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I was just wondering if anyone has ever seen this. I can't remember where I came acrossed it at on the internet, but I still had to share it.
I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be outgoing and became self-centered. I drank to be sociable and became lonely. I drank for friendship and made enemies. I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity. I drank for sleep and awakened without rest. I drank for strength and felt weak. I drank for relaxation and got the shakes. I drank for confidence and felt unsure. I drank for courage and became afraid. I drank for assurance and became doubtful. I drank to forget thoughts and had blackouts. I drank for conversation and and tied my tongue. I drank to be in heaven and came to know hell. I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom and became a slave ( of alcohol). I drank to ease problems and saw them multiply. I drank to cope with life and invited death. I drank because I had the "right" to and everything turned wrong. Said this fellow, " It must have taken a bunch of booze to get you into this shape"? I said, "just one". "For me one is too many, and a thousand isn't enough". The End.... "Marriage is the unsuccessful attempt to make something lasting out of an accident". ~Albert Einstein~ Gotta go folks....the ol' man's out drinking while intoxicated (AGAIN) and on his way home!! I will write more again sometime! Take care! Thanks for being here for me!! Wish I could spend a whole 24 hours reading everyone's posts and messages!!! Hugs, Korinne
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Today, I am grateful to be on the path of dealing with my life and continuing to grow truly stronger.
I fixed it so I could save it. LOL Thanks for sharing that!
How about this
I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be outgoing and became self-centered. I drank to be sociable and became lonely. I drank for friendship and made enemies. I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity. I drank for sleep and awakened without rest. I drank for strength and felt weak. I drank for relaxation and got the shakes. I drank for confidence and felt unsure. I drank for courage and became afraid. I drank for assurance and became doubtful. I drank to forget thoughts and had blackouts. I drank for conversation and and tied my tongue. I drank to be in heaven and came to know hell. I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom and became a slave ( of alcohol). I drank to ease problems and saw them multiply. I drank to cope with life and invited death. I drank because I had the "right" to and everything turned wrong. Said this fellow, " It must have taken a bunch of booze to get you into this shape"? I said, "just one". "For me one is too many, and a thousand isn't enough". The End....
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Hey take that quote by Albert Einstein with a grain of salt...LOL.
Yeah I know he was a genius physicist but he was somewhat of a creep in his personal life.
I actually read a book about his first wife, a genius mathematician whom he destroyed. He was jealous of her and the way she outshone him in college and so he set out to destroy her. Back in those days in Germany women did not have any rights, it was difficult for them to get jobs, and they were not taken seriously as scientists no matter how genius they were. The only reason why Madam Curie got anywhere was because she worked with her husband and he got the grants, university appointments, etc. for her to carry out her research.
She was sort of naive and succumbed to Einsteins attempts to get her to marry him so he could get her pregnant and keep her at home and get rid of his professional competition so only he would shine in the mathematics department. After a few years and two or three children and when he was sure he had ruined any chances of her being successful, he just dumped her. He never paid her a penny in child support or cared a thing for his children or even saw them. There was no welfare in those days, and she ended up in an institution, and penniless. Einstein came to this country eventually and just forgot they ever existed, never giving his children or wife a second thought, just left them behind.
Relatives raised his children and when his son grew up he wrote a book about his father and what he had done to his mother. NO publisher would print it, no one wanted to sully the name of such a great scientist.
I forgot the name of the book now...but it took over fifty years to get printed.
It just goes to show that you can't take quotes at face value, you have to consider the source. Einstein was a cold hearted creep when it comes to marriage. His quote stems from bitterness and cynicism, an effort to come to terms with the horrible way he had treated his first wife.
He made sure that his second wife would never outshine him. He was sure to marry an uneducated simple woman who would only be just be an unnoticed shadow in his life...the way he liked his women...sigh.
He made sure that his second wife would never outshine him. He was sure to marry an uneducated simple woman who would only be just be an unnoticed shadow in his life...the way he liked his women...sigh.
JEEZ, sounds like my ex!! That's the way it USED to be, no more! Love TLC
