RIP Friend

Trilby · 08-12-2012, 08:21 AM

I was at a meeting thursday and I found out this guy I sort of knew (he'd been around for a loooooong time and I knew his brother in a professional way) died of pancreatic cancer after nearly 20 years of sobriety.

I hadn't even known he was sick. I only saw him now and then and enough to say 'hi, buddy, how ya doing?" He was a sad soul who fought depression with everything he had and was sober when he died.

He was a strange guy in many ways, I don't know exactly what went on with him mentally, but he was the definition of a sweet person. Never wished a mean thought on anybody.

I'm so sad. I didn't even KNOW him for chrissakes, and I feel very, very sad. sometimes I hate going to that club and seeing obits or memory cards tacked up on that bulletin board. After nearly 20 years you get pancreatic cancer????

and another guy I know has it, too. I haven't seen him around but my pals have and they say he looks bad. Ugh. I feel rotten.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-12-2012, 08:29 AM

Wait till you get old and they start dropping like flies, that gets real depressing.
Alcohol is evil. All the fun stuff is, except pot.

Griff · 08-12-2012, 11:22 AM

fucking fuck cancer

My buddy goes under the knife this week.

orthodoc · 08-12-2012, 11:28 AM

Sorry, Bri. Thinking of you.

wolf · 08-12-2012, 12:01 PM

Fuck Cancer

Sundae · 08-12-2012, 03:42 PM

Sorry babe.

Love to you and a thought for a man who fought against bad odds.
Bet he had no regrets though.

regular.joe · 08-12-2012, 05:07 PM

My condolences Brianna. For an alki to die sober of any cause, one of the things we are aiming for I think.

Big Sarge · 08-12-2012, 07:34 PM

sorry Bri. You never know when cancer might just be around the corner. sad

BigV · 08-13-2012, 12:31 PM

Sheldonrs · 08-13-2012, 12:53 PM

*HUGS*

My thoughts to you and his family and friends.

08-12-2012, 08:21 AM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	RIP Friend I was at a meeting thursday and I found out this guy I sort of knew (he'd been around for a loooooong time and I knew his brother in a professional way) died of pancreatic cancer after nearly 20 years of sobriety. I hadn't even known he was sick. I only saw him now and then and enough to say 'hi, buddy, how ya doing?" He was a sad soul who fought depression with everything he had and was sober when he died. He was a strange guy in many ways, I don't know exactly what went on with him mentally, but he was the definition of a sweet person. Never wished a mean thought on anybody. I'm so sad. I didn't even KNOW him for chrissakes, and I feel very, very sad. sometimes I hate going to that club and seeing obits or memory cards tacked up on that bulletin board. After nearly 20 years you get pancreatic cancer???? and another guy I know has it, too. I haven't seen him around but my pals have and they say he looks bad. Ugh. I feel rotten. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

08-12-2012, 08:29 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wait till you get old and they start dropping like flies, that gets real depressing. Alcohol is evil. All the fun stuff is, except pot. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-12-2012, 11:22 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	fucking fuck cancer My buddy goes under the knife this week. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-12-2012, 11:28 AM	#4
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Sorry, Bri. Thinking of you. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-12-2012, 12:01 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Fuck Cancer __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-12-2012, 03:42 PM	#6
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Sorry babe. Love to you and a thought for a man who fought against bad odds. Bet he had no regrets though. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-12-2012, 05:07 PM	#7
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	My condolences Brianna. For an alki to die sober of any cause, one of the things we are aiming for I think. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

08-12-2012, 07:34 PM	#8
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	sorry Bri. You never know when cancer might just be around the corner. sad __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

08-13-2012, 12:31 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	__________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-13-2012, 12:53 PM	#10
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	HUGS My thoughts to you and his family and friends. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

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