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Kenny Sansom sleeping on a park bench...

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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,593
    edited July 2017
    WSS said:

    Mum was an alcoholic - died five years ago this week because of it.

    Still have mixed feelings of anger and sadness. I get there is a huge mental side side to it but there will always be a part of me that will think she never tried hard enough to stop. It's not as if she didn't have support and loving people around her trying to help.

    Seems to be my default position on all alcoholics - some empathy, a little sympathy, mostly frustration.

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  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    My dad died of Alcoholism last November, we lived with it for 10 years, he wasnt aggressive or violent, just always drunk, sad seeing him go down hill and nothing, nothing, you can do to stop it.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    A friend of mine is alcohol dependant, he's on the wagon at the moment....his brother died from alcoholism at the age of 47.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,730
    My dad died of alcoholism twenty five years ago aged 48 ( the same age as me now) . It turned him into a heartless little man who cared little or nothing for his kids. It's a horrible disease.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited July 2017
    Agree, Beds.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    edited July 2017
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    some nice photos in Saturday's 'Times' of ex internationals gathered together to see the 1,000th England game.
    Good to see Sansom looking fit and healthy again. Let's hope he can keep it up and keep off the park benches 
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,899
    I opened this and feared the worst so good to hear he seems fit and healthy ..it's nice to hear good news 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52686928
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Fighting for his life apparently after being beaten up.

    THe blokes post career decline sim such a sad tale.
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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Boozer , gambler .....once every few years used to see him battered in The Bull in Chislehurst , so sad 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Very sad. People of a certain age, like me, can testify what a good player he was.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,205
    Sad. PFA should step in (unless they have but given up)?
  • usetobunkin
    usetobunkin Posts: 2,179
    Nice Lad when sober, such a shame, Get well soon.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,750
    GroveParkAddick said:
    Leroy Experienced and highly qualified professionals in this area would disagree with you.
    Maybe because that helps them continue to earn a living
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,750
    Serial killing is an illness and locking them up is wrong. Discuss.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    jimmymelrose said:
    Serial killing is an illness and locking them up is wrong. Discuss.
    No.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    edited May 2020
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Very sad. People of a certain age, like me, can testify what a good player he was.
    I'm 54 and started going to football when I was around 7. 
    Kenny Sansom is the best left back I have seen, Stuart Pearce a very close second.  Sansom is probably one of the best left backs England have ever had.
    By all accounts he is a really nice fella, I met him at Bromley South station about 3 years ago and he was more than happy for pictures to be taken with my friend and me.

  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,597
    WSS said:
    Mum was an alcoholic - died five years ago this week because of it. Still have mixed feelings of anger and sadness. I get there is a huge mental side side to it but there will always be a part of me that will think she never tried hard enough to stop. It's not as if she didn't have support and loving people around her trying to help. Seems to be my default position on all alcoholics - some empathy, a little sympathy, mostly frustration.
    I’ve only just seen this.
    I had no idea.

    Both Bruv & I could have written that paragraph word for word.

    Sending you all my love ❤️
  • Coyotejohn1947
    Coyotejohn1947 Posts: 1,163
    Local news down here (Exeter) says that he is in the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with a serious head injury, allegedly following a drunken argument'.
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  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,735
    Used to see him from time to time in the Three Blackbirds. Seemed to always be shovelling money into the fruit machine drinking white wine. 

    He always seemed friendly enough. It’s a shame the way that it has gone for him - but he does appear to have access to the support network that can help him. 

    Like Gazza, he unfortunately does not appear to want it enough just yet. 

    I hope he can get back on track. 
  • Brown Bear
    Brown Bear Posts: 122
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Very sad. People of a certain age, like me, can testify what a good player he was.
    I'm 54 and started going to football when I was around 7. 
    Kenny Sansom is the best left back I have seen, Stuart Pearce a very close second.  Sansom is probably one of the best left backs England have ever had.
    By all accounts he is a really nice fella, I met him at Bromley South station about 3 years ago and he was more than happy for pictures to be taken with my friend and me.

    Would agree with that completely, very talented player was Kenny Sansom, but never really got the plaudits as he was quite an unassuming and modest guy, that just got on with it.

    Chatted to him a few times when he used to come into the Northbrook pub in Lee, and used to drink white wine in a pint glass filled with ice, which I clearly remember as it was the only time that have ever seen anyone do that.

    I really hope that he can find the mental strength to come out of this, but as others on here have said it is a long road ahead, and the reality is that many addicts don't make it.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,205
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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    Great news, I passed Kenny Sansom in the PRU Hospital in Bromley today.  We wished each other both well.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,028
    Read today that he is suffering from early dementia and a brain disorder.
    All very sad but perhaps inevitable that he would hit problems given his long battle with the drink.
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,593
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Read today that he is suffering from early dementia and a brain disorder.
    All very sad but perhaps inevitable that he would hit problems given his long battle with the drink.
    Very sad, the form he has is drink related, but is treatable (I assume if he stays off the drink).
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    Rob7Lee said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Read today that he is suffering from early dementia and a brain disorder.
    All very sad but perhaps inevitable that he would hit problems given his long battle with the drink.
    Very sad, the form he has is drink related, but is treatable (I assume if he stays off the drink).
    I worked with several patients who had this type of dementia 'Korsakoff' and it's pretty sad to see. Very distressing to see what booze can do and how hard it is to get clear of it. It can obviously occur with younger people.

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