I have a problem with big box retailers controlling the market, and buying up shelf space making it difficult for small breweries to compete.

There is steady market growth for craft beer, and it's no wonder the big guys are buying out small companies and or imitating craft beer, people like it.

I enjoy it myself, and I would rather spend a couple extra dollars to support a smaller business rather than a huge company making undrinkable piss.

I also have a hard time believing liqour variety would increase at a supermarket, the state run liqour stores already provide adequate selection and I can't imagine safeway, or costco to have anything better.

I don't necessarily think the 3 tier system is perfect, but in this economy I don't think it's responsible for the state to lay off even more employees.

What about the volume discounts Costco and large retailers will recieve to supply product from A-Busch, MillerCoors, putting pressure on the small breweries to give freebies, and or discounts that they can't keep up with? I don't know if I fully understand everything about this issue, but just a thought.

It's nice hearing this fom someone who has gone through similar experience. I think I am one of his only social connections at this point. He calls me a few times a week, but we mostly talk about superficial things. he has left with me a couple times, to go to the store etc, but he seemed very nervous, and wpuld not leave the car. I know he isnt lazy, he does quite a bit of work around their house (dishes, laundry, general cleaning). My mom is more understanding about evrything, yet I think she agrees with my dad in order to make him happy.

I agree that I jumped to a conclusion I really don't have any clue about. I want to help him with whatever problem he is having, since my parents tend to turn thir cheek to it. There have been conversations between my Mom and I about him working, and I have stated taht he needs other help before he is able to do that. She has a hard time understanding that treatment didn't "cure" him of his problems, and she isn't the easiest person to rationalize with. I am going to attend some support groups like NAMI and DBSA this week, and try to further my knowledge of what I can do, our family dynamic is far from healthy, and I've walked on eggshells for a very long time. I need help as well on going about this in a different way.

i don't know what a nervous breakdown is either...forget I said that :) A few months ago he had posted in an chat that he was suicidal on my parents office computer, and my mom called 911. He denied that he was suicidal, and said the conversation was taken out of context, and had spoken with a therapist over the phone. From what my mom tells me, he denied that there was anything wrong, because he feared that she was going have him committed, which is a lengthy process from what I've heard, and wasn't her intention. I saw him last weekend, and I tried getting some information out of him, as non intrusively as I could. He was very despondent, and slept for most of my visit. I've asked him why he has'nt been leaving the house, and though his answer wasn't that clear, it seemed to elude to his fear of running into people he knows(they live in a small town in central WA) and he is somewhat embarassed of the reputation he has created himself there, though I am sure there is probably more to it then that. I called NAMI today and am going to attend a support meeting this week to get some more information on what I can do, so that I can handle this in a way that won't upset him, as he has become increasingly passive aggressive. I would like to have my parents attend it with me, but they live far away, and our relationship isnt that great either as I moved to Seattle when I was 17 after coming out of the closet, and things have been rocky since, yet maybe I'll be able to get some help from the people at NAMI for that as well.

i'd call that a sad alcoholics unfortunate poisoning hallucination induced experience.

i still wouldnt call the alcohol a hallucinogen

yeah..sorry(?) about that..they are definetly not for everyone. I read alot of books and info online before I ever tried any, I was looking more for a concious expanding journey than say..dancing dinosaurs and fluffy spiders and what not. If you don't know what you're doing with these powerful substances BEWARE!!

My first time doing mushrooms was absolutely incredible, and changed my perspective in many ways. laying in the bed of friends pickup on the shore of some lake in the mountains, starring up at the stars, while coming up listening to jimi Hedrix, I started yawning a bunch then the stars started swirling in such beautiful colors...this was hysterical for wahtever reason, and the rest is a long, long story for some other day in some other forum.

the pepperoncini thing sounds yummy

Acording to Terrence Mckenna, psilocybe mushrooms may have had a symbiotic relationship with primates and the our evolution into man. not sure if I believe this but its fun..
Mckenna:

"These symptoms suggested that our evolution,
I suppose from the animal kingdom into human kingdom
Itself was catalysed or
triggered by our encounter with these
Hallucinogenics, and

Yes, we are an ape with a symbiotic relationship
To a mushroom
And that has given us self reflection
Language
Religion
And all the spectrum of effects that flow from these things

And one can only wonder how
These hallucinogens might effect our future evolution as well

They have brought us to this point
And as we make our relationship to them concious
We may be able to take control of our furute evolutionary path"

Now please tell me little chimp that the mayan tea didnt give you the ability to hold up that pistol.

so you're a lucid dreamer are you...total psychonaut!