Have a Guiness on me Dan!

I am also amazed at some of the conceptions people seem to have concerning alcoholism - it does not always work the way people think. I have the problem and am currently trying to tackle it - you know what, I have had more temper tantrums since cutting right down than I had when I was drinking like mad - I think some of my over-reactions to PalTalk rows bear witness to some of that...

Sticking with Paltalk, I have never been on it live without a couple of pints before hand yet I seem to have a reputation of being a good admin who handles problems well when we have the occasional spot of trouble there.

I let myself go and had about 14 pints on Sunday in PalTalk and played mostly jigs and reels, I know people are polite anyway but I got lots of "WOWS" and I think that I was on better form (although still not as good as I can be) than I have been in ages. I can't help onder how the same music would have been responded to if people had seen me drinking like a fish.

Please don't get me wrong, alcoholism is not nice and it is no fun watching your health suffer and being dependent on drink to face things - I just get pissed off when people make assumptions about what alcoholics are like.

Jon

PS. At the moment, I am in church counselling and most of the time, I am doing pretty well for me - 2 or 3 cans per night and nothing during the day. Maybe I'm going to have to take more drastic action but for now, I will stick with that.