Codependent of the month Diana Page, mother of Marvin Norwood who beat Giants’ fan Bryan Stow into a coma–“Oh my son could never have done that!” Yes, Diana, he could have. He’s an addict. Addict’s are capable of anything.
Co-dependents of the month:
Marvin Norwood’s mother Diana Page, who said her son would never have beaten paramedic Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who dared to show up at a Dodgers’ game in a Giants’ T-shirt because, to paraphrase, “He’s a good son, a hard-working contractor, charming, compassionate; he confronts his problems with his heart and not his fists and is incapable of this sort of behavior.” Ms. Page, while this may be true when your son is sober, it’s apparently not the case when he’s drinking. Your son Marvin, 30, went to the fateful opening day Dodgers game on March 31 with his cohort Louis Sanchez, 29, his long-time partner Dorene Sanchez, 31 (Louis’s sister) and Louis Sanchez’s 11-year-old son, and likely got rip-roaring drunk. The hypothesis that they’re alcoholics and, therefore, capable of heinous behaviors, is supported by the fact that Marvin and Louis already have violent criminal histories and were reported by other fans to have been acting like “aggressive, belligerent jerks,” both of which go hand in hand with alcoholism. Codependents are often confused because they know there’s a good side to people who may act horrifically (often out of their sight) and because they’re not under the influence all the time—it’s only some of the time. In addition, they don’t act badly when under the influence on every occasion or at all times during any one drinking or using episode—just walk into any bar and try to imagine more than one or two of the patrons going home and beating up their spouses (and bear in mind, while only one in ten of us are alcoholics, the odds are much higher among bar patrons). Most are the life of the party and appear to simply be having a great time. Until they don’t, and their behavior changes, and we see Dr. Jekyll turn into Mr. Hyde. In the meantime, Bryan Stow remains in a medically-induced coma on life-support.