Folks Of Interest Too bad I quit drinkin'.

21 years ago today I joined this joint. First, Thanks for all you do for all of us Ryan. Second, Thanks to all the friends I've made over the years. Third, Here's to all the past members and good friends that are no longer here to share their knowledge, support, parts, etc. We all miss you guys.

That's it. That's all I have.
21 more...

 

So “Pappy” is happy. But is “that Hot Rod Lincoln” still around?

 

Time well spent/wasted!

 

Awful nice sentiment for a rag tag mob of hooligans!
Back at ya!

 

Congratulations on the sobriety and your 21 years as a member of the Hamb. HRP

 

I’ll drink to that.

 

Quit drinking? The Lord hates a quitter! Happy Anniversary to a fellow flathead fan.

 

Congrats, And many more..

 

"I'm gon'na quit drinking first chance I get!"
........Quoting Sid Ceasar in a TV role as an alcoholic.

Happy 21 to Pete and the rest of the bunch!
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I have about 26 years of sobriety (thank God!) and I often say I might have amounted to something had I given up drinking earlier. I know I get a lot more done now that I don't get thirsty when it's 5:00 somewhere.

Lynn

 

Alcohol is the lubricant of life, but if you overfill with it you will have problems.......
I hardly drink any more. No need. I am happy and content with my life.

 

21 is good 42 is better... good job, and stay at it. Stopped end of April, 2001. Never felt better. Health reasons..

 

21 years is just making it to legal drinking age!

 

Proudly - 26 years of sobriety. Every thing I involve myself in, has always been to the extreme.
I always had to (fill in the blank) more than everyone else.

“Here’s looking up your old address”

 

i quit a few years ago due to some health concerns. the funniest thing had to be when my cardiologist asked me how bad the withdrawals were...

 

While I still drink I have never let drinking be a controlling factor in my life. Partially because for a lot of years I had limited funds and I could afford a car magazine or beer and still have the magazine in my collection. The other part is that I have had too many family members who have had alcohol control and mess up their lives over the years and several friends. A brother and sister who are recovered alcoholics and having had to deal with my late mother's drinking that included ruining just about every family gathering for several years and whining after we left a birthday party for my then six year old great niece that "they didn't have anything to drink there" although my niece had Tea, lemonaid, coolaid and punch to drink.

 

My "beverage" consumption was/is always in moderation, my hot rod addiction..............
NOT SO MUCH!

 

I’ve heard it said that it takes 7 days for a single beer to be out of your system….that means the one I last night should be out of mine on my 94th birthday…..I’m currently 80….

 

I can only say that after burning bridges for nine years, I was prayin' to get out of the mess.
I was taken to a rehab, and sober ( not just dry ) by the time I was 30.
Life got so much better without it.
From the first to the last load, no question of was it a controlled activity.

 

You are Blessed…

 

My family said that I needed help with my drinking..... so I hired a bar tender!

 

I was asked several years ago by a few of the younger engineers at the firm I worked at "how do you afford all those cool old cars you have?" I told them, since I never drank alcohol my whole life, it was a simple math problem. I asked them "how much do you spend a week on alcohol?" They agreed on average about $100 a week. 100x52 is 5200 a year, times 30 years is $156,000...

I am super proud of anyone that quit. Everyone's biology is different. Some people get hooked alot easier on things than others. Both my grandfathers were alcoholics.

 

I have the same attitude to smoking . I quit smoking a packet a day habit in June 1982 when they were $1.08 a packet.
Now they are $37.41 per packet.
If the price increase was linear ,it would be an average medium price of $19.24 [it's actually been over $30+ for the last 20 years]
$19.24 x 365 days x 42 years = $295,000 which would buy a good Ferrari

 

Join AA and then just drink under a different name.....

 

Quitters never win!

Winners never quit!

Only users lose drugs!

 

I got a divorce, now there’s no reason to drink…

 

I quit drinking in a couple years ago.
I quit smoking last year.
I quit fucking swearing last week
...well, 2 outta 3 ain't bad.

 

I didn't mean this to be a post about me qutting. Was meant to be about 21 years of knowledge, hot rods (a few bitchin' customs, too), friends and anything else related to the HAMB. But thanks guys...It hasn't been an easy thing to do but I'm doing it.
Now back to hot rods!!

This woulda been about 2004. That's my oldest in the baby seat. Fran is 20 now!

 

I don't know about feeling better or worse...but even my closest friends don't recognize me without a cigar hanging out of my face.

 

You don't have to light up to have the look.