Corrie: The Barlows go to AA

Post by **faceless** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:54 pm

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pirtybirdy · Post by **pirtybirdy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:19 am

That was so funny. I wish they'd do more stuff like that in future. Blanche cracks me up! lol!

Colston · Post by **Colston** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 12:13 am

I've been to a couple of thousand AA meetings and none like this....

SpursFan1902 · Post by **SpursFan1902** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:41 am

So this all went down last July? It hasn't even been a year yet and Peter is drinking again. I must admit, I am sort of bored with drinking storylines...Peter, Phil...zzzzz

Colston · Post by **Colston** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:35 pm

SpursFan1902 wrote:So this all went down last July? It hasn't even been a year yet and Peter is drinking again. I must admit, I am sort of bored with drinking storylines...Peter, Phil...zzzzz

I think both the Phil and Peter stories have been done well. Only about 5% of alcoholics stop drinking permanently and change their lives to an extent that they don't turn to drink when things get difficult. And certainly there is often a lot of stopping and starting before a permanent change is effected.

Phil has never really tried to do something about the stuff that has him turning to drink for comfort and would be likely in reality to drink again and again.

SpursFan1902 · Post by **SpursFan1902** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:29 pm

Oh, I think they have been done well....too well, that is the problem. I don't watch soaps for reality. I think that I have a harder time with the drinking storylines because I lived with an alcoholic for years and it was a painful experience. Good thing I was young. You tend to bounce back faster when you are young. I couldn't do it now.

Colston · Post by **Colston** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 11:08 pm

SpursFan1902 wrote:Oh, I think they have been done well....too well, that is the problem. I don't watch soaps for reality. I think that I have a harder time with the drinking storylines because I lived with an alcoholic for years and it was a painful experience. Good thing I was young. You tend to bounce back faster when you are young. I couldn't do it now.

I agree... I don't bother at all with people who drink now. I keep them at arms length and more. I've realised that I value things being how they are a lot more than I thought. Being with drinkers and the like distorts reality as they don't seem to be able to live in a world where what happened happened.