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Old 09-09-2004, 09:08 AM   #2
Troubleshooter
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Originally Posted by Brianna
Ah, well. I stand corrected. Consistently drunk people are supposed to realize they've a problem and get working on it? My experience has been that it is very difficult to get an actively using/drinking individual to see their own behavior. Much like some people having heart attacks--they are in denial, "Oh, it's just heartburn..." they put it off and put it off and finally they keel over and somebody calls 911. Or, should we say, "He was responsible for getting treatment himself."--?
All I'm saying is that there is a difference between the getting drunk all of the time and being an alcoholic. It's a hard distinction to make sometimes.
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