Old 01-21-2009, 09:42 PM
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marshallzhukov
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According to a study done by the American Medical Association (albeit in 1990) up to three quarters of sociopaths abused alcohol and half abused drugs. That is to say that a huge number of sociopaths are also substance abusers. However, the converse is not true - certainly no where near three quarters or even half of the substance abusing population altogether are sociopaths, which is to say that the presence of substance abuse does not strongly imply sociopathy but the presence of sociopathy does strongly imply the presence of substance abuse. The important thing to remember is that there are dual substance abusers/sociopaths out there and their ability to lie and manipulate is even more refined than your typical A. I have known several personally, and it is frightening how similar their behavior was on so many levels despite the fact to my knowledge none of them knew each other. And none of them were able to attain any lasting sobriety, in part because they rarely felt the consequences of their actions.
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