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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I was raised in a bar. My mother owned it for 40 years. Yes, same customers every day. They were all alcoholist but some of them stopped functioning. My mother Fed them, did their taxes, cut their hair. It's terrible and sad. The functioning alcoholists had a family to turn home to. I used to be an alcoholist until 10 years ago. My wife had to make me realise that drinking every day, even just one beer a day, is alcoholism.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Is alcoholist(s) term that means something different than alcoholic(s)? Never seen it before

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Alcoholist is an older word for alcoholic. They might be older, hence the older word

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