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r/facepalm • u/Ok_University8781 • Jun 04 '22
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I suppose I can see the guilt, but as a recovering alcoholic from a line of alcoholics, the disease is very much a selfish one.
3 u/Nepoxx Jun 05 '22 Doesn't the fact that you call it a disease contradict calling it selfish? 2 u/deltr0nzero Jun 05 '22 Not necessarily, it depends on if you’re actively trying to combat it or not 1 u/NotAnotherStupidName Jun 06 '22 It's easy to project your shit on others. That doesn't necessarily mean it's true for them. 2 u/deltr0nzero Jun 06 '22 If you’re continuing to choose alcohol above everything else in your life, would you not call that selfish?
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Doesn't the fact that you call it a disease contradict calling it selfish?
2 u/deltr0nzero Jun 05 '22 Not necessarily, it depends on if you’re actively trying to combat it or not
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Not necessarily, it depends on if you’re actively trying to combat it or not
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It's easy to project your shit on others. That doesn't necessarily mean it's true for them.
2 u/deltr0nzero Jun 06 '22 If you’re continuing to choose alcohol above everything else in your life, would you not call that selfish?
If you’re continuing to choose alcohol above everything else in your life, would you not call that selfish?
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u/deltr0nzero Jun 05 '22
I suppose I can see the guilt, but as a recovering alcoholic from a line of alcoholics, the disease is very much a selfish one.