Ben Cousins

[Bornadog]

Re: Ben Cousins

Addiction to anything is hard to understand unless you have experienced it before. I guess we are all addicted to something but the extent and the type of addiction and how you can deal with it, is what shapes our lives.

For me one of the things that would stop me from drafting Ben is his age and how he performs next year when he is turning 31. I would rather go down the youth policy as we have some of the best midfielders in the AFL.

If Scotty West doesn't retire we will have West 34 years old, Aker 31, Johnno 31 all capable of playing midfield.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Ben Cousins

Not neccesarily. An addiction is a lifelong problem. Whether you're using or not, you're always succeptable to using in a problematic way. That's the big difference.


I'm an addict and I always will be-it means that I have to be really careful what I find myself exposed to. I cant see certain people, I cant go certain places and I have to get the hell out of Dodge if some substances rear their ugly head. The bigt difference between you and me Matt is you might do a line, party for a while and then forget all about it. If I did one then it wouldnt stop at one, it'd become two, three and then the next thing I cant face life without it-it becomes the most important thing in my life and I lose all sense of perspective. I wouldnt be off my head either I'd just be maintaining.

Ahh yep i get ya. Thanks mate.

[Twodogs]

Re: Ben Cousins

Ahh yep i get ya. Thanks mate.

No wuckas mate. I kind of liken it too a brain problem-people like me just cant say 'that's enough'-we just have to keep going and going.

[1eyedog]

Re: Ben Cousins

Not neccesarily. An addiction is a lifelong problem. Whether you're using or not, you're always succeptable to using in a problematic way. That's the big difference.


I'm an addict and I always will be-it means that I have to be really careful what I find myself exposed to. I cant see certain people, I cant go certain places and I have to get the hell out of Dodge if some substances rear their ugly head. The bigt difference between you and me Matt is you might do a line, party for a while and then forget all about it. If I did one then it wouldnt stop at one, it'd become two, three and then the next thing I cant face life without it-it becomes the most important thing in my life and I lose all sense of perspective. I wouldnt be off my head either I'd just be maintaining.

That's very true. I have an addictive personality, so need to control my intact of alcohol and certain people these days, but in the past, it was worse things.

[Twodogs]

Re: Ben Cousins

That's very true. I have an addictive personality, so need to control my intact of alcohol and certain people these days, but in the past, it was worse things.

Thankfully alchohol or gambling have never been a problem for me. I just dont know how I'd go if my addictions were state sanctioned.

[DOG GOD]

Re: Ben Cousins

no thanks...