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BlancheSplanchnik

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12. alcoholism SUCKS. Especially for the other people who are hurt, tossed aside,
Wed May 8, 2013, 12:22 PM
May 2013

have their lives disrupted and their hearts broken by someone who has what I like to call, "Acquired Psychopathy Syndrome".

Yes, the alcoholic is destroying himself on a worse level than the people who are being destroyed by their love and desire to help or fix the alcoholic, but at least the alcoholic is anesthetized..... :sardonic grin:

The things they do to themselves and to others resembles psychopathy in terms of putting their needs above all else, and lack of empathy for the impact on others.

www.soberrecovery.com is a really good resource site, with a section in Forums devoted to "Friends and Family".

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