Hi Thomas
As it happens my alcoholism was public and not secret by the end, but
I'm a pretty private person.
I don't announce any of my medical conditions or illnesses to most people.
I won't stop you or anyone else doing it tho
There is a problem with that though - I think, rightly or not, there is a stigma. attached to alcoholism - a Victorian idea that we're weak minded, depraved selfish individuals with no self control and we're not to be trusted cos once a drunk always a drunk....
Until that changes, I don't blame anyone for not making any public announcements.
How does that change if we're not willing to 'out' ourselves?
Well therein lies the rub...
good discussion, even tho I'm not sure where John Lewis comes into it
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