I started drinking every day in the ninth grade, the only year I ever got straight A's. Then, with in a year I began taking all manner of drugs ( I was about a half hour hitch hiking from Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood in 1967 thru 1970), with a particular emphasis on psychedelic drugs. Then I quit all that when I graduated high
school ( with the offer of a full scholarship by the way) and went to
work in the
family construction company. I started drinking every evening then and consumed about a 5th of Johnny Walker Black almost every night for about 35 years. A few times I would quit for a few months or so when I would
work 80 or 90 hour weeks. So I decided I was not an alcoholic, as I never missed it when it was inconvenient. After my 3rd back surgery I was faced with a lifetime of endless pain killers, and I don't like the alcohol opioid combo pack, so I don't drink anymore for about 7 years now. I was smoking and eating a lot of pot after that but now the US
government will not allow me, according to Dr. Amit Gupta, to smoke and get Norco, so he upped my dose of opioids by 33% to cover the painkilling effects of the pot. We are actually in the process of relocating to
Mexico where although it is harder to get painkillers, and they seem to have more side effects, I can at least get more than a months supply at a time, so we can continue to
cruise our
boat, and they don't care if I use marijuana to lower my opioid dosage. What I really wanted to say here is I wish they made Near Scotch, because I miss the taste a lot. I used to make a series of nice Edinborough Ice Teas, as I called them on a hot afternoon, and tell my friends that scotch went good with waffles ( which it turned out it did) and I really wish I was physically fit enough to taste it again. I was given a couple of bottles of Johnny Walker Blue as going away presents when we left cruising a couple of years ago and still have 1 and a 1/2 left. That's all folks
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