November 28, 2005

Welcome Back! Just Damn!

Welcome back, ol' guy. You have been in my prayers. It is good to see you back!

Glad to see you back.

Welcome back! Glad to see you came back from rehab with your head held high.

Back and in legendary form. Yee-haw!

Oh hell yeah! The wimmens were great but . . . can we curse and swear now?

Very glad to see you're back. You've been missed.

Ahh. Now that's the Rob we know and love...and have missed. Welcome back, man.

Goodgawdalmighty, have you been missed! Can't tell you how glad I am to see that rehab hasn't turned you into a wuss!

Welcome back Rob, how ya feeling?

One must understand the workings of the "reptilian" brain to understand why alcoholism IS a disease.
He knows not of which he speaks.
Welcome back!
Meowwwwwwwwww.

Welcome back! Good to see you back at the helm!

Good to see you back, Rob! Good form, too ... heh!

Welcome home!
Full of piss and vinegar too. { Monty Burns voice} "E-xcellent"

I thought the phrase was, "Opinions are like asshole, everyone's got one."

Btw, welcome back! I've missed reading your writing. It just hasn't been the same around here without you.

... welcome home, homey...

Hey! The good news is, is he hasn't changed in the *important* aspects. Heh heh!

Ha -- ain't THAT the truth though. Back in rare form I see! See, you can be just as acidic sober!! Probably more so, and way less sloppy!

He's BAAAAAAAAACK!

Yippee kay yhoooooo!

Missed ya honey....eat em UP.

Still a choice to drink.

A-Man, glad to see you back. I don't know if during your stay they got into the chemical workings of the human brain, genome factors, etc. and the effect that mind altering substances have on it but it doesn't take a semester of classroom work to understand that it is a disease. I can only say that anyone who doesn't want to believe that is a) extremely lucky because they obviously do not have the disease and b) is one closeminded idiot.

Nice to see you back . You were missed.

Who'd' a thunk that you might come back from rehab with a post about addiction?

I really do wish you well in your minute by minute quest for continued sobriety but, "Drunks can quit drinking," just about says it all concerning alcoholics.

Alcoholism is a disease. It can run in families, or not.
My brother has it. I was lucky, I don't. I have a friend who has that issue in his whole family.

I'm glad you're back. Take care.

Welcome back and congratulations on the hard work.

It's not a disease, so it's not a matter of getting well.

I'm not sick, so I don't need to try to get well.

But I'm arguing with faith.

Some people are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. This guy is obviously one of them. Glad to see you're back Rob. Don't listen to assholes like this. He don't know shit and he'll probably stay that way for life.

Brett, ole hoss, quit digging your hole deeper. Taking your ideas against reality as it is, is not a winning bet.

"Dumbasses stay that way all their lives."

I absolutely love it....man have I missed you!

Actually, there are quite a few respected medical practitioners who agree with Brett.

It may not be the mainstream "Friend of Bill W" way to think about addiction, but that doesn't mean it has no validity.

Welcome back Acidman.

And a great first post.

I don't know shit about alcoholism as a disease. However, this post did get me interested in learning a little bit more. Even a cursory examination of the evidence shows that the subject is far from closed. For example:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=Display&DB=pubmed

Of course all this takes a back seat to the good news that Acidman is back and in good form.

"It's the only fatal disease that will talk to you. And all it tells you is that it isn't a fatal disease."

i've walked in your shoes rob-welcomeback-obviously, brett has never had a bad day in his life-or- faced an addiction--forgive him for his ignorence- and dont waste time or bandwith on fools-

Welcome Back! I hope you are feeling weel and grounded.

Remember to kiss.

The Hobo

Screw em....take care of number one and let the non-gifted live their insipid worthless little lives....
Bill

One thing the recovery movement doest not cure: narcisscism.

Wow, Rob, you've really been sucked into the 12 step cult. That's a damn shame as that shit may get you off the booze, but it rots your brain. I've been a daily visitor, but this post has convinced me to stay away in the future. I wish you well health-wise, and hope you still are able to have a creative thought after a few months of the cult brainwashing.

Well, former, some would say the kool-aid beats the booze. Unfortunately, many graduates of the program treat the people whose lives they were making miserable while they were drinking just as abominably after they quit. And they intend to do it longer.

Give the man some credit. He's got a helluva lot of courage to have come to terms with this and done something about it. And none of us knows the magnitude of that, without having walked a mile in Rob's shoes.

Instead of making fun or light of, why not show some compassion and encouragement?
Sometimes it's a wise idea to keep certain opinions to one's self, especially if they are gratuitous

Brett just seems pissed off because they haven't labeled being a complete asshole a disease so he can get help.

What type of person comes here and mocks someone?

Hmmmm, Brett?

Wecome back A-man.

whether it's a "disease" or not doesn't matter. It's a problem. Once you notice the problem, you can make choices to fix it or let the problem continue to rule you. I mean, if you have coolant pouring out your exhaust, are you going to turn up the radio or get that shit to the shop? AA is just one of the tools you can use to fix the problem.

Good goin, Rob. Good to see you back.