He doesnāt have a drink problem, I probably put away more footixing ang rugbixing of a Saturday afternoon/evening. Thatās food. Iād say he doesnāt hold his drink well but thatās another thing.
He should cheer up, heās lived his whole life on a curveball.
Heās a fat scruffy malcontent, but I donāt think heās an alcoholic in all honesty. The threshold for being an alcoholic has probably decreased over time, but I wouldnāt say heās dependent on it. I think its a bit his schtick, his gimmick, an excuse not to shave. A bit of a crutch even. I think I first read a column of his around 2009, Iāve read a few since. Iād say he is still playing the hits and its the sort of thing some people like.
Mates dropping like flies-
2 gone another 2 fucked
This cancer and aging craic is awful
Thankfully so far so good with me ,
But as you get older life can be awful lonely sometimes when one thinks of close pals that have departed,
Buddy point blank refused to attend anymore last month,
Heād 21 funerals in a month,
Heās a big noise in the Celtic supporters clubs throughout the land and between his own childhood friends and Celtic supporters clubs members passing heās demented from it.
Our lifestyles have a lot to answer for a lot of it. Youād think there is no harm in a few pints every weekend, but thereās nothing good about an accumulation of 40 years of alcohol. Add in a bad diet etc, and it all adds up and catches up on us eventually! Mind yourselves!!
It doesnāt help, but not something youād be saying on the day of a funeral either! I am taking notice more and more the amount of shit we put in our bodies.
Your only man. Nothing as bad as watching a lad (or woman) wasting away, racked with pain or gasping for breath and cunts saying youāre looking a lot betterā¦.
Paddy can be a duplicitous sort at times. He then goes home informs Bridie of the full nature of the ailment, the multiple boxes of tablets, the state of the patient and a time predictionā¦ā¦