Rest in Peace Stanny, cheers in heaven.

Posted by Peter on November 23, 2012 14:10

Aw man. I can't believe it. Fairwell Stanny. You were a good bloke. I always liked meeting you.

Posted by James on November 23, 2012 14:51

Stanny you always joked, but here is one for you, tomorrows headline in Phuket Wan will read,
" Man dies without paying bar tab."
RIP fellow.

Posted by Dun on November 23, 2012 21:48

Sad to hear this and even worse is the fact that in my 8+ years here I've seen the same happen to 4 of my neighbours.

They all drank themselves to death, despite warnings.

Of my current neighbors, which would be about 60 households and around 100 people, there are at least 7 people who use alcohol daily in excessive amounts.

One recently had a bad stroke but that did not slow his drinking down. Even when one of their regular drinking crew just recently died.

Alcoholism is an illness they say, and perhaps so but I find the percentage of expats on Phuket suffering from it alarmingly high.

If compared to locals, it might not stand out but at least when compared to where I come from it most certainly does.

Of all my alcoholc neighbors I would say that 2 are in immediate danger of drinking themselves to death. I don't socialize with them and I'm sure if I went over to suggest limiting their drinking, the reaction would be very hostile.

I don't know if there's anything anyone can do. All but one have live-in partners and I'm sure they have spoken about it ad nauseam.

It's just sad.

Posted by Andrew on November 24, 2012 00:11

@Andrew, having to live with a Thai woman is enough to drive any good man to drink. It was when I stopped allowing Thai women to share the same home with me that I was finally able to stop drinking and start living.

Posted by J.R. Hartley on November 24, 2012 04:53

A.A. anonymous alcoholyc .... rip...but in a way we all have a destiny, an alcoholyc has more risk to die from alcoholism...so good bye Stanny, don t drink to much there..nothing to say more...cheers !

Posted by serge on November 25, 2012 07:50

"I don't socialize with them and I'm sure if I went over to suggest limiting their drinking, the reaction would be very hostile."

Yes, I would expect their reaction to be hostile if you start lecturing people you don't really know.

Posted by stevenl on November 25, 2012 09:59

R.I.P.
Kind of related to a recent article about "lost" expats in Phuket... however, there are worse ways to leave this world.

Posted by Jakub P on November 26, 2012 13:45

Strange how nobody mentioned that the roads will be a lot safer without that motorbike and side on them.

Posted by Sudoku Nim on January 10, 2013 09:09

@Sudoku Nim, agree with Ed. but also it is not a "lot" safer.

Posted by Reader on January 10, 2013 11:57