I would love nothing more than to go to my favorite cafe, order some light breakfast and sit there till the sun goes down drinking my favorite lager.

 

but thats how it starts,

you promise yourself just a couple of beers.

then you meet some tourists here on a stag do/birthday whatever and they end up buying you shots.

then you order a whiskey

next thing you know you are asking the nearest taxi driver about girls at the soapy, how much etc..

 

then the wife calls asking if everything is all right,

she can hear you slurring your words, she knows that you are drunk.

you scope out the nearest kebab shop, 2 beef to go please.

you try and flag down a cab, nobody will go on the meter. you pay the tourist price.

 

then you get home and start a fight because you are drunk again.

you ask her whats wrong with her. she says she hates it when you're drunk.

you repeatedly tell her that you are not, but she can see it in your eyes.

you end up sleeping in separate beds, she threatens you with divorce.

 

then you wake up the morning after with a headful of regret, tired, hungover, no good to anyone... you wonder what this bruise is on your leg. your mouth is dry, need water but there is none in the fridge. time to drive to 7, still drunk from the night before. Helmet definitely not a priority. 

 

you waste the day in bed watching netflix, eating crap. mcdonalds gets a call, as they always do.

you answer the door in your underwear, too embarrassed to look the delivery guy in the eye, you take your meal, tip him 20 baht.

you cant bear to look at yourself in the mirror, you havent shaved for days.

you stand on the scales, 2 kg up since yesterday.

you throw up, the mcdonalds hasnt gone down well.

you take a cold shower but even that isnt enough to wake you from your pathetic slumber.

back to bed you go, a full day wasted now.

 

you sit on the edge of your bed and you ask yourself, was it really worth it? 

5 minutes ago, bob smith said:

I would like nothing more than to go to my favorite cafe, order some light breakfast and sit there till the sun goes down drinking my favorite lager.

 

but thats how it starts,

you promise yourself just a couple beers

A couple of beers to last from breakfast to sun down is not even remotely realistic.

 

Why not skip the regular cafe, which has all those mental associations with beer, and get on your bike and ride to a neighbouring city that you've never been to?

 

Find a new cafe, make new associations. Follow your breakfast with a fruit shake and walk along the beach. Then ride your motorbike back home and spend the evening watching movies, at the gym, or banging your wife...

You need a hobby, Bob!

5 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Why not skip the regular cafe, which has all those mental associations with beer, and get on your bike and ride to a neighbouring city that you've never been to?

 

Find a new cafe, make new associations. Follow your breakfast with a fruit shake and walk along the beach. Then ride your motorbike back home and spend the evening watching movies, at the gym, or banging your wife...

Dang man.  That sounds like a Meg Ryan movie...

4 minutes ago, bob smith said:

I would like nothing more than to go to my favorite cafe, order some light breakfast and sit there till the sun goes down drinking my favorite lager.

 

but thats how it starts,

you promise yourself just a couple beers

then you meet some tourists here on a stag do/birthday whatever and they end up buying you shots.

then you order a whiskey

next thing you know you are asking the nearest taxi driver about girls at the soapy, how much etc..

then the wife calls asking if everything is all right,

she can hear you slurring your words, she knows that you are drunk.

you scope about the nearest kebab shop, 2 to go please.

you try and flag down a cab, nobody will go on the meter. you pay the tourist price.

 

then you get home and start a fight about being drunk again.

you ask her whats wrong with her. she says she hates it when you're drunk.

you repeatedly tell her that you are not, but she can see it in your eyes.

you end up sleeping in separate beds, she threatens you with divorce.

then you wake up the morning after with a headful of regret, tired, hungover, no good to anyone...

you waste the day in bed watching netflix, eating crap. mcdonalds gets a call, as they always do.

you cant bear to look at yourself in the mirror, you havent shaved for days.

you stand on the scales, 2 kg up since yesterday.

you throw up, the mcdonalds hasnt gone down well.

 

you sit on the edge of your bed and you ask yourself, was it really worth it? 

Meanwhile, the wife is silently mourning, isolated by the loss of her life's partner = even though he's "alive"...Because of drink he's eroding daily the intimate, special times, memories....Meanwhile, she cares enough to fight with him hoping to get her husband/lover/hero/inspiration back...

He's to stupefied (and stupid) to recognize what he's (irreversibility) costing both of them while killing her dreams day after day .....

35 minutes ago, impulse said:

Dang man.  That sounds like a Meg Ryan movie...

Which one?

Try talking to your postman

Just now, JBChiangRai said:

Try talking to your postman

i'd be back on the booze within an hour ???? 

10 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Which one?

Most of them.  'Cept maybe Top Gun and Addicted to Love.

If you really want a beer after your breakfast, you could try to find a cafe that has alcohol free beer in stock. I admit this may be no easy task, but often times when I've just really fancied a beer, I've had a Heineken Zero. It still gives me that "ahhh" chill feeling, quenches the thirst, and gives me that "having a beer at the perfect moment" feeling, but it doesn't make me immediately want another one, like real beer does.

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

Most of them.  'Cept maybe Top Gun and Addicted to Love.

Must be pretty dull movies. No wonder I never saw them...

50 minutes ago, 2baht said:

You need a hobby, Bob!

Hobby? Sounds to me he needs more of a life than a hobby.

Just now, dingdongrb said:

Hobby? Sounds to me he needs more of a life than a hobby.

One can lead to the other

5 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

Hobby? Sounds to me he needs more of a life than a hobby.

little bit harsh, but you are entitled to your opinion I suppose.

6 minutes ago, JayClay said:

If you really want a beer after your breakfast, you could try to find a cafe that has alcohol free beer in stock. I admit this may be no easy task, but often times when I've just really fancied a beer, I've had a Heineken Zero. It still gives me that "ahhh" chill feeling, quenches the thirst, and gives me that "having a beer at the perfect moment" feeling, but it doesn't make me immediately want another one, like real beer does.

ive tried zero beers before, had mixed results with them.

infact the first time I tried them I ended up getting a full abv beer by accident as well.

 

 

1 hour ago, bob smith said:

you sit on the edge of your bed and you ask yourself

I thought you were going to ask yourself....

 

Did I remember to empty my Glow In The Dark Urine Bottle...

Just because I assume you often might need one....

Before retiring every evening....

 

 

19 minutes ago, bob smith said:

little bit harsh, but you are entitled to your opinion I suppose.

'Harsh' is when you take a bong hit full of seeds. With reading your post and many previous posts that you have made I was being realistic.....however you are correct, it is my opinion.

1 minute ago, dingdongrb said:

'Harsh' is when you take a bong hit full of seeds. With reading your post and many previous posts that you have made I was being realistic.....however you are correct, it is my opinion.

Ok. Thanks for that then.

Not just any hobby, something really obscure, outlandish even.

Phrenology or maybe Stilt Walking

 

 

30 minutes ago, bob smith said:

Ok. Thanks for that then.

Sure thing, no problem........

 

Just to make note, your OP sounds like you are desiring attention or perhaps an intervention, thus my honest comment.

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

You need a hobby, Bob!

Quite a while ago, he said he was working. Don't know what happened with that.

@bob smith

Why do you have direct messages disabled... ?????

4 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

Sure thing, no problem........

 

Just to make note, your OP sounds like you are desiring attention or perhaps an intervention, thus my honest comment.

What do you mean an intervention?

1 minute ago, JayClay said:

@bob smith

Why do you have direct messages disabled... ?????

Because I have received some rather threatening messages before and I felt a bit unsafe. Not that I have to explain myself to anyone. Do I? 

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

Because I have received some rather threatening messages before and I felt a bit unsafe. Not that I have to explain myself to anyone. Do I? 

From members.........?   ????

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

Not that I have to explain myself to anyone. Do I? 

If you want your last two threads to be taken seriously considering your posting history then, yes, you do need to explain yourself. That's your bed. You made it.

Just now, JayClay said:

If you want your last two threads to be taken seriously considering your posting history then, yes, you do need to explain yourself. That's your bed. You made it.

What are you talking about?

Just now, bob smith said:

What are you talking about?

Nothing. Go for a beer, Bob.

 

I'm done engaging.

2 minutes ago, JayClay said:

Nothing. Go for a beer, Bob.

 

I'm done engaging.

You started it asking why I have disabled my messages!

 

why do you want to know and what the hell has it got to do with you???