tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231411.post111784369036863485..comments2024-03-06T06:07:36.191+11:00Comments on An alcoholic's guide to modern life: 'Drink motherfucker, drink!'; or an alternative way forward for the NSW Labor governmentCarlo Sandshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947602891142664168noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231411.post-17798506665701546842009-03-14T18:51:00.000+11:002009-03-14T18:51:00.000+11:00Dear alcohol rehab (if indeed that be your correct...Dear alcohol rehab (if indeed that be your correct name, and you will surely not begrudge one to express a certain doubt as to the accuracy of the claim), the allegations you make in relation to binge drinking are nothing short of extraordinary.<BR/><BR/>Binge drinking is damaging to one's health? I have never heard anything of the like as long as I have lived.<BR/><BR/>If such claims could be proven, they would prove nothing short of explosive. <BR/><BR/>If it be true, then why has no one provided any warning?<BR/><BR/>Why has the government, for one, not embarked on a public health awareness campaign, dedicated to informing the citizenry of the dangers of excessive alcohol consumption?<BR/><BR/>Why did no one tell us binge drinking was harmful?<BR/><BR/>If this be true, then of course I feel I would have no choice, however reluctantly, but to take advantage of the services offered by the link you provided for "Alcohol Drug Interventions & Drug Treatment Referrals".<BR/><BR/>However, I am somewhat at a loss, as the clinics referred to in your link are all in the United States. <BR/><BR/>In order to afford the plane ticket, I would have to give up drinking for about half a decade and save the cash that would otherwise feed my booze addiction.<BR/><BR/>But, and here you see the problem, how could I stop drinking *without* the assistance of the medical programs you have offered for a quite reasonable fee?<BR/><BR/>It is catch 22. <BR/><BR/>I can not give up drinking without your assistance, yet I cannot get your assistance without giving up drinking.<BR/><BR/>What a quite horrible trap!<BR/><BR/>However, I feel I must take up one part of your post.<BR/><BR/>You, "alcohol rehab", write: "Just a word of advice though, it's best to drink in moderation or none at all, so that there would be no regrets in the future."<BR/><BR/>I don't know, I have this nagging feeling that if I took your advice the regrets on my death bed would be: "Fuck! If only I had spent more of time binge drinking, my life would have been so much more enjoyable and not so fucking boring and painful!"<BR/><BR/>I would have to lean over to my offspring and, with my last words, urge: "So make sure you tell your children, not to do what I have done, and ensure you continue drinking until the rising of the sun". <BR/><BR/>yours in alcohol abuse,<BR/>Carlo Sands (possibly deceased)Carlo Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947602891142664168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231411.post-18806098369158602642009-03-12T02:30:00.000+11:002009-03-12T02:30:00.000+11:00Binge drinking can be harmful because of excessive...Binge drinking can be harmful because of excessive alcohol consumption. A person may encounter health hazards that can lead to alcohol related diseases. Just a word of advice though, it's best to drink in moderation or none at all, so that there would be no regrets in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231411.post-28589570575839436592008-12-02T00:10:00.000+11:002008-12-02T00:10:00.000+11:00Peanut, Boggard Emeritus, if that really be your n...Peanut, Boggard Emeritus, if that really be your name (and allow me to express some doubt on the matter) I have no idea what you are referring to with this supposed "error" in relation to the correct labelling of the musical band, the so-named "Poxy Boggards".<BR/><BR/>It says quite clearly "Poxy" in the post. It has always said "Poxy". <BR/><BR/>In fact, the term "Poxy Boggards" even appears as a hyperlink to the said band's website.<BR/><BR/>It says this now, said so in the past and always had said so.<BR/><BR/>Anyone who suggests otherwise is a counter-revolutionary traitor and a fascist agent.<BR/><BR/>Carlo Sands does not make mistakes.<BR/><BR/>However, leaving aside your quite blatant imperialist-running-dog, fifth-columist, Trotskyite deviations, I am happy if I have brought back memories. Although I must state I am suprised you have any to recall.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, I am happy that my blog appears to be making headway into what is its natural constituency: those who have also heard the calling, and dedicate their energies and creative talents towards the often thankless task of promoting the abuse of alcohol.<BR/><BR/>I will go even further and do something I have never done before.<BR/><BR/>Astute followers of this blog will note that I failed to hesitate to vent my wrath even on the Australian cricket legend Adam Gilshrist, when he dared make his unfortunate anti-drinking comments on this blog - and he is the greatest wicketkeeper batsman ever to don the whites anywhere in the world!<BR/><BR/>That is: I thank you for your comment and even note it is an honour to receive it.<BR/><BR/>Yours in alcohol abuse,<BR/><BR/>Carlo Sands. <BR/>Possibly deceased.Carlo Sandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947602891142664168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31231411.post-77177401316735572262008-11-28T20:17:00.000+11:002008-11-28T20:17:00.000+11:00Actually, it's "Poxy" ;)http://www.poxyboggards.co...Actually, it's "Poxy" ;)<BR/><BR/>http://www.poxyboggards.com/<BR/><BR/>It's both rare and amusing to hear myself in a recording we made 7 years ago (I have one of the verses in "Bring Us More Beer"- that IS setting the Way Back Machine a bit far back...)<BR/><BR/>-Jonathan<BR/><BR/>(A.K.A. Peanut, Boggard Emeritus)LifeofReillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811332954980776416noreply@blogger.com