Good Natured Advice Thread (improving a business wardrobe)

[in stitches]

Lolz.

 

[The Noodles]

I hear he even stopped the recent riots in Bmore.

 

[Caustic Man]

I'm only kinda joking.

 

[Monkeyface]



I hear he even stopped the recent riots in Bmore.

All he'd have to do is drag that trashed leather chair into the streets and give those rioters that thousand yard stare while wearing his grey DB and black hat.

 

[heldentenor]

And I stopped for religious reason as well. "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery." (Ephesians 5:18).

It's a good thing Paul hadn't heard of bourbon...

 

[Caustic Man]

It's a good thing Paul hadn't heard of bourbon...

Boy aint that the truth.

 

[Monkeyface]



Boy aint that the truth. 

I might just have a nice glass of bourbon or Canadian rye after work.

 

[The Noodles]

@Murlsquirl
Please make that damn Dos Equis ad go away...or at least auto mute.

 

[Joenobody0]



That's actually piss he is drinking

 

[sugarbutch]



I don't drink, I still go to and enjoy occasions where others drink.  But I do find that I tend to go home a little earlier.  Not early, just earlier.  When I drank I was usually the last to realise the lights were on and the security guys were looking at me anxiously...

This has been my experience as well.

 

[Murlsquirl]

Sometimes I drink water just to throw my liver a curveball.

 

[Caustic Man]

Clear liquor doesn't count as water.

 

[Murlsquirl]

Disregard.

 

[Claghorn]

Thankfully I dont think I've ever been recognized. Though I guess it's not a bad thing. I might act confused for ***** and giggles.

 

[masaccio]

The why: I cannot control my drinking and it was harming me. Moreover, I wanted to be a responsible husband to my wife by staying alive. And I stopped for religious reason as well. "Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery." (Ephesians 5:18).

Shoot, people have expectations when you come from a family that has had 3 generations of ministers.

When I was a teetotaler (until I was about 30) the two most difficult things for me were (a) convincing people that I was enjoying myself even though I wasn't drinking and (b) trying to avoid making others feel bad because I wasn't drinking and they were. So many people wanted there to be an important reason why I didn't drink (was my dad an abusive alcoholic?, did I know someone close to me killed by a drunk driver?, did my religious beliefs prohibit me from drinking?) when the simple truth was that I had never tasted anything I liked and I was totally wary of the loss of self-control that came with drinking.

Once I did start to drink a little bit, it no longer felt right to say, "no thank you, I don't drink" when turning down an offer of a drink. Instead I started to say, "no thank you, I don't drink much."

If I had known how quickly the addition of that single word ended the conversation about drinking, I'd have used that all through college and avoided a lot of awkward conversations!