Dirty Nights and Painful Mornings.

wake up call: 4th Sep 2006 - 02:15 GMT

My father and one of my closest friends both drank to death. My father was about 90 pounds when he died, his 3rd wife didn't want him around anymore and none of his family would take him in. We loved him but we couldn't watch him kill himself. My other friend I knew since 5 years old he would have been 40 this year, he kept having stomach anneuyrisms, he needed a new liver and still drank every night. He put his younger brother and mother through hell, and then died anyway. If there is anything in you that wants to live- put away the poison now.

jack: 4th Sep 2006 - 15:12 GMT

sticky you will die the same way your father and friend did and the way every other drunk did since there was booze around to drink. is there anyone who will weep for the dying drunk? i will weep for you to God, to put into you, a reason for existing on this planet. life is a beautiful thing but we humans find every which way of destroying it. if your lucky it may not be too late for you to recover but there will be a long and lonely road for you to walk. go to a religious store and look for a card called, 'footprints in the sand' and see your path. i've seen too many good, young men die from war and sickness. i've seen little children die with an ice cream cone in their little hands and i've seen good men give up life for a bottle. if you want to die then do it for a good reason. give yourself to helping humanity, the poor, the aged, the helpless and then die knowing you died like a man.

kim: 4th Sep 2006 - 18:13 GMT

been there so many times, now i have a reason to not be a looser. My reason is 7 yrs old and my son is my new life.

Sticky: 4th Sep 2006 - 20:03 GMT

While I appreciate the input and advice you will be happy to know that things have changed drastically (a lot has to do with kids!) and this wasn't meant to be a "cry for help", merely a piece I wrote whilst in the throws of a bad lifestyle.

Jamie: 4th Sep 2006 - 20:54 GMT

this is an inspired piece of writing. i don't believe it needs photos. it stands on it's own two feet. and i know i sound like a stuck record but i really wish people posted more of the written word here to balance all the great photos. feel free to write like this here anytime. and i hear you on the kids thing.

jack: 4th Sep 2006 - 21:28 GMT

you should have informed us of your drastic change. that is what makes the written word so great, it is the redemption. and children generally are the reason. children are precious.

Sticky: 4th Sep 2006 - 23:49 GMT

Thanks for the words all. I write a fair amount of stuff and will add some other posts as they come along.
I saw Jamie post somewhere about his want for more written words, that's what made me think of posting this. It feels good to not be a lurker anymore.

Jamie: 6th Sep 2006 - 21:43 GMT

There's a large body of written stuff here on citynoise, but under the sheer weight of photographic contributions i suppose it might prove hard to find unless you know exactly where it is. like i do. So here's a bunch of my favourites for anyone who's at all interested.

My all time favourites
citynoise.org/article/202 - "POW! Die Bitch!"
citynoise.org/article/531 - The Artist
citynoise.org/article/220 - Roberto!

citynoise.org/article/1119 - The Tale of Tom

Peter's old stuff

citynoise.org/article/2
citynoise.org/article/3
citynoise.org/article/4
citynoise.org/article/5
citynoise.org/article/7
citynoise.org/article/8
citynoise.org/article/9
citynoise.org/article/14

any many more...

a couple from me
citynoise.org/article/903
citynoise.org/article/814

and then there's citynoise.org/author/a_disturbed_young_man