12/02/2026
People often question people who formerly used to drink drinks with the chemical of alcohol in it, and question - "Yeah... but you're just one of those 'dry' addicts" or "once an 'alcoholic' (whatever that nonsensical word really means), always an 'alcoholic'.
Allow me to spell it out to those judgmental people...
After 7 and a half years completely free of that filth, and over 3000 days (over 8 years) free of any alcohol induced hangovers, I really AM free. This means, like Van D**e says below, I don't have ANY desire to put that stuff in me EVER again - and I mean EVER - life is vastly better without a chemical that only caused and exacerbated my anxiety, depressive thoughts, other biological nasties, that murdered my sister, and destroys countless other lives, on this planet (including secondary destruction like domestic violence, arguments, road collisions, fights, falling out with friends, costs on health services and other antisocial behaviour, influence on vulnerable impressionable people like children, etc).
Once I saw the stuff for what it REALLY is, why would **I** ever be stupid enough to go back to MY delusional dark days?
Ironically, I talk more about the subject of alcohol and its addictiveness than I did when I used to pour that toxin down my throat, slowly killing parts of my body off, all for what?.... a 'quick hit' that gives temporary 'relief'. Relief??? Only for problems to return shortly afterwards?? Relief? That's no 'relief' - that's just brushing issues under a dirty rug and saving them till later, only to find that because I've buried my head in the sand, whatever it was that caused me distress, has come back pounding even greater than before.
But I don't talk about it because I crave or miss it. I *DO* talk a LOT about it now, because I am passionately fascinated (almost addicted) in helping others overcome any issues they had with the stuff, and moreover the fascinating science and whole subject of addiction as a whole - addiction to smoking, alcohol, shopping, gambling, smartphone, chocolate, sugar (now there's a beast), what causes people to go down the slippery slop of unhealthy coping mechanisms due to the stresses of life - the psychological reasoning - understanding common reasons such as depression, anxiety, stress, worry. This fascinates me greatly - if this comes over as preachy and sanctimonious t**t always banging on about it, my apologies - I guess it's only my desperation to help others open their own eyes.
Some think that **I** am judgmental of people who drink a drink with alcohol in it. No, I'm not - but I am highly critical of the chemical that far too many (me included) are duped into thinking that it's the elixir of life. And it does make me cross how manufacturers, marketers, advertisers, and even governments can bend, twist, or blatantly lie to keep people hooked, just for the sake of greed for that company, and to bring in tax revenue.
People forget that I was like them - blindly pouring the stuff down my throat, and some get VERY defensive of their chemical - because sometimes it shines an unwanted mirror up to those that may unknowingly to themselves be wrapped up in the throes of a highly addictive chemical, which they don't want to own, admit, or ready to tackle. If someone wants to drink the stuff - fine by me - I'm only highlighting what that vile chemical *could* do to people I care about, and to make people realise that the actual chemical itself is biologically addictive, too, Drink enough, long enough, frequently enough, and the human body WILL become dependent on what it craves, regardless whether your mind wants it to or not.
Some people say - "but you are born an 'alcoholic' " Absolute tosh!
No one is *born" addicted to alcohol. Sure, some are more perceptible to addictive behaviours than others, but those people (including me) can get addicted to ANYTHING- it's not just alcohol. You can't get addicted to something that you've never done - we don't say it about smoking, or gambling or shopping. The 'disease' theory I'll leave for another time, haha - that's a right old rabbit hole topic, lol.
Let me make this quite clear about ME - not you or anyone else, but ME
I don't miss drinking stuff with it in it
I don't crave it
I don't need it
I'm not 'depriving' myself or feel deprived
I'm not some 'health fanatic'
I'm not 'boring' or bored
I have not become 'dull' haha - I'm still mad "Mimbo!" but without ONE chemical (well - minus ni****ne too haha)
It's gone, finished, dead, (I feel a Monty Python dead parrot sketch coming on) - it has ceased to be - it is no more.
I am over it.
If ever you are questioning your 'relationship' to that chemical, and need a helping hand, then drop me a line - I will never be critical of what you do and won't do, I won't judge YOU, but I'll hold up that chemical and put it into the firing line and passionately highlight all the benefits of being free from the stuff than slipping further down the slippery slope.
So if you want to be free like Dick and myself and joining the fast moving 'sober' revolution to be truly free - even in thought of EVER going back, then drop me a line.
I won't say it's an easy journey to take in a still alcohol-obsessed society - it's not easy to go against the grain, but it IS possible to be 'cured' from many substances. Whether addiction itself (to anything and everything) is 'curable' is up for debate, but I can help you to never go back to that thing that was causing issues without addiction transference to something that is equally harmful to your mind and body.
(NB. None of what I wrote about was aided by AI software, so if there are grammatical errors and the interpretation gets misinterpreted, then my apologies - ALL is meant in good intent).
