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Although you may not have mean't to you did the right thing.

Having an alcoholic in the family makes things like this and us think there is a reason for it. Then we slowly think it is normal behavior because they have their alcoholism as their reason for the behavior.

Once that starts it can escalate. We get to where we sit there and accept not normal behavior as normal. This put an immediate boundary on him.

What if the dip had hit your cat and you had gotten angry and it had escalated?

I do understand the more costs involved, etc...Alcoholism and its effects and treatment and costs add up.