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BlueGrl2110/02/2018 11:32:35 am PDT

re: #321 KGxvi

Yeah, that’s still an alcoholic. Being an alcoholic is sort of like being pregnant - you either are or you’re not.

I got where you were going with that. My dad is an alcoholic. He can get himself up every morning, hold down a professional job well, and get home before he absolutely must have alcohol. He “functions.” But he’s still an alcoholic, still has all of the brain chemistry changes alcohol brings to an alcoholic, probably still has the liver damage (I know he has the stomach damage) of heavy drinking. He’s learned how to live with his disease but he’s still an alcoholic.

My husband’s mother died of liver damage due to her drinking. She held down a demanding job her whole life. She’d get home and hit the bourbon. Alcoholic.

So i get what you’re saying. Having the disease is binary.