That's great! I hope you guys can stick with the program together and be accountibilibuddies! Good luck!

This is one the happier ending FML's that I've read.

Way to be an absolute, unsupportive, and, if you talk like this to anyone that you know that has an alcohol addiction- which is considered a DISEASE for a reason, by the way- that WANTS to change, abusive. Kindly take your rude and toxic comments, write them on the wide end of a baseball bat, and insert them into your rectum, because you obviously are someone that has some problems of their own they need to sort out, as your comment was written the way only someone who doesn't know how to interact without being emotionally abusive could write.

according to the millions of Americans struggling with varying degrees of addiction yea id say there are a lot of people who have an emptiness for one reason or another that they try to fill with their drug of choice. most addicts will tell you they wanted to escape, it must be nice to live with rose colored glasses and not see the pain other people go through. I hope no one you love ever has an addiction and looks to you for support smh. Op can work on his addiction to alcohol maybe you should work on being a decent human being, its not easy takes a lot of work but breaking any addiction is hard, be it alcohol or being an asshole. best of luck on your recovery.

Maybe you should actually read or pay attention when you choose to rag on someone 'you think' is a 'bad person'. Rose colored glasses? Seriously? did you even really read the post? I never chastised the original poster or even his drunk friend, I was chastising some random egghead who I quote, said: "Beer pong is more fun than sobriety." Depression and chronic pain (2 most common reasons to drink) is the only justified reason in my opinion to drink, and even then IT'S STILL a problem, but that there alone HAS NOTHING to do with what I said previously at all.. That poster who sad beer pong is more fun than sobriety... yeah that there has nothing to do with depression and/or trying to drown your sorrows or pain, its rather obvious. (I can name a thousand things way more fun in sobriety than mere beer pong and drunkeness) I'm happy for the original poster that your friend took a step back from himself and saw he has a problem, hopefully no one will be angry at him if he shows up at the next AA meeting. As a side note for the OP you might want to consider going to other alternative means of therapy as well just for variety. I'm guessing you are a male and your friend is as well, men are not usually open beings so maybe looking into other types of therapies that help you open up might help fix or help the cause to your initial downward spiral into alcoholism, just as precautions to prevent a relapse, that and in my opinion as a woman, talking and being open always lightens that load of a heavy mental and emotional burden even if just a little bit. Sadly Hollywood AND society as a whole still portrays "male sentiment and openess" as being weak or effeminate, and it isn't, so try it and I hope you well wishes. Oh yeah and going to alternative types of therapies in addition to your AA meetings can help curb the cravings simply by having more things to do or even potentially lead into other engaging activities. You know just like how people trying to quite smoking might take up yoga, candy, gum etc etc.

Did you even read the damn post?

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