Do you or a loved one have a drinking problem?

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Originally Posted by 51jay

I spent 3 years in Darwin, leaving just after cyclone Max. I have never before seen so many people who thought it was normal social drinking to get through a carton or 2 every day. More on weekends of course.

I worked in the Psyche unit at Darwin Hospital. During the wet season we would get a few young blokes in with full on Delirium Tremens. They had been stranded in the bush for a week or more and run out of grog
Incidently I helped a mate sail his boat from Bris to Darwin early last year and didn't recognise any of it. Even the airport was in a diferent place :o I don't know about now but back then I think a significent portion of the population were never ever sober.

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When I moved to Katherine in 1980, the Northern Territory had the highest alcohol consumption per capita in the world and Katherine had the highest alcohol consumption per capita in the NT.

2500 people and 53 police officers stationed there, we also had the highest police / population ratio in Australia if not the world as well. She was a wild wild town and yes many people were constantly drunk - Darwin was bad but nothing in comparison to Katherine at that period

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Originally Posted by bob10

So, you are either not a good listener, [ sometimes people who imbibe too much have something on their mind, and just need a sympathetic ear] ,or you want to be the centre of attraction. You dont sound like you have many mates, because mates dont" hang around" people, they're there because they enjoy the company of the people they are with, and they look after the people they are with. It sounds to me like you mix with a lot of very shallow people. Cheers, Bob

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I wasn't even talking about my mates (re-read the post please), but thanks for your blunt assessment of my social life. I'll pass those comments on to my "mates" so they can do some soul searching and develop some depth to their character.

My issues with alcohol come from being a spectator to it's worst effects. I'm not trying to be a killjoy. I expect you'd also have a hard time getting a lighthearted response on the topic of child abuse from a child psychologist.

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Originally Posted by rovercare

Beer doesn't satisfy thirst, it dehydrates you

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It's a testament to the power of advertising that everyone believes "a hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer". ;)

I wonder if anyone at the AMA thought to pursue VB over that claim.

I was subjected to a Methodist upbringing at school. We were always taught to keep well away from alcohol, as consumption may lead to dancing. My wife and I have a waltz each and every night.

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Originally Posted by Scallops

I was subjected to a Methodist upbringing at school. We were always taught to keep well away from alcohol, as consumption may lead to dancing. My wife and I have a waltz each and every night.

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PRICELESS! :D

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Originally Posted by solmanic

I wasn't even talking about my mates (re-read the post please), but thanks for your blunt assessment of my social life. I'll pass those comments on to my "mates" so they can do some soul searching and develop some depth to their character.

My issues with alcohol come from being a spectator to it's worst effects. I'm not trying to be a killjoy. I expect you'd also have a hard time getting a lighthearted response on the topic of child abuse from a child psychologist.

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Point taken, your even handed response was appreciated, I too have seen its worst effects, and lived with them. Bob.

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Originally Posted by Scallops

I was subjected to a Methodist upbringing at school. We were always taught to keep well away from alcohol, as consumption may lead to dancing. My wife and I have a waltz each and every night.

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It's the Baptists who don't approve of dancing, not the Methodists. That's why they prohibit people from having sex standing up.

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Originally Posted by Scallops

I was subjected to a Methodist upbringing at school. We were always taught to keep well away from alcohol, as consumption may lead to dancing. My wife and I have a waltz each and every night.

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And too much dancing leads to...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyreul5Cvsw"]YouTube - ‪Leo Sayer & the muppets - You make me feel like dancing‬‏[/ame]

Leo Sayer and Muppetses!

And if you overindulge in dancing for too long you get The Wiggles.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwy1x0-cZaI]YouTube - ‪The Wiggles ~ You Make Me Feel Like Dancing‬‏[/ame]

just plucked them out of your favourites file huh Simon,,,,:p