What is this thread all about?
Just a place for general discussion. A place to unload whats on your mind and talk about anything - personal, health, help needed, achievements, daily highs and daily lows, theories, predictions and what have you.
Does not need to be Q related.
I had a friend who could not get sober, he tried, but the VietNam war just did him in, he would tell me that if I knew how many men got shot in the back from their own goverment, I would be considered dangerous by the government. I remember that well, I know that he drank to keep something suppressed. He may have been telling the truth.
The only time I saw my older brother cry was when he came back from Vietnam in '72. Some kid spit on him at the airport and called him a "fucking baby killer." It was bad enough that 'Nam really screwed him up [his initiation ceremony for killing his first "slope" was to drink whiskey out of a boiled skull] but to have to face that when he got home almost broke him. He turned to drugs, lived a rough life, kicked it and turned to Jesus, but the damage was done. He died this past March. Even though we had a falling out, I tried to help him. You want to talk about a raw deal, that was his life. Those guys were doing what they were told, and the upper ups got away with it all.
I'm sorry to hear about your friend. He dealt with more than most people ever will.
My person wasn't known to be a heavy drinker until he had an accident and messed up his knee and I was told the doctor told him the best medication was ibuprofen and whiskey. I have always thought that was highly embellished. No real doctor would say that. But I believe that combination tore him up. He was a smoker as well. He may have been exposed to AO. Who knows!