tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post2945536620192575897..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Are you an alcoholic?Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-58616041528326539542010-05-15T22:57:56.210+01:002010-05-15T22:57:56.210+01:00If you scored 0, then you are dead
Good job I sco...<i>If you scored 0, then you are dead</i><br /><br />Good job I scored 4 then :)<br /><br />----westcoast2https://www.blogger.com/profile/13832425628846431149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-5214064654926793872010-05-15T14:43:49.208+01:002010-05-15T14:43:49.208+01:00PT Barnum,
If you scored 0, then you are dead. D...PT Barnum,<br /><br />If you scored 0, then you are dead. Dead people don't qualify for either counselling or sympathy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-51108576039435436842010-05-14T20:53:40.024+01:002010-05-14T20:53:40.024+01:00I scored 0. According to the results table I shoul...I scored 0. According to the results table I should be scoring at least 8 to be appropriate. Where's my counselling?PT Barnumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-20341469626001719052010-05-14T14:54:01.190+01:002010-05-14T14:54:01.190+01:00[Same Anon as above.]
BTW, I'm not trying to...[Same Anon as above.] <br />BTW, I'm not trying to brag - just making the point that these tossers like imply that, unless you live your life according to their puritanical precepts, you could not possibly be "healthy" or "fit".<br /><br />Not true, and in my opinion it's about time they were called out on that rubbish.<br /><br />If you want to get fit, it doesn't matter if you smoke or drink - you can do it. [If you choose not to, I don't care either - you do what makes you feel good. You only have one life. Best not to spend it depriving yourself of the little pleasures and worrying about other people who refuse to do as they are told!]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-32066633478703222732010-05-14T14:41:36.557+01:002010-05-14T14:41:36.557+01:00Well, I scored 21.
Yet, at 42 years old, last n...Well, I scored 21. <br /><br />Yet, at 42 years old, last night I went for a 7km run (I usually run around 14km per week, do over 200 push-ups and sit-ups) and smoked my normal 6-7 cigarettes. Today, I walked around a golf course (scored much, much more than 21, unfortunately) and am now sitting here with a beer trying to increase my score past 21. <br /><br />Screw you, jobsworths. Go out and do something useful with your pitiful lives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-25925235349135736152010-05-14T13:52:00.754+01:002010-05-14T13:52:00.754+01:00Sooner the pub drinkers get hammered the better.
T...Sooner the pub drinkers get hammered the better.<br />The limp wristed,yellow bellied,<br />two timing, half hearted ,cowardly<br />shysters have sat back and allowed the smokers to be treated like lepers,<br />come and join us you apologies<br />for Britons<br />Two pence ha'penny weasels the lot <br />of you<br /><br /><br />Reay when you are,cringer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-20029477862871580892010-05-14T13:46:09.061+01:002010-05-14T13:46:09.061+01:00Replies on a post card, cus Google HATES me.Replies on a post card, cus Google HATES me.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-66899919962853342492010-05-14T13:45:15.080+01:002010-05-14T13:45:15.080+01:002. How many drinks containing alcohol do you have ...<i> 2. How many drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when you are drinking?<br /><br />(0) 1 or 2<br />(1) 3 or 4<br />(2) 5 or 6<br />(3) 7, 8 or 9<br />(4) 10 or more <br /></i><br /><br />WHAT is "a drink"?<br /><br />There is a HEL of a difference between 10 double wodkas, and ten halves of bitter.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-2477980282611150052010-05-14T12:02:38.008+01:002010-05-14T12:02:38.008+01:00It's a very far from perfect system. You'r...It's a very far from perfect system. You're 18, drunk, fall over and injure yourself. The next day someone tells you to cut down on your drinking. That's 4 points right there that carry over for the rest of your life.<br /><br />It's still better than the units-per-week system though.Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-17849642714893138872010-05-14T11:07:25.931+01:002010-05-14T11:07:25.931+01:00I have looked at these questions before and I came...I have looked at these questions before and I came to the conclusion that the questions that assess frequency and quantity of drinks consumed are fair enough. The problem that I have with it is the fact that the other questions are quite negative in inference. Where are the questions that assess any benefits of drinking? That the drinker is perfectly happy getting sloshed every night or day even? For example the question: <br /><br />"How often during the last year have you had a feeling of <b>guilt</b> or <b>remorse</b> after drinking?" <br /><br />only measures negative feelings that are inferred to be because of drinking. How about a positive question to give a net value such as:<br /><br />"How often during the last year have you had a feeling of <b>satisfaction</b> or <b>relief</b> after drinking?*"<br /><br />I think what I am driving at is; how are these questions meant to measure the net value of drinking? It is not! It is only attempting to measure and/or precipitate negative emotional responses such as guilt and a sense of an absence of control.<br /><br />*I'm not quite sure what the opposite emotions of guilt and remorse are; I'm guessing!Fredrik Eichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-82770026616269154182010-05-14T08:00:21.586+01:002010-05-14T08:00:21.586+01:00These questions are very subjective and don't ...These questions are very subjective and don't cover all options.<br /><br />What is a drink containing alcohol? Does a shandy count? Is 6 shandies the same as 6 super strength beers, the same as 6 whiskies at 1/4 gill, the same as 6 whiskies at 1/6 gill etc etc.<br /><br />Looks very waited to ensure you get more than 8 points.<br /><br />Q1 gets the majority of people off to a flying start. Go to the pub once a week have 1 weak beer and have 1/2 a glass of wine with your Sunday roast and your off and running with 3 points.<br /><br />Q6 I had a hair of the dog once when I was 20 (30 years ago) oops add another point.<br /><br />No sir this is not any more scientific or objective than the units per week and may even be worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-756115826236116172010-05-14T07:13:15.084+01:002010-05-14T07:13:15.084+01:00"Is it true that you smoke eight to ten cigar..."Is it true that you smoke eight to ten cigars a day?"<br /><br />"That's true."<br /><br />"Is it true that you drink five martinis a day?"<br /><br />"That's true."<br /><br />"Is it true that you still surround yourself with beautiful young women?"<br /><br />"That's true."<br /><br />"What does your doctor say about all of this?"<br /><br />"My doctor is dead."<br /><br />Comedian George Burns' answer to an interviewer while he was in his nineties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-21869754590060187782010-05-13T22:20:18.584+01:002010-05-13T22:20:18.584+01:00A slightly disappointing 12.
Hmmm, must do better....A slightly disappointing 12.<br />Hmmm, must do better.<br /><br />A quote for Timbone..<br /><br />Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, cig in one hand, beer in the other, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"<br /><br /><br />Bald headed John.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-22933860320647474562010-05-13T22:13:51.712+01:002010-05-13T22:13:51.712+01:00I scored 21, for what it's worth.I scored 21, for what it's worth.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-78930703954918550182010-05-13T21:59:57.818+01:002010-05-13T21:59:57.818+01:00Ha! By the time I got to no.4 I wondered why I was...Ha! By the time I got to no.4 I wondered why I was still alive. Has anybody told them that most of us don't give a feck? I would certainly feel cheated if I died of good health.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362744089133712726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-9997543790410674072010-05-13T18:20:13.523+01:002010-05-13T18:20:13.523+01:00Well despite scoring 6 zeros I still managed hit n...Well despite scoring 6 zeros I still managed hit nine points. I only tend to drink on Saturday nights post smoking ban. But before the smoking ban I would go out and drink ~300 nights a year and would have scored higher. I feel like I am letting the side down! On this test, my granny who is 95 would get a higher score than me but she insists sipping sherry from morning to bedtime is the same as teetotal! It must her post Edwardian upbringing. She is teetotal by Edwardian standards - ie not teetotal at all!Fredrik Eichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-24435862691977644772010-05-13T17:54:28.622+01:002010-05-13T17:54:28.622+01:00When I was in college they had a very simple test....When I was in college they had a very simple test. Two questions:<br /><br />Do you drink alcohol? <br /><br />If yes - are you an alcoholic? If you answer yes - you are. If you answer no then you are in the first stage of alcoholism - denial.Tony Palazzolonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-40919477961451517602010-05-13T17:38:44.819+01:002010-05-13T17:38:44.819+01:00Bugger!Bugger!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-61227979835196153212010-05-13T17:19:11.296+01:002010-05-13T17:19:11.296+01:00I'm not doomed after all. A modest 14 ... and ...I'm not doomed after all. A modest 14 ... and I didn't lie.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.com