Hmm well I thought you pointed it out precisely because those things don’t have anything to do with drinking. When I read that first post I didn’t see arrogance. I saw, “yeah, I’m all these things and it STILL happened to me.” Pretty or ugly, famous or not, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, male or female, young or old…it all doesn’t matter when it comes to alcoholism. I think it’s helpful to be reminded of that sometimes because it is just so easy for me to compare myself to stereotypes and convince myself that I can’t be an alcoholic because I don’t fit that stereotype.
"Society always assumes alcoholics come in all different *ugly* shapes and sizes. They always expect a monster."
Well, alcohol certainly made me an ugly monster...on the inside.