HerrDrFunk Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Hopefully he can get his addictions under control. Addictions can destroy lives. All the best to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 24 minutes ago, -AJ- said: Hopefully he can get his addictions under control. Addictions can destroy lives. All the best to him. To stay in the league has Watson changed his role into a bit of a goon/fighter. Maybe that doesn't fit his nature (not that it does any players) and he started getting the courage to play how he must (to stay in the league) from a bottle? Didn't a lot of the guys who play that role have trouble with stuff like drinking too much? Sounds to me like this guy will be done. A younger guy, who can play that role, will take his place. Same sad story we hear all too often with this type of player. Would Gaunce be in the NHL, and living the life, if he got courage to play the nasty role from a foreign substance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Vandelay Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 This hits close to home. I live with an alcoholic (family member who can’t be independent). The destructive power of alcoholism is so much worse than people know. Disfunction isn’t a strong enough word to describe their everyday life. I genuinely wish him the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 This is unfortunate news. Best of luck to him and his family in his recovery. Times like this remind us that it's just a sport, it's not your life which is far more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Alcohol is the most destructive drug. Hang a piece of meat just for 5 minutes in a shot glass of vodka if you want to see what it does to your body. You are protein. Everything. All of the little structures on the surface of cells that regulate every single process of your body, and life, are proteins. Alcohol deforms and destroys these proteins. Alcohol can dissolve your genes when they are popped out in a stem loop structure when new proteins, to replace to ones you just dissolved, are being created by ribosomes! Want to know why alcohol makes you feel the way it does? Alcohol deforms the protein channels used to regulate an ion differential across your neuron membranes. Think about that. You are literally effing with your electrical system of your body. Why would you do this? Especially regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, xereau said: Alcohol is the most destructive drug. Hang a piece of meat just for 5 minutes in a shot glass of vodka if you want to see what it does to your body. You are protein. Everything. All of the little structures on the surface of cells that regulate every single process of your body, and life, are proteins. Alcohol deforms and destroys these proteins. Alcohol can dissolve your genes when they are popped out in a stem loop structure when new proteins, to replace to ones you just dissolved, are being created by ribosomes! Want to know why alcohol makes you feel the way it does? Alcohol deforms the protein channels used to regulate an ion differential across your neuron membranes. Think about that. You are literally effing with your electrical system of your body. Why would you do this? Especially regularly. So what are saying? Alcohol is bad now? What about Scotch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 minute ago, xereau said: Alcohol is the most destructive drug. Hang a piece of meat just for 5 minutes in a shot glass of vodka if you want to see what it does to your body. You are protein. Everything. All of the little structures on the surface of cells that regulate every single process of your body, and life, are proteins. Alcohol deforms and destroys these proteins. Alcohol can dissolve your genes when they are popped out in a stem loop structure when new proteins, to replace to ones you just dissolved, are being created by ribosomes! Want to know why alcohol makes you feel the way it does? Alcohol deforms the protein channels used to regulate an ion differential across your neuron membranes. Think about that. You are literally effing with your electrical system of your body. Why would you do this? Especially regularly. Meanwhile, abuse of drugs is a rampant issue, particularly prescription drugs. There doesn't seem to be a recovery system in place, but instead, we'll go after the party drugs. I'm really starting to see that the government is just doing what it's doing to make money off the people it's trying to enforce. And I don't even do drugs. I just feel like if the government was trying to help the people, they'd make it easier for people who are on drugs to rehab and try to make them a better person. Yes, it is expensive to do and I have no solution on that for the time being. But it helps if we throw ideas out collectively and give things a legitimate test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chon derry Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 48 minutes ago, Alflives said: To stay in the league has Watson changed his role into a bit of a goon/fighter. Maybe that doesn't fit his nature (not that it does any players) and he started getting the courage to play how he must (to stay in the league) from a bottle? Didn't a lot of the guys who play that role have trouble with stuff like drinking too much? Sounds to me like this guy will be done. A younger guy, who can play that role, will take his place. Same sad story we hear all too often with this type of player. Would Gaunce be in the NHL, and living the life, if he got courage to play the nasty role from a foreign substance? does this mean you brought your own scotch from Melmac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieksa Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Maybe they could use a LWer - Goldobin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DADDYROCK Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Another legal drug along with opiates that have been a curse on human beings and society in general. So sad ,help him to get better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I hope can bounce back like Kassian. Kassian was able to bounce back and have a decent career, hope he can do the same too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, xereau said: Want to know why alcohol makes you feel the way it does? Alcohol deforms the protein channels used to regulate an ion differential across your neuron membranes. Think about that. You are literally effing with your electrical system of your body. Why would you do this? Especially regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Kind of harsh to call it a suspension. He's unable to play because of his current addictions and is getting help. It's more similar to an injury than a suspension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRypien37 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Alflives said: So what are saying? Alcohol is bad now? What about Scotch? lol..."now"?. When has it ever been "good"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Many good men have suffered the alcohol demon and some can’t beat it. I did. I wasn’t addicted though. Whatever his issues are, I hope he sorts them out soon. The pressures these guys are under can force them to burst. Its a mental health issue, most every time. I’m glad the NHL has done great work in this area. We need to look after each other better, like we wish we all had for the Rick Rypiens of our personal lives. Rip to all those ex NHLers who couldn’t pull out of the tailspin in time and to all those we’ve lost from mental health and substance abuse issues, my brother included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 22 minutes ago, RRypien37 said: lol..."now"?. When has it ever been "good"? “Red wine, in moderation, has long been thought of as heart healthy. The alcohol and certain substances in red wine called antioxidants may help prevent coronary artery disease, the condition that leads to heart attacks.” https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/red-wine/art-20048281 The belief that some alcohol after dinner was good for a person is old, isn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 13 hours ago, Alflives said: To stay in the league has Watson changed his role into a bit of a goon/fighter. Maybe that doesn't fit his nature (not that it does any players) and he started getting the courage to play how he must (to stay in the league) from a bottle? Didn't a lot of the guys who play that role have trouble with stuff like drinking too much? Sounds to me like this guy will be done. A younger guy, who can play that role, will take his place. Same sad story we hear all too often with this type of player. Would Gaunce be in the NHL, and living the life, if he got courage to play the nasty role from a foreign substance? He posted a message on instagram just 3 weeks ago with the hashtag #mentalillness to explain that he has been suffering from anxiety, depression and alcoholism since he was 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 21 hours ago, xereau said: Alcohol is the most destructive drug. Hang a piece of meat just for 5 minutes in a shot glass of vodka if you want to see what it does to your body. You are protein. Everything. All of the little structures on the surface of cells that regulate every single process of your body, and life, are proteins. Alcohol deforms and destroys these proteins. Alcohol can dissolve your genes when they are popped out in a stem loop structure when new proteins, to replace to ones you just dissolved, are being created by ribosomes! Want to know why alcohol makes you feel the way it does? Alcohol deforms the protein channels used to regulate an ion differential across your neuron membranes. Think about that. You are literally effing with your electrical system of your body. Why would you do this? Especially regularly. As someone who bartended and worked at liquor stores in East Van, it’s really eye-opening the level of damage alcohol does to people. It can absolutely destroy lives. Most people would be shocked to see just how many street people aren’t methheads or heroin addicts but severe alcohol abusers. It makes you wonder about society’s picture of booze when it’s consistently portrayed as this magical party elixir that makes life worth living. That said I think the most destructive drug has to be Canucks hockey. All it does is hurt me but I just can’t quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategal Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 20 hours ago, Where's Wellwood said: Kind of harsh to call it a suspension. He's unable to play because of his current addictions and is getting help. It's more similar to an injury than a suspension I wonder if they term it a suspension because he's at Stage 2. That implies he went through Stage 1 already and if it's similar to the program we have at my employer, if one violates the expectations after the first treatment, they then would be subject to discipline - suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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