Originally Posted by FriendofBill
Interestingly enough, I just read that exact book, Rabbit, just 3 days ago.
Nowhere does it say the alcoholic is addicted to hangovers.
Why would you post an outright lie such as that?
I haven't read the book, but this is from a description of the Alcoholic Game:
"This is Eric Berne's description, of the game of Alcoholic in*Games People Play, (edited and abridged):
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'In the initial stages of "Alcoholic," the wife may play all three supporting*Roles; at midnight the Patsy, undressing him, making him coffee*and letting him beat up on her, in the morning the Persecutor, berating*him for the evil of his ways, and in the evening the Rescuer, pleading with*him to change them. In the later stages, due sometimes to organic deterioration*the Persecutor and the Rescuer can be dispensed with, but are*tolerated if they are also willing to act as sources of supply. The alcoholic will go*to the Mission House and be Rescued if he can get a free meal there, or he*will stand for a scolding, amateur or professional, as long as he can get a*handout afterward.*
Present experience indicates that the payoff of "Alcoholic" (as is characteristic*of games in general) comes from the aspect to which most*investigators pay least attention. In the analysis of this game drinking*itself is merely an accidental pleasure having added advantages, the procedure*leading up to the real culmination, which is the hangover. It is the*same in the game of Schlemiel; the mess-making, which attracts the most*attention, is merely a pleasure-giving way for White to lead to the crux,*which is obtaining forgiveness from Black.*For the Alcoholic the hangover is not as much the physical pain as the*psychological torment."
http://www.emotional-literacy.com/hea1.htm