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Originally posted by MichiganMat
Yup, classic dry drunk. Is it any wonder that so many so called "ex-addicts" become vehemently religious. I had a youth minister who was a coke-addict, been dry for a few years, and you could tell he was just dying for a hit. My buddys brother "was" an addict, he's since opened the "All Consuming Flame of God Baptist Church".
Putting down the bottle is only the first part, and arguably the easiest part, of recovery. Resolving the attitude that leads the addict to drink or use is the second, third, forth... part.
In all fairness, Clinton and JFK were both children of alcoholics which brings it own set of issues, none so destructive or reckless, in my view, as being an outright addict though.
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Agreed, although not to the extent that the Adult Children of Alcoholics movement in the '80s claimed. They laid every modern aliment at the feet of 'victims' parents. Sooner or later you have to steer your own ship.
Another aspect of addiction is that it interrupts the maturation process. So somebody who gets into substance abuse in his/her teens may never finish the mental and emotional devleopment that was interrupted. You see examples of this all around...