Originally Posted by Eroica

This discussion reminds me of when I'm amongst gay acquaintences, and theres always someone gay who addresses everyone as fag or queen and when I say "I'm not a fag, i'm gay" they say "well its the same thing". Its not. To say you're addicted to alcohol carries vastly different connotations than to say you're an alkie. I quit smoking cigs two years ago after smoking a pack a day for years and I'm not a cigaret-holic.