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ALCOHOL

THE GREATEST ATHLETE WHO EVER LIVED:
BY THE POWER OF ALCOHOL HE WAS FIBBED;
ALCOHOL TOLD HIM TO JUST HAVE A DRINK OR TWO,YOU'LL FEEL AS GOOD AS NEW:
HE DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN HE WOKE UP HE WOULD FEEL SO BLUE:

AFTER A SHORT WHILE AFTER:
ALCOHOL BECAME HIS BEST FRIEND FOR SURE:
BEFORE HE WOULD GO TO SLEEP HE WOULD HAVE A DRINK OR TWO:
WHEN HE WOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, HE HAD A DRINK OR TWO TO WASH AWAY THE BLUE:

WHEN HE GOT UP TO START A BRAND NEW DAY:
HE HAD A DRINK OR TWO THAT WAS HIS WAY:
ALCOHOL BECAME HIS BEST AND ONLY FRIEND:
ALL HIS TIME ENERGY AND MONEY ON ALCOHOL HE WOULD SPEND:

AT LUNCH WHEN HE WAS HUNGRY AND READY TO EAT:
FIRST HE HAD A DRINK OR TWO AS HIS DESERT AND TREAT:
EVERYTHING HE HAD ,EVERYTHING HE HAD WON:
ALCOHOL BECAME SECOND TO NONE;

ONCE HE STOOD ON THE VICTORY STAND OF THE 1912 OLYMPIC GAMES:
HE WAS VOTED THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF THE WORLD THE SAME:
THIS THIS GREAT ATHLETE OF ALL TIME HAD ALCOHOL AS HIS ONLY FRIEND IN HIS LIFE:
EVERYONE LEFT HIM EVEN HIS FAMILY FRIENDS AND WIFE:

EVERYDAY HIS FULL INTENTION WAS JUST TO HAVE A DRINK OR TWO:
JUST TO WASH AWAY THE BLUE:
BUT EVERYDAY ONE DRINK WOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER TO ANOTHER UNTIL HE WAS OFF HIS FEET ON THE FLOOR:
HE WOULD DRINK UNTIL HE WAS PASSED OUT AND COULDNT DRINK NO MORE:

IF THE GREATEST ATHLETE WHO EVER LIVED:
BY ALCOHOL WAS FIBBED:
WHAT ABOUT YOU AND I:
SHOULD WE HAVE A DRINK OR TWO AND GIVE ALCOHOL A TRY:

MANY PEOPLE THEY ARE ABLE TO JUST HAVE A SIMPLE DRINK OR TWO, THEN THATS IT THEY ARE DONE AND THROUGH:
BUT LIKE THE GREATEST ATHLETE IN THE WORLD, HE WAS POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL AND COULDNT STOP DRINKING UNTIL HE WAS PASSED OUT AND BLUE:
ALCOHOL WILL DROP YOU TO YOUR KNEE:'
LET IT GO, STAND UP SET YOURSELF FREE:

ALCOHOL ON YOUR LIFE WILL TAKE ITS DEADLY HOLD:
ALCOHOL WILL DESTROY YOU BEFORE YOU BECOME OLD;
GIVING UP ALCOHOL AND BREAKING AWAY REALLY IS THE HARDEST THING YOU WILL EVER HAVE TO DO:
REMEMBER IT ALL STARTED TO JUST HAVE A DRINK OR TWO TO WASH AWAY THE BLUE:

SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST LUCKY THEY CAN HAVE A DRINK OR TWO AND STOP:
BUT KNOW TO YOURSELF YOU WILL NOT STOP AND WILL DRINK UNTIL YOU DROP:
A WORLD OLYMPIC CHAMPION THEY HAVE GREAT DISCIPLINE:
TO COMPETE AGAINST THE BEST OF THE BEST AND WIN;

ALCOHOL HAS PROVEN WORLDWIDE OVER TIME THAT IT WILL KNOCK YOU DOWN WHERE YOU STAND;
HAVE COURAGE AND SEEK HELP--A HIGHER POWER TO HELP YOU FIGHT AGAINST ALCOHOL REACH OUT YOUR HAND:
IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU REACH OUT TO ANOTHER WHO UNDERSTANDS THE DREARY STORY OF ALCOHOL WELL:
THAT YOU CAN WALK AWAY FROM ALCOHOL FOREVER AND LEAVE THIS LIVING HELL;

THE WORLDS GREATEST ATHLETE PERFORMED FOR THE WORLD ON STAGE, ALL WERE AWESTRUCK BY HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AND AMAZED:
HE DIED ALONE WITH ALCOHOL LIVING IN A TRAILOR ALONE AND GLAZED;
ALCOHOL WILL STRANGLE THE LIFE OF THE BEST OF THE BEST;
ALCOHOL IN THE END WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SO MUCH LESS:

BECOME SOBER AND FREE;
BE THE BEST THAT YOU CAN BE:
WITH A HIGHER POWER THIS YOU CAN ACHIEVE:
THE FIRST STEP IS TO ADMIT TO YOURSELF AND A HIGHER POWER THAT YOU ARE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL AND IN YOURSELF JUST BELIEVE:

07--AUGUST--2010:
JOHN D JUNGERS


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