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[Hodger1957]

I've always liked a bet.
Growing up in Blackpool the promenade is full of arcades. Having said that, I first visited a casino on my stag night aged 23, and I didn't really bet on football or horses until about 25.
I wouldn't say I've ever had a problem, but a couple of times I've come close.
Firstly with casinos, but the worst was spread betting. You can lose a fortune very quickly at that game.
I racked up a debt of a few thousand but I was earning plenty at the time. I paid that off and have been wary of getting in too deep since.
I got remarried and have been kept on a tight leash ever since.
Funnily enough she's got a much more addictive personality than me.
We got married in Vegas and she was still playing roulette in her wedding dress at 2 in the morning.
One of my mates has got it really bad. He used to be at the cash machine at midnight on pay day waiting to withdraw his month's wages and blow them before he went home. His granny signed her house over to him and he kept remortgaging til it was re-possessed. He got a part-time job debt collecting on a council estate and lost everything he collected. Luckily a mate bailed him out.
He bets big money at big odds trying to win thousands. I don't think he has any demons, he just likes the buzz.
I have another mate who's an alcoholic. He used to treat his parents, and his girlfriend like sh1t.
When she dumped him and his parents died he hit the bottle. He's been a mess for nearly 40 years and he hates himself. Sad really, because he's one of the most intelligent, funny guys you could meet. He used to do all the football/cricket end of season presentations.
He was hilarious, but could only do it drunk. He was best man at my first marriage but could hardly deliver his speech.
Just after my 40th birthday party he phoned me at 7 in the morning saying he'd been thrown out, and asked to stay at my house.
I hid all the drink because I knew he'd ask. I told him I only had half a bottle of Tia Maria thinking he wouldn't drink that.
Wrong - he sat on the couch swigging Tia Maria out of the bottle at 7-30 am.
I went to work and found him passed out on the landing, pants round his ankles, head cut open and a couple of empty vodka bottles.
One of Merson's problems is that he's addicted to all sorts of things.
I think the younger generations are really going to struggle. My step son is 23 and some of his mates gamble silly money.
I worked part time at Billy Hills for a while and those machines devour money. Some sad people pump thousands in, and under age kids are desperate to get in and play.
I've never really been hooked on slots but I think they're evil.
I've had offers from on line bookies and excluded myself from them because I could feel them getting hold of me.

[pass_and_move]

I've always liked a bet.
Growing up in Blackpool the promenade is full of arcades. Having said that, I first visited a casino on my stag night aged 23, and I didn't really bet on football or horses until about 25.
I wouldn't say I've ever had a problem, but a couple of times I've come close.
Firstly with casinos, but the worst was spread betting. You can lose a fortune very quickly at that game.
I racked up a debt of a few thousand but I was earning plenty at the time. I paid that off and have been wary of getting in too deep since.
I got remarried and have been kept on a tight leash ever since.
Funnily enough she's got a much more addictive personality than me.
We got married in Vegas and she was still playing roulette in her wedding dress at 2 in the morning.
One of my mates has got it really bad. He used to be at the cash machine at midnight on pay day waiting to withdraw his month's wages and blow them before he went home. His granny signed her house over to him and he kept remortgaging til it was re-possessed. He got a part-time job debt collecting on a council estate and lost everything he collected. Luckily a mate bailed him out.
He bets big money at big odds trying to win thousands. I don't think he has any demons, he just likes the buzz.
I have another mate who's an alcoholic. He used to treat his parents, and his girlfriend like sh1t.
When she dumped him and his parents died he hit the bottle. He's been a mess for nearly 40 years and he hates himself. Sad really, because he's one of the most intelligent, funny guys you could meet. He used to do all the football/cricket end of season presentations.
He was hilarious, but could only do it drunk. He was best man at my first marriage but could hardly deliver his speech.
Just after my 40th birthday party he phoned me at 7 in the morning saying he'd been thrown out, and asked to stay at my house.
I hid all the drink because I knew he'd ask. I told him I only had half a bottle of Tia Maria thinking he wouldn't drink that.
Wrong - he sat on the couch swigging Tia Maria out of the bottle at 7-30 am.
I went to work and found him passed out on the landing, pants round his ankles, head cut open and a couple of empty vodka bottles.
One of Merson's problems is that he's addicted to all sorts of things.
I think the younger generations are really going to struggle. My step son is 23 and some of his mates gamble silly money.
I worked part time at Billy Hills for a while and those machines devour money. Some sad people pump thousands in, and under age kids are desperate to get in and play.
I've never really been hooked on slots but I think they're evil.
I've had offers from on line bookies and excluded myself from them because I could feel them getting hold of me.

Great post Hodger

[animallittle3]

I've always loved a drink , drunk fairly heavily most of my life from 16 years old .

The thing is apart from when I was younger and still learning the ropes with alcohol I've always known when I've had enough .

It's definitely a social thing with me , before I met JLO and lived alone for a few years I never once drank in my house on my own , just didn't float my boat at all .

It's the same now , if JLO is on nights I don't bother but when she's in I'll have a few bottles every night .

Funny thing is she doesn't drink anymore , she's not had a drink for 5 years on account of the medication she takes .

Once I've had my fill and I'm far from drunk that's it and I go to bed .

Health wise it's probably not great for my body but I'm not addicted either because if the situation ain't right I'm not bothered .

I've had invites to go on all kinds of events with folk I know , a day at York races for instance and then out in the city centre at night but I turn them down because I know by the end of the last race I will have had enough and want to go home and obviously I couldn't in that situation .

I took a work mate to the Accrington game the other week , he'd not gone down to Oakwell in years , he's divorced but has his daughter every weekend and doesn't get out too much .

The weekend of the Accrington game his daughter was on a weekend school trip so he was free , we got in The Dove and he was smashing it with the beer , we both were by design of course .

At 2.30 he wanted another and I got him one but I'd had enough and didn't get one myself , something just clicks in my head and that's that .

The thing is when we got home he went back to his place and promptly fell asleep till the next day .

I got home and opened a bottle and had a few more and drank till I'd had enough .

It's weird isn't it ?

[Ponte_Steve24]

Everyone's different Animal. I've got loads of cans of cider and lager and even subscribed to Sky and Racing TV. I drink less now than ever.

It just doesn't do anything for me on account that I can see it from Laura's point of view now. It's no fun her watching me get bladdered watching football and racing. Especially now she's expecting.

I still had a good drink away at Donny the other week and acted like a bit of a pi llock on live telly. It was enough for me to give my head a shake and re- evaluate things.

[SBRed48]

Yer all gerrin owd--thats top'n bottom orrit.