I'm sorry, I may have gotten you mixed up with another Chris who comes to this board occassionally..that's the risk of being on this board so long..last names don't register. I assume you are not the Chris who had his own website called "The Lighter Side" which has been put to rest?
sorry also I jump to conclusions, a couple of beers will not kill anyone, even daily; I might get worried if it was a couple of 6 packs at one sitting; makes the stomach distend rapidly in that case! but it's your belly, not mine if so

it's when a person has a hard drink for breakfast, lunch and dinner that only took a year or two to decay the liver and pancreas enough to create a coma and subsequent death. too bad he left me this way, knowing I could do nothing, not even my love would make him stay...so he came back later and healed my grief, told me he suffered not, all my suffering was for myself. still, it was hard to watch someone as intelligent and gentle as himself slipping away from me. I truly wanted to sit on a porch somewhere with him in old age and gaze at the sunset in comfortable repose..well, maybe some other time?
I know he's still alive, seen him enough and interacted with him enough to cause all the pain to go away. he'll aways be my sweetie that didn't listen to me. besides, I had 11 years around him; was worth it to meet a person had absolutely no animosity for another living creature whatsoever. How is this possible? since I couldn't nag this person, I thought I'd come here and offer up my nagging on this board..

yet I know he was choosing his exit point this way..he as much as told me that. perhaps the point is, you never miss your water until the darn well dries up....

love, alysia