Army Thread 23rd July

[DeeBee]

Army Thread 23rd July

That's fantastic Mario!!

[startingover]

Army Thread 23rd July

LMAO Deebs!!

Mario, that is BRILLIANT news!
Good going on the gym too!
See you later.

[Grim]

Army Thread 23rd July

Good Morning fellow troopers!

Well the weather here on the coast is just plain rotten. Bucketing down at the moment so it is a good thing to be stuck behind a desk right now.

Yee-ha day 37 AF today!

[DeeBee]

Army Thread 23rd July

That's fantastic Grim -- well done!!

Morning Opal:-)

[Grim]

Army Thread 23rd July

Hello Deebee, Hello Opal, Hello Startie, Hello Mario!

[Beaches]

Army Thread 23rd July

Wow Oney, that is quite an eye opening story. I can't believe how different he looked at the end.

[Beaches]

Army Thread 23rd July

I'm doing well, just crazy busy over the summer with kids schedules etc. I will be happy when school starts again and we get into some sort of norm.

[Blue Sky]

Army Thread 23rd July

Hi guys

Yes Oners, this story is so horrrific, I first heard about it on Tuesday. So very sad that it was allowed to go so far. Think it deserves a thread in it's own right - it's a warning to all of us of the damage we are potentially doing to ourselves.

[oliveoyl]

Army Thread 23rd July

so sad so very very sad and this is a legally sanctioned approved drug by every government in the world all this talk of moon walks and missions to mars . The moonies and martians probably took one look at us a decided " mmmmm whats the next planet on the list we might like to visit " these guys are stone age

[Popeye]

Army Thread 23rd July

one2many;672198 wrote: Morning All,

I read this this morning and was horrified at what alcohol can do....

So how did this bright-eyed little boy come to die of drink at 22? Read his mother's story and decide | Mail Online

Hi folks.
Oney, I see kids with very similar lifestyles to Gary's every day. The're out in the parks with their carry-outs when they should be at school, running away from the police. I get asked to go into the shop for booze by kids regularly. I know them. Some of their parents know what they do and some don't. One of my neighbours has four kids, three of whom have taken up her lifestyle and are drinking constantly. They are in their late teens and early twenties now, but it's been going on for years. They gravitate into groups. Which ever one gets their money that day buys a huge load of booze for everyone and the next day someone else gets paid. They steal anything they can sell. The police are onto them but there's only so much they can do. They get arrested and let out the next day. Over the years I've known lots of them die, or be killed or kill themselves. It's terrible, but it seems to be the way that the kids caught up in this situation exist. Some see the error of their ways or grow out of it, but for most of them, it's the start of a steep and very slippery slope to lifelong alcoholism, jail time and often death. I'm not exaggerating. Sometimes I feel terrible for bringing my kids up in this environment. I should have up and left to a better place. It's too late now but if I could do it again, I'd be out of here in a flash.

Anyway, How's things?
I slept like a big, long lazy thing last night and am once more fighting fit and cheerful.

[oliveoyl]

Army Thread 23rd July

"Sometimes I feel terrible for bringing my kids up in this environment. I should have up and left to a better place. It's too late now but if I could do it again, I'd be out of here in a flash". Me too pops its "the thing" in every parents heart that inate feeling of above all else "protect your children"

[cymru]

Army Thread 23rd July

Good afternoon all.
Your absolutley right pops. The fact that I can buy booze cheaper per litre now at 34 than I could at 17 is crazy. Bulk buying and binge drinking is getting worse and worse, and the supermarket wars are making buying booze cheaper every month. They 'target' kids and school holidays. The government do nothing about it except promote and exploit it as it brings them in so much money. 11-18 year olds spent in excess of 800 million on booze last year. We are a sick country indeed pops.

[startingover]

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Yes, that is truly a horrific story....
I cannot ever seeing it getting any better in this country unfortunately. Apparently councils are putting more money into addiction treatment, but surely something should go into preventative strategies.

[startingover]

Army Thread 23rd July

How is Ava today Oney?

[byebyebridgetjones]

Army Thread 23rd July

Evening loves....Oney that story is bloody horrible.....