Is it wrong for a recovering dope fiend to mock a recovering alcoholic?

[J-Lo Biafra]

It's a family thing, I don't feel like going into detail, but what do you think? :shrug:

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Alcohol IS a drug....they are both recovering drug addicts.

Period.

[WI_DEM]

2. only if the recovering alcoholic is W

[Guaranteed]

3. Well, no, not if it's like a bonding thing.

It's wrong for anyone to mock anyone, though, if there isn't some kind of a connection between the two people.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. I don't think it's right to mock anyone who has an addiction problem...

If they are strong enough to take that first step into recovery then they should get praise for it

[MrScorpio]

5. Nothing about that is wrong

As long as you're laughing while you do it.

[J-Lo Biafra]

6. Well, it isn't exactly a laughing matter,

but okay.

[Guaranteed]

10. If they're not laughing, basically any

mocking of anyone is wrong.

[tridim]

7. Is the "dope" in question Marijuana?

Or other drugs? I ask because I don't really even consider Marijuana a drug in the same class as others like alcohol, coke and opiates. Marijuana can certainly be abused, but so can food. I know lots of people who smoke every day, but I don't believe they have a "problem". They just like to relax in the evening.

[Richardo]

8. Is this about Limbaugh and Bush?

I know - Limbaugh would NEVER mock Bush.

[dpbrown]

9. Alcohol is a drug

Mocking someone over their drug of choice goes counter to the concept of "not caring what you did or how much you used" and the one that calls him- or herself an "recovering dope fiend" needs a meeting to find some acceptance about being a "recovering addict" just like the alcoholic.

[amazona]

11. to their face or behind their back?

If they are just venting behind the drunk's back, I'd ignore it and let it go away. If the doper is face-to-face mocking the drunk, that is just rude.

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[asthmaticeog]

12. I'm no shrink, but

it would seem to me that an addict making fun of another addict's addiction issues might not be satisfactorily dealing with his own.

[terrya]

13. Yes. It's hypocrisy of the very worst kind.

You bet it's wrong.

T

[billyskank]

14. Yes; recovering from dope is far easier than

recovering from booze.