02-13-2014, 12:50 PM
I don't know about the term "functioning alcoholic" although it sort of applies to my parents. They did [very] well financially, my dad never lost his job over drinking, my mom was always "there" fix boo-boo's and bringing home made cupcakes to school events; no trouble with the law or anything.
That said, I don't care if they were stuck in traffic on the 405 freeway, at 5pm, they'd pull out their traveling booze bags and mix themselves up either a martini or a manhattan for the rest of the drive home. It was like they had some giant, internal alarm clock at cocktail hour. I can't speak for everyone else but I don't think "DUI" was even in my parent's vocabulary. In the old days, the officer was more likely to join you for a cup and send you on your way than drag your ass to jail. Different times.
I dunno, it's akin to 'functioning retarded" if you think about it (when alcohol has that much control over your life).
That said, I don't care if they were stuck in traffic on the 405 freeway, at 5pm, they'd pull out their traveling booze bags and mix themselves up either a martini or a manhattan for the rest of the drive home. It was like they had some giant, internal alarm clock at cocktail hour. I can't speak for everyone else but I don't think "DUI" was even in my parent's vocabulary. In the old days, the officer was more likely to join you for a cup and send you on your way than drag your ass to jail. Different times.
I dunno, it's akin to 'functioning retarded" if you think about it (when alcohol has that much control over your life).
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