[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Paul.. I read this and felt for you at the time that this was happening to you ,,believe me,, and,,, thank goodness what I read on here all that you post about these days in your life ,,,,seems you got it pretty good . I think you have bettered your life much since them days ,,just something not a lot of guys can do.. and now you have me for one in awe at what all you do have ,, I don't mean your wife as I have a good one . Sounds like you got a good one .. I got an old car ,but would still like to have a couple of yours.. I'm pround that you are what you are now..

Thanks for the kind words. I suppose that I am lucky. I have a lot of friends that didn't make it out. I haven't taken drugs in 35+ years. And it wasn't rehab or jail that did it for me. It was just me saying to myself "No more' That I was done. I was on the road to nowhere. My girlfriend left me. She didn't tell me to stop. She just said goodbye. And she didn't come back. I was a mess and she left. I really can't blame her.

I see young kids going down that path and I'd like to shake them and say " knock it off'. But I know they won't listen. I never did. Until the voices came from inside my own head. I couldn't tune those out.

I still drink light beer. But not much. It puts me to sleep. I'm an old fuddy duddy.