A bad attitude in adults cannot be caused by adolescence. Usually, it’s alcoholism.
In response to a comment following up the last blog entry in which the writer points out that the cause of most "I am always right and you are wrong" attitudes is adolescence, I said:
You're correct in assuming that the most common cause of an "I am always right and you are wrong" attitude is adolescence. However, by definition, that cannot be at the root of this attitude (and others like it) in adults.
Recovering alcoholics tell us that their emotional growth stopped the day they triggered alcoholism--average age in the U.S., 13. Therefore, when we deal with alcoholics, we deal with emotional adolescents. Now, reverse the idea. If an emotional teen is observed in an adult body, look for ...
