I still shake my head at a chap who stayed at the homeless men's hostel I was at, when on the phone. His wife obviously, wasn't playing the role he had assigned her, so he threw the mobile phone ar the wall, yelled "that will show you, bitch", at it....and stormed off.
It was HIS mobile phone, and wife heard nothing he said. But he got some weird satisfaction from destroying his own property, as if that was hurting his wife.
Blimey, I have had tons more Alcoholics in my life, in various ways, than I ever imagined.
Hundreds of them in fact.
When we put down all the weird, unusual and wacky behavior from A's, it is amazing we aren't wearing straightjackets. I am not surprised at hearing of depression, sadness and the usual results of being with active users. I am astounded more at just how resilient, brave and determined these same people are, and how they bounce back.