One sure sign that you may have a drinking problem…

Posted by Les on Friday, May 19, 2006 at 10:23 AM. Read 1227 times. Tags: ,
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...is when you can’t even open the front door because it’s blocked by some 70,000 beer cans you emptied on a multi-year drinking binge:

At the back door, Froerer was astounded by what he saw in the kitchen.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: “As we approached the door, there were beer boxes, all the way up to the ceiling.“

Inside, he took just a few snapshots to document the scene. Beer cans by the tens of thousands. Mountains of cans burying the furniture. The water and heat were shut off, apparently on purpose by the tenant, who evidently drank Coors Light beer exclusively for the eight years he lived there.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: “It’s just unbelievable that a human being could live like that.“

For the record, that’s 24 beers a day for 8 years with a total value in deposit returns of around $800. You really need to click that pic to get a bigger look at just how amazing this is.

Link found at Boing Boing.

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Brock United States Posted on 05/22/2006 at 04:13 PM

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(Frumpa): I could’nt sleep last night from constantly playing “Love is all� over and over thru my mind!!..

Holy crap! I watched it again yesterday and the same thing happened to me last night: Stupid song in head while I lay in bed. Today I was dead.

My problem is that once I see I’m not getting to sleep, I begin to worry about not getting to sleep and worry keeps me up the rest of the night. Work today sucked and I never want to hear that song again!

That song is as annoyingly seductive (even when you hate it) as John Legend’s “Ordinary People”

“We’re just ordinary people
We don’t know which way to go
Cuz we’re ordinary people
Maybe we should take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow (Take it slow oh oh ohh)
This time we’ll take it slow”

Fuck! Now I’ve got THAT song in my head again!

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Brock United States Posted on 05/22/2006 at 04:21 PM

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(LuckyJohn19): Forgive me –I’m a bit inebriated.

John, I’m beginning to think you’re an alcoholic, buddy.

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LuckyJohn19 Australia Posted on 05/22/2006 at 08:48 PM

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Brock: John, I’m beginning to think you’re an alcoholic, buddy.

You’re right of course. At quarter to mid-day I decided to arise from my fart-sack, chucked on some clothes and turned the heater on and ... my mate arrived with two beers for breakfast. I said: Nah Nah Nah. It had bones in it but I drank it. I feel better now. Wasn’t that the name of a song?
Apparently we have a date with our other drinking mate at 5pm. Shit I’m glad I’ve re-tired. Dunno how I ever fitted work into my buzy schedule.

My problem is that once I see I’m not getting to sleep, I begin to worry about not getting to sleep and worry keeps me up the rest of the night.

Isn’t that a bitch tho?
I used to suffer that. Oh. It was awful.
It didn’t matter how many/what mind altering substances I took, sleepnessness would still attack me on occasion.
For the last 20 years of my workin life, I was the boss - and still ...
I developed a ‘fuck’em all’, guiltless mentality far too late.

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I’ve discovered that it all boils down to brain wiring: your brain is wired to worship magic or it isn’t, either it’s wired to utilize logic or it isn’t, either it’s analytical of myths or it isn’t.

rob adams United States Posted on 05/28/2006 at 04:27 AM

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This is a *lot* more common than most Americans think.  I’ve been in a good number of homes that look quite like the photo above.  Just replace beer cans with, oh…

.Magazines (Life and NationalGeo seem to be fav’s)
.Newspapers (locals mostly, USA Today rarely seen)
.Papers (personal notes, documents, letters, mail)
.Containers (dry food boxes, cooking oil bottles)
.Dishes (usually clean, but often of different styles purchased at yardsales, etc.)
.Clothes (usually clean, and usually never worn)
.MailOrders (things purchased but never opened)
.MP3’s (cause the more you got the more you are)

The pathology, i believe, is widely known as Compulsive Hording (tho it doesn’t yet have a DSM).

My stock phrase upon having to enter and greet one of these homes’ owners:  “My, you own so much.“

Americans love to hear that.

rob adams United States Posted on 05/28/2006 at 04:32 AM

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Americans even make money from the sickness of compulsive hoarding:

http://www.technorati.com/tags/Hoarding


At least three biz’s spexialise in it!
It is really that common in America, more than most would care to admit i believe.

Last_Hussar Great Britain (UK) Posted on 05/28/2006 at 05:01 AM

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when i was a kid, tennish,

Is this a raquet and ball game for drunks?

If you want compulsive horders you need to talk to a wargamer (plays military games with figures).  Ask him how much unpainted metal he has, then ask him if he intends painting it all before buying more…

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