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Her abusive behavior was un-justified but if you don't get to the root of the problem as to where it is coming from and why, we haven't really helped her, have we? I am not interested in beating people up, the fact that she post the message is a cry for help and you don't help someone by making them feel bad and walk away but not try to offer solutions afterwards. With all due respect, we cannot help her other than telling her to seek professional help. That is the only thing we can do. Getting to the root of her problem is her business, not ours. I am a recovering alcoholic that is sober 6 years in August. No one could tell me to get help, or to get to the root of the problem until I became willing to face the truth within myself; that I was an alcoholic and that I was going to die if I kept drinking. No one could help me, no one; not my kids, my best friends, my family or anyone else. I had to do it on my own. By offering platitudes to someone with a problem like I had, all that does is to prolong the inevitable and give an excuse to continue bad behavior. I understand your intent, but truth is truth and sometimes it is damned ugly when stated outright. I have feelings and a definite grasp on dealing with complex problems but I am not a professional either. Therefore, she needs help and needs to seek it from a professional. That step must come from her. She must be willing to confront herself. We cannot help her other than to offer that council.
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"For there is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men." Herman Melville - Moby Dick I'm wearing my chicken suit and humming La Marseillaise.
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