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In reply to the discussion: Chronic Pain Sufferers are being screwed by the.. [View all]Mariana
(14,854 posts)Seriously? All those DUI's and the carnage on the roads they cause don't count? Do you really believe that alcoholics don't steal if they need money to buy booze? Besides all that, alcohol is a factor in many, many violent crimes, up to and including murders, because of its effect of lowering inhibitions.
Alcoholics are just as destructive as other addicts. Just so you know where I'm coming from, I just spent last evening with my alcoholic sister-in-law and her alcoholic husband. My recently widowed 88 year old father-in-law, not formerly much of drinker at all, used to have a beer from time to time, has moved in with them and is now drinking vodka heavily right along with them, because they keep giving him drinks and he doesn't know what else to do but drink them. I watched that sweet old man get drunk before my eyes last night and it was so fucking depressing knowing that's what's going on there every single night. Do you have any idea how damaging heavy drinking is to old people especially? They can't metabolize it as well as younger people can. And these two don't give a fuck, they just want everyone around them to drink along with them. They're also pushing drinks on my 20 year old niece, who wants no part of it, but they keep on trying to get her to drink too. The only reason they lay off me is that I'm allergic, for real, and they've actually seen me break out in hives from a sip out of the wrong glass.