TorquiseB writes sinpped: Have you ever dealt with a long-term cocaine addict? Same behavior. The first reaction to a suggestion from a friend as to how to seek help is 1) denial that he *needs* help, 2) anger at the person who suggested it, 3) a compulsion to badrap the person who has made the suggestion to others, to cast them as the person who needs help, and 4) a rush behind closed doors back to the cocaine baggie.
Tom T: I have a wonderful daily cartoon strip from Calvin and Hobbes where the school teacher that Calvin often sees as a Tyranasourus Rex asks Calvin in the History lesson, Calvin, "What state do you live in?" To which Calvin in the next panel glibbly replies, "Denial". In another Calvin and Hobbes are discussing the serenity prayer from 12 step where Calvin turns the prayer totally around backward to serve his addictive nature and Hobbes questions him about the veracity of how Calvin has expessed it and Calvin responds that it works better for him that way. In a third strip Calvin tells Hobbbes "I say a day without denial is a day you've got to face". Second panel, Calvin, "From now on. I'm not going to think about anything that's unpleasant." Hobbes,"Isn't that a pretty self deceiving way to go through life?" Calvin looks dumbfounded and then walks away and says, "I'm not going to think about that." Humor sometimes makes the point that logic can't. Tom T
