For years when I'd try to talk to certain people about wanting to stop drinking I was told to have will power and learn to stop at a certain point... I know now that they were the ignorant ones and what made me mad now then, makes feel sorry for them now. I truly believe they don't even know what they say or how to think of anything outside themselves. I hope they learn the things this group already know.
I think this shift in thoughts is what finally made me decide to be sober. Perhaps this change will also help you in dealing with somebody like this flippant person n her comment.