Negative response to Daily News article on Toby Whelchel
Dear Mr. Thorburn:
I was deeply disturbed by your letter in the L.A. Daily News. It would seem your opinion is that "alcoholics" ar all potentially psychopaths, which at any time can go off on a rampage.
You mention the 'stigma" of alcoholism and addiction. Thank you, you've contributed to the continuation of that stigma.
Do you really know any alcoholics, either "recovered" or still drinking? If you did, you would know that, with the exception of a powerful thirst for alcohol, alcoholics are pretty much like other folks in temperment, noble aspirations, and moral failings.
Finally, are you such an expert on alcoholism that you can correctly diagnose someone without even determining their pattern of excessive alcohol consumption ...
