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Array ( [sid] => 66695 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Why I Drink [time] => 2004-10-09 08:49:38 [hometext] => I am an alcoholic..... [bodytext] => The reason why I drink,
Is sometimes so I don’t have to think,
Sometimes to cover up how I feel,
When I want to escape from what’s real.

Drowning my sorrows is what I do best,
I am an alcoholic I must confess,
I hide in the bottom of a vodka glass,
Hoping that my worries will just pass.

But when I wake up in the light of the day,
They are still there, that’s where they’ll stay,
For years I have hid behind the booze,
As it is so readily available to abuse.

I doubt I’ll ever put it down for good,
Even though sometimes I know I should,
But as the sweetness hits I go numb,
To drinking more & more I always succumb.

Sometimes never knowing when to stop,
Even when I’m that intoxicated I drop,
I don’t drink every day but I binge,
Drinking so much I become so unhinged.

I can’t always go through life sober,
When things are too hard for me to get over,
I pick up the bottle & climb inside,
Away from the world I go to hide.

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Why I Drink

Contributed by pixie on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 08:49:38 AM in AEST
Topic: selfstruggles

The reason why I drink,
Is sometimes so I don’t have to think,
Sometimes to cover up how I feel,
When I want to escape from what’s real.

Drowning my sorrows is what I do best,
I am an alcoholic I must confess,
I hide in the bottom of a vodka glass,
Hoping that my worries will just pass.

But when I wake up in the light of the day,
They are still there, that’s where they’ll stay,
For years I have hid behind the booze,
As it is so readily available to abuse.

I doubt I’ll ever put it down for good,
Even though sometimes I know I should,
But as the sweetness hits I go numb,
To drinking more & more I always succumb.

Sometimes never knowing when to stop,
Even when I’m that intoxicated I drop,
I don’t drink every day but I binge,
Drinking so much I become so unhinged.

I can’t always go through life sober,
When things are too hard for me to get over,
I pick up the bottle & climb inside,
Away from the world I go to hide.

Copyright Â© pixie ... [ 2004-10-09 08:49:38]
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Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by co_cane13 on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 09:18:53 AM AEST
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i dont consider myself an alcoholic but i do the same things, i used to smoke weed also. i always said it was my way of forgetting about life for awhile, even though it is still there when i wake up and sometimes worse then before, so i would just to it again and again until i forgot. but i also drink because it is fun. on the poem sense a great poem it really is expressed well.

Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by shanarah on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 10:55:57 AM AEST
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Ohh Pixie, if ever you need someone....I dont know you, but being honest and sincere is a huge gift in my world, that is something you have. take care always,
shanarah...

Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by inoc on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 11:27:33 AM AEST
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(((((hug)))))*thinking of you*

you wrote this poem so well pixie
cheers!~

Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by secretwind on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 11:53:17 AM AEST
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you captured the way real people escape the trails and tribulations in this routine we call life.I really enjoy your flows.

The Wind

Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by Dorian on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 12:29:31 PM AEST
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my name is dorian and i'm a smoker, i smoke cigars, y what does it matter, i beleive in personal
choice, " Hitler " didn't . . . Right on pixie what ever your reason, or as jesus once put it,

" LET THEY WHO R HERE FREE OF SIN, CAST

THE FIRST STONE "

((((4 pixie)))) Ben : )

Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 02:03:33 PM AEST
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Fair play to you pixie, it's not good to have an addiction, but trust me 99% of the population are addicted to something!

You are not alone.

Good work.

wildejohnny.

Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenn2004 on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 02:14:48 PM AEST
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I love this poem, i wrote a poem the other night called 'drink my broken heart away" but i didnt want to post it, i didnt think it was good. But this one is alot better. I know how you feel.

Re: Why I Drink (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_K on Saturday, 9th October 2004 @ 04:05:07 PM AEST
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Aww Hun.... you are a very courageous girl.... and you have been through so much.... I hope that one day soon, you would not need the drinks to help you face life....
(Just for the record, I plan to get high tonight)
Hugs and love...talk soon,
Jenni

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