I haven’t posted an essay in a while, and, I received an email or two asking about me.
I appreciate the concern.
There were some comments made to my last few essays that I believe I should address.
The first subject to address is alcohol. Do I drink? A lot? Yes. Does that automatically make me an alcoholic? No. I don’t go to meetings.
Ok, seriously. If you look at the definition of alcoholism, it is the point where your body becomes dependent on the alcohol. In no way, does that equate into people who simply have such a tolerance to alcohol they can drink 3 times the normal.
As I have stated, going through EOD school (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) you simply had to drink alcohol. Not to look cool, but, to be able to give an outlet to the pressure you received being in the school ranked the 3rd toughest in the Navy.
Yes, I drink… I drink alot. Normally, I can out-drink many simply based on my tolerance level. It doesn’t, howver, meet the level of “alcoholic”
‘The second subject to discuss is PTSD. I was in a warzone, twice, I was in incidents where i got to see the worst first. Of course, you can add to that the time I spent as a law enforcement officer.
DO I have PTSD? No. It has already been looked at and tested. I do not have PTSD under normally guidelines.
Yes, I’ve been away.
The reason was more about getting alone time, then hiding anyting.
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And Mike- It was a good essay but a little too personal for the Front Page.
Not that it matters, I’m just warning everyone that I’m subject to fits of random and malicious promotion so you should watch what you say in public.
And glad to know you are OK.
And no more alcohol talk from me, I promise…
No promises about sex, though….
I am an alcoholic…..and believe me..I understand.
This is not to say that you are, and now way would I ever sign up for AA or anything.
This is just to let you know that there are others out there who drink…
A lot.