identifying alcoholism without using the term
As many know, I often use the phrase “the behaviors are indicative of alcoholism” when identifying likely alcoholics. As much as I wouldn’t mind the publicity connected with being sued over defamation of character for calling someone an alcoholic (my defense would be, calling someone an alcoholic is giving the benefit of the doubt–since if the person is not alcoholic, he or she is fundamentally rotten), I’m not quite there yet. Here’s another phrase, recently used when a reader of a friend’s newsletter showed envy, resentment, anger and convoluted logic:
“His envy, resentment, anger and twisted logic suggests the possibility you are responding to someone whose neo-cortex has been damaged and with whom, therefore, you cannot carry on rational discourse.” Or, simply, “he’s got a damaged brain–don’t try arguing.”