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WCDT: 2878-2882 (19-23 January 2015)
Platypodes:
A question for those who know more about alcoholism than I do: can we really say with certainty that Faye is an alcoholic?
I thought Faye had been generally successful at drinking in moderation for quite some time after realizing that she'd been overdoing it. Now she's clearly on a horrendously unhealthy bender, but it's only been a few days since her breakup. I get that she's showing all the classic signs of alcoholism right now, but does a few days of such behavior demonstrate full-on addiction, or might it just be part of her being generally an emotional wreck this week?
Alphawolf55:
Its classic relapsing. Its quite normal for alcoholics to have good periods of months where they're healthy or good or to face some sort of challenge, heartache or even boredom. its often these relapses or drinking Bender's that define alcoholics where they destroy everything they built up the last few months in a week.
tangerinewarrior:
Does anyone have any idea of how long in comic it's been since Faye and Angus split? I'm trying to figure it outs and I come up with 2, maybe 3 days top. Also, I'm wondering where on earth Angus is- has he just been written out completely? I feel like there is stuff unresolved in his side of the story arc. As far as Faye getting fired- it is justified, but I really don't see it sticking (although it should). Again, everything seems to be happening ridiculously fast in story.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: Platypodes on 19 Jan 2015, 19:42 ---A question for those who know more about alcoholism than I do: can we really say with certainty that Faye is an alcoholic?
I thought Faye had been generally successful at drinking in moderation for quite some time after realizing that she'd been overdoing it. Now she's clearly on a horrendously unhealthy bender, but it's only been a few days since her breakup. I get that she's showing all the classic signs of alcoholism right now, but does a few days of such behavior demonstrate full-on addiction, or might it just be part of her being generally an emotional wreck this week?
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If Faye isn't an alcoholic now, she's about to jump off the slippery slope into alcoholism.
If you wake up in the morning and the first thing you do is reach for a bottle - You might have a problem.
If the second thing you do is find a bottle you don't remember purchasing - you might have a problem.
If you sneak said bottle into work with the intent of drinking it during your shift - you might have a problem.
Faye has a whole load of problems right now.
mikmaxs:
Something a lot of people seem to ignore: Faye is clinically depressed. If her alcoholism were just a problem in and of itself, I could understand the hate on her, but she's got a disease. She is sick.
Also, once again, it's not Dora's actions I'm mad at, it's her nonactiom. If she had sat down Faye and talked to her, been assured that everything was okay, and *then* all of this happened, it'd be fine. If Dora seemed reluctant to fire Faye but had to for legal reasons, it'd be fine. But as it stands, after being told by Faye that she intends to drink herself into oblivion, Dora did pretty much nothing. She didn't try and fail, she didn't try and get rejected, she just didn't *try*.
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