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WCDT 29 Dec 2014 - 02 Jan 2015 (Strips 2865-2869)
ReindeerFlotilla:
--- Quote from: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 30 Dec 2014, 19:54 ---Uh oh. Seems Faye's slowly circling the drain. This'd be the first time she's brought booze into work.
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I guess for values of "booze." (Edit: more like values of "brought." This may indeed be the first time Faye has brought alcohol to work for the express purpose of drinking it on the job--as opposed to the bottle for emergencies or a social context.) IIRC (and I am not going to look it up today) CoD had (has?) a bottle of emergency bourbon under the counter, and Dora has no issues with pizza and beer during work. (Beaten to the punch, I have been. Type faster, I must.)
--- Quote from: Rghfrgl on 30 Dec 2014, 20:04 ---Faye's falling back in the bottle story just got a lot less subtle.
But I suppose alchoholism generally isn't subtle.
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To be momentarily serious (not too serious), alcoholism is such a problem word. It's used for the state of being addicted to alcohol in the chemical sense, and for self medicating with alcohol. Faye has a drinking problem. She has pretty much since we met her. But it's not clear if she's addicted, and seems she isn't (IANA doctor. I can only go by knowing too many alcoholics).
Of course, she could be going over the line. I'd say I saw about a quarter or a third of the addicts I've known start by drinking "the hair of the dog" after waking up, which transitioned to drinking at work in all cases. None of the addicts I've known started as emotional drinkers, like Faye. But I figure that's just an artifact of the sample, not an argument that Faye is not an addict.
I'm not saying one has to be chemically addicted to be an alcoholic. Certainly all of the bad stuff happens whatever the cause of one's drinking problem.
(Full disclosure: I might as well be a teetotaler. I like beer. I love Kahlua. Big fan of a fine whisky or rum. I bought a 12 pack of beer 4 months ago-ish. There are 9 or 10 left. I haven't had anything else in that time. I like it that way. Getting a buzz is cheap. So the only experience I have is watching others become alcoholics.)
Rghfrgl:
The comments get unintentionally depressing when the comment and the plug get mixed together.
--- Quote ---Goddamnit Faye It's that time of year again!
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BrusselSprouts:
Third panel Dora looks... sympathetic I guess. She must have come to her senses in the transition between panel three and four.
Also Glenfartin
St.Clair:
--- Quote from: ReindeerFlotilla on 30 Dec 2014, 09:21 ---I do wonder if Emily distracted Claire on purpose. I still can't imagine Emily doing anything sneaky, but switching to that subject did help Tai intercept her.
Too subtle?
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No, but it is a bit advanced for some.
MrNumbers:
At least she asked for permission first?
That's... gotta count for something, right?
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