no one, in the history of the world, has ever had addiction struggles solved, or even marginally improved, by a stranger on the internet telling them to "do better".
do you fucking think they're going be like, "yeah, this is having a massively negative effect on my life and I was going to continue anyway, but then an anonymous commenter told me to suck it up and stop."
no, you don't. you're just taking the opportunity to punch down.
Well I'm not sure, and ig OP should weigh in on this one, but what'd be better: "stop drinking." or "hey poppy, how much are we talking about here? This sounds shitty but it's genuine: you've got to be prepared for your alcoholism getting worse. Homelessness is going to wreak havoc on your coping mechanisms."
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yeah, better to enable him and to reify his feeling that it's out of his control, so he can live on the street. very supportive.
no one, in the history of the world, has ever had addiction struggles solved, or even marginally improved, by a stranger on the internet telling them to "do better".
do you fucking think they're going be like, "yeah, this is having a massively negative effect on my life and I was going to continue anyway, but then an anonymous commenter told me to suck it up and stop."
no, you don't. you're just taking the opportunity to punch down.
Well I'm not sure, and ig OP should weigh in on this one, but what'd be better: "stop drinking." or "hey poppy, how much are we talking about here? This sounds shitty but it's genuine: you've got to be prepared for your alcoholism getting worse. Homelessness is going to wreak havoc on your coping mechanisms."