Old 01-22-2009, 06:22 PM
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OhBrother
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I was convinced my sister was a sociopath in the years before I knew the full extent of her opiate abuse. The lying, stealing, and complete disregard for anyone else's feelings.
Now that I've watched her slowly recovering, I don't think that anymore. She may still be irresponsible, maddening to deal with and clearly has some mental issues...but she has also started to care more about others and herself.
Unfortunately drug abuse can take someone with a lot of underlying mental problems to begin with (as she has) and turn them into the horrible creatures we've all had to deal with.
A sociopath doesn't feel anything, and at least in my sister's case I think she feels too much and spent years numbing it all with drugs.
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