Originally Posted by
Otis7 
I used to post on here awhile ago, about a friend of mine who I have been struggling with for years now. He recently told me that he was diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder (a sociopath/psychopath). I found out some interesting things.
After reading up on sociopaths, and the different kinds, I discovered this,
4. The Thrill Seeker never learns from his past follies. Easily bored, his hunt for new thrills escalates. His reckless disregard for others endangers them. Poor impulse control, bad judgment, criminal activity and substance abuse are common.
More information here:
PSYCHOPATH
Sounds just like my AF. I was wondering if anyone has experienced something similar, since their seem to be many correlations in the hurt experienced by people in relations with alcoholics/sociopaths.
Its pretty hard to realize that my best friend might not only struggle with a disease that makes caring for others difficult, but that he may be completely incapable of caring about me at all...
Just a thought, but Toby Rice Drews claims that it is nearly impossible to accurately diagnose mental illness in a practicing alcoholic, would also think that this would be true of an addict of any kind. Think about the things that folks do while they're out there, remarkably sociopathic.