Originally Posted by ARealLady

everyone is lumped together under the diagnosis. Addicts all behave this way,

It's because of the commonalities of the disease that friends and family members of addicts find the understanding they seek on this particular board.

Leo....I wanted to believe that XABF wasn't really an A. I justified a lot of his drinking and thought that many of his behaviour patterns were his and that he was unique....they weren't....they were the behaviours of an A in need of a 12 step programme.

Are addicts really more similar than any other group?


ARL