tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7418067986039614257.post1550602781344112704..comments2023-05-12T10:57:10.158-04:00Comments on Rambling Follower: After Whitney Houston's Death: Reflections From A Grateful AlcoholicAllisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16021781602272064901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7418067986039614257.post-14712283121927229482012-02-13T15:22:30.317-05:002012-02-13T15:22:30.317-05:00Well done James on 8 years free from alcohol, you ...Well done James on 8 years free from alcohol, you have great will power, all these drugs rob people of their health, wealth, families and happiness in the long run. <br /><br />They all seem so harmless and enjoyable at the beginning, it's when they start controlling you instead of the other way round is when we start to worry.<br /><br />I am so sorry for people on here who have lost loved ones to drugs. It is so tragic about Whitney such a wonderful talented lady, her daughter left without a mother and her mother without a daughter.<br /><br />People who pedal these drugs have no idea the heartache they cause, and indeed don't care, it's all about making money.<br /><br />It certainly isn't a joking matter, for the addicts or their families and friends.<br /><br />Keep up the good work and have a lovely meal with your wife tonight.<br /><br />EileenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7418067986039614257.post-23231084997686227372012-02-12T21:14:37.834-05:002012-02-12T21:14:37.834-05:00So sorry to hear of your father-in-law's suffe...So sorry to hear of your father-in-law's suffering, and that, I am sure, of his family. Addiction knows no boundaries of class, intelligence, race etc.<br /><br />I pray he has found the peace that eluded him in this life.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021781602272064901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7418067986039614257.post-10590455548721654682012-02-12T21:03:26.552-05:002012-02-12T21:03:26.552-05:00While the death certificate of my father-in-law re...While the death certificate of my father-in-law reads "cancer," it really was alcoholism that prevented him from recognizing -- and taking action to treat -- the mole on his chest that became melanoma. By the time gangrene set in, the melanoma had spread to his brain. He died within two months. Like a slave owner from colonial times, alcohol captured a funny, intelligent, sensitive man and beat him senseless until he was incapable of maintaining a job, was estranged from his wife and children, and could barely carry on an meaningful conversation. My own memories of him are seeing him in a bathrobe, shuffling around the house, mumbling. The ivy league education. The many works of literature and history he read and loved to discuss. All of it gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7418067986039614257.post-8397840902554101852012-02-12T13:51:01.889-05:002012-02-12T13:51:01.889-05:00Thanks for posting this Allison. Being a recoveri...Thanks for posting this Allison. Being a recovering alcoholic myself I applaud your friend's well written way of saying what this disease is like. I agree...there is nothing funny about it...not for those of us who suffer with it...or for the family members that have had to watch the disease destroy the person they were meant to be.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373560689980768576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7418067986039614257.post-83625953203545506582012-02-12T10:38:45.803-05:002012-02-12T10:38:45.803-05:00Great post James. Congrats on the eight years! M...Great post James. Congrats on the eight years! Miss you guys -- Elaine and Dan.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02883685141057444220noreply@blogger.com