THE MADNESS OF ALCOHOL.PART FOUR.2013.

THE MANY TIMES I WAS TOLD FROM AN EARLY AGE THAT I WAS GOING TO THE ORPHAN HOME,I COULDN'T TELL YOU,THOUGH USING THOSE WHO WERE IN THE ORPHAN'S HOMES AS A THREAT OF CONTROL WAS A SHAME IN ITSELF,BIT LIKE THREATENING YOU WITH SANTA NOT COMING.

MY ADVANCE INTO THE WORLD OF ALCOHOL CONTINUED STEADILY,WHEN THE FAMILY MOVED INTO A MIDDLE CLASS AREA OF MY HOME TOWN.
BEFORE THE MOVE FROM THE COUNCIL ESTATE WHICH I LOVED,AND MY FIRST SCHOOL,THE ONLY THING I KNEW OF ALCOHOL WAS MY FATHERS DRINKING,AND THAT OF THOSE AROUND HIM,INCLUDING OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS.
IT WAS ONLY ON MOVING,AND DISRUPTION THAT ALCOHOL REALLY BEGAN TO TAKE HOLD.
I REMEMBER AT THE AGE OF ABOUT 12,I STARTED SMOKING,AND NOT CIGARETTES,BUT THE BEANO,LOL.
WE USE TO BUY A BEANO MAGAZINE,RIPE THE PAGES,ROLL THEM UP,AND SMOKE THEM,WHICH IN TURN RIPPED THE LUNGS OUT OF YOU,MADNESS,THE VERY THING OF CHILDHOOD WHICH WAS MEANT TO BRING EXCITEMENT AND JOY,WAS A REASON FOR CHILDHOOD VICE :(

MY NEXT VICE WHICH CAME MY NEW MIDDLE CLASS UPBRINGING WAS GLUE,ONCE MORE THIS VICE WAS THE THING TO DO WITH MY NEW FOUND MIDDLE CLASS MATES,WHICH IN TRUTH CAME FROM A LOWER CLASS UPBRINGING,WE AS CHILDREN JUST MOVED UP THE LADDER WITH PARENTS WHO WISHED TO BE THAT WHICH THEY WERE NOT,KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES.
YET AS CHILDREN KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES WAS NOT ON OUR RADAR,JUST EXPLORING LIFE,REGARDLESS OF HOW DANGEROUS THE LIFE WE CHOSE WAS,DANGER DOES NOT ENTER INTO A CHILDS RECKONING,IT WAS TRAIL AND ERROR,AND AT TIMES HARD LEARNING WHICH TAUGHT THE BEST LESSONS,THOUGH LOOKING BACK NOW,IT WAS MADNESS,PURE AND SIMPLE.
I PASSED OUT ONCE WITH THE GLUE AND WOKE UP COVERED IN GLUE,PYJAMA'S COVERED AND STUCK FAST TO ME,I HID THEM IN THE BOTTOM OF MY WARDROBE,BUT WITH THE SMELL OF EVO STICK SLOWLY MAKING ITS WAY AROUND THE HOUSE,IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I WAS CAUGHT,AND I WAS.
THE BEATEN I GOT,THAT DAY OF DISCOVERY WAS TANTAMOUNT TO CRIMINAL,MY BODY WAS WRACKED FROM HEAD TO TOE WITH BLACK AND BLUE BRUISES AND WELTS,AND ONCE MORE IN MY EARLY LIFE OF ENDLESS GROUNDING,I WAS ONCE MORE GROUNDED.
THE FUNNY THING WAS,MY MATES WERE NEVER GROUNDED,WHICH MEANT,THEY WERE CLEVERER THAN ME IN CONCEALING THEIR OWN VICES,BUT ALSO THERE PARENTS WERE FAR MORE LIBERAL,AND PROTESTANTS TO BOOT,SO ROME PLAYED NO PART IN THEIR LIVES,WHICH WAS A BIG ADVANTAGE IN THE PUNISHMENT STAKES.
YOU SEE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC GOD AND JESUS,WITH THE VIRGIN MARY IN TOE,WHERE RUTHLESS TEACHERS,AND HARD TASK MASTERS,WHO HAD LITTLE TIME FOR CHILDREN,BETTER SEEN THAN HEARD.
SO WHEN CHILDREN EXPLORED,EVEN WITH DANGER,AND THAT EXPLORING WAS FOUND OUT,THE CONSEQUENCES FOR SUCH EXPLORING WAS SEVERE,INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING THE DANGER AND REASONS FOR NOT DOING SUCH DANGEROUS THINGS,
SPARE THE ROD,SPOIL THE CHILD.
TIS BETTER TO GUIDE THE CHILD,THAN TO PUNISH THE CHILD WITH PAINFUL ABUSE.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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