Drinking Advice, Help needed.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Hi Glan.
I hope you wont be to old to have a drink of Felinfoel when you get home.
Cheers Des

[John Gill]

having read hurriedly through Kongs alarmingly detailed doom laden lesson on the evils of drink and especially the warnings concerning the Liver, i am now resigned to a speedy demise. seems that particular organ was named after the city of my birth--Liverpool. Hey-ho, when i go i'll go happy.
gilly

[Keith at Tregenna]

Hi Glan.
I hope you wont be to old to have a drink of Felinfoel when you get home.
Cheers Des

Look what happens on a night on the Feeling Fowl (Felinfoel) :

One chap shares his experiences about about drinking and driving. As you well know, some have been known to have had brushes with the authorities on there way home from the odd social session over the years.

Well, he did something about it: a couple of nights ago on a night out for a few drinks with some friends had a few too many whiskeys as well as Felinfoel's and some rather nice claret; but knowing full well he may have been slightly over the limit, did something he'd never done before - took a bus home. He arrived back safely and without incident which was a real surprise, since he'd never driven a Bus before.

K.

[Ray McCerery]

Still like a couple of pints of Stella or San Mig a day and a packet of fags a day, Never been bad with either up to now !!, Grandad the same he died at 84 so canna complain if I last as long.


Ray

[Ivan Cloherty]

Still like a couple of pints of Stella or San Mig a day and a packet of fags a day, Never been bad with either up to now !!, Grandad the same he died at 84 so canna complain if I last as long.


Ray

Hi Ray

The only time you'll start to worry about that statement is when you are 83!

[Willie Saunders]

Or 83.99, even!

[Captain Kong]

having read hurriedly through Kongs alarmingly detailed doom laden lesson on the evils of drink and especially the warnings concerning the Liver, i am now resigned to a speedy demise. seems that particular organ was named after the city of my birth--Liverpool. Hey-ho, when i go i'll go happy.
gilly

Hi Gilly,
I havent given up the drink, despite my sons book and his Medical warnings, I enjoy a pint or two or three every week and wine with my dinner and my tot or two of Glenfiddach every evening.
I was repeating what he has to deal with everyday. in his job as a Hepatologist and Liver transplants. There are only 7 Liver transplant units in the whole of England and Wales,.But they do not always have a bed so no transplant even tho` they have a donated liver. That happened to Bernie, a friend of mine, sent home after being called in for one.
His biggest `customers`today are the kids of 16 years of age who are actually dying of Liver failure. No help can save them it is too late at that age.
A lot of kids drink a bottle of Vodka, before they leave home for a night out then they can consume a lot more than that while they are out and their livers have completely gone including other organs which start closing down due to the excess alcohol.
He has a terrible job explaining to the kids and their parents that they are dying with no possible help. they are too far gone. So very sad, when they are weeping and pleading for help when there is no hope.
He appeared on BBC TV in May in his hospital showing the results of that kind of drinking.
.
"You cannot go happy" Gilly, if it has got you then you die an extremely painful long drawn out death from which there is no relief until death closes you down.
Until then...
Cheers
Brian, who is just about to open a bottle of 14% red wine for dinner.

[E.Martin]

Way back in 1952 had been on leave and was on my way by train to report to Joe Shell office in London.
I got talking to a bloke who told me he was going to London to try and get a job with Cunard,he had been coasting and had a EDH ticket.
He came with me to Shells office and finished up signing with Shell.
Two weeks later we both got a telegram to join one of Shells supertankers STS Caprella (28,000 ton) we were on her for 7 months.
We sailed together on 5 differant ships over a period of 4 years.
Rod my mate hardly knew the differance between a pint of mild and a Brown Ale,we had lots of piss ups on board ship and differant parts of the world,he was clever and a good seaman but I see him grow into a hard core alcoholic.
I would be involved in lots of sessions buit never needed a livener next morning, I could drink or not drink.
I saw Rod in some funny old states and up to a point did look out for him.
I married and got a job ashore Rod carried on seagoing and finished up dead in the Maracaibo Lakes,his body was found two days after the ship sailed,he is buried in Maracaibo.
What I am getting at is two differant people one could drink with no problems,the other was on his way to the grave after his first drink.
I have said this to lots of people you are a alcoholic before you ever take a drink that first drink starts you off.
Myself I am eighty and I still like a drink but I dont think I would like to get into any heavy sessions.

[alf corbyn]

hi lads. i have been known to drink 22 pints of double diamond then drive others home who were incapable. i was captain of our dart team and was used to drinking. i remember going to the lyceum in the strand every two weeks on rock n roll saturday nights. coming home i was so p88ssed that i just drove and someone would say turn right turn left. how i never had an accident i will never know. now i will have a pint at a meetup or xmas, but otherwise i never touch achohol. i don't miss it and feel better for it alf

[happy daze john in oz]

Alf mate, any one who can drink that much DD deserves a medal. Like most UK beers I could not take to them, much prefer the ice cold lager style. Warm beer never appealed to me.