[QUOTE=trailmix;7240965]The difference between true NPD and alcoholism is like comparing apples to oranges. Not all mental illness is the same.

Now, that's not to say that they don't present a lot of the same things, plus different people are on different areas of the narcissism scale, not talking about true NPD.

Mental illness is selfish (not always necessarily in some dramatic and negative way). Alcoholism is selfish. The person is focused on - no surprise here - alcohol. Not on you, not on the marriage not on the children - alcohol and their relationship to alcohol.

You didn't Cause it, can't Control it and can't Cure it.



When do you take up your own fight?[/QUOTE]

Damn. Thank you.