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Posted by 3 Beer Effect on February 8, 2002, at 23:25:51
Everyone always says if they win the lottery they'll immediately tell their boss that he sucks & that they quit. But here is the truth- you get used to that big house very quickly & life without working or responsibilites get real boring & very depressing after awhile. Mostly you just end up watching TV even though there is nothing on during the day or in the middle of the night.
I always thought that if I won the lottery than I would never work- I would just sit out by the pool drinking martinis, doing cocaine & partying with strippers. Or I thought I might live a life like Billy Madison & his friends where he lays out by the pool in the sun all day & gets drunk till he passes out.
I haven't won the lottery, but I don't work & after awhile it gets very depressing. I am 23 & although I live with my parents since I have no money, it is in a beautiful 5000 square foot home. But afterawhile you don't notice how nice the house is, it just seems normal & is no big deal. When you don't work & have no responsibilities, life is pretty boring. No wonder the children of the super rich always end up junkies at the betty ford clinic! The highlight of my day is getting the mail at 2 pm. I used to have to mow the lawn when I was younger which at a 1/2 acre was a real pain but now we get some guy from Mexico to mow it. Ironically, our garderner is saving up to return to Mexico & retire because he said life in the US is too stressful, fast-paced, & you have to work too hard.Sometimes for entertainment I go read books & magazines at Barnes & Noble bookstore, which is a weird place in itself because everyone there ignores everyone else while they pretend to read books that they aren't going to buy. When you live in the suburbs, you can't really go out & party at bars because there are no taxis & the bars are atleast a half an hour away. Where am I supposed to meet women? I am 23 but everyone in the suburbs is under 17 or over 40?
I bet elderly people get depressed so often because when you aren't working your life seems to lack purpose. Something like 32% of old people are alcoholics- I don't drink any more, but if I was so old I couldn't see or watch even the TV I'd be getting wasted all the time & taking all the diladuid, numorphans, & oxycodones, hydrocodones I could get my hands on. Hell, its not like your going to get cirrohsis if you start drinking when your 80 years old! What if you were so old that you were about to die- that is some scary sh*t! I don't think I could die sober, I'd have to ask them to give me a big bottle of vodka or a big shot or morphine to calm my fear if they thought I was going to die. Why people ever kill themselves is beyond me!& What the heck is the meaning of life anyways?
& Why am I thinking about all this stuff when i'm only 23?- By the time i'm 40 I am going to turn into a basketcase!Oh well, I got readmitted to the University of Texas at Austin for the fall. (I had to get a mental health medical withdrawl thanks to those wonderful psychiatric medicines 'Side Effexor XR' & 'Remerzombieon'- ended up wasting $8,000 on room, board, & tuition thanks to those medications. Living in the city (Austin) is much more exciting than living in the suburbs- so much more to do but also lots of everyone's favorite anxiolytic & disinhibitor- alcohol, tempting you at every party. Hopefully my friends Klonopin & 'no-alcohol Iced Tea in a red solo cup' will help me through all the wild weekend college parties. Most of the beautiful but drunkenly dumb sorority girls can't tell your drinking non-alcoholic iced tea- the red cup makes it look like you are drinking some fancy mixed drink.
Posted by spike4848 on February 9, 2002, at 9:11:45
In reply to Not work kind of sucks-lottery won't make u happy!, posted by 3 Beer Effect on February 8, 2002, at 23:25:51
As my mother always said .... working is the best therapy! I hated hearing that, but it is true. You got to keep moving.
Spike
Posted by ross on February 9, 2002, at 9:59:06
In reply to Just like Mom Said! » 3 Beer Effect, posted by spike4848 on February 9, 2002, at 9:11:45
spike how true!!!!!!!!
as sick as we are at times and how much we may hate our jobs we need to keep working.
hey im in detox mode going for Nardil on the 21st of this month. last night sucked!!!!
ross
Posted by Mr. Scott on February 9, 2002, at 14:09:18
In reply to Not work kind of sucks-lottery won't make u happy!, posted by 3 Beer Effect on February 8, 2002, at 23:25:51
> Everyone always says if they win the lottery they'll immediately tell their boss that he sucks & that they quit. But here is the truth- you get used to that big house very quickly & life without working or responsibilites get real boring & very depressing after awhile. Mostly you just end up watching TV even though there is nothing on during the day or in the middle of the night.
>
> I always thought that if I won the lottery than I would never work- I would just sit out by the pool drinking martinis, doing cocaine & partying with strippers. Or I thought I might live a life like Billy Madison & his friends where he lays out by the pool in the sun all day & gets drunk till he passes out.
> I haven't won the lottery, but I don't work & after awhile it gets very depressing. I am 23 & although I live with my parents since I have no money, it is in a beautiful 5000 square foot home. But afterawhile you don't notice how nice the house is, it just seems normal & is no big deal. When you don't work & have no responsibilities, life is pretty boring. No wonder the children of the super rich always end up junkies at the betty ford clinic! The highlight of my day is getting the mail at 2 pm. I used to have to mow the lawn when I was younger which at a 1/2 acre was a real pain but now we get some guy from Mexico to mow it. Ironically, our garderner is saving up to return to Mexico & retire because he said life in the US is too stressful, fast-paced, & you have to work too hard.
>
> Sometimes for entertainment I go read books & magazines at Barnes & Noble bookstore, which is a weird place in itself because everyone there ignores everyone else while they pretend to read books that they aren't going to buy. When you live in the suburbs, you can't really go out & party at bars because there are no taxis & the bars are atleast a half an hour away. Where am I supposed to meet women? I am 23 but everyone in the suburbs is under 17 or over 40?
>
>
> I bet elderly people get depressed so often because when you aren't working your life seems to lack purpose. Something like 32% of old people are alcoholics- I don't drink any more, but if I was so old I couldn't see or watch even the TV I'd be getting wasted all the time & taking all the diladuid, numorphans, & oxycodones, hydrocodones I could get my hands on. Hell, its not like your going to get cirrohsis if you start drinking when your 80 years old! What if you were so old that you were about to die- that is some scary sh*t! I don't think I could die sober, I'd have to ask them to give me a big bottle of vodka or a big shot or morphine to calm my fear if they thought I was going to die. Why people ever kill themselves is beyond me!
>
> & What the heck is the meaning of life anyways?
> & Why am I thinking about all this stuff when i'm only 23?- By the time i'm 40 I am going to turn into a basketcase!
>
> Oh well, I got readmitted to the University of Texas at Austin for the fall. (I had to get a mental health medical withdrawl thanks to those wonderful psychiatric medicines 'Side Effexor XR' & 'Remerzombieon'- ended up wasting $8,000 on room, board, & tuition thanks to those medications. Living in the city (Austin) is much more exciting than living in the suburbs- so much more to do but also lots of everyone's favorite anxiolytic & disinhibitor- alcohol, tempting you at every party. Hopefully my friends Klonopin & 'no-alcohol Iced Tea in a red solo cup' will help me through all the wild weekend college parties. Most of the beautiful but drunkenly dumb sorority girls can't tell your drinking non-alcoholic iced tea- the red cup makes it look like you are drinking some fancy mixed drink.
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You are hillarious! I can tell we would get along, if we were roomates. I am 27, and remember 23 well. Although, I was doing coke, drinking martinis(actually back then it was saphire & tonics) and hanging out with strippers/hookers who we'd hire to come to our poker nights in the wealthy suburbs of Dr.Bob's current locale.But those are short lived and meaningless things, as is excessive money if you've no one important to spend it on and share it with. I've had a difficult time making the transition from then to now, and obviously it's a work in progress. What really helped me was falling in love and it lasted 5 years (over for 9 mos now). We really matured together and without her I'd be dead right now for sure. I still miss her...oh well. That is a far cry from the mentality we used to have in college. Trying to have sex as much as possible. (I was lucky to finish with national high honors with all the drugs and debauchery). People used to say I lead a charmed life. Now I sit in front of a computer on psycho-babble trying to find out how to get back to the way I was feeling before all this began.
One thing I can say is that you are at a big risk for relapsing on the booze once you're back in school. Make sure you have a support system in place, and you can deal with temptation. It will surely come... Incidentaly I'm no one to talk as I drank twice this week socially on business outings. I should not drink at all with my history and current disorders.
It seems to you like your asking questions that are unique, but they have been asked for an eternity. You nailed it on the head when you talked about Meaning and Purpose. People like us (that is if you are as I imagine you based on your posts) need meaning and purpose. Otherwise we will tend to wander about asking too many unanswerable question and getting ourselves into trouble with temptations.
You are young and obviously from a background of means that can help you along. Find what it is you want to do with the time you've been given and get to work making things happen.
Good Luck at school!
Scott
Posted by JohnX2 on February 9, 2002, at 21:12:37
In reply to Not work kind of sucks-lottery won't make u happy!, posted by 3 Beer Effect on February 8, 2002, at 23:25:51
Hey, a fellow Austinite!!!!
Too bad you can't make it here for Mardi Gras
Austin style!Austin is a good anti-depressant. UT is so
full of life. My University was so boring, it
makes me want to cry when I walk around UT
campus and think about how boring my college
was in comparison.I love this city. I grew up in the Chicago
area, will never go back.Best Regards,
John
> Everyone always says if they win the lottery they'll immediately tell their boss that he sucks & that they quit. But here is the truth- you get used to that big house very quickly & life without working or responsibilites get real boring & very depressing after awhile. Mostly you just end up watching TV even though there is nothing on during the day or in the middle of the night.
>
> I always thought that if I won the lottery than I would never work- I would just sit out by the pool drinking martinis, doing cocaine & partying with strippers. Or I thought I might live a life like Billy Madison & his friends where he lays out by the pool in the sun all day & gets drunk till he passes out.
> I haven't won the lottery, but I don't work & after awhile it gets very depressing. I am 23 & although I live with my parents since I have no money, it is in a beautiful 5000 square foot home. But afterawhile you don't notice how nice the house is, it just seems normal & is no big deal. When you don't work & have no responsibilities, life is pretty boring. No wonder the children of the super rich always end up junkies at the betty ford clinic! The highlight of my day is getting the mail at 2 pm. I used to have to mow the lawn when I was younger which at a 1/2 acre was a real pain but now we get some guy from Mexico to mow it. Ironically, our garderner is saving up to return to Mexico & retire because he said life in the US is too stressful, fast-paced, & you have to work too hard.
>
> Sometimes for entertainment I go read books & magazines at Barnes & Noble bookstore, which is a weird place in itself because everyone there ignores everyone else while they pretend to read books that they aren't going to buy. When you live in the suburbs, you can't really go out & party at bars because there are no taxis & the bars are atleast a half an hour away. Where am I supposed to meet women? I am 23 but everyone in the suburbs is under 17 or over 40?
>
>
> I bet elderly people get depressed so often because when you aren't working your life seems to lack purpose. Something like 32% of old people are alcoholics- I don't drink any more, but if I was so old I couldn't see or watch even the TV I'd be getting wasted all the time & taking all the diladuid, numorphans, & oxycodones, hydrocodones I could get my hands on. Hell, its not like your going to get cirrohsis if you start drinking when your 80 years old! What if you were so old that you were about to die- that is some scary sh*t! I don't think I could die sober, I'd have to ask them to give me a big bottle of vodka or a big shot or morphine to calm my fear if they thought I was going to die. Why people ever kill themselves is beyond me!
>
> & What the heck is the meaning of life anyways?
> & Why am I thinking about all this stuff when i'm only 23?- By the time i'm 40 I am going to turn into a basketcase!
>
> Oh well, I got readmitted to the University of Texas at Austin for the fall. (I had to get a mental health medical withdrawl thanks to those wonderful psychiatric medicines 'Side Effexor XR' & 'Remerzombieon'- ended up wasting $8,000 on room, board, & tuition thanks to those medications. Living in the city (Austin) is much more exciting than living in the suburbs- so much more to do but also lots of everyone's favorite anxiolytic & disinhibitor- alcohol, tempting you at every party. Hopefully my friends Klonopin & 'no-alcohol Iced Tea in a red solo cup' will help me through all the wild weekend college parties. Most of the beautiful but drunkenly dumb sorority girls can't tell your drinking non-alcoholic iced tea- the red cup makes it look like you are drinking some fancy mixed drink.
Posted by Mr. Scott on February 10, 2002, at 3:24:52
In reply to Hey, Fellow Austinite! » 3 Beer Effect, posted by JohnX2 on February 9, 2002, at 21:12:37
>
> Hey, a fellow Austinite!!!!
> Too bad you can't make it here for Mardi Gras
> Austin style!
>
> Austin is a good anti-depressant. UT is so
> full of life. My University was so boring, it
> makes me want to cry when I walk around UT
> campus and think about how boring my college
> was in comparison.
>
> I love this city. I grew up in the Chicago
> area, will never go back.
>
> Best Regards,
> John
>Hey now...Whats wrong with Chicago?
Posted by Dr. Bob on February 10, 2002, at 12:16:25
In reply to Re: Hey, Fellow Austinite!, posted by Mr. Scott on February 10, 2002, at 3:24:52
> Hey now...Whats wrong with Chicago?
This thread should be redirected to Psycho-Social-Babble, thanks.
Bob
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