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Kalidurga

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28. That is true. But, addiction can be a mental illness.

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Reply #27)

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 01:47 AM

Mar 2016

My brother was an alcoholic and that destroyed his life for a while. He had to live with the effects even after he became sober, that doesn't sound like the right term. But, anyway he is going on 10 years now without a drink. I still don't think it's wrong to point out if someone is drunk though. If it wasn't for people telling my brother he had to get help he wouldn't have and they didn't do it in one of those nice interventions either.

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Do not stigmatize people with mental illness. [View all] HuckleB Mar 2016 OP

Given the puerile responses revbones Mar 2016 #1

Why are examples necessary? HuckleB Mar 2016 #2

Just given your performance in the thread I linked revbones Mar 2016 #4

Well, that doesn't impress me. HuckleB Mar 2016 #6

Guess I missed where I said I was going for that. nt revbones Mar 2016 #8

Guess I missed where you cared about humans and the planet. HuckleB Mar 2016 #10

Guess I missed where you posted something worth reading... revbones Mar 2016 #11

You've been reading post after post, so it must be worth reading. HuckleB Mar 2016 #12

Made the mistake of responding once and you kept replying. revbones Mar 2016 #13

You have clearly had an interest. HuckleB Mar 2016 #14

Today's post... HuckleB Mar 2016 #3

Nuff said, revbones Mar 2016 #5

Wow! HuckleB Mar 2016 #7

And the other. HuckleB Mar 2016 #9

I tried to engage you in conversation. tkmorris Mar 2016 #15

How? HuckleB Mar 2016 #16

Concern isn't the same thing as labeling and stigmatizing. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #17

So you're making excuses now. HuckleB Mar 2016 #18

That isn't up to me. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #19

I'm not one baiting people. HuckleB Mar 2016 #20

Sorry Kalidurga Mar 2016 #21

I do love the hypocrisy. HuckleB Mar 2016 #22

I don't, but I guess we can still be best buds. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #23

And yet you're so good at it. HuckleB Mar 2016 #24

You have no idea. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #25

Oh, I do. You have no idea. HuckleB Mar 2016 #26

under the influence is not stigmatizing mental illness La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2016 #27

That is true. But, addiction can be a mental illness. Kalidurga Mar 2016 #28

its a long stretch from 'you are under the influence' to addiction La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2016 #32

It can be, but that's not what led to this post. HuckleB Mar 2016 #31

U mad bro? U4ikLefty Mar 2016 #29

Yes, you do owe everyone an apology for your part in stigmatizing others. HuckleB Mar 2016 #30

I wasn't aware of your condition Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #33

Thanks. I really am happy to see those groups at DU. HuckleB Mar 2016 #34