THE MADNESS OF ALCOHOL.PART TEN.2013.

MY DRINKING DIDN'T REALLY KICK IN UNTIL I WAS 16-17,AS A DJ IN A LOCAL ROLLER DISCO I WAS INTRODUCED TO HARVEY WALLBANGER'S AND AS THE NAME SUGGESTS,THEY WERE WALLBANGER'S ALRIGHT,NOT RECOMMENDED BY YOUNG SOULS,OR ANY SPIRITS IF TRUTH BE TOLD,SPIRITS ARE TRULY THE DEVILS DRINK,WHICH CAN LEAD TO SO MUCH TROUBLE,HEARTACHE AND MISERY,BUT THIS I HAD TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF.
STRANGE COMING FROM A FAMILY WITH SO MUCH ALCOHOL ABUSE,BUT WHEN THE PROBLEM SURFACED WITHIN MYSELF AND MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,THERE WAS NO ONE TO TURN TOO,ESPECIALLY PARENTS,AND THEIR WAYS OF DEALING WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S ALCOHOL PROBLEMS WAS WITH BEATINGS AND CONSTANT THREATS,AND CHASTISING,WITH NO EXPLANATION OF THEIR OWN DRINKING PROBLEMS OF THE PAST,SURELY LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER WAY OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF ALCOHOL,WITH ADVISE AND EXPLANATIONS OF THE PERILS AND PITFALLS OF ALCOHOL.

BEING IN GANGS HAD ITS OWN PITFALLS,TO SURVIVE WITHIN THEM,YOU HAD TO DO AS YOU WERE TOLD BY THE ELDER GANG MEMBERS,AND WERE ALWAYS TESTED FOR LOYALTIES TOWARDS THE GANG ITSELF.
IN MY CHILDHOOD FIGHTS BETWEEN GANGS WERE COMMON PLACE,USING SIX INCH NAILS FIXED TO ARROWS,WHICH WERE FIRED FROM BOWS AT GREAT SPEED, WHICH CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES WHEN HITTING A MEMBER FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
WE ALSO USED SLINGSHOTS,AND BALL BEARINGS,AND BOLTS FILLED WITH THE HEADS OF RED HEAD MATCHES,WHICH WHEN THROWN EXPLODED LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD MILES AWAY.
WITH THE ELEMENT OF RELIGION WITHIN DIFFERENT GANGS IN MY HOME TOWN,GANG LIFE WAS DANGEROUS,BUT IN A STRANGE WAY EXCITING.
AFTER SO MUCH ABUSE IN MY EARLY YEARS,GANG LIFE WAS LIKE A BROTHER HOOD,AND SISTER HOOD,FAMILY LIFE DIDN'T COME CLOSE TO GANG LIFE,GANG LIFE MEANT LOVE,NO MATTER HOW WRONG THAT LOVE WAS,FOR IT WAS BETTER THAN THE NO LOVE OF HOME AND SCHOOL.
IT WAS MORE FRIENDSHIP THAN GANGS,THOUGH IN NORTHERN IRELAND THEIR WAS RELIGION ALWAYS AROUND :( WHICH EVERY 12TH WOULD SPLIT THE GANG FOR A WHILE,LOL,WITH PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS GOING THEIR SEPARATE WAYS FOR THOSE 2 WEEKS OR SO IN SUMMER :( WHICH I NEVER GOT :(
THEN AGAIN I WAS A STEWART,AND AFTER ALL IT WAS MY FAMILY WHO HAD BROUGHT THE THIS RELIGIOUS MADNESS TO NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE FIRST WITH THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE,SO AT LEAST I MOST OF ALL,AT LEAST UNDERSTOOD THE REASON FOR THE MADNESS OF THE SEASON,EVEN THOUGH MY MATES DID NOT :) AND HAD DONE FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE,THANKS FOR MY MOTHER POINTING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION STRANGELY ENOUGH :) AND THAT WAS STRANGE FOR MY MOTHER,BECAUSE SHE MOST CERTAINLY HAD NO TIME FOR MY FATHERS FAMILY,THE STEWARTS,BUT SHE DID TELL ME TO READ UP ON MY FAMILY ROOTS,BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS TO ME,"YOU COME FROM 'ROYAL BLOOD'" LOL.

TO BE CONTINUED...

SAN DOM DE NANTA VAN SAN NANTESS ESTANTO.