How do "you" explain the horse addiction?

[Uncle_Jimmy]

The Love Of The Horses

I agree with Misty Blue. I sat down a long time ago and realized that if I didn’t have horses, I would be worth a lot of money. Then again, what would I do with it that would make me as happy as I am with the horses?

Got a little story that most of you horse nuts will enjoy and it goes like this: I use to be an airline pilot in another life. I had a co-pilot who I flew with quite a bit. He was always telling me that I was nuts playing around with those horses and you’re going to bust your butt and blaw blaw blaw. Anyhow, I was working with a new horse that I picked up to try. Didn’t know a lot about him but a doctor owned him and wanted to sell him. He was a three year old and seemed like a pretty nice guy. Soooo, I started ground work with him which went really well. Nothing seemed to phase him in the least. I saddled him up, got up, go down, got up, got down. He never moved an inch. I finally settled down in the saddle and moved around, nothing. He walked off, no problem. All of a sudden without any warning he completely came unglued. I road him out for a while when finally realized that I was not really a bronc rider. When I went into the air, I tried to land on my feet and couldn’t. I landed on my spine and didn’t feel a thing. That was because I had no feeling from my neck down. Well, I was taken to the hospital where they said that my back was a little twisted (along with my mind) but nothing perminent. I started to feel my toes, my legs, then my back. Thank God for drugs. A couple months later, I was back to work with the airlines and, you guessed it, my co-pilot. (“I told you that you’d get hurt”)

One month later my co-pilot comes to work all excited. Guess what I’m into??? DIRT BIKES!! Two weeks later he didn’t show up for work. It took him a month an a half to recover from that crash.

The moral of the story is, I walk with a little limp and I don’t resent it in the least. I tell people that I learned that walk from John Wayne. I have eight horses at my place and still love working with the babies. So, all I’ve got to say to all you nut cases like me out there,Happy Riding!

[RacetrackReject]

I agree with Misty Blue. I sat down a long time ago and realized that if I didn’t have horses, I would be worth a lot of money. Then again, what would I do with it that would make me as happy as I am with the horses?

Got a little story that most of you horse nuts will enjoy and it goes like this: I use to be an airline pilot in another life. I had a co-pilot who I flew with quite a bit. He was always telling me that I was nuts playing around with those horses and you’re going to bust your butt and blaw blaw blaw. Anyhow, I was working with a new horse that I picked up to try. Didn’t know a lot about him but a doctor owned him and wanted to sell him. He was a three year old and seemed like a pretty nice guy. Soooo, I started ground work with him which went really well. Nothing seemed to phase him in the least. I saddled him up, got up, go down, got up, got down. He never moved an inch. I finally settled down in the saddle and moved around, nothing. He walked off, no problem. All of a sudden without any warning he completely came unglued. I road him out for a while when finally realized that I was not really a bronc rider. When I went into the air, I tried to land on my feet and couldn’t. I landed on my spine and didn’t feel a thing. That was because I had no feeling from my neck down. Well, I was taken to the hospital where they said that my back was a little twisted (along with my mind) but nothing perminant. I started to feel my toes, my legs, then my back. Thank God for drugs. A couple months later, I was back to work with the airlines and, you guest it, my co-pilot. (“I told you that you’d get hurt”)

I month later my co-pilot comes to work all excited. Guess what I’m into??? DIRT BIKES!! Two weeks later he didn’t show up for work. It took him a month an a half to recover from that crash.

The moral of the story is, I walk with a little limp and I don’t resent it in the least. I tell people that I learned that walk from John Wayne. I have eight horses at my place and still love working with the babies. So, all I’ve got to say to all you nut cases like me out there,Happy Riding!

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On another note, I bought some of your muffins for my horses to try and they went nuts over them. These are not horses that are treat poor either. Well done!

[allons-y]

" My whole world tilted upright for the first time. The background static disappeared and I actually felt the missing part of myself click into place."
THAT my Dear, IS the explanation. Period.
I share your feelings, and no, ‘outsiders’ can never really understand, so dont waste your breath.

[Eleanor]

I often say that my horse addiction is along the lines of having a heroin or crack cocaine addiction just more expensive. You can try and get clean but it is always in your system and the minute you get near them again you are right back in deep.

This is a write up about Cocaine, read it and tell me it doesn’t fit the same feels about horses.

Cocaine and crack speed up the body in a similar way to amphetamines, but the effect is shorter and more intense - less than an hour for cocaine and as short as several minutes for crack. As with amphetamines, cocaine releases an intense rush of energy, makes a person feel good, mentally sharp, talkative and confident. When blood levels begin to dive, the craving is often overwhelming to take more.As with all drugs and life experiences, the greater the high, the worse the fall.

The early euphoric experience disappears in heavy users, who can feel very restless, with nausea, excitability, extreme agitation, anxiety, paranoia and possible hallucinations.Very high doses can rarely cause heart failure, convulsions and death. Regular cocaine users often have interrupted sleep patterns.They feel unable to cope until they’ve had some charlie, stressed-out and irritable.Life for weekend users can become a process of trying to get through the week until Friday.Regular users may feel that they cannot have a “good time” without the drug.Stopping the drug produces terrible headaches, tiredness, nausea, sleepiness and depression.

Taken from here.
http://www.globalchange.com/truth-about-drugs-chapter-6.htm

[Eleanor]

Didn’t even know this was an old thread.

[Gidget]

Fortunately, everyone I know is REALLY supportive of my riding, but I do often get asked what made me take it up so late in life (late forties).

Answer:

Because it allows me to combine my love of animals with my love of dance…only my partner weighs 1,000 lbs and I have to lead!

[spotted_draft_x_fill]

[QUOTE=Eleanor;7844203]
Didn’t even know this was an old thread.[/QUOTE]

Yeah what’s up with all the new posters bringing really old threads back to life? Have you noticed it, that lately it seems like that’s all they do?