DK writes:

It almost seems sad to take it away from them. It's like a thick warm blanket that shields them from the world...but it shields them from life.
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wow -- it's not very often that someone on the "outside" can put in words what it can be all about

and there's where the resentments come in -- when someone who isn't "there" tries to take it all away

addictions don't preach, they don't scold, and most important -- they don't make you look in the mirror -- they just allow you to pretend -- even if it's just for a moment -- that it's okay to be you

COP OUT ???? of course -- but when you have the self esteem of an addict -- cop outs can be your only friend

so you wrap yourself up in the one thing that will comfort you -- like a crying infant -- they don't know what they want -- what's wrong with their world -- they just know that when that bottle hits their lips -- and that warm formula hits their emptiness -- they feel instantly better -- and it doesn't matter that they've just made everyone around them ready to pull out their hair -- they just know instant gratification

and somewhere along the line i've totally forgotten what my point was man these senior moments are getting bad