Would it surprise you?

[NickPapageorgio]

Post something that may surprise everyone here about yourself.

Me personally? I have a soft spot in my heart for guys living on the street homeless. Much due to the fact that I was homeless myself for a little while when I was younger. Nothing will teach you the value of kindness and generous humanity like living on the streets with no money to eat. I always give them a dollar or two no matter if they are the last 2 in my pocket. I don't care if he's going to buy liquor with it...I couldn't care less really. It might help keep him warm tonight.

[cj]

My second and third toes are half joined together!!

[Nickatilynx]

I have double jointed thumbs

[Hell Puppy]

I once ate broccoli.

[Lisa]

I can still do handstands...good ones too.

Tho you'll only ever see me do em if you're around when I'm drunk as... :P

[HoneyBlond]

Originally posted by cj@Jan 27 2005, 05:23 PM
My second and third toes are half joined together!!
LOL
Ditto CJ !!

Both feet ?

[cj]

yep, both feet - doesn't help my swimming any :biglaugh:

Lisa, I'll take you up on that handstand demonstration next time we go out! Last time I had more than 2 drinks I ended up doing handstands in the park with ToyBoy's girlfriend :unsure:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Jan 27 2005, 01:39 AM
I once ate broccoli.
I've never tried broccoli

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 01:15 AM
Post something that may surprise everyone here about yourself.

Me personally? I have a soft spot in my heart for guys living on the street homeless. Much due to the fact that I was homeless myself for a little while when I was younger. Nothing will teach you the value of kindness and generous humanity like living on the streets with no money to eat. I always give them a dollar or two no matter if they are the last 2 in my pocket. I don't care if he's going to buy liquor with it...I couldn't care less really. It might help keep him warm tonight.
I was homeless for a while too when I was younger.

[Candice]

ok...my turn.

i studied and lived in a convent school during my high school days because i was homeless too(that was when my mom left us) :(

[Peaches]

I have an extra bone at the base of my neck. :rokk:

[Winetalk.com]

I was countryless....

[MaDalton]

my favourite way to relax is driving 160 mp/h on sunny sunday afternoons. :ph34r:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Winetalk.com@Jan 27 2005, 09:25 AM
I was countryless....
Really? No citizenship anywhere?

[pushpills]

<------Straight

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by pushpills@Jan 27 2005, 09:40 AM
<------Straight
:biglaugh:

[Winetalk.com]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Jan 27 2005, 09:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Jan 27 2005, 09:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Winetalk.com@Jan 27 2005, 09:25 AM
I was countryless....
Really? No citizenship anywhere? [/b][/quote]
Really. Soviets stripped me out of citizenship, and from 1979 'til 1985 all my documents stated:
Stateless.

BTW, Colin, I enjoyed your "crisises" histogram in other thread! :okthumb: :salute:

[LAJ]

I'm proficient in penis puppetry. Auditioned for the stage show in 2002 and was a finalist.

[Anthony]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@Jan 26 2005, 10:15 PM
Post something that may surprise everyone here about yourself.

Me personally? I have a soft spot in my heart for guys living on the street homeless. Much due to the fact that I was homeless myself for a little while when I was younger. Nothing will teach you the value of kindness and generous humanity like living on the streets with no money to eat. I always give them a dollar or two no matter if they are the last 2 in my pocket. I don't care if he's going to buy liquor with it...I couldn't care less really. It might help keep him warm tonight.
I was homeless too, living out the car, till 3 strippers/camgirls let me live with them back in 96/97. It's how I got interested back into the web.

[JoesHO]

I have a smalll penis

[Anthony]

Originally posted by JoesHO1@Jan 27 2005, 07:13 AM
I have a smalll penis
Sorry Bro, everyone already knows. :(

I think it's standard if you post on Oprano.

[DrGuile]

I have the biggest head ever....

And I dont mean ego, I mean litterally... its huge... cant wear hats, cant find a motorcycle helmet that fits, etc....

picture a watermelon ;)

[Nickatilynx]

I suffer from " ingrowing penis "

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Winetalk.com@Jan 27 2005, 09:41 AM
Really. Soviets stripped me out of citizenship, and from 1979 'til 1985 all my documents stated:
Stateless.
Serge, that's interesting. Never knew that. How come?

[Almighty Colin]

The Oprano homeless club. Everyone in adult must have issues ;-)

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 08:04 AM
The Oprano homeless club. Everyone in adult must have issues ;-)
Not really issues perse. Just a strange part of my life. :)

[TheEnforcer]

The first time I ever got drunk was in 6th grade!! :biglaugh:

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by TheEnforcer@Jan 27 2005, 08:24 AM
The first time I ever got drunk was in 6th grade!! :biglaugh:
lightweight

[pushpills]

Originally posted by TheEnforcer@Jan 27 2005, 10:24 AM
The first time I ever got drunk was in 6th grade!! :biglaugh:
same here! first year i got high too.

[Newton]

I lost my virginity to a milf, using her friends marital bedroom. Her friend was downstairs doing the housework at the time, and had James Brown on the stereo on to drown out the noises.

[Mindoza]

Originally posted by JoesHO1@Jan 27 2005, 07:13 AM
I have a smalll penis
I already knew that :unsure: J/k

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Mindoza+Jan 27 2005, 12:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mindoza @ Jan 27 2005, 12:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-JoesHO1@Jan 27 2005, 07:13 AM
I have a smalll penis
I already knew that [/b][/quote]
I didn't know that.

[Mindoza]

-- I have a Private Investigation Liscense & use to follow dead-beats all day & night
even picked their trash. I was the only employee to close out a case the first
week I started

-- I like to take showers in the dark

-- I have only been drunk once in my life and I am 35

[TheEnforcer]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx+Jan 27 2005, 11:42 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Nickatilynx @ Jan 27 2005, 11:42 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-TheEnforcer@Jan 27 2005, 08:24 AM
The first time I ever got drunk was in 6th grade!! :biglaugh:
lightweight [/b][/quote]
I swore up and down it was 4th grade but my sister insists it was 6th and she usually has a better memory of stuff from when we were kids.

Oh the stories I could tell.....

[Dravyk]

I had an aunt who was one of those crazy old women who with many cats. When she died, and they cleaned her house, someone swept out from under a piece of furniture a cat skeleton. (Ewww!)

I have a gay half-brother I never see. Not cause he's gay; cause he's a total asshole. (Gay has nothing at all to do with the other, btw.) Haven't seen him in twenty years or more and that works fine for me.

I have a high forehead that causes some folks (ahem, especially a few here) to do bald jokes. Thing is, the hairline never moves, no bald gene in the family, and I'll have my hair when some others here won't.

I crack the knuckles of my toes sometimes.

I often eat left-over pizza cold out of the fridge. And sometimes for breakfast.

When I would get really drunk at college parties, I had a tendency to hit the fire alarm on the way out of the building.

[Nickatilynx]

I have a gay half-brother I never see. Not cause he's gay; cause he's a total asshole.

I have one of those but he keeps findoing me :(


;-))))

[SykkBoy]

I used to go to church every Sunday

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by SykkBoy@Jan 27 2005, 01:35 PM
I used to go to church every Sunday
... and then the churchs kept burning down so they made you stop attending? :P

[Newton]

I was expelled from the boys brigade for setting fire to the church when i was really young.

[JoesHO]

Originally posted by Anthony+Jan 27 2005, 07:24 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Anthony @ Jan 27 2005, 07:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-JoesHO1@Jan 27 2005, 07:13 AM
I have a smalll penis
Sorry Bro, everyone already knows. :(

I think it's standard if you post on Oprano. [/b][/quote]
LOL.....


well how about this one then, I was 20 before I tried weed and 17 when I first tried acid.. what a long strange trip its been * strumming my Jerry garcia banjo* and wondering if timothy leary was wrong ? oooops

[Vick]

So many I could list but ..... too personal


The second toe on both my feet is longer than my pinky fnger

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Vick@Jan 27 2005, 02:31 PM
So many I could list but ..... too personal
Nahhh, go ahead.

[Vick]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Jan 27 2005, 02:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Jan 27 2005, 02:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Vick@Jan 27 2005, 02:31 PM
So many I could list but ..... too personal
Nahhh, go ahead. [/b][/quote]
Well seeing that perspective is almost everything

The first time I met the woman who gave birth to me I was 12 ......

..... and she smoked marijuana with me

[DrGuile]

Originally posted by Vick+Jan 27 2005, 03:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Vick @ Jan 27 2005, 03:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 02:53 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Vick@Jan 27 2005, 02:31 PM
So many I could list but ..... too personal
Nahhh, go ahead.
Well seeing that perspective is almost everything

The first time I met the woman who gave birth to me I was 12 ......

..... and she smoked marijuana with me [/b][/quote]
Why yes, that does surprise me ;)


Not a shameful thing though.... :)

[SykkBoy]

Originally posted by Dravyk+Jan 27 2005, 02:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Dravyk @ Jan 27 2005, 02:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-SykkBoy@Jan 27 2005, 01:35 PM
I used to go to church every Sunday
... and then the churchs kept burning down so they made you stop attending? :P [/b][/quote]
hahah, actually, as a youth, I was quite involved in the Mormon church and was even wondering where I'd go on my mission...one of my uncles went to Thailand, another decided he was gay and left the church...one of my aunts won't talk to me to this day because I am in the porn business...she even avoided me at my grandmother's funeral...wouldn't even look up and acknowledge me, my wife or my kids (who were trying to play with her grandsons)

[Jesse_DD]

Good read...

I was homeless.

I played guitar in a band in clubs at 17ish

I watch Oprah

I am going to be a daddy tomorrow

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally posted by Jesse_DD@Jan 27 2005, 01:15 PM
Good read...

I was homeless.

I played guitar in a band in clubs at 17ish

I watch Oprah

I am going to be a daddy tomorrow
Congrats on the new baby :) Enjoy it and make every second count. They get big fast and the cool stuff doesn't last like you would like it to. Stuff like when their front teeth fall out and they talk funny when they are little or the certain way they say words at 3 years old or a look they get on their face when they are trying to understand something that may seem nominal to you or me. It doesn't last long enough. It seems like as soon as you really start to get a kick out of it, they move on and all you have left are memories. My son is 10 this year. I can't believe it. It's like I look at him, and he is this little man running around the house, and he is getting interested in girls and hanging out with his little buddies. It seems like last week he was chewing on my finger and I was trying to steady him while he took a couple steps and landed on his butt. People can say all they want about kids but it will truly enrich your life. Again, congratulations.

[MissEve]

My father was a coke dealer during the time the pipeline was being built.

I cook like Martha Stewart and play poker like Annie Duke.

I lost my virginity to a tow truck driver.

For some reason I like the job of bashing salmon on the head while fishing.

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Jesse_DD@Jan 27 2005, 05:15 PM
I am going to be a daddy tomorrow
That certainly surprised me! :)

Many congrats, Jesse and Mrs. Jesse :)

[Jesse_DD]

Originally posted by Peaches+Jan 27 2005, 02:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Peaches @ Jan 27 2005, 02:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Jesse_DD@Jan 27 2005, 05:15 PM
I am going to be a daddy tomorrow
That certainly surprised me! :)

Many congrats, Jesse and Mrs. Jesse :) [/b][/quote]
Thanks Peaches. :agrin:

nick - yeah I am told time moves much faster after kids! I'll try to savor it.

[iamkathi]

I have been a vegetarian for 3 years. I was a chef for 12. My entire family knows what I do and loves me anyway!

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Jesse_DD@Jan 27 2005, 04:15 PM
I watch Oprah
:zoinks:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by MissEve@Jan 27 2005, 05:18 PM
My father was a coke dealer during the time the pipeline was being built.

I lost my virginity to a tow truck driver.

For some reason I like the job of bashing salmon on the head while fishing.
Sounds like a good book. I'd keep the order for a happy ending.

[XXXPhoto]

I do origami with dollar bills (both naughty and nice folds) and balloon tying (again, naughty and nice versions).

[Vick]

Originally posted by XXXPhoto@Jan 27 2005, 06:09 PM
I do origami with dollar bills (both naughty and nice folds) and balloon tying (again, naughty and nice versions).
I've seen the origami vagina








But didn't use it :P

[XXXPhoto]

of course not Vick... it was green!

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Vick+Jan 27 2005, 03:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Vick @ Jan 27 2005, 03:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 02:53 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Vick@Jan 27 2005, 02:31 PM
So many I could list but ..... too personal
Nahhh, go ahead.
Well seeing that perspective is almost everything

The first time I met the woman who gave birth to me I was 12 ......

..... and she smoked marijuana with me [/b][/quote]
Cool mom :okthumb:

[Vick]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Jan 27 2005, 06:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Jan 27 2005, 06:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Vick@Jan 27 2005, 03:55 PM
Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 02:53 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Vick@Jan 27 2005, 02:31 PM
So many I could list but ..... too personal
Nahhh, go ahead.
Well seeing that perspective is almost everything

The first time I met the woman who gave birth to me I was 12 ......

..... and she smoked marijuana with me
Cool mom :okthumb: [/b][/quote]
Not at all, she's definitely not a mom. Not a positive person and I haven't spoken to her in 15+ years. Just a biological birth unit


My grandmother and my father's second wife (they have been married for 30+ years) are my moms



Oh no more revelations

[Vick]

Originally posted by XXXPhoto@Jan 27 2005, 06:13 PM
of course not Vick... it was green!
Like that's stopped either of us before :barfon:

[MissEve]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Jan 27 2005, 06:14 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Jan 27 2005, 06:14 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Vick@Jan 27 2005, 03:55 PM
Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 02:53 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Vick@Jan 27 2005, 02:31 PM
So many I could list but ..... too personal
Nahhh, go ahead.
Well seeing that perspective is almost everything

The first time I met the woman who gave birth to me I was 12 ......

..... and she smoked marijuana with me
Cool mom :okthumb: [/b][/quote]
lol, Colin smoked pot with MY MOM! Eeeeeeek!

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by MissEve@Jan 27 2005, 06:17 PM

lol, Colin smoked pot with MY MOM! Eeeeeeek!
Cool mom :okthumb:

[NickPapageorgio]

I was a cocaine addict.

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop?

[Newton]

Originally posted by Jesse_DD@Jan 27 2005, 01:15 PM
I am going to be a daddy tomorrow
Fantastic news .. congratulations to you both :wnw:

[Almighty Colin]

I'm going to be an uncle tomorrow. I've already promised not to smoke pot with him.

[HoneyBlond]

Originally posted by HoneyBlond+Jan 27 2005, 07:16 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (HoneyBlond @ Jan 27 2005, 07:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-cj@Jan 27 2005, 05:23 PM
My second and third toes are half joined together!!
[/b][/quote]
Apart from the toe thing..

I also play the guitar ( abiet badly :awinky: )
and love those get togethers when after a couple of drinks
I have company for some drunken moon baying.

[XXXPhoto]

I knocked out my HS principal (and head fball coach) with a golfball... :)

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Jan 27 2005, 03:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Jan 27 2005, 03:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop? [/b][/quote]
I took a look at how I was with my kids. My wife and I were both on it at one point. We would get all fucked up on Friday night, continue on to Saturday and then once it ran out we would crash and be total assholes to our kids because WE were tired. We would go on binges where we were up 3 or 4 days at a time. I have alot of guilt now because of that. I missed a good year of my kids lives just because I wanted to stay high. In the beginning, we would get high and hang out with friends and have a really good time and it was like "yeah this stuff is GREAT". I could party and be social and be totally confident in everything and work for 18 or 24 or 30 hours straight. Once the real part of the addiction set in, we became very reclusive. The only people we wanted around were each other and the monkey's on our backs. My wife and I both became distant with each other toward the end and I would find myself all night hiding lines so she couldn't have them and then I would sneak them. Our relationship went a bit sour around that time as neither of us really trusted the other. I hate that period the most because she is truly my buddy. She is the only person in this world I trust with my life. I basically just said fuck it. Tore up my dopeman's phone number and flushed it and quit. I still get the urge sometimes pretty bad. It's one of those things I guess. I am just smart enough (or lucky enough) to have dealt with it on my own without losing everything. Alot of times though, if I get a big payment on something or I am up a couple grand for the month, the first thing that pops in my head is to call up the man. Just have to keep fighting it and not do it. They don't really give you an instruction book when you're born. It would really be kind of helpful though lol.

[Anthony]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio+Jan 27 2005, 03:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NickPapageorgio @ Jan 27 2005, 03:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 03:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop?
I took a look at how I was with my kids. My wife and I were both on it at one point. We would get all fucked up on Friday night, continue on to Saturday and then once it ran out we would crash and be total assholes to our kids because WE were tired. We would go on binges where we were up 3 or 4 days at a time. I have alot of guilt now because of that. I missed a good year of my kids lives just because I wanted to stay high. In the beginning, we would get high and hang out with friends and have a really good time and it was like "yeah this stuff is GREAT". I could party and be social and be totally confident in everything and work for 18 or 24 or 30 hours straight. Once the real part of the addiction set in, we became very reclusive. The only people we wanted around were each other and the monkey's on our backs. My wife and I both became distant with each other toward the end and I would find myself all night hiding lines so she couldn't have them and then I would sneak them. Our relationship went a bit sour around that time as neither of us really trusted the other. I hate that period the most because she is truly my buddy. She is the only person in this world I trust with my life. I basically just said fuck it. Tore up my dopeman's phone number and flushed it and quit. I still get the urge sometimes pretty bad. It's one of those things I guess. I am just smart enough (or lucky enough) to have dealt with it on my own without losing everything. Alot of times though, if I get a big payment on something or I am up a couple grand for the month, the first thing that pops in my head is to call up the man. Just have to keep fighting it and not do it. They don't really give you an instruction book when you're born. It would really be kind of helpful though lol. [/b][/quote]
Cocaine is a Hell of a drug.

I could go on for hours, but what's interesting is the simmiliarty of your story.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio+Jan 27 2005, 03:45 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NickPapageorgio @ Jan 27 2005, 03:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 03:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop?
I took a look at how I was with my kids. My wife and I were both on it at one point. We would get all fucked up on Friday night, continue on to Saturday and then once it ran out we would crash and be total assholes to our kids because WE were tired. We would go on binges where we were up 3 or 4 days at a time. I have alot of guilt now because of that. I missed a good year of my kids lives just because I wanted to stay high. In the beginning, we would get high and hang out with friends and have a really good time and it was like "yeah this stuff is GREAT". I could party and be social and be totally confident in everything and work for 18 or 24 or 30 hours straight. Once the real part of the addiction set in, we became very reclusive. The only people we wanted around were each other and the monkey's on our backs. My wife and I both became distant with each other toward the end and I would find myself all night hiding lines so she couldn't have them and then I would sneak them. Our relationship went a bit sour around that time as neither of us really trusted the other. I hate that period the most because she is truly my buddy. She is the only person in this world I trust with my life. I basically just said fuck it. Tore up my dopeman's phone number and flushed it and quit. I still get the urge sometimes pretty bad. It's one of those things I guess. I am just smart enough (or lucky enough) to have dealt with it on my own without losing everything. Alot of times though, if I get a big payment on something or I am up a couple grand for the month, the first thing that pops in my head is to call up the man. Just have to keep fighting it and not do it. They don't really give you an instruction book when you're born. It would really be kind of helpful though lol. [/b][/quote]
:okthumb: :okthumb: :okthumb: :okthumb: :okthumb: :okthumb:

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by Anthony+Jan 27 2005, 06:52 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Anthony @ Jan 27 2005, 06:52 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 03:45 PM
Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 03:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop?
I took a look at how I was with my kids. My wife and I were both on it at one point. We would get all fucked up on Friday night, continue on to Saturday and then once it ran out we would crash and be total assholes to our kids because WE were tired. We would go on binges where we were up 3 or 4 days at a time. I have alot of guilt now because of that. I missed a good year of my kids lives just because I wanted to stay high. In the beginning, we would get high and hang out with friends and have a really good time and it was like "yeah this stuff is GREAT". I could party and be social and be totally confident in everything and work for 18 or 24 or 30 hours straight. Once the real part of the addiction set in, we became very reclusive. The only people we wanted around were each other and the monkey's on our backs. My wife and I both became distant with each other toward the end and I would find myself all night hiding lines so she couldn't have them and then I would sneak them. Our relationship went a bit sour around that time as neither of us really trusted the other. I hate that period the most because she is truly my buddy. She is the only person in this world I trust with my life. I basically just said fuck it. Tore up my dopeman's phone number and flushed it and quit. I still get the urge sometimes pretty bad. It's one of those things I guess. I am just smart enough (or lucky enough) to have dealt with it on my own without losing everything. Alot of times though, if I get a big payment on something or I am up a couple grand for the month, the first thing that pops in my head is to call up the man. Just have to keep fighting it and not do it. They don't really give you an instruction book when you're born. It would really be kind of helpful though lol.
Cocaine is a Hell of a drug.

I could go on for hours, but what's interesting is the simmiliarty of your story. [/b][/quote]
Yeah, it's similar to a lot of stories. I met a lot of people in NA when I was with Amanda and she was trying to quit.

Nick, GREAT that you kicked it, man. It really takes a hell of a person to dig down, see where they are and make the decision you did.

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Jan 27 2005, 03:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Jan 27 2005, 03:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Anthony@Jan 27 2005, 06:52 PM
Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 03:45 PM
Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 03:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop?
I took a look at how I was with my kids. My wife and I were both on it at one point. We would get all fucked up on Friday night, continue on to Saturday and then once it ran out we would crash and be total assholes to our kids because WE were tired. We would go on binges where we were up 3 or 4 days at a time. I have alot of guilt now because of that. I missed a good year of my kids lives just because I wanted to stay high. In the beginning, we would get high and hang out with friends and have a really good time and it was like "yeah this stuff is GREAT". I could party and be social and be totally confident in everything and work for 18 or 24 or 30 hours straight. Once the real part of the addiction set in, we became very reclusive. The only people we wanted around were each other and the monkey's on our backs. My wife and I both became distant with each other toward the end and I would find myself all night hiding lines so she couldn't have them and then I would sneak them. Our relationship went a bit sour around that time as neither of us really trusted the other. I hate that period the most because she is truly my buddy. She is the only person in this world I trust with my life. I basically just said fuck it. Tore up my dopeman's phone number and flushed it and quit. I still get the urge sometimes pretty bad. It's one of those things I guess. I am just smart enough (or lucky enough) to have dealt with it on my own without losing everything. Alot of times though, if I get a big payment on something or I am up a couple grand for the month, the first thing that pops in my head is to call up the man. Just have to keep fighting it and not do it. They don't really give you an instruction book when you're born. It would really be kind of helpful though lol.
Cocaine is a Hell of a drug.

I could go on for hours, but what's interesting is the simmiliarty of your story.
Yeah, it's similar to a lot of stories. I met a lot of people in NA when I was with Amanda and she was trying to quit.

Nick, GREAT that you kicked it, man. It really takes a hell of a person to dig down, see where they are and make the decision you did. [/b][/quote]
And the most fucked up part is, I don't not like doing cocaine. I am an upper guy. Weed is alright, drinking makes me feel bloated and out of control, acid...well fuck acid and all that, but coke is really my drug of choice. I just had to decide if it was how I wanted to go out and I chose the other. It's tough though. I did a little bit at internext in Florida and I could feel that monster coming back. It's a hard road but it's worth it for my kids and family. Not to mention that I feel so much better when my nose isn't all fucked up and my endorphins are at a normal level.

[Lisa]

That's a very inspiring story Nick! :okthumb:

Jesse, congrats! Make sure you let us know ALL the details...gender,size, length, hair or no...and it's name! :) :)

[kath]

I got kicked out of Catholic school in 9th grade....

I've broken every finger on both hands at least once (excluding the thumbs) - one of them on a Nerf football in Jr High....

When I took typing in high school both pinky fingers were in splints and didn't heal properly... to this day I type on the keyboard like I'm ready for high tea - pinkies up in the air... lol

[cj]

Originally posted by LAJ@Jan 27 2005, 09:48 AM
I'm proficient in penis puppetry. Auditioned for the stage show in 2002 and was a finalist.
Well, I think I just found an article subject for an upcoming issue of PMA ...

:agrin:

[cj]

Nick :wnw:

In the last few years since I hit the wall and watched my health slip away, I think I have learnt something very important ...
If you don't hit rock bottom at some point in your life, you will NEVER learn anything important about yourself.

People who have experienced complete and total despair seem to find the place in themselves where their strength comes from

Without the life circumstance we have all lived, we wouldn't have ended up here!! And by 'here', I don't just mean Oprano.

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally posted by cj@Jan 27 2005, 05:16 PM
Nick :wnw:

In the last few years since I hit the wall and watched my health slip away, I think I have learnt something very important ...
If you don't hit rock bottom at some point in your life, you will NEVER learn anything important about yourself.

People who have experienced complete and total despair seem to find the place in themselves where their strength comes from

Without the life circumstance we have all lived, we wouldn't have ended up here!! And by 'here', I don't just mean Oprano.
Well that's sort of my motto CJ. "What don't kill ya makes you stronger" as the old saying goes. There is alot of truth in that. You learn alot about your own mettle at rock bottom. Some make it back and some drift away and die there.

[Spw Guru]

This was one of the best threads I have read anywhere in a long time.

It's odd to see so many experiences like my own in these posts.

I was raised a Jehovah's Witness kicked out at 18 and went to live in my car at an amusement park. Didn't start partying at all till 18 so I was a late bloomer like Joe but I tried to catch up quick.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin+Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Almighty Colin @ Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop? [/b][/quote]
Nice story by Nick...

....the more common way to break the habit is run out of money.

[Hell Puppy]

Originally posted by MissEve@Jan 27 2005, 05:18 PM
My father was a coke dealer during the time the pipeline was being built.

I cook like Martha Stewart and play poker like Annie Duke.

I lost my virginity to a tow truck driver.

For some reason I like the job of bashing salmon on the head while fishing.
I'm suddenly quite aroused!

:cdance:

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally posted by Hell Puppy+Jan 27 2005, 07:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Hell Puppy @ Jan 27 2005, 07:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 06:24 PM
I was a cocaine addict.
How did you stop?
Nice story by Nick...

....the more common way to break the habit is run out of money. [/b][/quote]
Sometimes that doesn't even help if you have friends in the right places though. Infact I think I still owe the dopeman for two 8 balls :ph34r:

[Mike AI]

:okthumb:

This has been a classic thread!!

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by cj@Jan 27 2005, 08:16 PM
Nick :wnw:

In the last few years since I hit the wall and watched my health slip away, I think I have learnt something very important ...
If you don't hit rock bottom at some point in your life, you will NEVER learn anything important about yourself.
CJ,

You were partying? Wished I had known. We could have partied together.

;-) ;-) ;-)

[steved]

My Wife shares her girlfriends with me...:groucho:

[cj]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio+Jan 27 2005, 08:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NickPapageorgio @ Jan 27 2005, 08:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-cj@Jan 27 2005, 05:16 PM
Nick :wnw:

In the last few years since I hit the wall and watched my health slip away, I think I have learnt something very important ...
If you don't hit rock bottom at some point in your life, you will NEVER learn anything important about yourself.

People who have experienced complete and total despair seem to find the place in themselves where their strength comes from

Without the life circumstance we have all lived, we wouldn't have ended up here!! And by 'here', I don't just mean Oprano.
Well that's sort of my motto CJ. "What don't kill ya makes you stronger" as the old saying goes. There is alot of truth in that. You learn alot about your own mettle at rock bottom. Some make it back and some drift away and die there. [/b][/quote]
" .... put one foot in front of the other, and never stop walking. Don't try to run, but never slow down. If you run, you'll eventually run right out of steam, and your run will slow to a walk, and then to a crawl ... will your next burst of steam help you to run fast enough to catch the man who never stopped walking? ... "

[Hell Puppy]

Originally posted by cj+Jan 27 2005, 11:27 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (cj @ Jan 27 2005, 11:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by NickPapageorgio@Jan 27 2005, 08:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-cj@Jan 27 2005, 05:16 PM
Nick :wnw:

In the last few years since I hit the wall and watched my health slip away, I think I have learnt something very important ...
If you don't hit rock bottom at some point in your life, you will NEVER learn anything important about yourself.

People who have experienced complete and total despair seem to find the place in themselves where their strength comes from

Without the life circumstance we have all lived, we wouldn't have ended up here!! And by 'here', I don't just mean Oprano.
Well that's sort of my motto CJ. "What don't kill ya makes you stronger" as the old saying goes. There is alot of truth in that. You learn alot about your own mettle at rock bottom. Some make it back and some drift away and die there.
" .... put one foot in front of the other, and never stop walking. Don't try to run, but never slow down. If you run, you'll eventually run right out of steam, and your run will slow to a walk, and then to a crawl ... will your next burst of steam help you to run fast enough to catch the man who never stopped walking? ... " [/b][/quote]
GonZo tried this in Vegas, but the stairs nearly killed him....

[Peaches]

Originally posted by kath@Jan 27 2005, 08:33 PM
When I took typing in high school both pinky fingers were in splints and didn't heal properly... to this day I type on the keyboard like I'm ready for high tea - pinkies up in the air... lol
Both my pinkie fingers are naturally bent and the same thing happens with me. When my son was born, the first thing I noticed when I was counting fingers and toes were his bent pinkies :) His aren't as bad as mine as his hands are twice the site and they somehow just look a lot worse with little stubby finger :P

GREAT story Nick! Have you ever thought about counseling other addicts?

[Anthony]

Have I admitted to being hung like a hamster yet?

























A 250lbs Hamster.

[Mindoza]

Originally posted by Almighty Colin@Jan 27 2005, 03:27 PM
I'm going to be an uncle tomorrow. I've already promised not to smoke pot with him.
I became an aunt 3 weeks ago. I made no such promise!!!

[NickPapageorgio]

Originally posted by Peaches+Jan 28 2005, 06:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Peaches @ Jan 28 2005, 06:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kath@Jan 27 2005, 08:33 PM
When I took typing in high school both pinky fingers were in splints and didn't heal properly... to this day I type on the keyboard like I'm ready for high tea - pinkies up in the air... lol
Both my pinkie fingers are naturally bent and the same thing happens with me. When my son was born, the first thing I noticed when I was counting fingers and toes were his bent pinkies :) His aren't as bad as mine as his hands are twice the site and they somehow just look a lot worse with little stubby finger :P

GREAT story Nick! Have you ever thought about counseling other addicts? [/b][/quote]
No I never really have given it any thought Peaches. I went through drug rehab when I was younger, even before the cocaine addiction and it was all BS to me. 12 steps and bla bla bla. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change...the courage the change the things I can...and the wisdom to know the difference". I bullshitted my way through the entire thing. I quit when I finally figured out it was time to quit. I don't really think I am good for counseling anyone. I am not really one to get involved like that. I sort of watch other people from the sidelines if you will. Nothing quite like a good train wreck sometimes...

...alot of that probably stems from my trying to cousel my younger brother about his pill usage to no avail. I finally cut the cord and just said fuck it. I wait for the call everyday that he is in the morgue.

Here's another lesser known factoid about NickPapageorgio. I was up for a scholarship to Berkley School of Music when I graduated. I decided that I wanted to get high and party instead. What an idiot lol...

I play the trumpet, tuba, trombone, drums, guitar, xylophone, baritone and a little sax. :yowsa:

I was first chair all state in Virginia my last 3 years in highschool and belonged to the virginia state jazz band as a trumpeteer.

[Spw Guru]

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio+Jan 28 2005, 08:04 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NickPapageorgio @ Jan 28 2005, 08:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Originally posted by Peaches@Jan 28 2005, 06:12 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-kath@Jan 27 2005, 08:33 PM
When I took typing in high school both pinky fingers were in splints and didn't heal properly... to this day I type on the keyboard like I'm ready for high tea - pinkies up in the air... lol
Both my pinkie fingers are naturally bent and the same thing happens with me. When my son was born, the first thing I noticed when I was counting fingers and toes were his bent pinkies :) His aren't as bad as mine as his hands are twice the site and they somehow just look a lot worse with little stubby finger :P

GREAT story Nick! Have you ever thought about counseling other addicts?
No I never really have given it any thought Peaches. I went through drug rehab when I was younger, even before the cocaine addiction and it was all BS to me. 12 steps and bla bla bla. "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change...the courage the change the things I can...and the wisdom to know the difference". I bullshitted my way through the entire thing. I quit when I finally figured out it was time to quit. I don't really think I am good for counseling anyone. I am not really one to get involved like that. I sort of watch other people from the sidelines if you will. Nothing quite like a good train wreck sometimes...

...alot of that probably stems from my trying to cousel my younger brother about his pill usage to no avail. I finally cut the cord and just said fuck it. I wait for the call everyday that he is in the morgue.

Here's another lesser known factoid about NickPapageorgio. I was up for a scholarship to Berkley School of Music when I graduated. I decided that I wanted to get high and party instead. What an idiot lol...

I play the trumpet, tuba, trombone, drums, guitar, xylophone, baritone and a little sax. :yowsa:

I was first chair all state in Virginia my last 3 years in highschool and belonged to the virginia state jazz band as a trumpeteer. [/b][/quote]
You hit the nail on the head NickPapageorgio the bottom line is you will not and can not quit until you decide it is time. All the things like rehab are only a tool. You need to want to quit for them to work.

[Jesse_DD]

Originally posted by Anthony@Jan 28 2005, 06:31 AM
Have I admitted to being hung like a hamster yet?

























A 250lbs Hamster.
Well, I am hung like a tic tac. :(

But I am minty fresh!

[Nickatilynx]

Anthony once dyed my sons hair blonde.

[SykkBoy]

Originally posted by Peaches+Jan 28 2005, 09:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Peaches @ Jan 28 2005, 09:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-kath@Jan 27 2005, 08:33 PM
When I took typing in high school both pinky fingers were in splints and didn't heal properly... to this day I type on the keyboard like I'm ready for high tea - pinkies up in the air... lol
Both my pinkie fingers are naturally bent and the same thing happens with me. When my son was born, the first thing I noticed when I was counting fingers and toes were his bent pinkies :) His aren't as bad as mine as his hands are twice the site and they somehow just look a lot worse with little stubby finger :P

GREAT story Nick! Have you ever thought about counseling other addicts? [/b][/quote]
my kids have crooks on their pinkies as wel (from my wife's side of the family)

[Anthony]

Originally posted by Nickatilynx@Jan 28 2005, 11:40 AM
Anthony once dyed my sons hair blonde.
It's called bleached lovey. :)