jackson 301 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Lovely to see the photograph of John Noakes @ #83............ thanks Mick. Memories: my son would kill himself laughing at the scrapes John got himself into - 'Blue Peter' days. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 World of football should hang it's head in shame. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 You what !!!!!!!!!! Nobody forced him to be a perpetual alcoholic. If he's too thick and stupid to keep drinking, that's his own fault. Anyway, he's a dirty cheat. Cup Final 92. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think he's been given a lot of help, but he can't seem to break away from the addiction. It's very sad and nothing to do with being "thick" Not football's fault. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Alcoholism is an illness that many people can't be cured from, which is tragic for themselves and their families. Ann is correct when she states that Paul Gascoine has been given a lot of help before. Many Premier League footballers chipped in to pay for all his costs and expenses during his last time in rehab. He did well for a while but then went back on the booze. It was the same with George Best, he also had the help he needed but ended up drinking himself to death. It's not just the big stars of the entertainment world who become alcoholics, it's the millions of other people around the world also. Most of these don't go into luxurious rehab places for treatment, they just curl up and die in the gutter. Some say that people shouldn't become alcoholics in the first place but ask them to stop smoking two packets of cigarettes a day. That's killing them but I doubt if they'd stop. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 My first wife was an alcoholic and the worst part about it was she never admitted it till too late She would hid bottles of whiskey/gin all over the place. The booze killed her in the end in 2002 aged 48. I suppose the way my wife died made me realise the dangers of drinking too much. I usually stick to beer(with the odd glass of wine) and try to keep my intake to a safe(ish)level. BUT I still enjoy my beer and can go without if I want/need to (sometimes for a week or more) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 You what !!!!!!!!!! Nobody forced him to be a perpetual alcoholic. If he's too thick and stupid to keep drinking, that's his own fault. Anyway, he's a dirty cheat. Cup Final 92. If you are an alcoholic you are an alcoholic the only cure(it's not really a cure) is to STOP FULL STOP. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 15,561 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 He was asked,........'do you have problem with drink'?...................no i like it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I also believe it can be "inherited" ie it runs in families, it's as if something is "missing" in the brain/makeup of a person and is passed on,once they start drinking as a teenager they then become hooked 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I tend to agree with that my first wife's mother was also an alcoholic (committed suicide) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on."Dean Martin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 925 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I too believe the alcoholic gene is passed down through families, I know of at least three members of my family (not my parents) who suffered with it, my brother lost his marriage and kids to it before it killed him along with the fags. One reason I am almost a teetotaler myself, I say almost as I do drink the odd beer or glass of wine, especially with a meal. I have personally seen the damage booze can do to families. It is a known fact that most true-blood aboriginals here in oz have the addiction gene, hence why many fall to the dreaded grog, or other issues like petrol sniffing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 The Doc asked me recently if I had a drink problem, well I have I said, I can't get enough ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 From my own experience, the armed services seemed to be a strange mix with regards alcohol. On the one hand, misdemeaners involving alcohol were severely frowned upon. On the other hand, there were more opportunities for going over top everywhere you looked. This club, that club; this rank's mess, that ranks mess; all had their own bar and the attitude of, 'give the lads a barrel of beer and they'll do anything for you', still persisted in my time. If you were a non/light drinker, you were a bit out of things. It's a national addiction and not a staple diet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I still think Gazza's thick ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Gazza is thick. To abuse a god given talent like he had is unforgiveable. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I still think Gazza's thick ! no just plain stupid 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 If he hadn't been good at football, he would have been unemployable. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 I will say one thing there for the grace of ***** go I I have enjoyed beer all my adult life & have had more than my fair share without becoming addicted. One complaint when I first started drinking a pint was 1/10d(9p) it's now about £3. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Gary Lineker don't look too bad at 53 though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,080 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Never would have said he was 53!! Always thought he was in his 40s! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 You can always look young if you're rich...lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,279 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 It's the young wife keeping him young. Oh and having his eyebrows shaped, bit of Botox too maybe. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,825 Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Can't believe that Gazza is still only 47. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 You can always look young if you're rich...lol I don't know about that look at Ronnie Wood & Keith Richards 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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