPANIES DO NOT!
THIS! IS FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCES I SPEAK FROM!

SINCE THAT TIME.
I HAVE SWITCHED TO SOME OTHER CELL PHONE CO..
ONE'S LOSS! IS ANOTHER ONE'S GAIN!

NEXT! IS DOMINO'S PIZZA!
DURING THE FREE GIVEAWAY OF THEIR ARTISAN PIZZA.
THEY LIED FROM START TO THE END!
I HAVE EMAILED THEM THREE TIMES! BOTH TIMES NO RESPONSE AT ALL!

NEXT! PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA!
FROM WHERE I AM!
THE CLOSEST STORE IS three MILES APART FROM ME!
DO YOU EVEN THINK!
THEY WOULD MAKE SURE!
THAT THEIR CUSTOMERS HAVE A STORE IN THE CLOSEST LOCATIONS AS DO PIZZA HUT AND (UGH!) DOMINO'S DO?

NO!!!!!!!
THEY INFORMED ME THAT!
THEY LET THEIR STORE OWNERS DECIDE HOW FAR THEY ARE WILLING TO GO!

PERHAPS!!!!
WITH THIS POSTING THAT THEY WILL BE LISTENING AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS BOTH NEAR AND FAR!

DOUBT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ALSO!
WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO POST HERE AS WELL.
IN HOES FOR THESE AND OTHER COMPANIES TO START LISTENING AND BE MORE RESPONSIVE THAN JUST GIVE LIP SERVICE TO US!
THE ONE'S THAT THEY DEPEND ON FOR THEIR INCOME BOTH FOR THEIRS AND THE SHAREHOLDERS AS WELL!!!

IT'S NOT A MATTER OF NAMING NAMES!
BUT! WITH THE WAYS AND MEANS THAT CONSUMER'S HAVE BEFORE THEM!
IT IS THE USE THAT MAKES IT SO POWERFUL FOR US!!

NO.1. "IF YOU DON'T LET IT BE KNOWN"!
"THEN NOTHING GETS DONE ABOUT IT"!

I HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE SAY TO ME!

"KEEP QUIET"!
SIT DOWN AND JUST TAKE IT"!
PLEASE REFER TO RULE NO.1 !!!!!!!!!

A BUSINESSMAN BY THE NAME OF STEW LEONARD!
HAD A BUSINESS.

AND HE HAD THIS SIGN THAT READ: RULE NO.1 "THE CUSTOMER IS SWAYS RIGHT"!
RULE NO.2 "IF YOU THINK THE CUSTOMER IS WRONG"! "ALWAYS REFER TO RULE NO. 1"!

HE BECAME A SUCCESS IN HIS BUSINESS!!!!!

UNFORTUNATELY! EVEN IN TODAY'S BUSINESS CLIMATE!
BUSINESS STILL DOES NOT GET IT RIGHT AT ANY TIME!

THOSE WHO DOES (LIKE WALMART DOES! FAULTS AND ALL!) ARE THAT MUCH AHEAD OF THE GAME!!!!!!!

IF!!! YOU ARE A BUSINESS THAT IS RUN BY PEOPLE WHO YOU NEED THEIR MONEY TO STAY AFLOAT IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO OR HOW YOU DESCRIBE THEM TO BE!

IF YOU DO NOT TREAT THE CUSTOMER RIGHT AS YOU WOULD WANT IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!

YOU "WILL"! GO DOWN IN FLAMES!

YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY CUSTOMER AT ANY TIME AT ALL.

BECAUSE OF THE WAY TODAY'S BUSINESS AND RETAIL IS!!!!!
THEY (THE CUSTOMER!) AND DO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE WHEN NOT TREATED RIGHT!

WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!!!
WHERE ARE YOU THEN????????