RE: New Zealand - you gotta be this old to have rights.
December 10, 2021 at 5:55 pm
(This post was last modified: December 10, 2021 at 5:57 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(December 10, 2021 at 5:11 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(December 10, 2021 at 5:05 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: You've led a sheltered life.
Hardly. I worked as a bouncer at a busy CW watering hole for years... I have seen countless cases of "instant assholes" - just add alcohol.
(December 10, 2021 at 5:10 pm)Brian37 Wrote: As a tobacco addict, I wish someone had stopped me. The crap about "will" is just that.
A spine is a prerequisite to will....
@onlinebiker
I believe you. I couldn't work out how else you would say something so stoopid. You have no way of knowing such a thing. You thing battered wives wear a sign? The bruises don't always show.
My experience is having worked for Federal Social Security for 25 years. Saw a large number of women applying for a Single Parent's pension. A significant number were battered wives. Not hard to pick once you have them sat down in a private room.
Also saw a large number of homeless kids trying to get some support. Learned early on that happy kids do not run away from home. Most of them had endured some form of gross abuse.
@Brian37
I started smoking at 17. By the time I quit I was 53 and smoking 70 a day. The motivation was not wanting to die. Giving up smoking was the hardest thing I've ever done.
I do not criticise smokers because I'm aware that nicotine is more addictive than heroin. It's an awful addiction. It can almost be seen as a socially acceptable way to commit suicide. (although it has become much less socially acceptable in the last couple of decades.)
Even today, I often crave a smoke, especially after a meal, even though I'm pretty sure I would vomit.
Same goes for drinking; I quit in 2002. Also a very hard thing to do. In AA alkies still drinking are known as "suffering alcoholics". To be addicted is to suffer. That's the thing, neither the non addicted nor most doctors know much about addiction. I was lucky. I found the only doctor is South Australia specialising in addiction.
I wish you success in your journey to non addiction. I won't detail how I did it. I've never believed the fatuous claim "if I can do it anyone can". It's simply not true .
