I'm a recovering alcoholic and the words that describe some of my past behavior do not bother me one bit. Of course there is a lot of vitriole and malevolence toward alcoholics. They do HORRIBLE, monstrous things. Just because I don't remember the harmful, sick things I did does not mean other people were not severely harmed by what I said and did. I am a child of an alcoholic and I can tell you the choices and behaviors of my father have damaged me and my siblings irrevocably. Do I blame him or hate him? No. But whether or not someone chooses to be vitriolic or malevolent toward another human being is THEIR issue. I personally don't find it to be healthy for me or anyone around me to be that way. But if I am, that is something I must work on.