The wagon

By mhmm... cumsquats - 09/02/2013 23:26 - Belgium - Kessel-lo

Today, after much coaxing, I finally got my roommate to loosen up and have a couple of beers with me and my friends. It was only later in the evening that he admitted the real reason he hadn't wanted to drink: he's an alcoholic and had been sober for six months, until now. FML
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redheadedasian 2

That's why when someone doesn't want to drink, you just ******* drop it. YDI

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onorexveritas 23

yet you had to lay on the peer pressure

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alitbaby 14

wow! really wasn't expecting that one lol

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SnoochBoochie 14

How can you respect a word that is universal throughout many languages?! I mean come on, pick a side already!

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Eedpay6 2

It isn't OP's responsibility to hold his roommate's hand through recovery. Especially when the roommate didn't make his reason for refusing the drinks clear.

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SillyGirl4602 23

I agree that everyone is responsible for their own actions. He is not responsible for holding his hand through recovery but he should show encouragement. Hopefully he will now that he knows. His roommate did not make it clear but some addicts aren't very comfortable talking about their addiction. By how op said "coaxing" it implies that he did ask more than once. If the roommate said no then op should have dropped it and stopped asking.

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Gremlinswife 13

I've never understood why people can't just take no for an answer. Do you really need all your actions validated by everyone else that badly? No means no. It's a really simple concept.

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Green_Day_101 7

Well, I don't really think that it's your fault, he didn't tell you that he was a recovering alcoholic

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Chel2010 10

I can understand why OP did what he did as I've known people in similar situations (not alcoholism related, just didn't want to drink and got pressured into it), maybe his roommate doesn't have many friends and OP was trying to be friendly and get his roommate to be a little more social. However, he should have offered another alternative since the roommate didn't want to drink--like a video game night or something like my boyfriend and his friends do. Best of intentions don't always make up for peer pressure. Hope OPs roommate can recover again and not have a severe relapse.

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poccocurantes 7

Well he did loosen up. In fact he loosened up enough to tell his friend he was an alcoholic. Dealing with peer pressure is a part of life. OP put pressure on his friend because he thought he was doing him a favor. I see this more as an FML because he didn't know. People that rant for five paragraphs and say he deserves it are people who probably don't have many friends that care enough to want to involve them. He wanted to show his friend a good time, not date rape him.

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need2sleep 15

It's only a big deal if you make it one! Just like kids yelling curse words. If you don't make a big deal, laugh or yell they don't know it's bad and will probably let it go. My nephew named his cat Kitty but his K sounded like a T! LOL

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Nicole1225 14

This is why communication is important.

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