Paul Gascogne Says ...

[joggerjayne]

Having his phone hacked contributed to his alcoholism ...

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(stops for breath)

... LOL

So it wasn't because you have been an alcoholic for your entire career?

Always have been, always will be?

Nothing to do with that?

All down to that mean, nasty phone hacking person.

(Repeat LOL ... ad infinitum)

[joggerjayne]

Yeah, I was definitely wrong.

[Mamyalynne]

Exactly, it is all part of a bigger picture.

Someone strong may well be able to ride it out, but those vulnerable can be devastated and knocked back a long way.

[joggerjayne]

Now I feel like a bit of a bad egg for being mean about him.

[jno]

so you should.

Have a soft drink.

[shoota]

(I love JJ)

[joggerjayne]

Does coffee count as a soft drink, or does it have to be caffeine free?

[shoota]

Tis a rare and beautiful thing when a poster on AB admits the possibility he/she was mistaken.....


In fact it may be unprecedented!

[yogi-bear]

Hi JJ

At a function I was at in London a couple of years ago, Paul Gascoigne was a special guest of honour.......he sat in a corner trembling and shaking, talking to himself, eyes rolling, and slurring his speech when speaking....It was a sad sight of a man, who once was a hero, to thousands upon thousands of people, and was now a shell of that man.....and the people at the function, myself included, were trying not to get eye contact and avoid him, just because we would have been embarrassed as what to say to the man.
He has serious mental issues, is an alcoholic and is not probably capable of remembering what happened yesterday,JJ, let alone what he says in a press conference etc.
I think you just overdosed on the LOL's, is all, JJ, and of course, you are only stating your opinion, which you are entitled too.

[joggerjayne]

I think one should be willing to to hold one's hands up ...

(if other posters persuade you that you were wrong)

And yeah, on this occasion, I was probably wrong.

[jno]

I think coffee is ok, especially if sweetened with the milk of human kindness.

[woofgang]

actually JJ are you ok? you aren't usually mean.....

[Mamyalynne]

It has been an interesting and most importantly civil thread, nothing wrong with that at all.

[andy-hughes]

I am not surprised, but I am sad, at the cavalier way some posters on here jibe and dismiss Paul Gascoigne's mental problems, which absolutely include his alcoholism.

He was a man not especially blessed with intellect or strength of personality, who was totally unequipped to deal with the pressures that his God-given talent and its success brought him.

Mental illness can strike anyone, and I fervently hope that none of those who like to laugh and joke at his expense ever find themselves on the wrong end of it in the future.

But if they do, we can hope that they will find the support of family and friends that has been denied Mr Gascoigne once his fame and fortune dribbled away.

Scoffing from a distance is as easy as tapping on a keyboard, but it says more about those who do it than it does about the man who is suffering, even if his unaware of their amusement at his expense.

[Elina]

I agree mamya.

[Mamyalynne]

True words Andy and as this thread has shown , talking it out can help people think it through a bit more.

[joggerjayne]

// JJ are you ok? you aren't usually mean //

Why thank you, Woof.

I am sooo tempted to be really shallow, and give that Best Answer, for sheer flattery.

Thinks, thinks ... yep, okay, you've got it.

[-Talbot-]

But if they do, we can hope that they will find the support of family and friends that has been denied Mr Gascoigne once his fame and fortune dribbled away



Paul Gascoingne did recieve help from friends, andy.

[joggerjayne]

OUCH and OOF !!

(that was andy-h giving me a swift kick)

:o)

[Mamyalynne]

Just when you'd turned a corner too JJ - a low blow.