on 9/30/08 5:12 PM, Thomas Dalton at thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
There is not such thing as an "exceptional alcoholic" - a person either is, or they are not. It's like calling someone an "exceptional diabetic".
I disagree. An alcoholic whose alcoholism has never resulted in anything notable happening would be unexceptional from the point of view of writing an article about one whereas someone that's been constantly in the headlines because of the alcoholism would be very exceptional.
You are wrong here, Thomas. You are confusing the medical/psychological condition of alcoholism with the social pejorative use of some behaviors.
Marc Riddell