Thread: An apology.... again...

Hey John, I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve had a “few too many” in the last 3 years. My wife reckons my booze bill in the last 6 months would have bought us a new kitchen and I have had the odd day where “it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere”. My psych told me when this started 3 years ago to “do whatever gets you through, and if that turns into an alcohol problem we can deal with that later”. She’s a treasure.

I’m not alone and in some way it makes the loss more tolerable, but in others it makes little difference to the profound sense of loss.

I have investigated getting a keyboard with an alcohol lock on it. I too have read stuff I’ve posted and wished I hadn’t, but if I hadn’t posted it I wouldn’t have learned from it.

Solidarity.

Originally Posted by Tins

Recently, I created a thread about a documentary I wished to share. I believed then, and still believe now that it is something worth your while watching. Obviously some folk disagree. Fine. I find it difficult to accept that folk will attack something BEFORE they see it, but that happens all the time these days.
In the ensuing ‘debate’ I voiced opinions, which I stand by. However, I was quite abusive to some. That is not normally me. I have become quite vocal in the past few years as I despair at where this social media groupthink is taking us. But that doesn’t excuse my behaviour that night.
I’d like to explain a little. I have a problem with alcohol. It became far worse when my partner died and I was left almost totally alone, for four years now. When I began that thread I had been looking forward to the video, and had been imbibing in anticipation. I simply could not understand the negativity towards something I thought to be important, and I said things I regret.
I am saying this to offer reasons. There is no excuse for my behaviour. If I offended you I hope you can accept my apology and at some time forgive me.

Its interesting John. Just listening to a pod cast about a pom and an Aussie international student who oddly got right into believing qnon. They stopped on had a amazing revelation due to what many conspiracy types still think is proof. A former POTUS saying "hot diggerty dogs" I am Joking- it was other words used which proved to some who didn't understand or look at what was words used for decades before by that person not a trigger as claimed

'This much is true' pod cast. link

What is fascinating about the two people in the pod cast is they both have a trait or two you just shared. One of them went to a religious path the Pom went to a qnon for a few years before seeing 'truth' can be more an opinion in their cases. My own black hole of possibly over zealot theories might be uranium energy, Hydrogen pyrolysis, E.V.s or my kids

Forgiving is a topic I chuckled at yesterday. Sitting with a Conversion person ( Political canadaite) A cool Butcher joined us for a minute and dropped the line 'never forgive the truck driver that almost killed me' Gordon was driving a car which failed to give way. A V.W. not a truck and he is quite a nice elderly gent whose wife had died recently. The VW was her car.

'This much is true' If I was a grumpy sod, I would not know that and would not be scheduled for a coffee with him later this week to bore him with my marathon plans and similar guff

Forgive me too sir