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WCDT Strips 3256-3260 (4-8 July 2016)

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Isyrion:
I like the nick name Palkyrie but can see why Bubbles vetoed it.  Hopefully our large metal friend helps Faye get her head screwed back on straight.

Tova:
I've seen a decent amount of criticism of AA. It's not hard to find if you want to read it. I won't weigh in too heavily on that because I have no experience in this area, but I don't think it's too much of a long shot to say that it doesn't appear to work for everyone (I've seen success rates somewhere between 5-10% posted). There are alternatives that may work better for a substantial number of people.

swapna:

--- Quote from: chaospersonified on 04 Jul 2016, 17:13 ---I understand a distaste for the program. It's not perfect, so few things are. I do NOT understand whatever this campaign is that you're waging against a program that lots of people depend on and use to find help.

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Mostly because it's not the best way to treat people. If you have a better alternative with higher success rate which doesn't refuse to be studied (which we do), why not criticise the old?

It's been bugging me too, all that talk about 'Faye has to hit rock bottom' and 'as long as she has money, she'll use it on booze' when I suggested it might be kind of heartless to leave her completely without support/fire her on the spot. Addiction treatment doesn't work the same for everybody - some people find it works for them when they go cold turkey, some people stop gradually and some still partake now and again, but in controlled and "healthy" doses. The method that has a very low success rate is kicking people when they're down.

For now, Marten has no reason to kick her out; after she got fired, she immediately got a (better-paid) job, and she hasn't touched a drink for months. She also tries to not burden him with this, which is why she's at Palkyrie's place.

jheartney:

--- Quote from: swapna on 04 Jul 2016, 19:54 ---[She also tries to not burden him with this, which is why she's at Palkyrie's place.

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Doubt that. More likely she knows he'll do more than just stare disapprovingly, and also she feels guilty about it (rightly).

--- Quote from: Tova on 04 Jul 2016, 15:44 ---If Faye "consistently relapses" -- and I will remind you yet again that it's still only been once,

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And I'll point out again that she's about to have her second relapse. Which she's hiding from Marten by doing it at Bubbles' place.

Method of Madness:
Well, she might. We don't know yet.

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