Tyler Baze - put the whiskey down, son

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by 57rick

Please read the Doctors Opinion in the book Alcoholics Annonomous.

Oh gee may I? Really?

Oh boy I haven't / wasted enough of my life trying to understand, being supportive, rescuing people from bad places and bringing them to their doctors, rehab, 12 step programs, taking care of their personl stuff or their families cause they were too screwed up...

You seem like a nice person so you probably don't know how patronizing this line sounds.

Originally Posted by 57rick

It does not begin with choice.

... because someone puts a gun to their head IN THE FIRST PLACE and insists they drink.

That's my point, that's what I mean., They choose to drink and keep drinking in the first place. You don't become an alcoholic in a matter of days.

I have tried to keep my mouth shut on this thread and just couldn't any more.

I'm sick and tired of all the alcoholics I know anyway acting like they have some kind of badge that makes it okay for them to be so ****ing self-involved cause believe me if other people need them for any emergency, any medical thing, help in the smallest sense of the word or whatever they are too busy reminding the world that THEY HAVE A DISEASE.

Sorry but it is tiresome and after a while I just want to say go drink yourself to death if that's what you want.

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

I wonder if you're mistaking "self-absorbed ones who think everyone cares about their daily success in overcoming their gasp sickness" with "alcoholics who wish people would stop sh*tting all over them and talking down to them, pretending that just a little bit more willpower here and there would fix everything?"

An awfully surprising and obnoxious post from someone for whom empathy is usually (and from me personally, I'd add 'admirably') such a big deal.

Maybe it's just that in my life they have to come first and have for the past decade and the minute anyone else needs a single ounce of decency they are offended because to hell with anyone else... they are the only ones with a problem.