# Dear CitizenPained

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-citizenpained/611362>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 1, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-citizenpained/611362 "2012-02-01T00:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-citizenpained/611362/339 "2012-02-12T20:07:52Z")

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> [@CitizenPained](#):
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> You’re joking; right? So every Doper here who has a glass of wine is an alcoholic? ‘Drugs and alcohol’? _Really_? No, not really.
> 
> You should work in politics.

Really? You were the one entertaining the thought of becoming a functioning alcoholic because you were so fucking stressed out. You seem really angry that people are taking your words to mean what they say. Don’t worry, I’m sure most of the people here won’t make that same mistake twice.

> [@The Anxiety is Killing Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anxiety-is-killing-me/612368/1):
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> I’m going to go the drug route if I can cough up the cash. Suggestions? Aside from being a functioning alcoholic?

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