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A few of us had a conversation last night started by one lad who maintained that he hadn't an addictive personality - to much laughter as we are all clubmates and besotted and hopelessly addicted to our GAA club, so his protests rang hollow straight away.
This then turned into us listing our addictions, and, for a fella that cods himself that he knows himself well, I was amazed how many addictions I have or have had. Genuine addictions, where for a while nothing else mattered. Most of them a source of deep joy, but not all!
In order of my life :-
QPR - first ever addiction Banana ice cream Panini football stickers Cycling - I was going to be great Bazooka Joes Lucky bags Shoot League Ladders Comics - Scoop, Beano, Whizzer and Chips Arcade Games - Space Invaders, Asteroids Stealing from Charlie's shop in the town Dairy MIlk Pool Urhan GAA - the second biggest addiction of my life Chipsticks Reading - Irish authors, then English, then American Irish trad music and playing the accordion - I was going to be great Films - the addiction really kicked in with Star Wars Indie music - still going, this one Cork GAA Girls - must be moody, schizophrenia a bonus 60's soul music Dope Writing - I was going to be great Surfing - I was going to be...well... Grown-up women - moodier than before, schizophrenia now an absolute Box sets - Frasier, Seinfeld, The Wire, West Wing, please god let there be something else soon and on... and on...and on...
Turned into a great night, light-hearted even though we had a recovering alcoholic and a recovering drug addict in our number. My theory was that we all have what people call addictive personalities to a lesser or greater degree. Some addictions harm us or catch us at the wrong time. But most addictions are great, they inspire us, they make us thirsty for knowledge, and they shape us into unique beings. And having an addictive personality should not be a source of shame in any way. The lads only half-agreed with my Gordon Gecko oratory, but I'm sticking to my guns!
So - have you an addictive personality, and what are/were your addictions?
I thank you.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
QPR Wotsits Posh birds (eventually married one) Scotch Whiskey (the one drink i always come back to after passing fads) Claire Grogan mafia related movies/tv shows
QPR and the whiskey are the ones that often leave me feeling unhappy or resentful of them but then have the power to occasionally put me on cloud nine and all is forgiven.
My 2 daughters QPR The Gym/Exercise M&S Cheese Tasters Bacon Breasts Porn (No surprise to anyone there) The Sea (Can't go more than a fortnight without a visit) My Kayak (If I'm at the sea I have to be out on it)
Great post by the way Brian And did I mention Breasts ?
As a Kid QPR Playing Football (school, club and mates played every day ) Star Wars Pannini Football stickers Football Programmes Football kits, ( used to send my poor old nan to parksys for those) Mums- Beef Stew & Dumplings or Mums Pie & Mash Comics,- Beezer , roy of the rovers, Shoot, Whizzer & Chips, & the commando war comics for those who remember those Nans - Roast Dinner or Nans egg and proper old school chips the big match & midweek sports special
Growing in to manhood
Girls (any hole was a goal ) Recreational Drugs clubbing records QPR Clothes Pubs
old and pretty much past it
Watching my daughter play football Pubs ( sunday afternoon session) LFW Pork Scratching's Curry QPR watching River Cottage or 2nd world war documentaries
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
QPR Lap dancers FIFA 06 for a couple of years Online porn Exercise Betting on three legged horses and phoney football teams. crisps,chocolate,ice cream and garden peas.
booze wouldnt qualify as i am a binge drinker,lots every so often and then none for weeks.
Well I guess we all have somewhat of an addictive side...
Mine throughout my life have been or are:- Football - obsessively watch any game, any where QPR - all things Music - mainly house and soul Records - see above, I cannot bear to part with my collection and add to it now and then these days Alcohol - on dodgy ground here... I could quite easily go over the edge but to coin a phrase used by a good friend of mine - somewhat of a social alcoholic!! Dogs - mainly Labradors
In the dim distant past I'd of probably added some reference to social drug taking, clubbing and women.
Brian's list surprises me.... you'd never of guessed that at Willesden College all those years ago!!!
Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal
Well I guess we all have somewhat of an addictive side...
Mine throughout my life have been or are:- Football - obsessively watch any game, any where QPR - all things Music - mainly house and soul Records - see above, I cannot bear to part with my collection and add to it now and then these days Alcohol - on dodgy ground here... I could quite easily go over the edge but to coin a phrase used by a good friend of mine - somewhat of a social alcoholic!! Dogs - mainly Labradors
In the dim distant past I'd of probably added some reference to social drug taking, clubbing and women.
Brian's list surprises me.... you'd never of guessed that at Willesden College all those years ago!!!
"Brian's list surprises me.... you'd never of guessed that at Willesden College all those years ago!!!"
True! It's amazing how often we change, time and time again. I've moved around so much that I've met so many different people, and their interests I suppose have rubbed off on me. Then you move again, and you leave another bit of you behind, and you change again in some small way. Sometimes, I'll think of something that happened to me - say the Thompson out campaign - and wonder if it was really me at all!
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
QPR of course . Magazines Classic cars Motorcycles Beer The Stockmarket. jalapenos Chocolate Frosties Thunderbirds Retirement Reading Playing Sunday Football Tate and Lyle Golden Syrup Anti depressants
wan king spanking cocaine camcorders the study of ancient rome.
44 to current 46 and 3/4qtrs ;
hiding in my tree house with my binoculars with a selection of cold spiced meats and goose fat overlooking the chingford school for exceptionally talented young men (5-14 years)
writing letters to the daily mail and my memoirs for the telegraph.
keeping detailed files on all my neighbours( financial, sexual preferences , hygiene etc etc)
writing poison pen letters to shami chakribati and richard bacon.
covertly sitting round a big oak table in the country with like minded individuals discussing the final solution for single mothers and john barrowman (no note taking)
wan king spanking cocaine camcorders the study of ancient rome.
44 to current 46 and 3/4qtrs ;
hiding in my tree house with my binoculars with a selection of cold spiced meats and goose fat overlooking the chingford school for exceptionally talented young men (5-14 years)
writing letters to the daily mail and my memoirs for the telegraph.
keeping detailed files on all my neighbours( financial, sexual preferences , hygiene etc etc)
writing poison pen letters to shami chakribati and richard bacon.
covertly sitting round a big oak table in the country with like minded individuals discussing the final solution for single mothers and john barrowman (no note taking)
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You don't disappoint, Disco!
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
QPR Tall posh birds (been with mine 16 years now) Women in general Chocolate Working (in the program to try stopping this) Cats (they keep me sane) Making jam out of honey rather than sugar Hot chocolate
you say the nicest things - mind you I think I'm possibly further down that list behind guitars, QPR, chips and possibly Cray Wanderers who you didn't mention
At various times I've been (sort of) addicted to - in the order that they've stayed with me the longest chocolate music, reading tennis QPR and lfw Diet coke Kipling handbags Shoes TV programmes that I can't miss - CBS reality generally at the current time
Alcohol coffee cheese crisps work football QPR LFw Empire magazine Takeaways House music(release fm a guilty pleasure) Years ago it would be.. Smoking Drinking clubbing record shopping Graffiti . Yes, that was it! Years and years ago. QPR Football Batman comics skateboarding Drawing Panini stickers(1986 completed almost) Cities of gold,dogtanian and the muskerhounds. Danger mouse. planet of the Apes, Star Wars,Back to the Future Riding my bike playing with matches. Throwing stuff,I was always throwing stuff. and arcades,megadrive and Tomb raider on the playstation. I think that sums it all up , 38 years , addictions.
Hornby Railways (OO Obviously - And to this day, although more just an interest as I still go to railway fairs when they're on locally, for old times sake and for my kids, you understand. Still, It's the only place I go where I'm the trendiest and coolest fcuker in the room). The Beat - First real musical love. Fawlty Towers - Just so brilliantly funny. QPR - Got into Rangers late in life compared to most, but better late than never. Drinking - Doubt I'll ever give it up but alot more under control than the earliear years. Puffing - I miss you, man. Travelling - I miss you, women. Squash - So fcuking addictive. I dread the day when I play my last game.
Socialising, travelling and learning coupled with seemingly justifiable obsession, usually achieved through sport, music and many forms of art. These normally have involved the major vices of one form or another over the years, I try and think of the reasons and the only excuse that I can give, is that it is trying to live life to the full within the boundaries that are available to you.
I may re read this sober tomorrow and question myself, or not!
As if to underline this I have been watching 'Close my eyes' on Film 4 1991, new to me, it tackles the taboo subject of incest.
QPR Football in general, talking about it, watching it and playing it, badly Sweets when younger Shoplifting sweets and panini stickers as a child, everyone at school was doing it at the time. Coffee Beer Red Wine Gett hammered every Friday and Saturday (in younger days) Weekends in Blackpool Viz Curry Women Indie music Irish traditional music video games Aussie Rules Football The Wire Travel
Things I tried to varying degrees, probably should have got addicted to but never did: Cigarettes recreational drugs
QPR PG Tips cards - loved the space set. UFO - loved the cars Pans People - didnt know why at the time. The Big Match Playing Football Watching football reading biographies - hardly read football ones as most are dull and boring. NME & Punk music gigs Doritos Lager Fine Dining Family wife & boys.
Peanut butter. Has to be crunchy type. Best invention from the States. However have had to scale back on the stuff when I found cholesterol levels were nearly off the Richter Scale! Now thanks to statins I can indulge in the stuff again...but only in moderation.
chronologically (*denotes still ongoing) marmite on toast* playing football - could have been a contender * comics (dad worked in the press and i used to get all of them for free) chocolate* watching football QPR* (dad didn't force it on me, so didn't really follow QPR until about 8) football stickers playing basketball - could have been a.... (who am i kidding) girls breasts* soul music, house music, back to soul music, smattering of house music** clubbing second generation irish catholic women* (married 2 now) watches * this bloody place* racehorse ownership* gambling*
booze, drugs and smoking pretty much passed me by. only ever drank moderately and suspect getting married young helped prevent the drugs, but could have easily pushed me to them too! Rarely watch football now apart form us; that probably does enough damage to put me off the rest!
the fact that only Disco and Simmo have alluded to wan k*ing in a list of past addictions surprises me in that I thought most of the people on here were adult men, with a smattering of female visitors too. This suggests that other than Disco and Simmo, most of you (especially the men) are either lying, or under 13. I'll leave you to decide which.
So some of my addictions (* indicates ongoing):
Lego Model railways Wan king Hi fi and music (bit of a dabbler, if I'm honest, not ongoing at present, but liable to return at any time) QPR* Going to gigs Girls/women Darts Cannabis* (not quite an addiction, more of a habit) Drinking alcohol (again, fortunately not an addiction, was more of a habit) Internet fora* Messing on the internet when I should be working* (linked to the above, and like any proper addiction, this one makes me feel especially bad about myself) Biscuits and cakes*
I do think I have quite an addictive personality, so the lack of porn, class A drugs, cigarettes and gambling in the above list makes me feel secretly quite pleased with myself.
the fact that only Disco and Simmo have alluded to wan k*ing in a list of past addictions surprises me in that I thought most of the people on here were adult men, with a smattering of female visitors too. This suggests that other than Disco and Simmo, most of you (especially the men) are either lying, or under 13. I'll leave you to decide which.
So some of my addictions (* indicates ongoing):
Lego Model railways Wan king Hi fi and music (bit of a dabbler, if I'm honest, not ongoing at present, but liable to return at any time) QPR* Going to gigs Girls/women Darts Cannabis* (not quite an addiction, more of a habit) Drinking alcohol (again, fortunately not an addiction, was more of a habit) Internet fora* Messing on the internet when I should be working* (linked to the above, and like any proper addiction, this one makes me feel especially bad about myself) Biscuits and cakes*
I do think I have quite an addictive personality, so the lack of porn, class A drugs, cigarettes and gambling in the above list makes me feel secretly quite pleased with myself.
have to say that i'm not sure that as a regualr past time that w*nking is necessarily an addicition. can you image the support group of WA all sat around in a circle passing the box of kleenex to each other.
Hi, my name is WestberksR and it's been 3 days since my last vvank! (cue applause from the rest of the support group, followed by someones relapse confession having knocked out a quick one on the way there.
have to say that i'm not sure that as a regualr past time that w*nking is necessarily an addicition. can you image the support group of WA all sat around in a circle passing the box of kleenex to each other.
Hi, my name is WestberksR and it's been 3 days since my last vvank! (cue applause from the rest of the support group, followed by someones relapse confession having knocked out a quick one on the way there.
Worthy of its own thread this subject. FWIW, IMO it's an act of nature not an addiction.
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