Posted by Allen770 on October 25, 2004, at 20:45:51
In reply to LoL! Thanks for the grins (nm) » Allen770, posted by Racer on October 25, 2004, at 11:19:09
"DSM-IV?"
I still don't know what this abbreviation means, "racer . . ."
Moreover, you wouldn't be "giggling," I don't believe, if my earlier post of this morning had in fact posted.
Maybe I'll write it, again, but, suffice to say that I did take offense at your first post, and I thought it pretty much self-serving (viz; you offered neither me nor anyone else any "information," whether it be "new," or "helpful," or . . . just not "anything," really).
You make grave assumptions regarding me that I remain quite perturbed about; For example:
"I don't know that you can fully understand it without experiencing one or the other, though. You can only gain an intellectual, and therefore limited, insight into what is essentially an emotional phenomenon."
Pardon me, Ms. "racer," but where do you get off? I mean, really! Moreover, your blatant "self-assured" responses are just plain wrong, if not "ignorant," I think:
e.g.; "vodka is no longer made from potatoes, it's all grain nowadays," you say.
REALLY?!!? Hmm . . . You don't say?!!?
and;
"I don't think there's any real basis for considering the basis for the alcoholic beverages--the point in both alcoholism and binge eating is to suppress the pain with a substance."
As if we all don't realize, or comprehend this? Moreover, the sentence barely makes sense, at all . . .
Or:
" . . . haven't you ever heard anyone refer to "food coma" or the like after Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner?"
Well, no, "racer," I must admit! In fact, I'd never, ever "heard anyone" so eloquently "refer to 'food coma' or the like," as you have, in anyway, or any where, whatsoever; not ever!
Sorry (I guess). Finally:
"There are certainly parallels between alcoholism and eating disorders, not limited to binge eating disorder."
Yes! My point, exactly!
That's why I POSED THE QUESTION, to begin with, right?
Right.
(((Again, I apologize, but I was really hoping for some "new insight" and/or information regarding these two somewhat strangely related diseases. It's late, so I'll have to return to this thread at a later time. Has anyone ever read any books by: DOREEN VIRTUE, Ph.D. [_Losing Your Pounds of Pain_, for example]??????)))
Thx, all,
--Allen
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