That “dry drunk” explanation was what the families of my clients always got when they complained.
A couple of my oldest friends are totally rooted in AA-one of them has made AA his whole life for over 20 years-becoming a sponsor and believing he is some kind of a guru. He literally has no life, friends, etc outside of his AA meeting place. He has been married 4 times since he first started in AA.
I seldom answer my phone if one of them calls or texts, but if that fantasy works for them, that is okay-one size does not fit all-that is why there are so many therapies for substance available...
Should have said “substance abuse”...
“That dry drunk explanation was what the families of my clients always got when they complained.”
I’m confused, complained... to whom, about what?