Gazza's latest relapse.
Heard his agent on the radio last night talking about it and the various tabloid stories http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paul-gascoigne-says-no-one-1572075 Seems to be heading towards an inevitable fate.
One thing I find difficult is seeing the pictures of off licences and pubs selling him booze. Now I absolutely know they are doing nothing wrong and he will get it somewhere anyway but if it was me my conscience would be giving me hell. I know not many will agree with me but its how I feel.
As for Gazza its very sad but unless he wants to help himself I don't think anyone else can. I didn't ever think he was clean as such. In every interview when he wasn't drinking he would be chain smoking or chain exercising or something else. To my totally untrained eye it just seemed he was always replacing one addiction with another one.
One thing I find difficult is seeing the pictures of off licences and pubs selling him booze. Now I absolutely know they are doing nothing wrong and he will get it somewhere anyway but if it was me my conscience would be giving me hell. I know not many will agree with me but its how I feel.
As for Gazza its very sad but unless he wants to help himself I don't think anyone else can. I didn't ever think he was clean as such. In every interview when he wasn't drinking he would be chain smoking or chain exercising or something else. To my totally untrained eye it just seemed he was always replacing one addiction with another one.
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The final outcome seems tragically inevitable though.
Having worked in an off-licence unless he turn up drunk in the shop theres not much you can do im afraid.
It is very sad, but it happens all too often.
Many years ago a few of us used to frequent a well known wine bar in London's west-end after work and George Best was always there, in the corner, sometimes on his own, just having a quiet drink. The wine bar staff kept an eye out so he wasn't really disturbed by fans, but people bought him drinks and sometimes he'd have a chat. I suppose it was a place he felt comfortable and protected by the management, so maybe if he wasn't drinking there he would have had to go elsewhere where he might have been more vulnerable?
But as for Gazza, my heart goes out to him and wish him well and hope he can conquer his demons before it is too late.
Yeah Gazza is in a terrible state but sadly that is the effect Alcoholism has on people's lives, it is amazing though how much abuse the Human body can take from Alcohol.
I know of Women who Died from Alcoholism 2 or 3 weeks ago. She was in her mid 40's and she lived on her own and had no bed, (Just a mattress) No Curtains, No TV, No Carpet and No Heating she use to get through 2 or 3 bottles of Vodka a day and she had wasted £40,000 worth of savings on Staying in Premier Inn's and Bed and Breakfast's where she use to just drink until she passed out, she was often covered in her own urine.
In the end she fell down to the bottom of her stairs after she passed out drunk. The sad thing is that 10 to 15 years ago she had a good job, with a good salary a nice house and 2 kids aged 8 and 10.
The thing with Alcoholism is that it can hit anyone from any walk of life and the only person who can stop drinking is the drinker themselves. It isn't however just as easy as stopping one day like many people think, people like Gazza are seriously ill both mentally and Physically and in most cases the drinker can't stop and it eventually kills them. It is a sad and all too frequent story and although the Human body can take a huge amount of battering from Alcohol eventually it will give in and Gazza is getting close to the end game if he lives another 2 years he will of done well. Very Sad.
He was an alcoholic when still playing so I don't think his career ending was the main issue but probably just made it much worse. As you say he's always seemed to be immature and never grown up. He's probably always had some sort of mental issues,
Whoever let him on the stage in that state needs to have their head examined. Absolutely shocking.
He has, ever since he was a young kid.
I agree
His agent said he wanted to go on and not let people down. He also said he only saw him drink two cans of beer and didn't know how much he may have drunk earlier. I find all that difficult to believe as its blatantly obvious Gazza is completely off his head at the time.
That is a sad story, and you are right when you say the only person who can do it is the drinker themselves.
I have a lot of personal experience in this, I lost my brother and best friend both alcoholics and both died before the age of 45. I myself am 5 years 'dry' - I did actually give up over night and my inspiration was my children, but it hasn't always been easy but I know I will never drink again!
But I was one of the lucky ones, in Arsene Wenger's words "mental strength"
Glad you've come through it. I've never been a "drinker" as such. An odd pint here or there is fine but I've never really liked the feeling of being drunk. Guess I'm lucky for that in many ways.
A massive well done to you, anyone who can give up drink like that has my up most respect as it is one of the hardest things in life to beat, as you are battling against your own Brain as the instinct for an Alcoholic is to drink. The next drink for a physical addict is as important as the next breath for a 'normal' person. Like yourself i'm a recovering Alcoholic who has been 'dry' for a year so i know it takes true "Mental Strength" to quote Wenger to fight and hopefully beat the addiction.I know it can be done as a man at one of my groups just stopped drinking like yourself and he was apparently told he had 2 months left to live and he has now gone 9 years dry, but it is very rare as i have seen many examples were people just can't beat it. Again well done to you.
Well done you as well, stay strong. It's just making that 'decision' and meaning it, that's why I feel so much for someone like Gazza.
Mind you (getting back to footie), the sight of Van Persie in a Utd shirt almost had me cracking open a bottle of Pinot Grigio!!!
Chamakh in an Arsenal shirt could induce similar feelings!
Thanks it has been hard at times but life is so much better without it, your right it is about making a 'decision' and sticking to it no matter how hard it can be.
I don't know what you mean about Van Persie it is a wonderful thing seeing him in a United shirt lol, seriously though i could understand an Arsenal fans frustration. A more distressing site was seeing City win the league like they did last season i could of had a drink then.
You see, this is why football conjures up all sorts of emotions! After Arsenal's dreadful match against City the other week, we were in sitting in the pub on the Holloway Rd, everyone drowning their sorrows, and I was sitting there with a Slimline Tonic, suffice to say it didn't help at all
Hope he wins the fight but he'll be found dead chocking on his own vomit the way things are going.
Money cant buy everything
A terrible shame.