Originally Posted by
chiynita 
But what I was referring to didnt come across to me as making light of a situation.
It was more of like a here we go again and look at that fool. And that was pretty much how it was posted.
What you're describing sounds like contempt. For a lot of people it may be exactly what they need to help them detach before they can move onto compassion and acceptance. It's the same thing with anger and all the other emotions and reactions. From the addicts side, all sorts of nastiness and destruction may need to happen before recovery happens. Well, we're no different.