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Randomthought

(1,085 posts) Sun May 17, 2026, 09:18 PM Sunday

Adult child of an alcoholic here [View all]

IMHO Patel is exhibiting classic alcoholic personalty.
Paranoia, delusions of grandeur, no controls on his behavior.
Feel free to add you own observations

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Adult child of an alcoholic here [View all] Randomthought Sunday OP

what about Kegseth Skittles Sunday #1

Sober for almost 5 years myself RainCaster Sunday #2

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when I visited a cousin in San Francisco I went with her to an AA meeting Skittles Sunday #6

This adult child of an alcoholic agrees completely. ShazzieB Sunday #4

Defensive when questioned (esp about his drinking), arrogant, nasty Marie Marie Sunday #5

That he's obssessed enough to make is own applegrove Sunday #7

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